CCEE1711 - National Button Week

Lynn told the CCEE Stampers that National Button Week is coming up, and she asked us to make use of buttons or faux buttons on our project or card.  Perhaps that might be a specially made box or jar in which to keep some of our favorite buttons.  I decided to make some button "flowers."  I even used a sentiment which included the word "button."

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest team used buttons on their cards.

Blog Hop Day 3 - Tiger Lily and Tree Frogs PLUS CCEE #1420

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured  May 13 -Kiss Me & Plywood

Featured May 14 - Oriental Joy

 Featured May 15 - Tiger Lily & Tree Frogs

Featured May16 - Bearded Iris

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the participating 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 six winners will be announced on 

May 17, 2014, 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, May 16, 2014.

I've got lots to show you again today.  My first card today is for both the MFP Blog Hop and the CCEE Stampers blog challenge.  Frances Byrne gave the CCEE Stampers a layout to use for today.  I used the larger of the two tiger lilies from today's set and some pretty MME patterned paper.

Check out the rest of the team over on the CCEE Stampers blog to see how they treated this layout.  But, be sure to continue on with the MFP Blog Hop too!

I'm not an official part of the blog hop today or tomorrow, but I made several cards using today's set.  I'm glad you came by to check them out.  The Sketch Challenge with a Twist layout I used for my next card is SWAT 95.  The twist was to use something you would find in a garden.  I sure wish I had something like these tiger lilies in MY garden!

This card is pretty clean and simple.  I did pop up the middle panel and added some piercing around the edges, but other than that it went together quite quickly.

The sketch for my first Tree Frogs card is SWAT 52.  The twist was to use some black on your card.  That was an easy one!

The tree frogs in this set are just too cute!

I used the same polka dot paper on both of these cards.  It just seemed to go with the frogs!

Here's the Design Team:

 Jane C

Pat 
Thrfity Stamper

Marilynn 
Bonnie 

Sue W

An'Jenic

  Pam M

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Card #1
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Tiger Lily
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Premium Heavy White, Green Forest, Snow Storm Smooth; MME Reunion DP
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves
Accessories:  Copic markers, Oval nesties, Circle punches, Foam pop dots, Stickles

Card #2
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Tiger Lily
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bright Orange, Black Linen, Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Copic markers,  Ribbon, Paper piercing tool, Square Lattice embossing folder, Foam pop dots

Card #3
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Tree Frogs
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Spring Leaf, Black Linen, Snow Storm Smooth; Recollections Green polka dot DP
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Bundled Sage
Accessories:  Copic markers, Sponge applicator

Card #4
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Tree Frogs
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Flecked Chocolate Cake, Snow Storm; Recollections Green polka dot DP
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Tea Dye
Accessories:  Copic markers, Circle nesties, Die-Namics Cloud Trio die, Sponge applicator, Foam pop dots; EK Success border punch

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 - Kiss Me and Plywood

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured May 13 - Kiss Me & Plywood 

Featured  May 14 - Oriental Joy

 Featured May 15 - Tiger Lily & Tree Frogs

Featured May 16 - Bearded Iris

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the participating 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 six winners will be announced on 

May 17, 2014, 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, May 16, 2014.

As in previous Blog Hops, I've chosen a theme for my cards this week.  My theme this month is a little different.  I've chosen one of the weekly Speedy TV Sketch Challenge with a Twist challenges for each day and will make a card using that sketch.   My first card uses challenge 48 -- and the twist for that challenge was to make a Miss You card.  (I'm afraid I "missed" the mark on this one!)   Here's the sketch and my card:

I did move the circles to appear on top of the cross piece, which in my case was the stamped cattails.  Aren't those frogs adorable?

My second card was made with the Karen Burniston Accordion Fancy Label die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  With the exception of the little frog on the front (which is from another new set we'll feature later this week called Tree Frogs), all of the images and sentiments are from today's mini set.

Here's the card opened to reveal all three panels.

Also featured today is a new background stamp called Plywood.  Sketch Challenge with a Twist 45 is the layout I used.  The Twist was that the base color should be Kraft.  (I hit the mark on this one!)

I stamped the Plywood image and then cut it into the three tall narrow panels and adhered it to the dark brown square.  Then I used another masculine set, Buffalo Spring, for the focal image.  The sentiments on the banner are both from today's set.

My second card using Plywood also uses another masculine set from Mark's Finest Papers, Duck Hunting. I send cards to Operation Write Home, so I used the sentiment from MFP I Need a Vacation on it and will include it in my next box of cards.

Here's the Design Team:

Lois (that's me)

Kelli Jo

Karen 

 Kathy

Toni

Janine

Shirley Q

Vickie
Sandy

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Card #1
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Kiss Me, Marsh Silhouettes
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Lily Pad, Black Linen, Snow Storm Smooth; Recollections green polka dot DP
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Tumbled Glass
Accessories:  Copic markers, Circle punches, Foam pop dots, Die-Namics Cloud Trio die for cloud template, Sponge applicator

Card #2
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Kiss Me, Tree Frogs
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Spring Leaf, Snow Storm Smooth; DCWV Photo 2 DP (sky)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Bundled Sage
Accessories:  Elizabeth Craft Designs Accordion Fancy Label die, Copic markers, Sponge applicator

Card #3
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Plywood, Buffalo Spring
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Desert Sand, Flecked Chocolate Cake, Cream Linen
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger Distress Tea Dye; Versamark
Accessories:  Copic markers, Detail White embossing powder, Twine, Foam pop dots


Card #4
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Plywood, Duck Hunting, I Need a Vacation
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Flecked Chocolate Cake, Desert Sand, Cream Linen
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories:  Copic markers, Foam pop dots