Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Day

Today there is a new challenge at the MFP Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Blog!  The challenge today is to make your own designer paper using stamps.  You can read more about this challenge on the blog. While visiting the blog, make sure to check out the beautiful cards by my fellow blog team members. I would encourage you to play along with us today and each Saturday. You just might win a stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers!

For my card, I used the "Ferns and Chickadee" stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers.  The paper I used for my designer paper is some fabulous, handmade, fiberous paper.  The best part is that I purchased a large sheet of it at a local craft store for $1.00!  I used Tim Holtz distress inks to stamp the fern throughout the paper.  Because the paper is textured and somewhat bumpy, it produced a lighter looking image than I would have gotten on cardstock.  I cut out a green frame with a Nestabilities die, ran it through the new Tim Holtz "Gridlock" embossing folder, then colored it with distress inks.  The bird was also colored with distress inks, then mounted on the frame. To complete the card, I added some ribbons and Prima flowers.  The stamp set, flowers, Tim Holtz distress inks, Tim Holtz embossing folder, ribbons, and Nestabilities dies can all be purchased from Mark's Finest Papers.