MFP September Stamp Release and Blog Hop Day #3 Autumn Splendor

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

September Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Buried Treasure - Featured September 25

Going Batty - Featured September 26

Autumn Splendor - Featured September 27 (That's today!)

Tweet That - Featured September 28

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! Scroll to the bottom for the DT list. (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day!  The names are drawn randomly!)  All four winners will be announced on September 29, 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 (12AM ATL) on Friday September 28, 2012.

For day 3 of the hop we have this lovely set called Autumn Splendor.  So pretty!  Here is what I came up with:

I started with the owl image.  Isn't he cute?  I decided to water colour the image using my Stampin' Up! markers.  I love water colouring!  I find it so much easier to blend than with alcohol markers.  Once the image was coloured and dry, I masked it and sprayed the background with various shades.  I like the darker background as it makes the image pop.  I inked the edges with brown and green for a bit more depth.

I chose a card base, and some coordinating papers from October Afternoon.   I cut down the sheets I wanted, rounded the corners, and inked everything in green.  I adhered the patterns together and added some ribbon.  Once adhered to the card base I added a bow and foam taped the image over the ribbon.

I stamped the sentiment on a small scrap of white with banner cut ends, inked the edges, and adhered it with a glue dot underneath the raised image.  The final embellishment consists of some layered Mark's Finest Papers paper flowers with my last gemstone brad.  I need to get more of those!  I foam taped the resulting flower in place.

For the center I stamped a sentiment on white, inked the edges and matted with more patterns. A couple of banner cut strips finished it off!

Autumn is my favourite season, so this is a great set to have in my collection.  So cute!  :)

That's it for me, why not visit the rest of the DT and see what awesome projects they've come up with?  They are a talented bunch and you won't regret taking the time to visit each one!  While your at it why not visit Mark's Finest Papers store and have a look at what they offer.  They have such a great selection of items, I'm sure you'll 'fall' in love with everything!  :)


I used the following products to make my card:

Card Stock:  Stampin' Up!  Garden Green, Neenah Solar White, October Afternoon Woodland Park 8x8 pad.

Stamps:  Marks Finest Papers Autumn Splendor

Inks:  Stampin' Up!  Garden Green, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Chestnut Roan.

Mists:  October Afternoon Woodland Park Grove, Lagoon.  Mister Huey Pinstripe, Manilla.

Embellishments:  Marks Finest Papers paper flowers, May Arts seam binding, gemstone brad from stash.

Adhesive:  Scotch ATG, glue dots, foam squares.

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


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

1. Creative Stamp Friends - New Stamps
2. Deep Ocean - Use more than 2 colours.
3. Everybody Art - Autumn
4. Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
5. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes