MFP May Release day 3- magnolia wedding

Welcome to the MFP May Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Here Comes the Grad, Big Boy Toys, Magnolia Wedding, and American Made.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!***

What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, May 14, 2011. ***See the MFP blog for all the contest rules and PRIZES!

Thursday, May 12, 2011-Magnolia Wedding Swet stamp set!

I love the long stem gobblets...perfect for that first toast as a married couple, or as a, anniversary reminder!

See what the rest of the DT created with this set...AMAZING I TELL YOU!!!!

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Emily

Karen

Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Liz

Claudine

Dawn M

Karen K.
Pam


Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Neva

Silvia

Guest Designer, Crafty Math Chick

Guest Designer, Pat

Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Banners Away!

So my sister-in-law is hosting an engagement party tonight and earlier this week she asked me if I could make her a banner and another sign for her wall...I said sure no problem! So what did I make?

Isn't this banner awesome! I went to my friend Nikki's and she was gracious enough to let me use her Cricut...Love it...hmmm I might need an expressions after all! Who knew! LOL

I used orchid Opulance cardstock and cut the letters in 5.5 inches tall...I think? Could of been 5 inches. Anyways, Once all the letter were cut I came home and used my cuttlebug folders through my big shot...fisrt I inked the top portion of the folder also with Orchid Opluance and then ran it through. After that is was Glitter time! While all the glitter was drying I cut out 15 top note dies on shimmery white cardstock and then sponged the edges with Orchid Opulance craft ink...my fav way to sponge!

After sponging I set my crop-a-dial to desired hight and punched holes for the silver eyelets on all the top notes and then set the eyelets.

Put it all together and you have an awesome banner right? Well I thought it still looked a little plain...so I found some pretty flowers added a button to the centers and of course more GLITTER! Can a girl ever have too much sparkle?

Now for the little stamped girl...you're probably thinking...hey that's not weddingish or engagementish...well I though gosh this would be a shame to trash it after one use...so pretty and so muh work...that I thought Hey I could probably use it for other occasions...so I started thinking and decided it would be good for a birthday or a bridal shower ad even a baby shower...so I will just switch out images and call it a day! This particular image is from an MFT set called "you take the cake" and I water colored again with the craft ink and aqua painter...added more glitter and cut her out!

Now, since I had all my supplie already out I went ahead and made a birthday card...never know when I might need to use it! LOL

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT You take the cake

Ink: Orchid opulance, yo yo yellow

Paper: orchid opulance, shimmery white, basic black (for card only)

Accessories: Crop-a-dial, silver eyelets, orchid opulance ribbon, mono multi, dazzling diamonds glitter (for card only blck eyelets)

The card is also for a couple challenges...Angelosities blog challenge using her sketch 25 ando also the MFT November guest designer contest...watercoloring!

Thanks stopping by!

May God bless you today and always,

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Making Two Byrds with one Stone!

Today's Bible Verse...one of my faves!

" Love Suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself; is not puffed up; does not behave rudely; does not seek it's own; is not provoked; thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in truth; bears all things; believes all things; hopes all things; endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Many people love 1 Corinthians for many reasons...I think the most popular verse in there is 1 Corinthians 14:13, but I like to read back a few verses to see what the Lord is trying to tell us about true love. He is suffering everyday because He loves us sooo much and there are many in this world that deny Him. He is not envious that we lvoe the things of this world more than we love Him. He does not make himself seem greater than the world, in acutality He reminds us that we will most likely be pursecuted for our belief in Him.

One of the most powerful words in this verse for me is "bears all things" He really did bear it all for us, He paid the ultimate price by dying on the cross for us! But even before that He choose to come down from the heavens above to live on this earth with sinners so that we could one day be in heaven with Him. I love how this verse not only shows us His unchanging love for us, but it's also a model for how we should live our lives with our spouces. We should not look for their faults but look to praise them and lift them up. What do you like about this verse? Don't suffer anymore and don't make Him suffer anymore, turn to Him and walk in His ways, love Him as He loves you!

Engagement Party Signature Book

Todays project features a wedding gift for my SIL's sister. I love this girl and have watched her grow as a person for the last 10 years. She has a beautiful relationship with her Fiance (they have dated for the past 5 years) and I am sooo excited that they will finally be joining in marriage!

Here is the cover to this sweet little book, it measures 5 1/8 square and it is covered with Designer paper using Modge Podge. I then stamped the little birdies using Stazon Black ink and colored their beaks with pumpkin pie stampinwrite marker. If you look closely the little bird has a little rhinestone on her wing...hehehe I just couldn't help myself!

I created a Belly Band to close the book when everyone was done signing. I used Orchid Oplulance card stock and more of he unkown designer paper and some very vanilla for the monogram (I used the Olivia Cuttlebug Alphabet for the "B") Some circle rhinestones and the cober was done!

Here's a picture of the back opened up ...I used 2 CDLiterature Folders to create the book. The books are made of fiberboard and are pretty sturdy! I will be using these in the future to house my picture CD's from my Digital camera. If you would like some of these CD folders they are 10 for $5 plus shipping to you! That's only 50cents a pice!

In this picture you can see the fisrt page, I covered it with some designer paper and punched out the little tab incase she wanted to put some little memorabilia inside, in the orchid scallop I will be putting their saying...which is "Making two Byrds with one Stone" as you guessed their last name will be Byrd!

Here is one of the two pockets that the book will have...traditionally tis is where the CD's or DVD's would go, but I'm using it for tags in case we run out of writting room! I will also be taking pictures while at the party and then will save the pictures to a CD and give it to the Bride and Groom...I did this for my sister when she had a bridal shower and it was extremly well taken!

This little book might be small, but it packs a punch! There are 14 pages that can be witten on plus the 6 or so tags! What do you think? Would you like some of the CD folders? If so please e-mail me at mabieme1999@yahoo.com with CD Folders in the subject line! Again they come in sets of 10 and cost $5 plus shipping to you... shouldn't be too expensive and I will check exact price so you can get the most for your money!

Supplies:

Stamps: A little Birgy Told me, Together Forever

Ink: Stazon Black, river rock

Paper: Unkown wedding pack of designer paper, very vanilla and orchid Opulance

Accessories: Rhinestones, markers, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, Big Shot, Olivia Cuttlebug Alphabet, orchid Opulance ribbon, Silver grosgrain ribbon, 2 inch marvy scallop square punch

I also played in Angels challenge over at Angelosity... Her challenge today was to use a bird in your creation! Haven't check out her blog yet? You need to! Her loot is just amazing!!!...there's still time to be entered!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you today and Always!

Silvia

Anniversary & New Feature

I made this card for some very close friends of the family. My sister-in-laws Aunt and Uncle...are they my family too? Anyways we care for them dearly and they will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this year. This wonderful couple have gone through a lot this past year and a bunch of their friends and family are sending them anniversary cards to remind them we love them!

So this is the card I came up with...it just so happens to fit perfectly into todays Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS wink wink. I love the way this heart looks embossed and since the 25th anniversary is the silver anniversary I went with it! Added some Silver carstock and shimmery white cardstock, and called it a day! I really like how simple this card is, but it's also elegant...at least I think so!




Supplies:

Stamps: Always, Hugs and Wishes
Paper:basic black, shimmery white, silver
Ink:silver encore, versamark
Accessories:silver ribbon, siver eyelets, silver embossing powder, crop-a-dial

***All Supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated***

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

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Wedding Shadow Box Fame

So a while back my sister out me in touch with a gal (hi Lauren) that wanted me to make her a shadow box frame for her bosses wedding gift...well I finally got theinvite from my sister today and went speedy quick to work...I have been looking ofward to this project for quite some time now!

Here are the deets!

Supplies:

Stamps: Dream by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Encore Silver

Paper: Blush Blossom, shimmery silver, paper vellum, transparency overlay by Hambly Screen Prints

Accessories: Silver eyelets, embelishments by Jolees, Crop-a-dial, wedding invitation

Now for some fun stuff we did yesterday, I say fun, but it was really quite a lot of work! We are going to be moving to Greece and therefor renting our house out...so we wanted to get some cleaning done! We started on the outside with the siding (is that how you spell it?) and decided to make it a family affair...cuz you know God gave us all this house and we all need to learn to take care of it, even the baby! LOL

Here's a picture of Andrew and all the kids getting to work...don't worry I helped too, I just wanted to get some pics to share with you guys!) When we got to the garage and we rinsed it off we were suprised to find that the garage door is actually white! Can you believe it, this whole time I thought it was kahki, or orange mud!

