Craft Your Passion #134 Photo Inspiration

Its Monday so you know what that means - another challenge at Craft Your Passion challenges!  This time we are asking you to use the following photo for inspiration:

Here is what I came up with:

I started with the background first.  I cut a piece of Pink Paislee's Mistables to size (I love this stuff) and inked it with various shades of chalk ink to create a rainbow effect.  Since I didn't want the rainbow to be overwhelming I used small pieces of make up sponges to blend, instead of my blending tool. I made sure the rainbow blended out into a deep blue sky, then I inked the edges of the panel with the darkest navy colour.  Chalk inks work so well for this.  Lastly I sprayed the panel with some shimmery mists, and when dry I matted the piece with some navy card stock.

I thought the picture had kind of an autumn feel so I went with that and used my maple leaf stamps I carved myself.  You can read about them in this post.  I stamped my leaves using the rock and roll technique, but I wasn't as happy with the results since I used chalk ink instead of dye ink.  Dye ink definitely works better for the rock and roll technique.  But once I fussy cut the leaves, and inked the edges with brown. I like the end result.

I added the last of the leaf ribbon I had to the main panel, then added the sentment, leaves, and twine.  For dimension some of the elements were added with foam tape and some weren't.  The whole thing was adhered to a kraft card base.

For the center of the card I stamped some leaves in the corner of a scrap of kraft and matted the piece with some navy. 

Now its your turn!  Create your projects inspired by our inspiration photo and link them up at Craft Your Passion Challenges by Sunday November 4.  Even though we didn't use sponsor images this week, there are some great prizes to be had so be sure to see what is up for grabs back at the main blog!

As always, the DT has come up with some beautiful projects!  Be sure to have a look to help get your creative juices flowing! 


I used the following supplies to make my card:

Card Stock:  Neenah Desert Storm, Gina K Designs In the Navy, Pink Paislee Mistables.

Stamps:  Handcarved maple leaves, Stampin' Up! Kindness Matters.

Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Tangerine, Lipstick Red, Yellow Ochre, Lime Pastel, French Blue, Wisteria, Blue Iris, Creamy Brown, Pumpkin Spice, Olive Pastel.

Mists:  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Moonlight, Glacier, Frost.  Shimmerz Paints Chick a Dee, Heavy Metal. Mister Huey Manila.

Embellishments:  May Arts leaf ribbon, Sakura Glitter Pen Clear Star, May Arts Jute twine.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, Scotch Quick Dry, foam squares, glue dots.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart Scoring Board, Ranger Blending Tool, EK Success Flourish Square Punch.


I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

1. Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Autumn Colours
2. Papertake Weekly - Glitter and sparkle.
3. Simon Says Stamp - Autumn leaves
4. Hiding in my Craftroom - Thankful

Happy Yellow

I have a second card to share with you today and its not a Christmas card, lol.  This time I made a card with my favourite Mark's Finest Papers set from the October release.

I love this Cracked Hello set.  I wanted to do something a bit different than just stamping the image on plain cardstock, so I chose some patterned paper (more from the My Mind's Eye Indie Chic collection, so pretty) and stamped the cracked image on it.  I thought it might be fun to use the cracked glass technique over the stamp so I did just that by swiping the image, edge to edge, with Versamark ink and adding Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel.  I added  three coats of the enamel and put the image in the freezer. 

After  I took my image out of the freezer and cracked it up.  I matted the image with kraft to flatten it out.  I've heard it said that you can't use UTEE on thinner paper but I don't think thats true if you are going to mat the piece like I've done here.  Just make sure if you do this that you put your adhesive edge to edge.

At this point I chose coordinating paper and adhered it to a kraft card base  I stamped a sentiment on kraft and punched it out with  a flourish square punch. The punch was inked, and added to the panel with some foam tape, and some jute twine added over that.  The whole panel was foam taped to the card base.

For embellishment I wanted to use the butterfly stamp so I also stamped it on patterned paper.  The reason for the patterned paper is that I wanted the butterfly to have some colour, but I didn't feel like colouring.  Once stamped I fussy cut the image, and added  two layers of UTEE.    The nice thing about this is that the enamel helps the butterfly keep its shape if you bend the wings like I did.  A few rhinestones finished off the card front. 

I really love how this card turned out, and the stamp set was really fun to play with!  :)


I used the following products for my card:

Card Stock:  Neenah Desert Storm, My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Nutmeg

Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink Chestnut Roan, Creamy Brown, Versamark Watermark Ink, Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel.

Embellishments:  Scrappin' Supplies rhinestones, May Arts jute twine.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, foam squares, glue dots.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart score board, Ranger Blending tool, heat tool, tweezers.


I would like to enter this card into the My Mind's Eye  Use your stamps challenge.

Bright Christmas

Today I thought I'd share another Christmas card using Mark's Finest Papers stamps.

This uses a Mark's Finest Papers set called Poinsettia Blooms.  I love Poinsettias (who doesn't at Christmas time) and I thought this image was really pretty.  I started by stamping the image on cream card card stock and colouring with alcohol markers. Highlights were added with glitter pen.  I rounded the corners and inked the dges with light brown, then matted the image with olive card stock that had also been inked.

For the main panel I found some patterned papers and card stock to coordinate and cut everything down. All edges were of course inked. I used some scraps from the same paper pack to cut some banner strips that were inked. I staggered their placement and adhered them to the panel.  Some pretty seam binding ribbon was added, then the main panel was adhered to the card base.

I foam taped the image over the ribbon, then added a bow.  Some stick pins were added to the bow and a sentiment was stamped on a scrap strip of cream.  the ends were banner cut to match the other strips on the card, and edges inked.  The strip was also foam taped to the base. Of course more glitter pen was added to the sentiment.

For the center I matted an inked piece of cream with a pattern, stamped my sentiment and added some banners made from scraps. 

I love the Poinsettia Blooms set.  It has some lovely images, and lots of sentiments which is very helpful when building up your holiday card stash.  I'm sure I will be using this set again!


I used the following products for my card:

Card Stock:  Stampin' Up!  Old Olive, Gina K Pure Ivory, Echo Park Season's Greetings.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers Poinsettia Blooms

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Creamy Brown.

Markers:  Bic Mark Its Prairie Berry, Honey Brown, Tiki Hut Tan, Yellow Blaze, Sunset Orange, Summer Melon, Forest Green.  Copic W3, W5, YG03, R27.

Embellishments:  May Arts Seam Binding, Mark's Finest Papers Hat Pins, Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Star.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, Scotch Quick Dry, glue dots, foam squares.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, sissors, Martha Stewart score board, Ranger blending tool.


I would like to enter the following challenges:

1. Christmas Card Challenges - Bows
2. Pile it On - Any Holiday.
3. Daring Cardmakers - Let there be light.

Pretty Christmas

Well the Mark's Finest Papers blog hop finished yesterday, but I thought I would continue with the fun!  I have a few more cards to show off this month's sets, so I will post them over the next few days.  Here is the first one I have to offer:

This card uses two of this month's sets, Christmas Selections and Poinsettia Blooms.  I started with the patterned paper and cardstock.  I cut everything to the size I wanted, inked the edges, and assembled the smaller panel.  I heat embossed the image and sentiment, then corner rounded the corners. 

Once the larger panel was assembled I added some ribbon, adhered it to the chocolate brown card base, then foam taped the smaller panel over the ribbon.  I added some punched snowflakes that had been sprayed and inked with silver, and some gemstones.

For the center of the  card I inked and corner rounded a piece of white, and heat embossed the a smaller version of the same image, along with another sentiment.  The panel was matted with kraft and then matted with another pattern.  The whole thing was adhered to the inside of the card.

I love these two sets, Christmas Selections has ton of great images, and Poinsettia Blooms has some really great sentiments in addition to even more great images.  I can see these will be really when I finally get around to getting my holiday cards made!  :)


I used the following products to make my card:

Card Stock:  Stampin' Up!  Chocolate Chip, Neenah Desert Storm, Solar White,  Fancy Pants Winterland 6x6 Pad.

Stamps:  Marks Finest Papers Christmas Selections, Poinsettia Blooms

Ink:  Brilliance Starlite Silver, Versmark Watermark Ink, Stampin' Up!  Silver Embossing Powder, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Glacier.

Embellishments:  Stampin' Up Basic Jewels Rhinestones, May Arts Iridescent Curly Ribbon, grey ribbon from stash.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, foam squares, glue dots.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart score board, Stampin' Up! Snow Blossom punch, We R Memory Keepers, heat tool.


I would like to enter into the following challenges:

1. Creative Craft Challenges - Three (three snowflakes)
2. Pile it On - Any Holiday
3. Papertake Weekly - Glitter and Sparkle. 
4. Christmas Card Challenges - Bows

A Purple Elephant - Fussy and Fancy Guest Designer

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This is my second post today and I thought I would share the card I made for Fussy and Fancy Friday.  I won the opportunity to be a guest designer during their "Trip Around the World" challenge with this card.  At Fussy and Fancy Friday the guest designer gets their very own post and you can find that here.  Isn't that exciting?!  Today's challenge is anything goes, an always fun choice!  Here is what I came up with:

I started with a 6x6 patterened paper pack from My Mind's Eye called Indie Chic Saffron.  I love the colours in this pack!  I chose the patterns I wanted to use, then some coordinating card stock. I had been saving the elephant stamp for a special occasion, and I'd say this qualifies. I love elephants and this stamp is so cute.  I stamped it with chalk ink on kraft, then die cut the craft with my circle Nestabilities.  A patterned piece of pattern was die cut to mat the image and some glitter pen was added to highlight.

Once I had my image and the papers I wanted to use I cut everything down to the size I needed, inked the edges, then built the main panel with several pieces of pattern and some kraft.  I added some washi tape from the same MME collection, then wrapped the panel several times with jute twine.  A bow finished this step.

Once the main panel was adhered to the card base I foam taped the elephant in the corner.  I banner cut several of the scraps, then added them in a random manner to the card.  Some of the strips were slipped under the twine, some are foam taped over the twine.

I decided to use some letter stickers instead of a stamp, then added some glitter pen to the letters, as well as a few dots to the background pattern. I added some handmade flowers as a final touch.

For the center of the card I inked some kraft and matted it with a chevron pattern.  I stamped another elephant stamp from the same set, then added some glitter pen to their cargo.

This card was really fun to make as there were no limitations!  I also love the stamps, the colours and the patterned papers.  Such a fun challenge to take part in!  If you would like to join in too you can find the challenge post here. :)

I used the following products to make my card:

Card Stock: Stampin' Up!  Rich Razzleberry, Neenah Desert Storm, My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Saffron.

Stamps:  Ink + Wit Outback Safari Friends.

Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Dark Peony, Creamy Brown.

Embellishments:  Handmade flowers, Sakura Gelly Roll Clear star, May Arts jute twine, Scrappin' Supplies Rhinestones, Authentique Petite Type letter stickers.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, Scotch Quick Dry, glue dots, foam squares.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart score board, Ranger blending tool, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles dies in small and large.


I would like to enter into the following challenges:

1. My Mind's Eye October Challenge - Use Your Stamps
2. Songbird Challenges - Build Me up Buttercup
3. Hiding in my Craft Room - Die Cuts
4. Charisma Cardz - Anything but Square
5. Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

Peaceful Fish - MFP Hop Day 4

Click HERE for the current Craft Your Passion challenge post. 

Click HERE for the current Use It Tuesday challenge post.  

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich's Company's 

October Blog Hop!

This Month's New Stamp Set Releases

Christmas Selections - Featured October 23

Poinsettia Blooms - Featured October 24

Cracked Hello - Featured October 25

On the Fly - Featured October 26 (That's today!)

Please hop along with us!  You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets!  Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day.  The names are drawn randomly.)  All four winners will be announced on October 27, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog.  You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT:  The more you comment the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!)  The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday October 26, 2012.

Today's set is called "On the Fly" and it is really pretty. This would be great for friends and family members who like fishing and or nature.  I have two projects today, my first one is also included on the main blog:

I love the nature scene from the stamp set, such a pretty and impressive scene!  Of course that had to be the one I started with, so I stamped it on water colour paper with Staz On, and used my Stampin' Up Markers, a few ink pads, and a water brush to colour.  I decided last minute that the mountain tops needed snow so I waited until the image was dry and then squished some white pigment ink onto my craft mat.  I used my water brush to dab some onto the mountains.    I love water colouring in this way as it is so easy and makes me feel like a true artist! 

The center was kept simple with an inked piece of cream matted with chocolate brown, then the sentiments stamped in opposite corners.

I would like to enter this card into the Deep Ocean challenge for sporty and outdoor themed cards.


My second project was another clean and simple card that brought out my artistic side:

Again I started with the stamps, and stamped them with black pigment ink on water colour paper, then heat embossed with clear powder.  A few days previous as I was searching through my stash for something else, I came across a shimmery water colour set that I had forgotten about.  I immediately knew I would use them for this image.  As I painted the image I was thinking about how fish look shimmery and irridescent when they are not in the water.  I didn't paint it to look like any fish in particular though, I just used colours that I thought would be pretty.

As I liked how the images came out I decided to keep the rest of the card really simple.  I chose a cream card base and added some jute twine.  The edges of the water colour paper were distressed with a distressing tool, mini brads were added to the corners and the panel was foam taped over the jute twine.

Since the card was so simple I thought just a sentiment would be enough.

I would like to enter this into the Creative Stamp Friends card for masculine themed cards.


