It is a sweet thing, friendship...

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC59)! This week Betty Wright is our host. Betty is challenging us to fake it! We are using faux techniques this week on our cards and projects. There are a list of many amazing faux ideas in the Tutorial section at SCS. Check them out here. So, create something faux fabulous with us this week. We would love to see what you create!

What a fantastic challenge!! Betty got me to try something new and I love it--that's what so great about challenges, right?!! I know I'd probably never have tried this faux silk technique if she hadn't done this challenge. So, I stamped the large image from Birds and Vines on white tissue paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored a bit with Copic markers--with a very light hand, since tissue paper is very porous and the ink will bleed easily. Then I crumpled it up--tighter than the SCS tutorial showed. Next, I smoothed it out and attached it to a piece of Classic White card stock with a glue stick smeared all over. Then I trimmed the tissue paper off all around and proceeded with my card as usual. I stamped the bird with Versafine Onyx Black ink, cut it out, and popped it up on Pop Dots. The sentiment is from the Gerbera Daisies set, also stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and cut out with a Spellbinders Labels Four Nestabilities die. After running my blue Copic marker around the edge, I punched a slot in the left end and threaded the moire ribbon through and tied it in a bow. Finally, I added some blue Dew Drops to finish it off.

Here's a close up--it does sort of look like raw silk, but regardless, the texture is amazing! I really love it!


Thank you, Betty, for a great challenge! Now I hope you all will check out my team mates and see what faux-ness they've come up with. I'm sure you'll be delighted with the results--I can't wait to see them myself!

Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Dee Jackson
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow

I'm so glad you dropped by today and I hope you'll find time to join us in the faux challenge this week.

~Supplies~
Stamps: Birds and Vines; Gerbera Daisies (Flourishes)
Paper: Basic Black, Brilliant Blue (SU!); Classic White (Flourishes); tissue paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Labels Four Nestabilities (Spellbinder); glue stick, ribbon (craft store); slot punch (SU!); Copic markers

From the Garden - FTTC #55

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC55)! It's the last Tuesday of the month so we have a guest challenge host! This month's guest is Iwona Palamountain (Chupa). Iwona lives in Australia! She is challenging us to use flowers! Whether they are printed flower designer papers, stamped, punch created, or store bought, put some flowers on your card this week! We would love to see what you create!

BTW, Flourishes is unveiling a new store front! It just went live yesterday, so there may still be a few kinks to work out, but hop on over and look at it--it's gorgeous!!!

For today's card, I'm using one of Flourishes' newest sets, From the Garden. I love to dig in the dirt, so this set just speaks to me--I love it! I stamped my geranium image and the pot image on Flourishes Classic White card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored them with Copic markers. After they were done, I masked the pot and stamped those adorable little sprigs of grass on either side. They add so much--giving definition without having to add another layer. Love 'em! Then I cut the image out with a Labels Five Nestabilities die and layered it on a Classic Oval. Some pretty paper, some paper piercing, and a moire' ribbon bow finishes it off.

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to check out the rest of the Friends of Flourishes Blog team--I know they have some gorgeous flowers to show you!

Betty Wright - Team Coordinator
Cindy Haffner
Dee Jackson
Maki Jones
Silke Ledlow



~Supplies~
Stamps: From the Garden (Flourishes)
Paper: Garden Green, Ruby Red (SU!); Home Mat Pack (MME); Classic White (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Labels Five and Classic Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); Copic markers; Ornare paper piercer; piercing template (SU!)