Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 100th Celebration!

I don't have a FTTC card for you today but I have a special announcement! We're celebrating our 100th FTTC this week with a blog hop on Friday, January 14th that everyone can enter! And there are prizes that anyone can win!! So, for now, hop on over to the Flourishes blog to get all the details! See you at the hop!!

Amaryllis Gift Tag - FTTC #96

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC96)! This week Silke Ledlow is our challenge host and Silke is challenging us to 3D Holiday Gifts! A card can be made to go along with your gift, but a 3D Christmas gift item is the main challenge! We look forward to seeing what you create!

OK, so I didn't REALLY do a 3D project. BUT I had a great idea for a gift and ran with it--that counts, right? It's *for* a gift. Right? I had one more flower from the A Year In Flowers Set 3 to do - December - and it's perfect for a tag for a gift of an amaryllis bulb. You know, the little kits you get with the pot, the soil less potting medium, and the bulb, all in one box. I love them and thought it would be a perfect little giftie for a co-worker. Here it is hanging on a Kraft bag--I keep lots of these on hand since they go with pretty much everything.

And here's a close up of the tag. I stamped the image on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I truly love these images and I'm sorry this is the last one (sniff, sniff). They've been so much fun to do throughout this year.

After I colored it, I cut it out, then proceeded to make the tag. I used a manilla tag as the base, and added some patterned paper from Webster's Pages Waiting For Santa 6 x 6 pad, matted with Always Artichoke. Then I cut a circle of more patterned paper with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die, layered some card stock on it and sponged all the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Finally, I popped the colored image up on the circle and added a little twill bow.

And here are the Copics I used.

Now, be sure to go see what my team mates did with this challenge!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~

Stamps: A Year In Flowers 3 (Flourishes)

Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Always Artichoke (SU!); Waiting For Santa 6 x 6 pad (Webster's Pages)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); twill (MFT); Copic markers; manilla label

Thanks Snow Much - FTTC#94

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC94)! This week Cindy Haffner is hosting and she is challenging us to a sketch she has designed. As far as sketches go, there is not much of an explanation necessary. You can turn it and modify the shapes to fit your size card, but in the end, it should still look like the sketch. Good Luck! We cannot wait to see what you create with it!

Isn't that a fabulous sketch! I have a feeling I'll be using this one again! As you can see, I flipped the base for my card today, but I kept all the elements intact.

I'm using a Flourishes set from the last release: Warm Winter Wishes, stamped on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers. Patterned paper is from a Martha Stewart mat stack I just picked up--love these colors together! For the sentiment, I first stamped a snowflake image with Soft Sky in, then over-stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added some tiny red rhinestones. Edges of all elements were sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink. 

Now, be sure to go see what my team mates did with this challenge!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes (Flourishes)

Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Riding Hood Red (SU!); Winter Wonderland mat stack (Martha Stewart)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Soft Sky (SU!); Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)

Accessories/tools: 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches (EK Success); ribbon (SU!); button, baker's twine (PTI); Pop Dots, rhinestones (craft store); Copic markes, Prismacolor pencil in Muted Turquoise; sewing machine

Peace - FTTC #93

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC93)! This week Dee Jackson is our challenge host! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas so we really need to get some Christmas cards ready for mailing! Dee is challenging us to "Just Do It!" Get those Christmas cards done! You may need to make several for this challenge! We would love to see what you create!

You don't have to ask me twice to make a Christmas card ;-) I LOVE making them! I also love this Peace stamp set and haven't inked it up this year so I pulled it out and got to work. I'm using paper from the luscious Mistletoe paper by Memory box. I stamped the image on Classic Ivory card stock with Soft Suede ink and sponged the edges of every layer. I distressed the base card layers for a little textural interest, and finished it off with some rich dark red ribbon and some matching flat backed pearls.

There's a smaller image in this set so I decided to use it and the wonderful sentiment on the inside.

Now, be sure to go see what my team mates did with this challenge!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Peace (Flourishes)

Paper: Classic Cream (Flourishes); Soft Suede (SU!); Mistletoe 6 x 6 pack (Memory Box)

Ink: Soft Suede (SU!)

Accessories/tools: distressing tool (Tim Holtz); flat back pearls, ribbon, Pop Dots (craft store)

A Little Halloween Fun - FTTC #87

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC87)! This week Cindy Haffner is hosting. She is challenging us to a sketch she has designed. As far as sketches go, there is not much of an explanation necessary. You can turn it and modify the shapes to fit your size card, but in the end, it should still look like the sketch. Good Luck! We cannot wait to see what you create with it!

I'm using a new set for my card, Witching You a Happy Halloween. It's a vintage Halloween set and it's fabulous! I totally love it! I stamped the images on Classic Ivory Card Stock and colored the pumpkin with Copic markers, then cut it out and popped it up on Pop Dots. Love this sketch--I'll be using it again and again!

Now, be sure to go see how my team mates used the sketch!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic Ivory card stock (Flourishes); Basic Black, Kraft (SU!); Hallowe'en In Wonderland 8 x 8 pad (Graphic 45)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories/tools: twill, Pop Dots (craft store); buttons/twine (PTI); sewing machine; circle punches (E K Success); border punch (Martha Stewart)

Celebrate Fall - FTTC #85

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC85)! This week Dee Jackson is the challenge host. Dee is challenging us to create Celebration cards! Celebrate anyway you like! You can choose Baby, Birthday, Friendship, Holiday, or come up with your own reason to celebrate! We would love to see what you create!

Since September 23 is the official first day of Fall in the Northern hemisphere, I can think of nothing better to celebrate today!! It's still pretty warm during the day here in South Central Virginia, but the nights are getting cooler and there's just that fall feel in the air. I spent last weekend putting out my Fall decorations--just looking at them makes me happy :)

For my card I'm using the Falling Leaves set. I stamped a selection of the leaf images on Kraft paper with Versamark and heat embossed with Copper Detail embossing powder. Then I popped it up on foam tape on a base card of Kraft with a layer of Chocolate Chip. The sentiment is also from the set and was stamped on Classic Ivory Card Stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, cut/embossed with a Deckle Edge Oval Nestabilities die. Before popping it up on Pop Dots I sponged a little Antique Linen Distress ink around the edges. I wanted to keep this CAS to show off those gorgeous leaves, so I kept the embellishments low key--ribbon and a twine tied button. I did add the double acorn image, which was colored with Copic markers and cut out, to the sentiment piece.

Now, be sure to go see what my team mates are celebrating today!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Falling Leaves (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic Ivory card stock (Flourishes); Kraft, Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Ink: Versamark, Memento Rich Cocoa; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Deckle Edge Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); ribbon, Pop Dots (craft store); buttons/twine (PTI); foam tape (office supply)

In the Spotlight - FTTC #84

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC84)! This week I'm your host and I'm challenging everyone to the spotlight technique. Here is a link to a spotlighting tutorial from SCS. This is a fun technique that often gets overlooked. Give it a try! We would love to see what you create!

For my card, I chose to use Sunflowers. It's the end of summer and I always associate sunflowers with the end of summer so I thought they were appropriate, plus there's this great image on which to use the spotlight technique. I stamped the large image on Classic White card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and cut it out. Then I stamped part of it again and colored it with the Sunflower Copic marker collection, cut it out with my Classic Circle Nestabilities die, then matted it with Early Espresso card stock before popping it up on the original image. The rest is pretty simply--I stamped, colored, and cut out a single leaf image and tucked it up under the button that I tied onto some twill. Then I added the sentiment to the leaf. Everything was sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink before being put together, including the Origins patterned paper elements. This is SUCH a fun technique I really do hope a lot of you will play along.

