Get Inspired - Rand Park Garden Part 2

Hi Everyone, happy Saturday!  Its my turn to contribute for our Get Inspired column over at MFP Speedy TV!

 

Today I am using a beautiful photo provided by MariLynn last week. She took the photo at Rand Park Garden near her home. Click here to see her original post along with her lovely card.   The photo is so pretty it was easy to pull some inspiration for my card:

 So pretty!  Here is what I came up with:

I enjoyed making this card, and I used two beautiful Mark's Finest Papers' sets - Lotus Blossom and Glad Glads.   As you can see from both mine and MariLynn's cards, inspiration doesn't mean you have to copy exactly.  Instead you can pull from the photo what you like and run with it!

What do you think, are you feeling inspired? If you are we'd love it if you leave a link in the comments! :)

As I mentioned before, this post is part of the  Get Inspired page at MFP Speedy TV .   If you are not a member of MFP Speedy TV, its a free social networking site focused on stamping and cardmaking with MFP stamps.  In additon to our column you will find lots of inspiration, including other informative columns on a daily basis, so why not click over and see what you are missing!

So thats it for me this week! Next week I will have some new inspiration for you, see you then! :)

MFP Blog Hop Day #4 - Wealthy Fish

Mark's Finest Papers August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured August 13th - Pocket Watches

Featured August 14th - Joyous Season

Featured August 15th - Country Charm 

Featured August 16th - Wealthy Fish

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 August 17, 2013 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 10 PM EST on Friday August 16, 2013.

The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Lucky You"

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Take Time Mini"

Its the final day of the hop and today's set called "Wealthy Fish" is a lovely one:

I really loved the simplicity of the larger images so I decided to make clean and simple cards to complment them:

I had fun watercolouring the embossed images, and using the coin embellishments I had been saving from a May Arts embellishment pack.  The black seam binding ribbon and the sparkly sequins were perfect to finish the cards off.  Simple and quick, but lovely just the same.  :)

I hope you enjoyed my cards, but the fun is not over!  You can visit Mark's Finest Papers store to purchase these sets along with lots of other wonderful sets.  Or, if you need some inspiration the DT list is below!  This is a blog hop after all and talented Toni is next on the list!  Or if you've started here click below to go back to the beginning.

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

MFP Blog Hop Day #3 - Country Charm

Mark's Finest Papers August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured August 13th - Pocket Watches

Featured August 14th - Joyous Season

Featured August 15th - Country Charm 

Featured August 16th - Wealthy Fish

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 August 17, 2013 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 10 PM EST on Friday August 16, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Lucky You"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Take Time Mini"
                                                      

Today's set, called "Country Charm"  is a really cute one:

I really love this set and I could't decide which images to use.  For this reason I decided to make a note card set:

 Use these individually, or bunch them together as a gift set, I think either way anyone would love to receive these!  I still can't decide on which one is my favourite, lol.  :)

I hope you enjoyed my cards, but the fun is not over!  You can visit Mark's Finest Papers store to purchase these sets along with lots of other wonderful sets.  Or, if you need some inspiration the DT list is below!  This is a blog hop after all and talented Toni is next on the list!  Or if you've started here click below to go back to the beginning.

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

MFP Blog Hop Day #2 - Joyous Season

Mark's Finest Papers August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured August 13th - Pocket Watches

Featured August 14th - Joyous Season

Featured August 15th - Country Charm 

Featured August 16th - Wealthy Fish

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 August 17, 2013 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 10 PM EST on Friday August 16, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Lucky You"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Take Time Mini"
                                                      

Today's set, called "Joyus Season" is really lovely:

While lovely, at first I wasn't sure what to do with this set.  When that happens sometimes the best thing to do is just to jump in and hope for the best! Its fun to do that every now and then anyway.  :)  I ended up making one more involved card and one quick card.

With the first card I played with a few techniques includng watercolouring and fussy cutting.  Even so, I decided to keep things tonal with a pop of red.  Something about kraft and dark red on a Christmas card that is so pretty!  With the second card I went with more colour and pattern.  It turned out to be a quick card, so it would be great for reproducing, but it is still really pretty.  I love how both of these turned out!

I hope you enjoyed my cards, but the fun is not over!  You can visit Mark's Finest Papers store to purchase these sets along with lots of other wonderful sets.  Or, if you need some inspiration the DT list is below!  This is a blog hop after all and talented Toni is next on the list!  Or if you've started here click below to go back to the beginning.

Patty

Lois

Jane C

Debbie

Pam

Pat G

Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy

Angela

Cathy C

Toni

Sue W

Janine

An'Jenic

Shirley Q

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.