MFP FOSTV 153 Die Cut/Punched

MFP FOSTV 153 Die cut or Punched Items

I love working with die cuts and punches! On this card I used 2 different sized circle punches, a scalloped die cut and a stamp from Mark's Finest Papers "All Postal" set. It's hard to see, but I embossed the red paper with a Swiss dot embossing folder.  What a nice challenge!!

Thank you FOSTV team for choosing my card as the winning entry in this challenge! I Earned a 25% discount on a future order at Mark's Finest Papers - woo hoo!

MFP Color Challenge 47 - Red Pink Green

MFP Color Challenge 47 - red, pink, green

This was a fun color combination to work with, especially since I still had my Valentines Day paper out!  I used a stamp from Mark's Finest Papers All Postal set, along with a Cuttlebug embossing folder...Juli's Garden. Pink and clear rhinestones added the final touch.

MFP Inspiration Challenge #88 - Zentangle

MFP Inspiration Challenge #88 - Zentangle

I've been interested in zentangle for awhile but never worked up enough courage to give it a try....until now!!  What beautiful examples to work from with the pictures and the design team's cards!  I used a flower from MFP Mother's Magnolia set. I did small circles on the underside petals and a combination of empty loops and loops with lines inside for the rest of the petals.  It really changes the look of the image!   I will do more zentangle to get better at it because I like the effect. Thanks for a fun challenge!

MFP FOSTV 150 Square Card

MFP FOSTV Challenge 150 -  Square Card

I have to admit I don't make a lot of square cards.....not really sure why. Maybe because I don't have a lot of square envelopes??  Ha Ha Ha.   I used BasicGrey paper scraps.

MFP Speedy Fox and Friends Week 244

MFP Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge Week 244

Layered embossing was not something I had tried before, so I was excited to learn this technique! I used the Swiss dot embossing folder and liked how the background turned out. What a great way to add a little something to single layer pieces!

MFP Color Challenge 46

MFP Color Challenge 46 - pink, yellow, green

These are great spring colors and since it actually got above freezing (32*) today, I'm ready for spring!!  I love using the embossing folders for texture on a card, and the polka dot bow finished it off.

MFP Color Challenge 44

MFP Color Challenge 44 - burgandy, green, gold

I love this color combination! I used an embossing folder on the cream stock and 2 die cuts for the message part.  I used a greeting from Mark's Finest Papers...one of my favorites!

MFP FOSTV Challenge #147

MFP FOSTV  Challenge #147 - Blue and Silver

I found this cute snowman and tree, then stamped and heat embossed the greeting. I added some white snow to the ground and silver to the tree, although it's hard to see the silver in this picture. This was a great challenge with 2 of my favorite colors!!

MFP Inspiration Challenge #85

MFP Inspiration Challenge #85 - Beautiful Doors

I liked the pictures we had for our inspiration for this challenge!

Thank you to Mark's Finest Papers for choosing my card as the winning entry for this challenge! I earned the Fantastic Dogs stamp set.

MFP Color Challenge #44

MFP Color Challenge #44 - burgundy, green, gold

I think this  card will be one of the cards I send this year....I really like how it went together. I used a gold leafing pen to outline the layers and heat embossed the greeting from Stampin Up.

MFP Oriental Challenge #58

MFP Oriental Challenge # 58

I found these scraps in my stash and added 3 images from Mark's Finest Papers stamps. I'm happy with how the colors turned out....what do you think?

MFP Tutorial Challenge #122

MFP Tutorial Challenge #122

This was a fun, fun challenge! I can see me using this a lot in the future!!  I used gold paper to cut the stars out of and some red circles from a repurposed string of tree trimming. The red velvet ribbon was from my (enormous) stash of ribbon.  :-)   The stamp is from Craftsmart.

MFP Friends of Speedy TV #145

MFP Friends of Speedy TV Challenge #145..... Red, gold, green

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder and decorated the tree with red and gold 'bling' from my stash. Added a greeting and wah-lah!.....a CAS card.

I would like to thank Mark's Finest Papers and the Friends of Speedy TV group for choosing this card as the winning entry.  I earned the Hot Air Balloon stamp set.

MFP Simple Salutations #118

MFP Simple Salutations #118 - shades of gray.

Very col challenge - I like color on color. Found these papers in my stash and used a sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers.

MFP Oriental Sketch Challenge #57

MFP Oriental Sketch Challenge #57

I liked this sketch and decided to turn it for this card.  I used Mark's Finest Papers "Year of The Horse" stamp set.

MFP FOSTV Challenge #145

MFP Friends of Speedy TV Challenge #145 - red, gold, green

Since it's Christmas card making time, the colors worked nicely into my cards for this week!  The image is from Fun Stampers Journey.

MFP Color Challenge #42

MFP Color Challenge #42 - rust, green, blue

I found this piece of rust- colored paper in my stash and matched it up with a blue and green scrap I found.  It was interesting using all three colors together. That's whatI love about color challenges - it makes us think outside the box!

MFP Tutorial Time Challenge #121

MFP Tutorial Challenge #121 - Quilling

I'm not very experienced at quilling so I wasn't sure how this card would turn out. Once I got the hang of it, though, it was pretty fun!  I added a sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers to my butterfly card.

MFP FOSTV Challenge #144

MFP FOSTV Challenge #144 - moving element

MFP Inspirational Challenge #83

MFP Inspirational Challenge #83 - Unusual Snowmen

What a great challenge - who doesn't like a snowman card??  I liked the "sand" color of the one picture, so I made my card from kraft card stock to represent the same color.