Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop- Day 1

Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Today we are featuring the "Autumn Fun" set:

For my card, I decided to make a shaker card with the "Autumn Fun" set.  Splitcoaststampers has an easy-to-follow tutorial on how to make this type of card.  I used pumpkin-shaped Nestabilities to create my shaker.  I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the shaker and used the crackle background from the "Background Fun" set.  I added seed inside the shaker and added the stamped squirrel on the outside of the shaker.  The papers used are Early Expresso, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie,Crumb Cake, Old Olive from Stampin Up and patterned paper from Graphic 45.  The Old Olive is cut with a Martha Stewart branch edge punch.  Isn't this little squirrel just the cutest?

Head over to the blog: http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/ to view the blog hop line up.

Join us tomorrow for day 2 of the blog hop!

I am entering this card in the Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge 32. I used Old Olive, Early Expresso, Crumb Cake, and Pumpkin Pie, which is similar to Tangerine Tango.