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Marks Finest Papers August Blog Hop Day Two - Hydrangea

Hello my friends - it is day two of the MFP Blog Hop for August!



Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are


 Featured  Aug. 12
Crows and Scarecrow

Featured Aug. 13
Hydrangea


 Featured Aug. 14
Keys

Featured Aug. 15
Dear Santa and Brrrr


Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All six winners will be announced on 
Aug.16, 2014 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) 

The deadline for 
commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday August 15, 2014





Here is my card:
Here's the Design Team:


Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Details on my card: I used a stencil and watercolors to make my bg - I did a color wash and then I splattered some of the other colors I used on the paper after it dried. To color up my hydrangea, I mixed my colors on a large block sprayed it with water and dragged my image through the ink. Then I put on some Inka Gold Metalic rub in silver and then added some gems. Fun and super easy.

Hugz!

Comments

  1. Stunning creation ! lovely design and gorgeous Hydrangea image too. So inspiring, thanks for sharing.

    Best regards,
    Lidya (Cloud's project)

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  2. Lovely background and very pretty sheen on the Hydrangea.

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  3. The variation in color in that hydrangea makes it look so realistic. We had hydrangeas when we lived in Pennsylvania, and they varied in color depending on the acidity of the soil. Beautiful card!

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  4. Nancy this is a very pretty card.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  5. This is beautiful. You sure worked magic mixing those colors and dragging the flower through it.

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  6. Love this! It always amazes me when you say you run the image through the inks. If I did that, it would be a muddy mess.

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  7. It's awesome how you came across to and reach the colors for your flower and your background paper...
    Well done

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  8. I love your easy technique for coloring the hydrangea and you did a fabulous background, too. Beautiful card! Sending huggies down south. :-)

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  9. Love the colors on the flower. Great background.

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  10. Love the coloring technique you used. Gorgeous card!

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  11. the coloring on your hydrangea is fabulous. I love the stenciled background. Beautiful card.

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  12. What a stunner of a card! It is beautiful and the technique is great! I've gotta give it a try!

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  13. What a fantastic card love the techniques you used for the background and the hydrangea awesome job!

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  14. Like your creative card and all the colors!
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  15. so so beautiful nancy.one of my fav flowers and your colouring is just stunning ;D

    xx coops xx

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  16. Such a stunning creation! I love the effect of the colors on your flower and the background! Have a lovely day! HUGS

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  17. Love Hydrangeas! My grandmother used to put old nails in the ground around her Hydrangeas to make them turn blue. They usually got a mottling of color like you image. Love this card. - Jim

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  18. Beautiful colors and I like the background.

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  19. This is a beautiful card, I love your stenciled background and gorgeous hydrangea - one of my favourite flowers.
    Pauline
    x

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  20. Fabulous Thank You card. Love the colors and patterns you have used.

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  21. Wow, gorgeous hydrangea, love the multiple colors of it! Outstanding background too!

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  22. Nancy,
    Wow - what a wonderful technique. Your card is really beautiful and elegant and I love the colors on the hydrangea!

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  23. Gorgeous! The beautiful hydrangea just jumps off the page!!
    Hugs
    Darcy

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  24. So lovely! Both the background and flower are so beautifully done - totally gorgeous :)

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  25. Wow! Your card is absolutely gorgeous. I love the background and the gorgeous watercolour hydrangea.

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  26. LOVE the watercolor background!!! So gorgeous!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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