This is a great set to work with and I can't decide which image is my favourite, lol.   While I'm trying to figure that out, why don't you have a look to see what the other DT members have created?  This is a hop after all and you could win a stamp set of your own!  Don't forget to visit the main blog to see what other inspiration is waiting for you.


I used the following products on my first card:

Card Stock:  Neenah Desert Storm, Gina K Designs Pure Ivory, Stampin' Up! Water Colour paper, Chocolate Chip.

Stamps:  Marks Finest Papers On the Fly

Ink:  Staz On Jet Black, Stampin' Up! Going Grey, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Creamy Brown.

Markers:  Stampin' Up! Stampin' Write Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Garden Green, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Brocade Blue.

Embellishments:  Stampin' Up!  Twill ribbon, May Arts Jute Twine.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, foam squares, Scotch Quick Dry.

Tools:  Paper Trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart score board, waterbrush, Ranger blending tool.


I used the following products on my second card:

Card Stock:  Gina K Designs Pure Ivory, Stampin' Up! Water Colour paper.

Stamps:  Marks Finest Papers On the Fly

Ink:  American Crafts Black Pigment Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black.

Embossing Powder:  Martha Stewart Clear Gloss.

Paint:  Yatsumo Pearlescent Watercolor Set.

Embellishments:  May Arts Jute Twine, Recollections brads.

Adhesive:  Foam Squares.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart score board, paint brush, Tonic/Tim Holtz distressing tool, We R Memory Keepers brad setting tool.

Cracked Squares - MFP Blog Hop Day 3

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Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich's Company's 

October Blog Hop!

This Month's New Stamp Set Releases

Christmas Selections - Featured October 23

Poinsettia Blooms - Featured October 24

Cracked Hello - Featured October 25 (That's today!)

On the Fly - Featured October 26

Please hop along with us!  You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets!  Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day.  The names are drawn randomly.)  All four winners will be announced on October 27, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog.  You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT:  The more you comment the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!)  The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday October 26, 2012.

Today's stamp set is called "Cracked Hello"  and I have to say that I think it is my favourite!  I love this background stamp, so fun!  Here is what I came up with:

I started by stamping the cracked texture with brown ink on kraft.   I had to be creative because I don't have a block big enough for such a big stamp so I actually used one of my Cuttlebug plates, lol. I trimmed the image into squares and inked each one.  I stamped before trimming to make sure the pattern was straight on my squares.  I chose some coordinating papers from a 6x6 My Mind's Eye pad, and inked everything with light brown.  The yellow piece was adhered directly to the kraft card base, and some coordinating washi tape added over that.  The smaller panel was foam taped over the washi tape, then the squares were foam taped on the smaller panel.  I rotated the pattern on some of the squares for interest.

I stamped the sentiment on more pattern, banner cut the ends, and inked it with more light brown.  this was foam taped over the squares.  Of course I couldn't be finished, lol, so I added some glitter pen to the sentiment, and some rhinestones.  I added the rhinestones in what I thought was a random manner but they almost look like a pattern.  I think its because I added two gems in each spot.  I like how it turned out. :)

For the center of the card I inked some kraft and matted it with another yellow tone pattern, and this panel was adhered over more washi tape that had been added to the card base.  I decided last minute to add some squares leftover from the front.  I really like how it turned out!

This is a great stamp set!  The sentiments are great for any holiday, and you can use the big stamp as a traditional background stamp, or you can cut it up into pieces like I did to use as a focal point, or to use as embellishments.  I love sets that are really versatile and can be used throughout the year!  :)

Don't forget to hop along to the rest of the DT members and see what lovely projects they've all come up with.  And there is a ton more inspiration back at the main blog.  Also, the hop isn't done yet - there is one more day left so don't forget to come by tomorrow!


I used the following supplies for my card:

Card Stock:  Neenah Desert Storm, My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Citron.

Stamps:  Marks Finest Papers Cracked Hello

Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Chestnut Roan, Creamy Brown.

Embellishments:  Scrappin' Supplies rhinestones, My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Washi Tape.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, foam squares, Scotch Quick Dry.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart Score Board, Ranger Blending Tool.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

1. My Mind's Eye October Challenge - Use Your Stamps
2. Songbird Challenges - Build Me Up Buttercup
3. Daring Cardmakers - Don't Worry Be Happy

Simple Christmas - Marks Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

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Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich's Company's 

October Blog Hop!

This Month's New Stamp Set Releases

Christmas Selections - Featured October 23

Poinsettia Blooms - Featured October 24 (That's today!)

Cracked Hello - Featured October 25

On the Fly - Featured October 26

Please hop along with us!  You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets!  Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day.  The names are drawn randomly.)  All four winners will be announced on October 27, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog.  You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT:  The more you comment the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!)  The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday October 26, 2012.

