Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

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

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 Sets: Christmas in the Country and Snowball? (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 Christmas in the Country and Snowball?. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.

Lois
Vicky
Dawn
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Linda
Karen
Patty
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Debbie
Mark’s Finest Papers

For my first card I used Christmas in the Country.  I love this set and am very please with how easy it is to color.  I colored  the church with copics and then sponged the sky with summer sky memento ink and the ground with desert sand.  It is a bit hard to tell in the photo, but the image is matted on navy and silver card stock.

Next I have a card using Snowball.  Snowball is such a fun set with cute images and fun sentiments.  I picked this adorable penguin for my card.  For the background I embossed light blue card stock with a sizzix folder and then with a white paint dabber I highlighted the snowflakes.  The snow drifts are just torn paper and accented with stickles.

Good luck and thank you for stopping by.