Now, be sure to go see what my team mates did with the spotlight technique today!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Sunflowers (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White card stock (Flourishes); Early Espresso (SU!); Origins 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); oval punch (SU!); buttons/twine (PTI); twill; sewing machine

Just the ticket - FTTC #83

It's time for Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC83)! This week Betty Wright is our host. Betty is challenging us to use tickets on our cards. Now, you can use actual store bought tickets or create your own, or come up with ways to create a ticket look with your focal image, card base, or sentiment. We would love to see what you create!
OK, I went with create my own. I'm using the recently released Fine Herbs set for my card. I love the sentiments in this set--just perfect for a focus on sentiments. First, I stamped the rosemary image on Classic Ivory card stock and wrapped black ribbon around. Then I stamped the sentiment and added the little greenery image under it. Next I cut it out with a Classic Rectangle Nestabilities die, used my ticket corner punch on the corners, and then made the little perforations with my 1/16th" hole punch. Finally, I matted it with Always Artichoke card stock, added some black flat-backed pearls, and popped it up. Very simple design but I'm liking it.

Be sure to go see what ticket designs my team mates have today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

Did you know there are two other challenges currently going on at the Flourishes blog? A monthly one, called Bring Back Beautiful and Flourishes Look Who's 3 birthday celebration challenge. Check 'em out!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Fine Herbs (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic Ivory (Flourishes); Always Artichoke (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Always Artichoke (SU!)
Accessories: ribbon (craft store); flat back pearls; Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Flowers Feed the Soul - FTTC #82

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC82)! It is the end of the month so we have a challenge host! Traci Major is our challenge host! Traci is challenging us to Summer Memories! With summer quickly drawing to a close, Traci wants us to reflect on one of our summer activities and create a card capturing one of our favorite memories of Summer 2010! We would love to see what you create!

Gardening is a big part of every summer for me so I thought I'd bring out my From the Garden set. This little scene is very familiar to me, LOL. I stamped the image on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I'm using paper from Basic Grey's Green At Heart 6 x 6 pad and Pear Pizazz card stock--which is fast becoming a favorite green for me. The circle element was cut with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die, then I stamped the sentiment from the set and added some flat backed pearls.

Be sure to go see what summer memories my team mates have today! I hope you'll play along with us! And be sure to visit our Guest Designer, Traci Major, and leave her some love!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: From the Garden (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Pear Pizazz (SU!); Green At Heart 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: ribbon (craft store); flat back pearls; Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Copic markers

Delight in the unexpected - FTTC #81

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC81)! This week Maki Jones is our challenge host. Maki is challenging us to use lace. Whether you have real lace, lace punches, lace paper, or any other type of lacy item, add a bit of elegance to your cards this week with some lace. We would love to see what you create!


OK, that's an easy one, right? I decided to use some faux lace on my card today, using Flourishes gorgeous Lace Edges set. I pulled out this paper from Memory Box and stamped the image in Versamark, then heat embossed with white detail embossing powder. Then I stamped this sentiment, from Life Lines in Memento Rich Cocoa ink--I thought that was a fitting sentiment to go along with the faux lace, LOL! Finally, I added some flat backed pearls, a strip of ribbon and some tiny mother-of-pearl buttons that I've had forever. Very simple design, to show off that gorgeous embossed lace.

Here's a close up:


Be sure to go see how my team mates used lace today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Lace Edges, Life Lines (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Soft Suede (SU!); (Memory Box)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Versamark
Accessories: ribbon (SU!); flat back pearls (craft store); buttons (stash); linen thread; white detail embossing powder, heat tool

Just a [color combo] note - FTTC #80

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC80)! Silke Ledlow is our challenge host. She is challenging us to a color scheme! This one is not only easy and fun, but the colors are sure to make a beauty. Simply make a card using the four colors of hot pink, soft yellow, Kraft, and black that are listed in the picture and link it here! While Flourishes stamps are not required, if you have them by all mean use them! We would love to see what you create!

OK, if my card seems to be a little familiar, it's because I CASE'd myself! I'll admit to struggling with this color combo. When I think of Flourishes I think of those gorgeous botannicals--beautiful flowers. And I need GREEN for flowers, LOL! So my mojo went on vacation this week--maybe it's the incessant heat, LOL. I went the more is more route with this version. My card base is Kraft, with a layer of Basic Black. Then I stamped the Cherry Blossom image on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I did color the sepals in a Kraft color since I had no green ;-) Artistic license, yeah, that's what it was! The sentiment is from Tag Lines, a set I just LOVE!!! Gorgeous fonts and classic sentiments. Last thing was to tie some black and tan gingham ribbon around the top. You can't tell from my picture, but I've popped the entire white panel up on foam tape.

Be sure to go see how my team mates used the colors today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Cherry Blossoms, Tag Lines (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Kraft, Basic Black (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copic markers; ribbon (craft store); foam tape (office supply)

Thank you berry much - FTTC #79

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC79)! This week Cindy Haffner is hosting. She is challenging us to a sketch she has designed. As far as sketches go, there is not much of an explanation necessary. You can turn it and modify the shapes to fit your size card, but in the end, it should still look like the sketch. Good Luck!!! We cannot wait to see what you create with it!

Here's Cindy's sketch, and you can get all the details at the Flourishes' blog. I must tell you that when I first saw this sketch I had no idea what I was going to do, but I'm pretty happy with what I ended up with.


I decided it was high time I inked up this blueberry image from Berry Sweet. Then I went looking for paper and ran across Basic Grey's June Bug, which was perfect! I stamped the image on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. Then I sponged the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink and cut it out with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die. Finally, I matted it with paper cut/embossed with Label's Three Nestabilities. I think the rest is pretty self-explanatory.

Be sure to go see how my team mates interpret the sketch today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Berry Sweet (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla (SU!); June Bug 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle and Labels Three Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); Copic markers; ribbon, Pop Dots (craft store); sewing machine

Unembellished Tigerlily - FTTC 78

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC78)! This week Dee Jackson is our host. Dee is challenging us to a limited supplies challenge. The limit? NO Embellishments. What does this mean? It means that we let the image we use speak for itself. We CAN use ink, stamps, paper, punches, die cuts, and coloring tools. We cannot add rhinestones, Prima flowers, buttons, pearls, ribbons, brads, etc. We would love to see what you create with this limited supplies challenge.

Hmmmm, this is a tough one for me. You know I love me some ribbon, buttons, bling--any of it and sometimes all of it, LOL! But Dee says no embellishments today so this is what I've come up with. This is the July flower from from Flourishes A Year In Flowers series, Set 2. I used a CAS layout, but I've got layers. I embossed the white base layer with the Textiles embossing folder and the rest was just a matter of layering. I stamped the image on Flourishes Classic White card stock and colored with Copic markers, then popped up on foam squares. The sentiment was punched out and popped up, as well. Simple, but those flowers are so gorgeous they really don't need any embellishment, do they? Be sure to go see how my team mates are going embellishment-free today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: A Year In Flowers (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Tangerine Tango, Mellow Moss (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Textile embossing folder (Provocraft); Copic markers; small and medium oval punches (SU!)

Morning Glory - FTTC #77

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC77)! It is the end of the month so we have a challenge host. This month's host is Emily Keaton. Emily is challenging us to use Pins! All kinds of pins will do. Think stick pins, hat pins, safety pins, straight pins, diaper pins, even mini clothes pins or a brooch-style pin. We would love to see what you create!

I love making these beaded stick pins--they add such an elegant and feminine feel to a card, don't you think? I'm using the August flower from Flourishes A Year Of Flowers, Set 2 for my card--I know, I'm early with August, but it's almost here! I stamped it on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. Not sure if you can tell, but the solid blue part of the base card was embossed with my Moroccan Screen Cuttlebug embossing folder for a little interest. I used a white paper doily for the circular element, tied some black twill around in a bow, and stuck the stick pin through the knot. The sentiment was stamped, punched out, embellished with a blue Dew Drop, and popped up on a foam square. I do love the flowers in these sets.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to go see what my team mates are doing with pins today! I hope you'll play along with us and our guest designer, Emily Keaton!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: A Year Of Flowers, Set 3 (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Basic Black (SU!); Marrakesh 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug, Moroccan Tile embossing folder (Provocraft); oval punch (SU!); Dew Drops; Copic markers; stick pin supplies, foam squares, doily (craft store); twill

Thank you! Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #76

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC76)! This week yours truly is the host and I have an Inspiration Challenge for you! I've chosen one gorgeous picture to get you inspired by for your card making. You can obviously recreate the look or be inspired by the colors or other elements in the photo. We would love to see what you create!

And here's the inspiration piece I chose:

I just love the colors in this--so fresh and summery, don't you think? So for my card, I chose a very summery set--Flourishes Humming Along. We have these Ruby Throated humming birds at our house--we put out several feeders for them and they are such entertaining little rascals!

I stamped the images on Classic White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I thought that gorgeous image (two images, really--the Trumpet Vine and the hummer are two separate images) didn't need much embellishment so I pretty much embraced the white space--I think the card construction is pretty obvious.

This card also works for the SCS Dirty Dozen Central theme this month and DTGT10rsalamon, DTGD10AmberDawn01, DTGD10gbedwright, DTGDflowergal36. If you're a fan club member you can get the details here. If you're not, consider joining so you can get in on all the fun this week!

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to go see what my team mates are doing with the inspiration piece today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Humming Along (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Always Artichoke (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dot embossing folder (Provocraft); Dew Drops; Copic markers; medium oval punch (SU!); foam tape, ribbon (craft store)

In all things of nature...FTTC#75

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC75)! This week Betty Wright is our challenge host. Betty is challenging us to use felt! Felt is everywhere right now in the crafting world. It is easier to use than ever with all of the wonderful die cuts available. You can create flowers, borders, accents, and so much more! We would love to see what you create using felt!

I think I've mentioned that I love sentiment stamps. Maybe once. Or twice. Anyway, I'm loving the sentiments in this set by Flourishes, called Life Lines. Isn't that font gorgeous!? Since I wanted it to definitely be the focal image, I kept my layout simple and used my paper and embellishments to complement the theme--nature. The patterned paper is from a Memory Box collection called Jubilee, and the sentiment and card base are Classic White card stock. I cut my felt flower out with my Dahlia Nestabilities dies and did a little sewing on them--they looked a little blah just stacked up. I hand cut the leaves from more felt and added a sweet little button for the center. A strip of pleated and stitched ribbon and some Basic Grey pearls finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to go see what my team mates are doing with felt today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Life Lines (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Simply Chartreuse (PTI); Jubilee 6 x 6 pack (Memory Box)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Labels Ten Nestabilities (Spellbinders); ribbon (SU!); pearls (Basic Grey); felt, button (MFT); sewing machine; Pop Dots

Flourished Christmas - FTTC#74

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC74)! Maki Jones is our challenge host this week. Maki is getting us all in gear with a theme challenge. We are celebrating Christmas in July! No explanation necessary for this theme. Just have fun and make something festive! While Flourishes stamps are not required, if you have them, by all means use them! We would love to see what you create.

I decided to make a card I could mass produce in a hurry. And this card was made in a hurry, LOL! I used an image from the Flourished Christmas set, stamped in gold pigment ink on Classic White card stock and heat embossed with gold detail embossing powder. Just some layers of Real Red and White, a couple of lines of scoring along the bottom, and a Christmas ribbon and bow. The focal image panel is popped up on foam tape. It looked a little plain, so I added some red rhinestones to bling it up a bit. I think this would look really great with dark blue and silver embossing, gold and burgundy, any deep, rich color, really. I like the CAS lines and all the white with the pop of color.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to go see what my team mates are doing with Christmas in July today! I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Flourished Christmas (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Read Red (SU!)
Ink: Encore Gold
Accessories: ScorPal; Embossing Buddy; gold detail embossing powder (Ranger); heat tool; ribbon, rhinestones, foam tape (craft store)

The road to a friend's house...

