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Monday, October 10, 2011

MFP OCT Blog Hop-Day 1-"Holly Greetings"


Hello! Welcome to the October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop! 


Today's Featured set is

"Holly Greetings"

and below is my sample for you:


Supplies:
MFP stamp set "Holly Greetings"
Spellbinders "Large Scalloped Octagons"
Crystal Lacquer by Sakura
Embossing folder by Provo Craft "Herringbone"
Copic markers
pop dots

After airbrushing the Spellbinder diecut I stamped greeting and applied 
crystal lacquer over colored circles to imitate more holly berries.
Fussy cut holly stamps for corners and put more lacquer on the berries 
with a 5th holly "corner" popped up
beside focal image.
**this stamp would make a great custom frame by stamping
it repeatedly around a masked shape**

Thanks so much for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow!!
Connie

This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers. So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Holly Greetings? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!) For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Holly Greetings. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.  Lois 
Dawn 
Anne 
Geri 
Lynn 

43 comments:

Liz Williams said...

Love all the texture and the way the red and greens just hop out at me!! Love it.

Liz Williams said...

Love all the texture and the way the red and greens just hop out at me!! Love it.

Lagene said...

Pretty with the texture & traditional Christmas colors!

Katharina said...

Gorgeous card!

Аня said...

stunning!

Beverly Tiemann said...

Very pretty! The holly berries really pop.

Vicky Gould said...

I like how you made the sentiment with the green sponging and the little berries in the Holly Jolly. Beautiful!

Marianne said...

Nice card with these berries and the sentiment. It's all you need for a great card!! xx Marianne MW

Unknown said...

very nice card like the sentiment

Carol Hurlock said...

Connie your holly looks positively yummy. Great texture with the embossing folder. Just gorgeous.

Bear Hugs,
Carol

Lois said...

I like the way you used that holly stamp -- and I'm going to try that idea of yours of making a wreath with it.

richardbreaks said...

Really festive!! Love your use of color!

Anonymous said...

Nicley done. Love the red in the sentiment!

Dawn said...

how pretty...love it!

Valarie (vampme3) said...

Love this set and what you've done with it!

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

I of course LOVE the RED! Great job using the sentiment, Connie!

Laura Love said...

OMGosh! ALL the new stamp sets are ADORABLE! I think I need them all - LOL! Loving that cute owl!

stampingbowd said...

Wow your card has great impact!!! Really beautiful!!!!

Lynn McAuley said...

I love this wonderful red and green design!! Awesome texture and layout to showcase this beautiful holly!

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Gorgeous and so festive!

Newbie said...

GREAT card! Love the corners and the extra one on the sentiment!

Geraldine said...

Looks like you like your embossing folders as much as I do!
Love the backgrounds. Wonderful cards.

Carol L said...

What a beautiful card! I love the embossing in red to show off this great sentiment, and your air brushing looks fantastic!

Rosie Guiher said...

Great card! love that embossing folder too!

Barbara Colbert said...

Nice with the textures...great design!!!! Nicely done!

Designing with Debbie said...

Oh how pretty, I love the colors and the holly is perfect. Great work

dinosaur said...

I love this card. Its sweet and simple.

cjsteiger said...

I absolutely love this card. Such beautiful work.

Miesje said...

So vibrant and festive! I love the background embossed.

redwasher1 said...

Connie, this is so pretty and love the airbrushing, looks great!

Neva said...

FAbulous job with this set. love how your focus is on the sentiment. I did the same thing

Nichole Bryant said...

Love the textures!

Joanne (jojot) said...

bright and festive creation

Pat said...

What a great Christmas card!! Love it.

dawnmercedes said...

nicely done!

Lorraine said...

beautiful i love the embossing xx

Karen said...

Oh this is cute! Love it.

KC said...

Fab embossing! I love the holly leaves!

Deborah345 said...

Beautiful!

Anniebee said...

Beautiful card, Connie! I'm a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas so I love the red and green and the embossing is perfect. Love it!

Unknown said...

What pretty framing! Lovely job!

Winnie and Patty said...

Connie--this Christmas card is super! I love the texture and the holly in each corner! Great job. TFS

Chrissy D said...

VERY PRETTY!