MFP Stamp Shop Butterflies & Bugs Blog Hop Day 4

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

Bugs and Butterflies
 BLOG HOP

 Watch out for creepy crawlies !

JOIN US EACH DAY, April 26-29 FOR A BUTTERFLY KISSES GOOD TIME!   WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT TO THE APRIL 29th POST FOR US TO SEE, SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES related STAMP SETS.   Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.)  Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the APRIL 29 MFP Stamp Shop post. The winners will be announced on MAY 14, 2016, on the MFP Stamp Shop 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 and posting pics of your projects is Friday, May 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
April 27-- Flower Arranging by Sandy
April 29-- Retiform by Pat

Let's get started !!

Because the tutorial for today is Retiform, I decided to use that background technique for my last card of the blog hop.  Retiform is described in the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary as "composed of crossing lines and interstices."  You can see that description in my card.

The MFP Stamp Shop set used on this card is Bring on the Sun.

Here's the Design Team:

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois   (that's me)
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

We hope you have enjoyed the Hop and that we have inspired you to start your own Butterflies and Bugs projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by May 13th and check back on May 14, 2016, to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Stamp Shop Butterflies & Bugs Blog Hop Day 3

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

Bugs and Butterflies
 BLOG HOP

 Watch out for creepy crawlies !

JOIN US EACH DAY, April 26-29 FOR A BUTTERFLY KISSES GOOD TIME!   WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT TO THE APRIL 29th POST FOR US TO SEE, SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES related STAMP SETS.   Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.)  Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the APRIL 29 MFP Stamp Shop post. The winners will be announced on MAY 14, 2016, on the MFP Stamp Shop 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 and posting pics of your projects is Friday, May 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
April 27-- Flower Arranging by Sandy
April 29-- Retiform by Pat

Let's get started !!

Today's ink background was a new one for me - Alcohol Marker Marbling.  I found the instructions for Alcohol Marker Marbling in a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.  It is a relatively simple technique, the results of which create a very pretty background.

The MFP Stamp Shop sets used on this card were Dragonflies and Bring on the Sun.

Here's the Design Team:

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois   (that's me)
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Butterflies and Bugs projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by May 13th and check back on May 14, 2016, to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Stamp Shop "Favorites" Blog Hop - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the Marks Finest Papers Stamp Shop
 January Blog Hop. 

 We're doing something different to start out the new year. We're looking back at all the wonderful sets released in 2014. For the 4 days of the Blog Hop the Design Team will show you their "Favorite" sets of 2014. Please visit each blog and leave a comment. One person will be chosen to receive their choice of one of the "Favorite" Stamp Sets we have featured.

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win a "Favorite" Set of your choice! Just comment on the blogs listed below (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT, however, have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) The winner will be announced on 

January 31, 2015, on the MFP Stamp Shop 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 January 30, 2014.

Let's get started!!

Anyone who is familiar with my cards knows that my favorite stamps are flowers and also knows that I like fun fold techniques.  I combined those things in several projects made with the set Coneflowers.  One of my blog hop cards in July was this cascading card.

My daughter-in –law’s birthday was in July, and I used Coneflowers for this “bouquet in a box.”  I'm pleased that she still has it sitting on her kitchen window.

I thought I should make a new card with this beautiful set, so I made one using a favorite technique (Triple Stamping).  The bees and sentiment are from another MFP Stamp Shop set, Bring on the Sun.

Here is the Design Team for today:

Lois (that's me)

Karen 

Toni 

Janine

Shirley

Vickie

Sandy

MFPStampShop

Be sure to visit the rest of the participating members of the Design Team and comment for a chance to win a free stamp set.

Come on back tomorrow for more FAVORITES!!

Tutorial Time - Flower Pounding

This week's Tutorial Time challenge was brought to us by Cheryl Miller.  Check out her tutorial for Flower Pounding.  I tried it with some crepe myrtle that grows in my front yard.  The first time I worked on the leaves, I left them attached to the stem.  However, I didn't like the results.  So I did it again with just the leaves, and then I brushed in the stem with a marker.  The results were much cleaner.

What I found interesting when I did this technique was that the color of the flowers changed.  Here is a photo of the crepe myrtle from which I cut a sprig for my flower pounding.

As you can see, the flowers were definitely PINK not PURPLE.  I'm not sure how that happened!  I'm sure there's a scientific explanation, but I'm not going to go look for it!  I'm just going to enjoy my pink crepe myrtle tree.

We hope you stop over at Speedy TV and try this interesting technique.  Link up your card at the end of the post and you could win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bring on the Sun
Ink:  Memento Teal Zeal
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Groovy Grape, Premium Heavy White; scrap of DP
Accessories:  Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Pearls, Marker, Crepe Myrtle flowers and leaves