And I just had to share this one! David and Bella were so busy with their work! Bella was just too cute doing what the big kids were doing! She had so much fun and then took a wonderful nap after we were done! Mela was re-charging her scrubber with more bubbles...she seemed to be at the bucket a lot, I think she enjoyed playing in the water!

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your visit today!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

What a nice weekend!!!

Okay so I now I am just now getting around to posting, but I have had a very busy weekend, and it started on Thursday!!! My BFF from high school (Jackie) was in town from California (her Dad was getting married) and she came for a visit to see the kiddos...isn't she the sweetest!!!

Friday flew by! We went for a little camp out...in my SIL backyard! LOL it was lots of fun and we had a blast roasting marshmallows and sitting by the camp fire...DH and DS stayed the night in a tent and us girls decided to come on home...ahhh nice soft bed and a great ceiling fan to keep us nice and cool!

Saturday we went to the Heffer/Titlow wedding...what a blast! The bride looked gorgeous and I was among people that I am glad to call my friends! I have known Jackie and her Dad since we were freshmen in high school...I can not believe how quick the time flies! I had the honor and privilege of helping Dawn with the wedding details! I got to spend a lot of time with Dawn and got to know her a little better! Thank you so much for the opportunity Dawn!
Isn't this cake just Gorgeous! She had a black and white theme with a hint of green...I Just LOVE this cake, not to mention that it was super tasty!!!
Here is the ONLY pic I got of hubby and I...our BOG date and I totally didn't get a nice pic of us! What kind of Scrapbooker am I???? I loved my dress and we just totally had a blast!

Sunday was filled with lots of family time...we went to church, had lunch with my parents and then went to my nephews baseball game...after that we sold a vehicle and finally crashed in our beds! What a long day Sunday was!

And today, good golly! We had a busy day...as far as busy days go around here. David had preschool and then lunch, got the girls their naps and then it was a fun filled day of outside play... What more could you ask for?

I did get some stamping started...really it was just craftiness because I didn't pick up one ink pad or stamp, but I will try to post something crafty soon...I will be away all day tomorrow so I don't know if I will have time to post my Tuesday's Teacher!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin'

Sissy is Hosting a bridal shower...

So I had a little work to do! I stared with the invites a few months ago and have now completed the set! She asked me to make her 25 shower favors, 30 thank you note cards and a scrapbook for the bride to be! So here are some pictures of the projects! You have already seen the favors from this Tuesdays entry, so we will skip right long to the thank you cards and the Scrapbook!


Here is a little look at the front of the album, I stamped the cover with SU! ink...normally I would use craft ink, but since I was just doing a small portion that really didn't matter if it got a little blurry, I decided to go ahead and use the classic! I then stamped the over lay with the encore silver and the date with the black stazon...I followed it up with a little heat set with my embossing gun...not too long about 20 seconds or so.
A little closer view so you can see what the detail looks like...neato huh!
This is the last page in the album...I somehow got rid of the picture of the center pages, but they look similar to this one, On this one is a spot for someone to write what the bride is getting so that she cn keep all important things together...and not loose her list for her thank you notes! The other pages have a spot for th bride's picture on one side and a spot for each guest to write a little something to the bride...I love this idea, something the bride will cherish forever!
And these are her thank you cards! Aren't they sweet! I didn't want anything too complicated...since I was making 30, they are all heat embossed and one layer... I really like how they turned out and I lvoe how the thank you kinda looks like the stem of the flower!

If you are interested in a gift package similar to this one please feel free to e-mail me here for any questions you might have!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin'

150 Birth announcement and 30 Shower invites!

So a super sweet gal from our old church approached me about making her birth announcements and I lept at the chance! I had helped her make her weddng invites so I knew I had to make her announcements too! Then she asked for 150...at first I was a little scared, but then she knew exactly what she wanted and it was smooth sailing from there! I also happen to be close friends with her Photograper Dana over at Race Home Photography and worked closely with her to make sure the pictures were perfect! Dana even toned down the colors some so that they would match the pretty in pink colors of the cardstock I used...isn't she awesome! If you live in the area I highly recomend her for weddings, baby or any other occasion photo sessions!





