FOSTV #155

Welcome to a new challenge over at Friends of Speedy TV.  We had some beautiful entries for our Diamond Fold Challenge last week.  Thanks to those who entered.

This week our challenge is a color one.  PINK AND BROWN.  I love this color combo.  It's one of my favorites.

One weekly winner will be picked to receive a 25% discount at the MFP store.  You can enter the challenge here.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope to see some of your entries over at FOSTV this week.

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge #154

This week there is a new challenge at FOSTV.  Our challenge this week is to create a Diamond Fold card. There are some great tutorials out there if you need them.  Check out Splitcoast Stampers and Youtube for them.

We hope to see you enter our challenge.  Stay tuned for some new Mark's Finest Papers stamps coming soon!

FOSTV #150

Welcome to the Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week our challenge for you is to create a square card.  Any theme you desire as long as it's square.

You have one week to join us in this challenge.  Remember if you use a MFP stamp, you get an extra entry in the running for a spot as a Guest Designer!

Have a wonderful day and God bless.

FOSTV Challenge #149

Hello there.  Welcome to another challenge with Friends of Speedy TV.  Our challenge this week is Ribbon and Bows.  You have one week to enter our challenge and if you use a stamp from MFP, you will get two entries.  Good luck!

First Card of the New Year

Hello there my crafty friends.  It's now 2015 and I am feeling much better and looking forward to a new year.  I'm praying for a much better year.  I do have to have back surgery but that's not for a few months yet.

As some of you know, there have been some changes over at Mark's Finest Papers and their Friends of Speedy TV challenges.  We have done away with some of the challenges, like Simple Salutations and Sketch with a Twist.  The design team members have been switched around and I am now on the Friends of Speedy TV design team.  I'm looking forward to working with some new ladies on this great team.

Our first challenge of the year went live on Monday and the theme is to create a Scenic Card.

I used the Francis Paper Doll set and the Mini Winter stamps to create my card.  I tore pieces of white cardstock and inked the edges with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to mimic snow drifts.  I love doing the paper piecing with these paper dolls.  

We have gone back to a once a week challenge time frame so you have until the 12th of January to get your entry in.  Remember if you use a MFP stamp you will get an additional entry.

Have a wonderful week and God bless you all.

Simple Salutations #114

Good Morning, friends.  Thank you for joining me today.  I'm so glad that you took a minute to stop by.

Today begins a new challenge at Simple Salutations and remember, we are now a two week challenge.

Our theme for this challenge is "PLAY BALL."  We want to see those cards or projects depicting sports.

I used the Tailgate Party stamp set and you can find it here.

Thank you again for stopping by.  I hope y'all have a wonderful day.  God bless.

New Challenge at Simple Salutations

Good Morning.  Thank you for joining me today.  We have a little change happening at MFP Speedy TV and our challenge.  We are now going to a two week schedule.  We feel this is going to give people a greater chance of entering.  This change take effect with today's challenge, so you have until September 16th to enter.

Our theme for this challenge is a RECIPE Challenge and here's the recipe:

1 Image

2 Flowers

3 Papers

4 Brads

And, you have a chance to win a full stamp set for this challenge.

This stamp set is named "Hydrangea" and can be found in the MFP store.  Make sure to check it out as it has been reworked and very nice.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all will think about entering our challenge.  Have a wonderful Hump Day and God bless.

New Challenge at MFP Simple Salutations

Good Morning.  Thank you for joining us at Simple Salutations this week.  We have a great theme this week.  Since school has already started for some and will be starting in the next few days for others, we have decided on at "FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT" theme.

You have a chance to win the "I'm in Stitches" stamp set this week.  This is the stamp set that I used for my card because my Favorite Subject in school was Home Ec.  Next to History, this was my favorite.  All the sewing, cooking, child care and finances we learned just made my day.

I learned to sew on a machine like this.  The first memory I have of crafting is my Grandmother teaching me to sew clothes for my Barbies.  She had a Singer sewing machine just like this.  It had a pedal that sat on the floor and if you weren't careful, your finger would find it's way under the needle.  Thank God I never did that.

We can't wait to see what y'all create for this challenge.  We really would love for y'all to join us.

Have a wonderful day and God bless!

MFP Sketch with a Twist Challenge #113

Good Morning!  Thank you for joining us for another challenge at MFP Sketch with a Twist.  We had some great entries in the last challenge and we are so appreciative of those who continue to support us.

This week's sketch is:

The twist for this challenge is to use stitching.  It can be faux or real stitching.

And the stamp set you could win is the Paper Doll Frances set:

I created this card using the Spring Flowers 2011 set and it can be found in the  store.

Thank you for joining me today.  I pray y'all have a wonderful day.  With some of children back in school, I'm sure y'all will enjoy the peace and quiet.  God bless.

MFP Simple Salutations Challenge #111

Hello there.  Welcome to our new challenge at MFP's Simple Salutations.  We are so excited you are joining us.

Our theme this week is:  BEARS  We want to see those cute, furry, even scary bears on your cards.

We are offering the "Autumn Glory" stamp set as the prize for one randomly chosen winner.

I used the North American Woods stamp set to make my card:

I love the fonts on this stamp set.  They coordinate so well with the images. 

Thank you for joining us.  You have until August 26th to get your entries in.  Have a wonderful day and God bless.

MFP Sketch with a Twist Challenge #112

Good Morning, friends.  Welcome to another challenge at MFP Sketch with a Twist.  Thank you to all those who joined us last week.  We had some wonderful cards.

Here's this week's sketch:

I used the buttons on these snowmen to meet the requirement of the twist..simply because I forgot to add them...lol  This is a new set from MFP for August called, "BRRRR"  The papers are from MME.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope y'all have a wonderful day.  God bless.

MFP's Simple Salutations Challenge #110

Welcome to MFP's Simple Salutation's new challenge.  Our theme this week is "YOUR A DOLL." We want to see your paper doll stamps put to good use.  I wasn't to sure about these stamps when I received my first set as a DT Member, but the more I use them, the more I like them.  I know not everyone has these stamps sets, so if you don't, please use an image showing a doll of some kind.  You can also purchase the paper dolls stamps set here.

I found these cute gemstone snowflakes in my Christmas basket.  I don't have a clue how long ago I bought these, but I did manage to use up some stash making this card.  

The paper's look green, but they are actually a turquoise color.  My camera does some funny things sometimes.

Thank you for joining us today.  Have a wonderful day and God bless.

MFP's Sketch with a Twist Challenge #111

Welcome to another challenge at Sketch with a Twist.  This week we want to see some trees in your sketch.  

I used the trees and sentiment from the Mini Ho Ho Ho Set.(no longer available)  The papers are from MME.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a wonderful day.  God bless.

MFP's Sketch with a Twist Challenge #110

Good afternoon.  Sorry I am so late posting this card.  I have had computer problems all day.  I have a laptop that I get to use from PAVCS because I am in my third year as a Parent Ambassador.  It has to be replaced, I found out, after being online and on the phone with tech support for an hour.  I don't know what the guy did, but I lost all my pictures, documents and digi stamps that were on there.  I'm not happy.

Anyway, on to MFP's Sketch with a Twist's challenge.  This week our theme is POLKA DOTS.

Here's the sketch for this week:
                                                             

and this is the stamp set one lucky winner is going to receive:
                                                                

I used a stamp set called Chinese Take Out.  I love this set.  I think it has to be one of my favorites so far.  I used monochromatic browns to create my card.  Don't ya just love those chopsticks?

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a wonderful day.  God bless.

Sketch With a Twist Challenge #109

Welcome to this week's Sketch With a Twist Challenge!

The SWAT Design Team look's forward to seeing your weekly submissions.

This week we are offering this stamp set, Paper Doll Paige to one lucky participant!  Be sure to check out the Paper Doll Gallery here on SpeedyTV for some creative and beautiful inspiration using this stamp set!

Here is this week's sketch and twist:

The TWIST is to use Ribbon and Pearls!

You can flip, rotate, or make it square to make it work for your card.

Please read the Challenge Guideline Rules found HERE.

You have until 9:00 p.m. EST on August 4, 2014, to get your submission entered to win.  You do not have to use a stamp from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co., to play, but it you do your name will be entered twice in the random drawing.  Please remember to link your card back to the SWAT Challenge and mention SpeedyTV and Mark's Finest Papers in your blog or gallery post.  Please no back linking.  Please do not submit the same card for each challenge on MFP SpeedyTV or the MFP Blog.  Each submission should be a different card for each challenge.

Thank you for joining us for this week's challenge.  We can't wait to see what you create!

MFP's Simple Salutations Challenge #107

Thank you for joining me today for MFP's Simple Salutations new challenge.  I actually was able to get the challenge live this morning with no issues.  Yeah me!  Adding the inLinkz is a bit tricky, but I think I finally have the hang of it.

Our challenge this week is to use YOUR 2 FAVORITE COLORS.  I chose Pink and Green.

This card is a bit different for me.  I usually don't add things that hang over the edges, but I wanted to do something a bit different. I used the paper dolls stamps to create this card and they can be found in the  Store

We are offering this stamp set as the prize for this week:

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a wonderful day.  God bless! 

Challenges I am entering:
Craft Room Challenge--Green

MFP's Sketch with a Twist Challenge #108

Good Morning.  We have a new challenge live at MFP's SWAT this morning.  

Here's the sketch that we are using this week:
                                                
The twist for this week: Use at least one piece of chipboard on your card.

And the prize that is up for grabs?

                                                     

I used two pieces of chipboard that I had in my stash. I usually don't use chipboard, but I like the way this one turned out.  The image is one of the new July stamp sets called Roses and can be found in the MFP store.

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope y'all enjoyed seeing my card and will think about joining us for this fun challenge.

Have a wonderful day and God bless.

MFP Sketch with a Twist Challenge #106

Welcome back.  Thanks for joining me today.  As you know, I am behind in my posting.  This post is for two of Mark's Finest Papers Sketch with a Twist challenge cards.

The first challenge, which went live on July 6th, is now over, but I didn't get to post my card, so here it is..

I used the new stamp set, CONEFLOWERS, to create this card.  The papers are from MME.

Our current challenge is still up and running until next Monday evening. The theme is to create a Christmas card.  Here's the sketch:
                                                        

And, here's my card:

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great day!

News at MFP

                                 

Hello there.  Today I am posting for MFP.  We have a new stamp release available.  Man, I just love this month's sets.  They are fantastic.

                                   

I love the Chinese Takeout one and the flowers.  I think they are my favorites.

We are also having a Christmas in July blog hop at the end of the month.  There will be 5 days of beautiful projects available for your viewing pleasure.  I am making projects for 3 of the 5 days, so make sure to stop in to see what I come up with.  And, make sure to stop in at MFP Speedy TV to see all the wonderful projects that the DT has created.

I also posted my first challenge on MFP as the hostess of Simple Salutations.  I had a difficult time getting it live.  We had a severe storm today which knocked out our power.  Not a good thing when working online. It is also 90 degrees today and it was starting to get pretty hot before the electricity came back on.  I finally managed to get it live. :)

Have a wonderful Hump Day! WHOOT! WHOOT!  God bless.

MFP's Sketch With a Twist Challenge #105

Hello there.  It's Tuesday again and that means we have a new challenge. We had some wonderful "yellow" entries last week.  Thank you to those of you who entered a card.

This week's sketch is a really nice one.  I loved it.

The twist for this week is: Create a Baby Announcement Card

Here's my example for this challenge:

I used the stamp set "Bundle of Joy" to create my card.  I stamped the focal sentiment in Primrose Petal ink from Stampin' Up and used the coordinating card stock.  The papers are from KI Memories.

Thanks again for joining me today.  Have a wonderful day and God bless.