  

Such a pretty set!  I love that big poinsettia so that is the stamp I started with.  I decided to go with another clean and simple design to let the image stand for itself.  Here is my card:

I decided to build up the image to turn it into a large embellishment, so I started by stamping the flower three times with red pigment ink, then embossed with clear powder.  I trimmed each image out, making sure each level of the flower was slightly smaller.  The cut out pieces were layered with foam tape.  I chose card stock to coordinate, trimmed it down and decided to dry emboss the background with my Cuttlebug.

Once the sentiment was stamped, trimmed and matted, I matted the embossed piece with kraft and added ribbon.  Once the panel was adhered to the card base, then I added a big bow.  The flower and the sentiment was adhered with more foam squares.

The center of the card was decorated with a smaller panel consisting of a heat embossed piece matted with kraft.  

This image is so great because you can use it on a simple card like the one above, or it would work on an elaborately decorated card.  The entire set is great for all kinds of Christmas projects and I love sets that have a bunch of sentiments to choose from!

Don't forget to hop along with us as the projects the rest of the DT have created are lovely as always. There is more inspiration to be had back at the main blog also, and why not check out the Mark's Finest Papers store while you're at it, in addition to this lovely set they have a ton of supplies for all of your holiday card making!

 I used the following supplies to make my card:

Card Stock:  Gina K Designs Pure Ivory, Neenah Desert Storm, Stampin' Up!  Very Vanilla.

Stamps:  Marks Finest Papers Poinsetta Blooms

Ink: American Crafts Red Pigment Ink, Martha Stewart Embossing Powder Clear Gloss.

Embellishments:  Red grossgrain ribbon from stash, Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Star.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, foam squares.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart Score Board, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Paperlace II embossing folder set


I would like to enter into the following challenges:

1. Charisma Cardz - Clean and Simple
2. Christmas Card Challenges - Bows
3. Pile it On - Any Holiday

Christmas Ornaments - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

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Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich's Company's 

October Blog Hop!

This Month's New Stamp Set Releases

Christmas Selections - Featured October 23 (Thats today!)

Poinsettia Blooms - Featured October 24

Cracked Hello - Featured October 25

On the Fly - Featured October 26

Please hop along with us!  You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets!  Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day.  The names are drawn randomly.)  All four winners will be announced on October 27, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog.  You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT:  The more you comment the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!)  The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday October 26, 2012.

Its finally the first day of Mark's Finest Papers October blog hop and there are some great stamp sets to play with this month!  The first set is similar to the mini set that I posted about on Friday as it consists of many Christmas images that were included in previous sets, only now in a smaller size.  Here is what I came up with:

I started by grabbing some Christmas-y patterns and pulling out my old ornament punch.  I punched three ornaments and heat embossed a different image on each.  I chose a coordinating background pattern and some card stock, cut everything down to size and inked the edges of everything with gold ink.

Once the main panel was adhered together I punched a small hole in the top of each ornament and tied a bow with some jute twine.  One tail was left long so I could attach it to the back of the panel once the ornaments were placed.  The ornaments were adhered in place with foam squares.  I felt like there wasn't quite enough sparkle for my taste so of course I grabbed my trusty glitter pen and added some to the images, and also in a border around the main panel and each ornament.

The center was decorated with another piece of pattern with some cream that had also been inked with gold.  I heat embossed another pinsettia, adhered everything together and I was done!

This set is really cute, and if your stamp stash is missing some cute holiday images this would be a good set to turn to.  I think it is a good basic that you would go to year after year in your holiday card making!

Well, this is a blog hop after all so don't forget to visit the rest of the DT and let them know what you think of their beautiful creations!  And don't forget to go back to the main blog so that you can qualify for the draw.  Also why not visit the Mark's Finest Papers store?  I'm sure you'll find a few things to add to your Christmas list!


I used the following products to make my card:

Card Stock:  Stampin' Up!  Old Olive, Neenah Desert Storm, Echo Park Season's Greetings.

Stamps:  Marks Finest Papers Christmas Selections

Ink:  Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Versamark Watermark Ink, Stampin' Up!  Gold Embossing Powder.

Embellishments:  May Arts Jute Twine, Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen Clear Star.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, foam squares.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, bone folder, scissors, Martha Stewart Score Board, Stampin' Up! Ornament Punch, heat tool.


I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

1. Creative Craft Challenges - Three
2. Charisma Card Challenges - Clean and Simple
3. Christmas Card Challenges - Bows
4. Pile it On - Any Holiday