So you wanna see the announcements? Okay okay here they are!


Isn't she just the cutest little baby? Her name is Brooklyn and the name of the font that I used is called Brook...how perfect is that!




Here is a close up of the birth announcements. I used the Cutie pie
designer paper to create the cards and no stamping...the shame! LOL
In this photo I wanted to show you how they opened. The card front itself is about 1 inch shorter on the front to allow the name and scripture to show through...isn't it too cute?











Bridal Shower Invites
My sister (whom I love dearly) is hosting a bridal shower fora friend of hers in May and asked me to make her some invites...the brides colors are black, white, and silver...sissy asked me to use some pink...and since pink is my fav color I was happy to oblidge! What do you think? I like the pretty in pink wiith the silver and white...very showerey (I don't think that's a real word! LOL)




Here is a close-up of the Bridal shower invites. I used the cuttlebug to emboss the backgrounds (thanks David for helping!) and I embossed the main images with silver embossing powder. I think they turned out very pretty if I do say so
myself!

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Here comes the Bride...

So this weekend I did a workshop at my BFF from high school's Dad's house...does that make sense? Anywho, her dad and Dawn are finally getting married after 17 years of being together!!! YEAHHHHH Way to go Larry!!! Anywho I lvoe Dawn and she asked me to do a wedding themed workshop for her and some of her friends...I was all for it and very excited! Her wedding colors (I say her because you know do the guys REALLY care???) are black, white and Old Olive...a very nice color combo I might add! They are getting married on May 31st and they are getting married on a golf course (14th greem, not that it has any significance, just the prettiest on that particular course) So you wanna see the samples? Here they are!

Tin Favor top view

I just LOVE how this turned out! This tin is the 8oz tin and I used the tissue paper on the inside and stamped the images with black stazon ink. I used 2 stamp sets: a little birdie told me and Always. Love both of those! I wanted the little birdie to be the same size...not use the large and small from that set. But since stamping the small one twice wouldn't make them face face each other I got a brilliant idea!!! I stamped the first little birdie on the right side of the tin....are you sitting down for my genious plan???.... took the lid off and placed it face down...then stamped the little birdie again on the INSIDE of the lid...pure genious I know!

Tin Favor side view

This is a view of the tins from the side. aren't they cute? For the name and date I used the write me a memory Vol2 font CD from Su! and I think the font is passing notes. I sponged the edges just a little and this time i printed it in black because I wanted it to stand out a bit more. I Punched the name and date with the 1 1/4 inch punch and then the black with the 1 3/8 inch circle punch and finally a scallop circle out of old olive. To finish this up I just added a pretty little ribbon and called it a day! You can use this tin got sooo many things, candy, a little picture book. Wedding favors, bridal showers, baby showers, kids birthday parties! Let me know if you need any tins!


Sample Menu

This is the sample menu I came up with. I used the Vol2 write me a memory SU! font CD for each header and then I went to the website of the company that catered my sisters wedding last year and borrowed some yummy foods! The place is Called A La Carte and I HIGHLY recommend them. Karen is extremely professional and a delight to work with!

Place cards

These turned out super cute! Dawn is going to run the info through the computer and print the persons name and table number on each of the place settings and then place them on these clips so that guests know where to go...Won't these look sooo cute all lined up on a table? I think they will be a great conversation piece!

Wine Bottle Favors

These are the actual favors and I used a piece of laminate counter top sample found at Lowes or Home Depot to create these super cute little tags! What Supplies did I use? For this exact sample I used basic Black cardstock, ginger blossom designer series paper and whisper white cardstock. The font is from the SU! Write me a memory Vol2 CD and I used the RGB chart to print the color in Old Olive from my printer. To finish this project off I used Always artichoke 1/4icnh grosgrain ribbon and tied it around the bottle.

If you have any questions about size, dimentions, technique, anything, please let me know with either a comment or an e-mail!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin'