Current Weekly Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge

CURRENT WEEKLY SPEEDY FOX AND FRIENDS CHALLENGE HERE

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Speedy Fox and Friends 114


Welcome to Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge Week 114....."Use Metal".  The winner from last week, (week 113 is #12 Pam Tiedtke !!!!!!!! Congratulations Pam!!!!!!!!  Please send your mailing address to marksfinestpapers@comcast.net and we will send you , "Relax a Bit" a newly released stamp set !!!  Again, Congratulations!!!




 This week we are using metal.  The Design Team has used a mixture of metal pieces. Let's see what you come up with.   Thanks so much for joining us each week. It is so much fun looking at all your Challenge cards.  Lots of talent and great ideas out there.   Here's the Design Teams samples to get your juices flowing......




                                            Debbie

                                          Theresa

                                         Pat

                                         Kate

                                         Angela

                                          Patty

                                        Kelli

                                         Lena


I hope everyone enjoys this weeks challenge! We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and commenting on your beautiful cards. You have until 3PM on Friday July 6, 2012 to post your card. Please remember to link your card back to us or mention Speedy Fox and Friends or Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Company in your blog post. And if you use MFP a Heinrich Company stamps your name will be entered into the drawing twice. Have fun and good luck.

Happy Stamping
Pat  

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Speedy Fox Featured Designer - Kathy Bradley










Hi, my name is Kathy Bradley and I am a proud member of the Senior Design Team and Tutorial Time Team for Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.  I live in a small town northeast of Springfield, Illinois and I am happily married to the love of my life.  I have one handsome and charming son, a lovely daughter-in-law and a very cute (almost) 16 year old grandson.  I retired in November of 2009 – organized my closets by color (I know); drawers, etc., etc., In January of 2010, a lawyer friend that I previously worked with - called and asked me if I would like to work 3 hours a day – 3 days a week.  Well, having organized everything I could get my hands on – I said yes.  So, now, I’m still retired from full-time work, but have a little part-time job 8-9 hours each week – I know that’s not much work – but it gets me into Springfield 3 mornings each week and I run my errands, shop, etc.  I began scrapbooking in 2007 and making cards in 2008 and I’ve been on the journey ever since.  I continue to learn from the challenges, techniques and blogs I visit.  I’ve made so many wonderful friends during this journey and hope that I continue on this path for a long time – making friends and learning!

Be sure to check out Kathy's blog Entering Kathyville for some great inspiration and beautiful creations. This week Kathy created a Beginner Copic coloring tutorial for us. You can find it on SpeedyTV. If you are not a member of SpeedyTV no worries join today it is FREE!!!!

Be sure to come back next week for another great tutorial from our Featured Designer Lois.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

June Blog Hop Winners & Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 113



Our June Blog Hop winners are:
Welcome Poppies-Jeanette Graves
I'm In Stitches-kurtskd
Island Life-Elizabeth Hart
Silly Shells-Jo4Him
Congratulations to our winners! Winners please email us with your snail mail address so that we can ship your Free Stamp Set to you.

Didn't win? Did you know that there are 3 different chances to win a Free Stamp Set every week?
You can participate in:
1. Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge located below.
2. Friends of Speedy TV Challenge found  HERE.
3. Tutorial Time Challenge found HERE.
That's THREE more chances to get your hands on MFP a Heinrich Co. stamp sets!

Welcome to Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge Week 113....."Score lines".  The winner from last week, (week 112 is #15 Karen McAlpine !!!!!!!! Congratulations Karen !!!!!!!!  Please send your mailing address to marksfinestpapers@comcast.net and we will send you , "Relax a Bit" a newly released stamp set !!!  Again, Congratulations!!!




 This week we are using score lines to add detail to our cards.  This is such an easy technique and it adds pizazz to your card stock layers. They can go across or up and down or diagonal. I can't wait to see what you come up with.  Thanks so much for joining us each week. It is so much fun looking at all your Challenge cards.  Lots of talent and great ideas out there.   Here's the Design Teams samples to get your juices flowing......



                                               Angela

                                          Kate

                                           Pat

                                             Patty

                                            Theresa

                                          Kelli

                                          Debbie

                                         Lena



I hope everyone enjoys this weeks challenge! We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and commenting on your beautiful cards. You have until 3PM on Friday June 29, 2012 to post your card. Please remember to link your card back to us or mention Speedy Fox and Friends or Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Company in your blog post. And if you use MFP a Heinrich Company stamps your name will be entered into the drawing twice. Have fun and good luck.

Happy Stamping
Pat  

Friday, June 22, 2012

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
                        June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Welcome Poppies Featured June 19
I'm In Stitches Featured June 20
Island Life Featured June 21
Silly Shells Featured June 22

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 four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 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 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.
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Anna S and Karen K do not have posts this month due to health issues. Please skip them



We have some great stamp sets to show you this month. 



The Special release stamp set this month is
Christmas Cardinals



Today's Featured Stamp Set today is

"Silly Shells"

Lets check out some of inspiration from a few of our design team members.








Thanks for hopping with us this month. Be sure to stop by again tomorrow during the Speedy Fox and Friends challenge to see if you won one of these great sets. Good Luck! 

Thursday, June 21, 2012


Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
                        June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Welcome Poppies Featured June 19
I'm In Stitches Featured June 20
Island Life Featured June 21
Silly Shells Featured June 22

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 four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 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 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.
Anna S and Karen K do not have posts this month due to health issues. Please skip them.



We have some great stamp sets to show you this month. 



The Special release stamp set this month is
Christmas Cardinals



Today's Featured Stamp Set today is

"Island Life"

Lets check out some of inspiration from a few of our design team members.

Anne 







Thanks for hopping with us today. Be sure to stop by again tomorrow for our last day of the hop. Don't miss out on the chance to win any of these great stamp sets. 
 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
                        June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Welcome Poppies Featured June 19
I'm In Stitches Featured June 20
Island Life Featured June 21
Silly Shells Featured June 22

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 four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 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 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.

Anna S and Karen K do not have posts this month due to health issues. Please skip them.



We would like to welcome three new design team members to the Senior Design Team. 

Please be sure to stop by their blogs and welcome them and give them some love.


We have some great stamp sets to show you this month. 



The Special release stamp set this month is
Christmas Cardinals



Today's Featured Stamp Set today is

"I'm In Stitches"

Lets check out some of inspiration from a few of our design team members.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
                        June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
Welcome Poppies Featured June 19
I'm In Stitches Featured June 20
Island Life Featured June 21
Silly Shells Featured June 22

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 four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 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 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.
Mark's Finest 



We have some great stamp sets to show you this month. 



The Special release stamp set this month is
Christmas Cardinals



Today's Featured Stamp Set today is

"Welcome Poppies


Lets check out some of inspiration from a few of our design team members.

Mary Marsh 

Monday, June 18, 2012

Speedy Fox Featured Designer - Debbie Moran










I live in Kenosha, WI. I have been a part of the Mark’s Finest Papers family since August of 2011 I started stamping in 2004. I took a 5 year hiatus until I met a great woman, Chrissy D, who was also a part of  the design team. She got me back into stamping and even helped me set up my blog. I began stamping when a group of ladies took me to a stamp camp for another stamping company back in 2004. I enjoyed myself so much I was hooked. I stamped for awhile and then along came my three beautiful girls (5,4and 2), which put stamping in the backseat along with so many other things. Now that they are getting a little older I have found my love for stamping again. I also enjoy scrapbooking which I don’t seem to have as much time for.  I am married to a wonderful man that I met when I was working for Domino’s Pizza. I always joked with my drivers )which he was one of) that I was going to marry Liam, and 3 years later we were married. Since I have been back into the stamping scene I have been striving to step it up a bit so I am always wanting to learn new techniques and folds. You will be seeing all that I learn not only on the blog hops but on my blog as well. I am on all four of Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co design teams and coordinate two of them. SpeedyTV is my baby and work to make if more fun and exciting for all the members. I help out with a lot of the administrative duties for the company and work hand in hand with Amanda and Patty coordinating the teams. I love working for Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co and look forward to many more years designing for the company.

Check out Debbie's Blog Designing with Debbie and give her some love. Debbie created a new tutorial for us called Star of David Card.  .

Be sure to stop by next week for another great tutorial with the Featured Designer. Kathy Bradley will be showing us how to use Copic Markers.