MFP Inspirational Challenge #78

I loved, loved the pictures for this challenge!  My sister had made some "flower pot people" and it reminded me of them.  I wanted to use a cute flower people too, and this is how to turned out.....

MFP Simple Salutatioons #112

MFP Speedy TV Simple Salutations #112
I picked math as my favorite school subject. I remember liking all my math classes.....with the exception of Geometry! :-).

MFP Sketch With A Twist #113

I had been saving  this picture to use on a card, and when I saw this sketch I knew he would make a great subject!

MFP Tutorial Challenge 115

MFP Tutorial Time Challenge 115 - Distressed Stains Patterned Background
I absolutely fell in love with this technique. I had picked out a few embossing folders...wasn't sure which one I would use. Well, once I got going I ended up with 4 different designs! What a fun challenge!  I will definitely be using this technique again. Thank you, Barbara, for great directions!

MFP Color Challenge #36 Yellow/Orange/Pink

MFP Color Challenge #36 - Yellow/Orange/Pink
Not a normal color combination for me, but I did manage to find a sparkly piece of paper with all three colors in it. It was way too bright to use as a focal point, so I tried to pull out each  color and this is what I ended up with. The greeting is from Mark's Finest Papers.

MFP Inspiration Challenge #77

MFP Inspiration Challenge #77 - old salt and pepper shakers
I was drawn to the red and white colors in the one picture.  I don't remember if any of my family were collectors of salt and pepper shakers.....I'll have to find out from Mom!

MFP Simple Salutation #111 - bear

MFP Simple Salutations #111 - bears

My "bear" card was made using Northwoods Rubber Stamp Company bear and paw prints stamps. The greeting is from Mark's Finest Papers. Who doesn't love a bear card? I think if it were up to Craig, all my cards would be bears....or fish....or deer....you get the picture! This was a fun card to make.

MFP Oriental Challenge #50

MFP Oriental Challenge #50
This was a cute sketch to work from - nice lines but not too plain. It made it easy to add a little embellishment without going overboard. All in all, a real nice challenge!

MFP Friends of Speedy TV #138 Joy Fold Card

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MFP Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 138 - Joy Fold Card

I had tried something similar to this a few years ago....

Didn't know the name of it back then! 

It's a nice technique for a special card when you just want to do 

something a little something different.

I would like to thank MFP Speedy TV for picking my card for the winner of this challenge! 

 I earned the Halloween Selections stamp.

MFP Color Challenge #35 - yellow blue green

I picked one of  Mark's Finest Paper stamps for this challenge. I love all the fishing stamps, but this one is my personal favorite!  I used Copic markers to color the water and sky, then mounted it on green paper. Craig is going fishing in the morning - Good Luck!!

Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge #76 Paint the Floors

MFP Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge #76 - Let's Paint The Floors
I was drawn to the shiny blue in the middle picture....maybe because blue is a favorite color but also because of the white with it.  A very clean look, but so attractive!  I tried to keep my card in those same clean lines without a lot of extras to detract from it.

MFP Simple Salutations Challenge #110 - Paper Dolls

MFP Speedy TV Simple Salutations Challenge #110 - Paper Dolls
I don't have any Mark's Finest Paper Dolls stamps yet, so I came up with this other paper doll and colored her with Copic markers.

Thank you to Mark's Finest Papers for choosing my card as the winner of this challenge!  I earned the "I'd Pick You" stamp set.

MFP Sketch With a Twist 111 - Trees

MFP Sketch With a Twist #111 - Trees
As I was looking for the perfect stamp to use for this challenge I discovered that I have ALOT of stamps with trees on them......ha ha!   But I like this MFP stamp set very much and decided on it. Hope you like it too!

MFP Oriental Challenge #49

MFP Speedy TV Oriental Challenge #49
I loved working with this sketch - so many ideas floated through my head.  I love, love, love my new bamboo embossing folder (Darice)!!

MFP Tutorial Challenge 113 Secret Door Inside Pieces

These are the inside pieces of my Secret Door card.  This was a great tutorial and I can see me using this again!  Thanks very nuch Barbie for the wonderful directions! 

MFP Tutorial Challenge 113 Secret Door

MFP Speedy TV Tutorial Challenge 113 Secret Door

I would like to thank MFP Speedy TV for choosing my entry for this challenge as the winner! I was so excited when I saw my name there.  I earned the Year of the Horse stamp set. I can already imagine how pretty Christmas cards will be using this technique!  :-)

MFP Inspiration Challenge 75 Slide or Stairs

MFP Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge 75 - Slide or Stairs
I took something from each of the 3 pictures for this card....green color, stripes to represent stairs and the arrow.  I had so many ideas for this card.  It would be very easy to make more! Thank you for a fun challenge!

MFP Color Challenge 34 7-14-14 brown rose beige

MFP Color Challenge 34 7-14-14  brown/rose/beige

I wasn't sure what I was going to do with these colors....until I came across this patterned paper. I had just a small piece left, but it was enough to make this card bottom and the rest just fell together. I hope you like it also.

Thank you to MFP Speedy TV for choosing my card to win this challenge!  I earned the Asian Delight stamp set.

MFP Simple Salutations 109 - oriental background paper

MFP Speedy TV Simple Salutations 109 - oriental background paper
I didn't have any oriental background paper - my original thought was to use a Chinese take-out menu pieced together to make an "aged tiles" type background. But that didn't really work, so I made this one with a Hero Arts mini stamp of  Chinese words.

MFP Sketch With a Twist 110 - polka dots

MFP SWAT 110 - polka dots
I was very excited about this challenge because I love polka dots on cards! This looks nothing like the picture in my head of how this would turn out, but I'm happy with the result. :-)