Wednesday 4 December 2013

MFP December Blog Hop Part #1, Day #2 - Mini Swallowtail

Mark's Finest Papers December Preview, Week 1

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are


 Featured December 3 Lots of Words
Featured December 4 Mini Swallowtail
Featured December 5 Butterfly Essence

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 three winners will be announced on Dec. 14, 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 Dec.. 13, 2013.

Welcome to the first part of the December Mark's Finest Papers blog hop!  I'll explain a little more what's happening later, but first lets get to the stamps and cards!

Today's featured set is the mini you receive when purchasing the bundle of the main four stamp sets.  Its called "Mini Swallowtail", although it is a very big butterfly stamp:


I decided to make two simple notecards with this set.




After stamping and embossing the card front I coloured the butterflies and added some glitter gel pen. Some dashed lines and gemstones and my card was complete!




For this card I just wanted to use one of the pretty sentiments. I decided to make a huge washi tape blossom using a big gluber I found in my stash.  Its a good way to add a splash of colour and to dip into some of your washi tape collection! 

Thats it for my cards today.  Just to explain a bit about what we are doing this month, instead of having one long blog hop, we've decided to break the team into two, and spread the hop over two weeks. This week the first half of the design team will focus on the first half of the stamps, and the second half of the team will focus on the second half of the stamps next week on December 10, 11, and 12.  Those of us not participating in the hop will be making cards to showcase on the main blog.  So in addition to hopping along, make sure you have a look at the Mark's Finest Papers blog to ensure you don't miss out on any inspiration opportunties!  :)


Here are the design team members hopping this week:

Guest Designer - Kelli Jo
Patty
Cathy C  (Thats me!)

See you tomorrow!

25 comments:

  1. Pretty w/ a unique style to them. Like the creativity of the washi tape.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  2. Lovely cards - like the sheen you got with the embossing and your fun washi tape one.

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  3. Both cards turned out very nice...I also like the stitch marks around the cards..
    well done

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  4. Faux stitching are favorites of mine , this is a winner.......Lis

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  5. Lovely butterfly note cards. I am not sure what a gluber is but the card is super cool and colorful!

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  6. Lovely butterfly note cards. I am not sure what a gluber is but the card is super cool and colorful!

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  7. So pretty, I like the black embossed butterfly.

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  8. Very pretty cards. I like your blossom on your second one.

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  9. Wow beautiful card
    Thank for showing

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  10. So beautiful! I love both of them!

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  11. Well Done!!! that butterfly looks wonderful embossed.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  12. Such pretty cards. Love the oriental look to the first one. TFS!

    kReN
    Come and follow me@
    http://afourthlife.blogspot.com

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  13. Cathy--both cards are beautiful! TFS

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  14. Pretty cards. Love the washi tape flower.

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  15. Two beautiful and different cards done with this set Cathy!!!

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  16. Cathy,
    Your note cards are really pretty and elegant! Your washi tape card turned out lovely and the colors are bright and happy.

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  17. Gorgeous set of cards. I like the colors used on your butterfly. And your washi tape blossom is amazing. Such a grat idea. TFS AJ-

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  18. I love that beautiful embossed butterfly - the colouring is so beautiful. What a great way to use washi and I like that sentiment too.

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  19. Both cards are great! I especially love the second one! WOW!

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  20. How beautiful. You heat emboss so well. Both cards are cool. I love the washi flower.

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  21. Liking the embellishments very much!

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  22. Very pretty coloring on the butterfly and what a fabulous washi tape blossom.

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  23. Gorgeous coloring on that butterfly! The washi tape flower is awesome, love your embossing!

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  24. Your embossed butterfly card is CASAF - Clean and Simple and Fantastic. love the gems at the bottom for that extra wow factor. Washi tape flower card is another lovely card. I don't think I would have the patience to try this one.

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Thanks so much for your comments! I read them all and appreciate every word! :)