May You Be Happy Together Forever

What a beautiful sentiment (and image) on this new release of 

Swans 2014

 from 

Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps

 this month.  

I've used this stamp set for my DT inspiration for you this week for the.

 Black and White Challenge

 #107 at

 FOSTV

 (Friends of Speedy TV).

The card base is 5 1/2" x 7" and each panel is cut 1/8" smaller

Distressing the sentiment panel with Tim Holtz Old Paper (Distress Ink)

So much bling - so little time.
(Deciding which embellishments to use)

Panels for inside of card

We are looking forward to seeing your entries so please post them up and add your links below.  Someone will win the stamp set Corn Ears.

Please check out the challenge rules and don't forget to link up your cards to Speedy TV and the Friends of Speedy TV challenge.

We have many other challenges here on Speedy TV and you may want to check those out too!

Please link up your FOSTV107 entries by 3pm on Sunday 19th January 2014.

FOSTV (Friends of Speedy TV) - Anything But A Card Challenge #101

I used a "recycled" gift bag from last Christmas for my DT project today

for FOSTV

(Friends of Speedy TV)

a Mark Hendrich's Company

Challenge # 101

Anything But A Card

I used the stamps from the Holiday Tag 2013 set for this project.

We are looking forward to seeing your entries so please post them up and add your links below.  Someone will win the Natures Brushstrokes mini stamp set - a great little set which is part of the sale that ends on Tuesday 3rd Dec.

Please check out the challenge rules and don't forget to link up your cards to Speedy TV and the Friends of Speedy TV challenge.

We have many other challenges here on Speedy TV and you may want to check those out too!

Please link up your FOSTV100 entries by 3pm on Sunday 8th December.

Hope you all have a wonderful and creative week.

Anything Goes this week at FOSTV (Mark's Finest Papers) for Challenge #100

You are getting a sneak peak at another of the sentiments, "You Are In My Prayers",  on the

 Lots of Words 2013 Stamp Set 

which will be released in December of 2013.

Unfortunately, I never seem to have enough sympathy and/or cards of encouragement on hand so I've decided to take advantage of this wonderful new set and make up several.

You can access the challenge here - Good luck!  I can't wait to see your creations!

If you are travelling for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, I wish you safe travels.  

Blessings,

Trudy

Thanksgiving Blessings

The challenge this week at

 FOSTV (Friends of Speedy TV)

 over at Mark's Finest Papers, (a Hendrich Co),

 is a

 Thanksgiving Card.

Although I didn't have any stamps that were Thanksgiving per se,

 I did have this wonderful

 "Blessings"

stamp which you are getting a 

sneak peek

 at today from the December release 

- Lots of Words 2013. 

 You are going to love this set!!!