MFP Simple Salutations #114 - play ball

This was a fun, fun challenge for me.  I was never a player but an avid spectator of most sports...especially baseball.  I spent a lot of time in the bleachers and always joked that I had more blankets and sweatshirts in my car during the summer than I did in the winter!!!  I made the little baseballs out of  white candies and drew the laces with a red Copic marker.

Thank you Mark's Finest Papers for choosing my card as the winner of this challenge.  I earned the ALL POSTAL stamp set.

MFP Friends of Speedy TV Challenge #141 circular card

MFP Friends of Speedy TV Challenge #141 - circular card

It's starting to look like fall outside, so I wanted to use some fall colors for this card. The butterfly and sentiment are from Mark's Finest Papers.  I don't think of using circular cards very much, but this was a fun card to make and I can see me doing this more.

MFP Sketch With a Twist #115 - yellow/gray

MFP SWAT #115 - yellow and gray
I used one of my favorite sayings for this card and chose a lacy-type background of gray and black.
I don't think of using yellow and gray together, but I like it that the challenges force us to use different color combos.....opens my eyes to a whole new world of possibilities.

MFP Color Challenge. 38

MFP Color Challenge 38 - Red Yellow Blue
This cute image is from Penny Black. The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers. I need a little boy birthday card and this will work great!

MFP SWAT Challenge 114

MFP SWAT Challenge 114
I missed uploading my card by one minute......very sad Face!
But it was fun making it..... I'll just have to be a little quicker next time.

MFP Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 140

MFP Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 140 - Card for a Child
Loved this little girl holding her bear and thought it would make a great card for a little girl! The finishing touch was a little sparkly butterfly given to me by my Mom as a present - :-)

MFP Inspiration Challenge #78

MFP Inspiration Challenge #78 - Flower Pot People
For my second entry for this challenge I tried to use all the pretty colors in the inspiration pictures. I used a new die cut (spellbinders) and a stamp set I received as a gift.  The words are from Mark's Finest Papers.  

MFP Color Challenge #37. green/black/white

MFP Color Challenge #37 - green black white
I used a sentiment of Mark's Finest Papers and a new die cut for the flower.

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.