Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co Blog Hop Day 1~~Lesson Learned



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

   August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lesson Learned Featured August 14
Bring on the Sun Featured August 15
Tree Greetings Featured August 16
Oh Crab Featured August 17

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 18, 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 August 17, 2012.

I'm so glad you stopped by today!  I hope you will enjoy our blog hop this month.  Here's the details on my card

Stamps:  Lesson Learned
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy Cat Black Linen, Summer Picnic DSP
Ink:  Basic Black, Real Red
Misc:  copics, ribbon, apple button

Now, hop on over to MariLynn's blog.  I'm sure you'll love what you find there!

Lois

Vicky

Pat G.

Patty P. --you're here

Marilynn

Pam

Debbie

Bonnie

Kathy

Brenda

Toni

Tangii

Thrifty Stamper

Sue

Kelli

Janine

Tammylee

Janis L.

Mark's Finest 

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

A Simple Thank You

I needed a Thank You note for Winnie's dog walker.  She found Winnie & Nyko's treats.  We had been looking for them for over a month!!!  I wanted to let her know how appreciative everyone was for them.  Yes, Nyko eats dog treats.  He won't eat kitty treats.  Silly cat.  He also has to get his teeth cleaned tomorrow.  Poor kitty, he doesn't like the vet, so it is going to be very traumatic for him!  He even bit me when the vet tried to take blood a week ago!  Ouch!

For my card I used a new SU stamp set that I got for $5 with my last order.  It's called "Reason to Smile".  I like it.

Stamps:  Reason to Smile, Poppies (sentiment)
Paper:  Pool Party, Midnight Muse, unknown DSP
Ink:  Pool Party, Midnight Muse
Misc:  punches, brads

Thanks for stopping by to look today.  Don't forget that Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co blog hop starts this Tuesday! 

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge~~Use Dots

This week's Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge is to use dots on your card.  I used doddles and dots around my greeting and image.  I made this a tent topper card, one of my favorite types of cards to make.  This was a lot of fun to make.  I apologize that the photo is a little dark.  When I tried to llighten it up, it was too light, so I settled on this. 

Stamps:  Gullible, Sand Dollar, Daffodil Delight (sentiment)
Paper: Crumb Cake, Island Indigo
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Island Indigo
Misc:  none

I hope you'll join us this week for this fun challenge!  Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

CASEing Bonnie aka raduse

I made this card for today's Ways to Use It challenge on SCS.  I CASEd a card made by Bonnie R aka raduse on SCS.  The challenge was to use something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.  I got all 4 requirements in:

something old:  lighthouses are old
something new:  this is a new stamp
something borrowed:  I "borrowed" CASEd Bonnie's card
something blue:  my card base and ribbon is blue

Here's the details

Stamps:  Lighthouses, Scenic Selections
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Night of Navy, Marina Mist
Ink:  Palette Noir Black
Misc:  Prisma pencils, baby oil, blending stumps, ribbon, charm

I hope you like my card today.  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Lighthouse

I love blue & white cards, and today's CAS (clean & simple) challenge over on SCS was to make a dark blue & white card.  This is what I came up with.  I used the stamp set "Lighthouses" by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co and some new paper I got from SU.

Stamps:  Lighthouses
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Midnight Muse
Ink: Midnight Muse
Misc:  ribbon, charm

I hope you're have a great Monday!  Please stop back by soon.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

My LIttle Giraffe

This is my card from yesterday's Inspiration Challenge on SCS.  They had a cute little giraffe charm that I just had to use as my inspiration.  I love this image.  I think this looks like a baby giraffe who has just been born and hasn't stood up for the first time.  (Yes, I have a vivid imagination! LOL)

Yesterday morning I had to take our kitty, Nyko, to the vet for his shots.  (He is our pound kitty that we adopted a year ago).  He's beautiful.  He's a full blooded Seal Point Balinese and has gorgeous deep blue eyes.  Anyway, the doctor decided she needed to do blood work on him because he needs to have his teeth cleaned.  Well, Nyko decided she DIDN'T need to draw blood and a battle ensued.  In the midst of it all, he bit me!!!!  For an 8 1/2 lb kitty, he sure is a fighter!  Finally, after 2 vet techs came in to hold him down, the vet got the blood she needed.  Nyko was really mad, but
otherwise unscathed.  However, when we got home, he wouldn't come to me for the rest of the day!  This morning, all seems forgiven.

Now for the details of my card:

Stamps:  Above the Rest
Paper:  Corn Husk, Dark Chocolate Bar by MFP, unknown DSP
Ink:  Soft Suede
Misc:  ribbon, charm

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed the story of Nyko and his vet experience! 

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge~~Back to Nature

This weeks Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge is "Back to Nature".  I decided to use the stamp set "North American Woods" because I thought that a wolf really symbolized nature.  This is a very simple card.  I stamped the sentiment "Get Back to Nature" in River Rock ink all over the River Rock background, stamped my wolf image in basic grey on Snow Storm Smooth CS, colored his eyes with my blue copic marker, cut him out with an oval nestie and backed it with a bashful blue scalloped oval nestie.  A quick large MS border punch in dark chocolate bar, and viola' I was done!   I'm thinking about making more of these to use a birthday cards for my male clients in September.  We'll see.

Stamps:  North American Woods
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Dark Chocolate Bar, Bashful Blue, River Rock
Ink:  Basic Grey, River Rock
Misc:  Copics, Nesties, Large MS Border Punch

I hope you will join us this week for our Back to Nature challenge.  You could be the winner of a stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers!

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie