Better Late Than Never

Sometimes you have to send a card late.

It just happens.  It's on the calendar.

It's on your mind.  But it just doesn't get mailed on time.

This may be the best kind of occasion type card to have on hand.

We're using a technique called

Monochromatic Layered Stamping 

at the MFP/SFF blog challenge 

andI love green...so here it is....

Tips:  Don't have the right color ribbon?  Drag your ink pad along your ribbon to dye it,
Now you have the perfect color ribbon!
Don't have the right color card stock?  Sponge ink around the edge of the card stock as if making a messy "frame".  Now you have the perfect shade!

MFP BH and Gettin' Punchy

Hello, Friends!
It's the last day of the MFP Stamp Shop Blog Hop!

Tomorrow is Halloween and I took out my punches and die
to create some Halloween fun for a child.

My first card creates a goofy monster.

Java Time 2014, Butterfly Sayings 2014, Animal Birthdays 2015

My second card uses punches for a witch hat for our pumpkin image ....

Witchie 2014

And now on the blog hop info!
•••••••••••••••••••• WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related 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.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 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 and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie,  Jane,   Karen,  Kren (That's me!),  Lois , Marilynn,  Pat,  Pam,  Sandy, Shirley,  Toni,  Vickie,  MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP BH Day 3 and Romper Fun

It's time for Day 3 of the MFP Stamp Shop blog hop.  
Our theme is cards for children.
My card today is a romper card and I used Zoo Friends.
The romper lifts up for a birthday sentiment 
and the card opens up for more birthday wishes.

Zoo Friends 2013

And now on to the blog hop!

•••••••••••••••••••• WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related 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.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 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 and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie, Jane, Karen, Kren (That's me!),  Lois , Marilynn, Pat, Pam, Sandy ,Shirley, Toni, Vickie,MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Blog Hop Day 2 and the Cutest Giraffe

It's blog hop time at MFP, and I am here to share a 
card for a small child.
It's a flip card and uses one of my favorite color combinations.

Zoo Friends 2013, Bundles of Joy 2014

And now let's get on to Day 2 of the blog hop!

•••••••••••••••••••••• WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related 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.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 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 and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie,  Jane,   Karen, kReN (That's me!),  Lois ,   Marilynn,  Pat,  Pam,  Sandy ,  Shirley,  Toni,  Vickie,  MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop.  Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 
and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 and Welcome, Little One!

Hello, Friends!  It's Kren here again
to share MFP Stamp Shop images and blog hop information.
My card today is for a newborn and is a flip card.

And now, let's get to the blog hop!

••••••••••••••••••••••

WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related 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.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 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 and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie,  Jane,  Karen,  kReN (That's me!),  Lois ,  Marilynn, Pat,  Pam,  Sandy ,  Shirley,   Toni,  Vickie,  MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

Hello-ween

Hello, Friends!  Kren here again to share some Halloween fun with you.  This time I'm using Just for Fun Stamps and they're not spooky at all.  

The first card uses the Good Witch F3880.  Isn't she cute?  She's all dressed up for a Hello-ween party.

 The second card has the cutest mummy and he's watching you.  He's sending you halloween greetings. 

Thanks for visiting afourthlife to see what I've been up to!

Highlight with a Little Sparkle

Our challenge this week at

MFP/SFF asks you to use a big sentiment

and a small stamp and to 

highlight the small stamp

I used my Wink of Stella to highlight my little butterflies.

I am hoping the diagonal design

with angled embossing also

highlights the focal point.

Join us!

Spooky!

Hello, Friends!  It's Kren here.  Thanks for stopping by afourthlife so I can share with you some spooky cards for the Halloween season that is upon us.

You may have noticed from past blog posts, I usually prefer to make fall cards, but when I saw these images from Just For Fun Stamps, the Halloween-themed cards practically made themselves.  

Here is my spider card using Stamptangle Scary Spider D3876. It uses dp, plain card stock, and MFT alphas for the sentiment.  

The card below uses the Stamptangle Tree H3804, heat embossed in black and then cut it out.  I used Distress Inks and sponged on several colors and then dry embossed a pattern on top, accenting the raised portions.  I wanted to make a spooky tree so I added the wiggle eyes.

Who knows what is lurking in the woods

around that tree!

Check out the JFFStamps blog to see what other projects might inspire you!

Quiltin' and Fall

Hello, Friends!

It's time to share a fall photo card.

It's nice when my DH and I can share craft projects.

This is Don's photo and my card making.

The second card to share is my quilt card.
I love quilts and love to "paper quilt."
This die is soon to become an all-time fave.
TFL.

Just Round the Corner

We're rounding the corners at the

MFP/SFF blog challenge this week.

I chose a medallion stamp and

just kept rounding all the corners.

Come and round some corners with us!

Tic Tac Toe WCMD Reminder

Deedee's Digis has a treat for you to honor

World Card Making Day.

We're playing tic tac toe a different way

and you have until Friday, October 16th

to play along.

Here's my card.

Stop in and check out the details.
We'd love to have you pick up some freebies!

Quilty Fun

Hello, Friends!  I have a quilt card to share with you today.

I can't quilt with a sewing machine so I am drawn to quilt

images and dies for my quilty fun.

Here is a purple and gold hello quilt for your Sunday.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

'Tis the Season

It's time to make more holiday cards

or the season will sneak up on you.

I decided to make a holiday card

using a ghosting embossing technique.

MFP/SFF wants us to make 3 panel cards and

I hope you like this one.

Join us!

Let's Go Trick or Treating!

Thanks for stopping by A Fourth Life so I can share some Halloween cards

using a darling Just for Fun Stamps silhouette image called 

C346 Trick or Treaters as my focal point. 

Where we live in the mountains, we don't get cute, little munchkins

holding bags and proudly displaying their costumes.

So when I saw this silhouette image, I knew

it would find a home at my house.

The cards started with designer paper, a tree die cut, and a moon silhouette idea.

I ended up with two cards with the same layout because I liked parts of both.

And wasn't it great that my new alphabet dies came just in time!

You can let me know which of the cards you like best.

And card two...

Thanks for stopping by to see my spooky creation!

Join the Just for Fun stamps blog to see more projects!

Under the Mistletoe

It's a good thing to get an early start for holiday cards.

I am working for challenges and inching my way to the number

of card I need for holiday sending.

Here is an image from Kris's Imagine That

Progressive Challenge and the kitty

made me smile. 

Hope it brings you a smile as well.

Country Charm Quilt

It's time for a Throwback Thursday challenge

at WPlus9.  I love their dies and stamps

because they have just that touch of modern country charm

that makes me happy and brings me comfort.

Here's my card.

And then I had to make another one because I plan to celebrate
WCMD for a few days longer!

World Card Making Day

There are two posts today.
Be sure to scroll down to see my second post.
We're celebrating World Card Making Day

by playing Tic Tac Toe, 
but like Bingo, you can fill your card for more prizes.

Check out all the details at

Deedee's Digis

and win, win, win!

We have freebies too!

And here are two of Deedee's 

"Cast of Characters."

Oscar

Teddy

Ice Skating Fun for WCMD

Where I live, ice skating an option

unless you can find an indoor rink.

So maybe that is why I like the idea of ice skating so much.

This card shows how to create a collage stamp look

without a collage stamp.

Join us at the MFP Stamp Shop/Speedy Fox and Friends 

Blog Challenge this week.

It's World Card Making Day!  
Make a card and join us!