Mark's Finest Papers Color Challenge 8

It's time for this week's MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge.  This challenge  is open to all types of paper crafts, including scrapbook pages. Each week we have a color or colors that you have to incorporate in your project. and you must use stamp(s) on the project.

This week's challenge colors are Yellow, Green and Brown.

I used a photo of my Mom on my page today.  It was taken in the late 50's.  My stamps are from the MFP Huge Blooms set.  To give the flower dimension,  I stamped it 3 times, fussy cut the images and layered the pieces together.

The guidelines for the color challenge are simple:

1. Use the challenge colors as your main colors.  You can use any shades or hues of the challenge colors.
2. You can add any neutral colors (browns, grays, white, cream, kraft etc.) that you wish.
3. You can use an accent color in addition to the challenge colors, but it must be an accent only and not one of the main colors.
4. You must use stamps on your project.

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps, you will be entered twice for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize.   We start our weekly challenge every Thursday, and there's a new stamp prize each week so be sure to stop back by.

This week, one blessed winner will receive our Tiger stamp...

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge.  To be eligible to win, be sure to link your project to MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge 8 and mention MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge in your blog post.  If you use MFP stamps on your project please note that in your post as well.  You have until 9:00 PM on Wednesday February 5th to link up your project.

Thanks for stopping by.  Blessings to you!

Happy New Year

I've been working on a lot of heritage layouts lately, so I decided to mix it up and do something current. One of our family traditions is to take photos on New Year's Day.  We don't do any type of planned formal photo shoot, each of us snaps a picture of the other two just as we are.  These photos were taken around 1 AM on New Years Day, after we got home from Watch Night service at church.

I used 2 digis from the Daydream Designs Happy New Year set for my title block.    I used the outline set which has black and white images, so that I could custom color them to match my layout.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you're staying nice and warm. We're in the midst of our second major snowstorm in 2 weeks, which is unheard of in Virginia.

I am linking this up to Word Art Wednesday Challenge 117 - Anything Goes

Blessings!

Mark's Finest Papers Color Challenge 7

It's time for this week's MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge.  This challenge  is open to all types of paper crafts, including scrapbook pages. Each week we have a color or colors that you have to incorporate in your project. and you must use stamp(s) on the project.  

This week is a wild card week.  In a wild card, you get to pick your own colors within a specified guideline.  Our wild card is Bright Colors.  You can use any colors you wish for you project as long as they are bright colors.

Today's layout features a  photo of my parents in their younger years. They are on the beach in Atlantic City with my Aunt Janet (my dad's sister-in-law) and her son Billy.  My dad wrote on the back of the photo, so I made a copy of his writing and included it on the page.  I used stamps from the MFP I Need A Vacation stamp set.

The guidelines for the color challenge are simple:

1. Use the challenge colors as your main colors.  You can use any shades or hues of the challenge colors.
2. You can add any neutral colors (browns, grays, white, cream, kraft etc.) that you wish.
3. You can use an accent color in addition to the challenge colors, but it must be an accent only and not one of the main colors.
4. You must use stamps on your project.

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps, you will be entered twice for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize.   We start our weekly challenge every Thursday, and there's a new stamp prize each week so be sure to stop back by.

This week, one blessed winner will receive our Spring Flowers stamp...

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge.  To be eligible to win, be sure to link your project to MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge 7 and mention MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge in your blog post.  If you use MFP stamps on your project please note that in your post as well.  You have until 9:00 PM on Wednesday January 29th to link yo your project.

I am also linking this up to Word Art Wednesday #116 - Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Blessings to you!

Daydream Designs Blog Hop - Day 4

Join the Fun - Day 4

Now thru January 19

Welcome to Day 4 of the Daydream Designs BLOG HOP!  We have tons of inspiration for you and lots of FREEBIES and giveaways.  You will visit 10 Dream Team designers’ blogs. If you arrived here from Gail's blog, you're in the right place.  If not, you might want to go to Diane's Daydream Designs blog and start from there so you don't miss a thing.   

If this is your first visit to the hop, here are the details ...

**Three winners will win their choice of THREE FREE SETS**

 from our Daydream Designs Store.

(Excludes KD-Kits)

**One winner will win the BIG BLOG HOP CANDY**

(see Diane’s blog for pictures)

**EVERYONE WINS!**

Collect FREE DIGIS as you go!  There will be a free digi waiting on each designer’s blog!

1.       Visit every blog on the list.

2.       Leave a comment saying you were here.

3.       For an extra chance to win, subscribe to our newsletter (Diane’s blog, first stop on the hop).

4.       When you get to the last blog on the list, Jerusha’s blog, you will have the choice to end the hop or continue to Deedee Anderson’s blog to start another round with her team for more prizes and Freebies! 

      Let’s get started!

For my layout I used the digi  that we're giving away on my blog.  The photo is of my husband and I, taken in the St. Louis, MO Gateway Arch in July 2012.

FREE DIGI HAS EXPIRED

It's from the Valentine Love Journal and Photo Mat Kit.  Since it's a digi, you can change the size and use it for a journaling block, a Project Life card, a photo mat or a card front. 

Next stop on the hop is Helen's blog.  Here's a linked list of all the stops on the hop.

Diane  

Elizabeth

Gail

Gemiel

Helen

Jill

Karen

MariLynn

Miesje

Jerusha

Deedee

Thanks for stopping by today.  Enjoy the hop.

Blessings!

Mark's Finest Papers Color Challenge 6

(If you're here for the Daydream Designs Blog Hop, please click here.)

It's time for this week's MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge.  This challenge  is open to all types of paper crafts, including scrapbook pages. Each week we have a color or colors that you have to incorporate in your project. and you must use stamp(s) on the project.  

 This week's challenge colors are "Shades of Blue".  We only have one color this week, but please use as many shades and variations of blue as you want.

We're back to my mother's family this week.  This photo is of my Great Uncle Thomas,  my grandmother's half brother.  My grandmother's mother died a couple months after she was born and my grandmother was raised by another family.  Her father moved north and settled in Michigan, remarried and had more children.  Uncle Thomas became a successful doctor and he came to visit us in Philadelphia several times during my childhood.  I used a stamp from the MFP Brick Wall Mini stamp set to make the brick background for my journaling block.

The guidelines for the color challenge are simple:

1. Use the challenge colors as your main colors.  You can use any shades or hues of the challenge colors.
2. You can add any neutral colors (browns, grays, white, cream, kraft etc.) that you wish.
3. You can use an accent color in addition to the challenge colors, but it must be an accent only and not one of the main colors.
4. You must use stamps on your project.

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps, you will be entered twice for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize.   We start our weekly challenge every Thursday, and there's a new stamp prize each week so be sure to stop back by.

This week, one blessed winner will receive our Flaps My Wattles stamp...

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge.  To be eligible to win, be sure to link your project to MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge 6 and mention the MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge  in your blog post. If you use MFP stamps on your project please note that in your post as well. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday January 22nd to link up your project.


Thanks so much for stopping by.  Blessings to you!

Daydream Designs Blog Hop

Join the Fun—It Begins Today!

January 15 –January 19

Welcome to the Daydream Designs BLOG HOP!  We have tons of inspiration for you and lots of FREEBIES and giveaways.  You will visit 10 Dream Team designers’ blogs. If you arrived here from Gail's blog, you're in the right place.  If not, you might want to go to Diane's Daydream Designs blog and start from there so you don't miss a thing.   

Here are the details of the hop...

**Three winners will win their choice of THREE FREE SETS**

 from our Daydream Designs Store.

(Excludes KD-Kits)

**One winner will win the BIG BLOG HOP CANDY**

(see Diane’s blog for pictures)

**EVERYONE WINS!**

Collect FREE DIGIS as you go!  There will be a free digi waiting on each designer’s blog!

1.       Visit every blog on the list.

2.       Leave a comment saying you were here.

3.       For an extra chance to win, subscribe to our newsletter (Diane’s blog, first stop on the hop).

4.       When you get to the last blog on the list, Jerusha’s blog, you will have the choice to end the hop or continue to Deedee Anderson’s blog to start another round with her team for more prizes and Freebies! 

      Let’s get started!

For my layout I used images from 4 Daydream Design's sets...LoveMe Tender Digi Papers, Sending You Love Color Set, Candy Heart Messages Outline Set, and Chalkboard Valentine Love Set.  The photo is a picture of my parents taken in 1956. They had only been married a year so I guess they were still newlyweds :).

FREE DIGI HAS EXPIRED

It's from the Valentine Love Journal and Photo Mat Kit.  Since it's a digi, you can change the size and use it for a journaling block, a Project Life card, a photo mat or a card front. 

Next stop on the hop is Helen's blog.  Here's a linked list of all the stops on the hop.

Diane  

Elizabeth

Gail

Gemiel

Helen

Jill

Karen

MariLynn

Miesje

Jerusha

Deedee

Thanks for stopping by today.  Enjoy the hop.

Blessings!

Mark's Finest Papers Color Challenge 5

It's time for this week's MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge.  This challenge  is open to all types of papercrafts, including scrapbook pages. Each week we have a color or colors that you have to incorporate in your project. and you must use stamp(s) on the project.  

 This week's challenge colors are Pink and Black or Brown.

My Dad is a follower of my blog and he often tells me that he really enjoys seeing what I'm doing with my mother's family heritage photos.  I know that he has heritage photos from his family, but I haven't been able to get him to part with them.  Last time he came to visit he surprized me with 2 photos and asked if I could use them for my blog.  I was so happy to get them and I'm featuring one on my layout today. The photo is of his mother and  her friends who formed  a club to make dolls to give to needy children.  They met once a month on a Thursday night to hand sew the dolls.  My grandmother is front and center in the group, 4th from the left.  My stamped image is from the MFP Huge Blooms set.

The guidelines for the color challenge are simple:

1. Use the challenge colors as your main colors.  You can use any shades or hues of the challenge colors.
2. You can add any neutral colors (browns, grays, white, cream, kraft etc.) that you wish.
3. You can use an accent color in addition to the challenge colors, but it must be an accent only and not one of the main colors.
4. You must use stamps on your project.

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps, you will be entered twice for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize.   We start our weekly challenge every Thursday, and there's a new stamp prize each week so be sure to stop back by.

This week, one blessed winner will receive our Autumn Glory Fox stamp...

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge.  To be eligible to win, be sure to link your project to MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge 5 and mention the MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge  in your blog post. If you use MFP stamps on your project please note that in your post as well. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday January 15th to link up your project.

I am also sharing this at Word Art Wednesday: Challenge 114 - Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Blessings to you!

How you like me now! ....

...is what is written at the bottom of a photo of one of my maternal grandmother's friends.  That caption is just as priceless as the photo itself.  It gives me some insight into my grandmother's personality in her younger years.  Her friend Catherine seems to be full of sass and I imagine was fun to be around.

I used a digi stamp from Daydream Designs on my layout.  It's from the Vintage Button Cards collection. Instead of just printing the button card and tucking it somewhere on my page as an embellishment,  I enlarged it and used it to frame the photo.

I am also sharing this at Word Art Wednesday: Challenge 114 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you're somewhere keeping warm!

Blessings!

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Just wanted to give a shout out to my Dad on his 85th birthday!!!

Here he is at 1 1/2 years old in July of 1930....

And here he is on Christmas morning a week ago...

Happy 85th birthday Dad!!  Love you to the moon and back!!

Mark's Finest Papers Color Challenge 4

Happy New Year!!!  It's time for this week's MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge.  This challenge  is open to all types of papercrafts, including scrapbook pages. Each week we have a color or colors that you have to incorporate in your project. and you must use stamp(s) on the project.  This week's challenge colors are Grey and Yellow.

For my layout I used a photo of my niece on her way to her Senior Prom.  Isn't she gorgeous!  I love the colors in her dress.  I used grey and yellow cardstock for this challenge and misted it with Heidi Swapp Chartreuse Color Shine.  I inked the edges of the yellow cardstock with green yellow Inka Gold Metallic Rub to coordinate with the green in her dress.  My  page accent is a sneak peek from the MFP Paper Doll stamp sets that will be available on January 7.  I accented my doll's dress with a ribbon skirt and rhinestone trim.  To see more of the Paper Doll sets, check out Paper Doll Madness over at MFPSpeedyTV...18 days of projects featuring the Paper Doll Stamp sets.

The guidelines for the color challenge are simple:

1. Use the challenge colors as your main colors.  You can use any shades or hues of the challenge colors.
2. You can add any neutral colors (browns, grays, white, cream, kraft etc.) that you wish.
3. You can use an accent color in addition to the challenge colors, but it must be an accent only and not one of the main colors.
4. You must use stamps on your project.

You can use any type of stamps you wish, but if you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps, you will be entered twice for a chance to win our weekly stamp prize.   We start our weekly challenge every Thursday, and there's a new stamp prize each week so be sure to stop back by.

This week, one blessed winner will receive our Adirondack Chair stamp...

I can't wait to see what you create for this week's challenge.  To be eligible to win, be sure to link your project to MFP SpeedyTV Color Challenge 4 and mention the MFPSpeedyTV Color Challenge  in your blog post. If you use MFP stamps on your project please note that in your post as well. You have until 9:00 pm on Wednesday January 8th to link up your project.

I'm also sharing this at Word Art Wednesday Challenge # 113 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by.  May you have an abundantly blessed 2014.