'Shroom HB

Here's a technique you may not have tried.

Take an acetate or straight edge

and sponge some ink stripes

on your card stock.

That's what we're challenging you to do at

Speedy Fox and Friends this week.

Have some inky striping fun!

Enjoy Your Garden and Bring It Inside

Pots and Vases 2 

on layers of muslin, paper, and tissue to create a 

 handmade paper background.

This card is a tribute to my friend Sherri who taught me this technique.

And now for the blog hop!

  Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

June Blog Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured June 23

Paper Doll Chuck

Featured June 24

 Paper Doll Chuck Formal and Hunting

Featured June 25

 Background Diamonds and Flowers

Featured June 26

Pots and Vases 2

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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.) The winners will be announced on June 26, 2015 right here 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 Friday June 27, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 
Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 
Pat
Sandy 
Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

Faux Quilt and Blog Hop Day 3

It's Day 3 of the MFPSS blog hop that you can join by clicking the links below.

My card for the hop is a shabby chic faux quilt with plenty of subtle stitching.

Stamping on designer paper gives an aged look 

and that is exactly what I was trying to achieve.

Join us for the blog hop below!

Faux Quilt Using Background Diamonds

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

June Blog Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured June 23

Paper Doll Chuck

Featured June 24

 Paper Doll Chuck Formal and Hunting

Featured June 25

 Background Diamonds and Flowers

Featured June 26

Pots and Vases 2

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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.) The winners will be announced on June 26, 2015 right here 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 Friday June 27, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 
Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 
Pat
Sandy 
Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

Hunting We Will Go

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

June Blog Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured June 23

Paper Doll Chuck

Featured June 24

 Paper Doll Chuck Formal and Hunting

Featured June 25

 Background Diamonds and Flowers

Featured June 26

Pots and Vases 2

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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.) The winners will be announced on June 26, 2015 right here 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 Friday June 27, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 
Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 
Pat
Sandy 
Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!! 

Yesterday you saw this card because the Chuck Paper Doll is behind the hunting outfit and today I would like to explain how I created the card.  I printed off digi camouflage paper from Doodle Pantry for the strips and a large piece for Chuck's hunting outfit.  I dry brushed gesso on the larger piece of camouflage paper because I wanted the black outline to be emphasized and then heat embossed Chuck's outfit with black embossing powder.   I colored in his boots.   Same gessoed paper and heat embossing for the sentiment.  The frame around Chuck was dry embossed with a crackle embossing folder.

Have you ever dry brushed gesso on vibrant card stock or paper to tone it down a bit?  

It creates such an interesting effect.  Try it!

Paper Doll Chuck Formal and Hunting

HB For a Guy

Welcome to the MFP Stamp Shop

June Blog Hop

Let's get started!!!!

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured June 23

Paper Doll Chuck

Featured June 24

 Paper Doll Chuck Formal and Hunting

Featured June 25

 Background Diamonds and Flowers

Featured June 26

Pots and Vases 2

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following 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.) The winners will be announced on June 26, 2015 right here 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 Friday June 27, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 
Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 
Pat
Sandy 
Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come on back tomorrow for more creative fun!!

Today all you get to see of Paper Doll Chuck is his head.

The rest of Chuck is under the hunting outfit but I forgot to take the photo.

MFPSS Paper Doll Chuck

Fishing for Fun

It's summer and time for fishing

and spending sunny days outside enjoying nature.

Here's a card using an image from Deedee's Digis

to capture that feeling and

a sentiment to bring a chuckle to your day.

A Little Birdie Told Me...

Can you juggle?   

I know a teacher who taught it as a confidence-building skill

and sometimes I wish I had learned that skill myself.

Today's card has the cutest birdie from Deedee's Digis.

Cupcakes are a low calorie treat if you just keep juggling them!

Butterflies in White

Take our your white embossing powder

and Kraft card stock

and have some fun with us at

Speedy Fox and Friends!

Always Friends

Today's card is a favorite sentiment of mine.

It follows a sketch challenge for my local stamp group

and I promised myself to work

out of the scrap basket.

I will share it at Word Art Wednesday

to give my DT friends a smile for today.

Foxy Lady

Speedy Fox and Friends would like you to stamp only in the corner

so here's my "foxy lady."

Join us!  

Let's Go Camping!

Are you a happy camper?  

Do you love summer?

I have a card to share today using a Deedee's Digi.

Stop in and see what's new or for the Digi of the Month.

Try Something New for a Background

It's time for a MFP/SFF challenge 

and we have something new for you to try. 

 Take out your nested dies 

and cut frames for a nifty background.  

Here's a sample: