Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Blog Hop Day 1~~Marsh Birds


May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured May 14th
Marsh Birds

Featured May 15th
In Tents
 
Featured May 16th

Space Fun
 
Featured May 17th

Now Showing

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 May 18,2013 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 11PM EST on Friday May 17,2013.



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

"Marsh Silhouettes"


 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is



"Lilly of the Valley"
                                                      



Welcome to our blog hop!  I'm so glad you stopped by today!  For my card today, I used both Spectrum Noir pens (to color the bird) and Prisma colored pencils to color the top of the cat tails. 

Stamps:  Marsh Birds, Scenic Selections
Paper:  From my stash
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Soft Suede
Misc:  none

Now, hop on over to Lois' blog to see what wonderful things she has for you!

Patty P. --you're here
Lois --go here next
Pam 
Toni 
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Thanks again for stopping by today.  I hope you'll join us tomorrow for the featured stamp set "In Tents"!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

31 comments:

Ravengirl said...

What a cool scene! I love the cat tails, they may be my favorite image of the entire release!

loulou said...

Great card like the neutral colour scheme. I love everything about this new release.

Lagene said...

Love your tone on tone scene!

Rosy Newlun said...

What a natural and calm scene!

Janine said...

Nice colour scheme and card.

Vicky Gould said...

Love your monochromatic card, Patty...also that you thought of those birds in flight!

Lois said...

Nice monochromatic card, Patty.

Sue D said...

I like the little scene you created.

wannabcre8tive said...

Very pretty, Patty. I like the monochromatic colors and how your cut out the bird. Giving the bird the color with the Noir pen really makes him stand out.

stampingbowd said...

Beautiful card!!! Pretty coloring on the bird and I love the cattails in the background!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous with the monochromatic look, Patty and great fussy cutting!

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Thanks for sharing your card with us!

kReN said...

Patty P, I love this bird image and the silhouettes are fab. TFS!

kren@
http://afourthlife.blogspot.com

Michelle N. said...

Love your card!

MariLynn said...

How very pretty. Love your CAS Card.

Mari said...

Nice card. Will make a good masculine card.

Jane said...

Very Pretty card!!!

Golda said...

Cute card! I love the marsh grasses with the bird in front.

Pat said...

Nice scene. I like him in brown.

Karenladd said...

love the natural kraft base of your card and these wonderful bird images!

Luanna said...

I love the bird and the cattails. Nice job!

Kathy Bradley said...

Patty,
Your card is so pretty and elegant! The earth tones are awesome and I really like how you've popped up the heron!!

Kim B said...

Very neat scene on card :)

SHartl said...

Love your pretty nature scene and the beautiful bird stamp

An'Jenic G. said...

Awesome get well care. Love the color. TFS AJ-

Unknown said...

Your monotone card is lovely.

Unknown said...

Cool card. Looks great

Jean Bullock said...

Lovely card. Very calming.

Janeen said...

well done, love this set

Cathy Dineen said...

I love the colours! :)

marg0006 said...

Great coloring and use of the stamps.