Letters from the Chief 07/08/13

Welcome back to Letters From the Chief. We have a jam packed week in store for you so hang on to your shoes.

Lets start off by announcing our newest Featured Member. We love our members and as a gift we want to show them off. Every week on Mondays I will announce who our Featured Member is, so if you want to see if you are our new Featured Member check out my column every Monday. Our Featured Member will be focused here on MFP SpeedyTV and on the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co blog.

Our very first Featured Member is Melissa SunshineHoneybee.

You can learn more about her on her blog here.

Check out her page here.

Here is a sample of her work

Now for our weekly fun.

Mondays:

Join us every Monday for not only my column of Letters With the Chief, we have our first challenge of the week Friends of SpeedyTV.

This week on Friends of SpeedyTV Janine and her team are challenging us to create a Monochromatic card.

Today we are sneak peaking our 5th and Mini stamp sets called:

Dino News: 

  

Dragonflies:

Tuesdays:

Join Pat Garvin every Tuesday for her Basic Backgrounds column, where she teach you to create your own backgrounds as an alternative to designer paper.

Are you one like me who often has a brain fart as to what kind of card I want to make? Join us for our Sketch with a Twist Challenge where Angela Chamness and her team will have a sketch for you to follow but the fun part is she adds a twist to the sketch.

This week we are kicking off our monthly blog hop on Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co blog.

On Tuesday we are showcasing the first stamp set of the July Release called:

Lotus Blossoms

Wednesdays:

Join Amy England on Wednesdays for her Purple Passion column. She shows us how to use the color purple in different ways on our cards.

Every Wednesday we have a CAS challenge called Simple Salutations. The difference with our clean and simple challenge is that you have to use a sentiment on your card.

Today we are showcasing our second stamp set for the July Release called:

Shello

Thursdays:

Thursday is our most busy day of the week. We have a ton of things for you on Thursdays.

Are you a stamper on a budget? Do you want to do all the cool techniques but don't have the funds for the supplies? Join Thrifty Stamper for those Penny Pinching, money saving techniques by using things around the house.

Calling all you scrapbookers we have a challenge for you. Join Gemiel Matthews and her team for our Scrapbook Challenge. Show off you family and your layouts for a chance to win a stamp from Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

But that is not all, Check out our Inspirational Challenge with Shirley Quarry and her team. They will give you some inspirational photos to stir those creative juices.

Today is the third installment of our July Release called:

Be Virtuous

Fridays:

TGIF, now that your work week is almost over we still have some fun in store for you.

Do you love the scenery that the Orient brings? Do you love to create Oriental Themes projects? Join Thrifty Stamper for her Themes from the Orient Column. She will amaze you with her beautiful creations and tutorials.

Don't forget about Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV. Do you love challenging yourself by learning new techniques? Join the ladies for a new tutorial every week.

Today is the last day of our July Blog Hop and we are showcasing our final release of July called:

Presents

Be sure to comment on the designers blogs for a chance to win one of these fabulous stamp sets. The more you comment the more chances you have to win.

Saturdays:

Do you need some extra Inspiration? Check out our Get Inspired Column with MariLynn DeGroot and Cathy Clouston as they bring us inspiration for our cards.

Let's not forget the challenge that started it all. Join Speedy Fox and Friends on the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co blog.

Sunday:

To finish off the week we have two great new columns.

First we have 101 Ways and Counting where Jane Chambers brings new ideas weekly to help you with your cards.

Are you a busy mom like me? Do you find it difficult to find time to create? Join An'Jenic Gibson and Angela Chamness with their time saving ideas for creating your cards when you have an impossible schedule.

I hope to see you around and joining in on the fun. Be sure to check back with me next Monday for the announcement of our next Featured Member. We are continually adding more fun and informative features to MFP SpeedyTV so stay tuned.

Thanks

Debbie Moran

Chief Administrator MFP SpeedyTV