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC72)! This week Silke Ledlow is hosting. She is challenging us to a sketch she has designed. As far as sketches go, there's not much of an explanation necessary. You can turn it and modify the shapes to fit your size card, but in the end, it should still look like the sketch. Good luck!!! We cannot wait to see what you do with it!

Fabulous sketch, right?! Silke really rocked this one--I love it! And here's my card:


I used a set I'd never inked up before--this image fit that long oval perfectly! The set is Cottage Home. I stamped the image on Classic White card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. Then I cut/embossed it with a Petite Oval Nestabilities die and matted it with a scalloped layer. I added some lace to the sketch panels and some of my new fave vintage seam binding and a button. The sentiment was stamped on patterned paper (all patterned paper on this card is from the Victorian pad by 7 Gypsies), punched out with an oval punch and popped up on Pop Dots. All edges were sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Now, check out the rest of the FTTC team and see their take on the sketch--then I hope you'll play along with us!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Cottage Home (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Hot Fudge, Sour Apple (MFT); Victorian 6 x 6 pad (7 Gypsies)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Petite Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps; lace; button, twine; sewing machine; seam binding

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #71

It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC71)! This week Cindy Haffner is our challenge host and she is challenging us to embossing. There are a lot of different types of embossing options to choose from, such as heat, stencil, plates, folders, scoring, textured die cuts, and more. In addition, there are many different techniques to combined with embossing. You can also use anything from vellum, clear card stock, or other textures for your embossed projects. We would love to see what you all create.

Fun stuff, embossing! I love it! So, I was literally looking around for some inspiration when I saw what the SCS inspiration challenge for this week is: Roses and Teacups. I chose these gorgeous porcelain cameos for my inspiration and SCS Sketch #284 for my layout and I was on my way!

First, I made my "frame". I embossed Flourishes' Damask Background on a piece of patterned paper from K & C0., Madeline 6 x 6 pad. First I stamped it with Encore gold ink then heat embossed with gold detail embossing powder, and cut/embossed with a Scalloped Classic Oval Nestabilities die. The focal image, from A Year In Flowers, Set 2, was stamped on Classic White card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers. A pink moire bow and some gold flat back pearls finish it off. My base card is Soft Suede and each patterned paper element is matted with gold metallic card stock.

Thanks for dropping by today! I hope you'll play along--can't wait to see your embossed creations! Be sure to check out the rest of the FTTC team for inspiration!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Damask Background, A Year In Flowers, Set 2 (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); gold metallic (Office Max); Madeline 6 x 6 pad (K & Co.); Soft Suede (SU!)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Encore gold ink
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle and Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders); detail gold embossing powder (Ranger); heat tool; ribbon, flat back pearls (craft store); Copic markers

It's not all black and white - FTTC #70

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It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC70)! Dee Jackson is our challenge host this week. Dee is challenging us to a color combo. We are to use black and white with a third color of choice. So, black, white, plus ONE! Have fun with it and we look forward to seeing what you create!

What a fun challenge! I love black and white with just a pop of color, so this one was really fun for me :) After I decided to use a sunny yellow for my accent color, I went with a black base and a layer of Summer Sun. I inked up my new Fanciful Flourishes set for this card, and first of all I made some black and white patterned paper with the largest damask-y stamp in the set for the bottom half of the card front. I stamped the image on Classic White card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink. For the top half, I embossed more Classic White with a Spellbinders embossing plate. Then I stamped the solid butterfly image with Summer Sun ink, cut it out, and stamped the flourished butterfly with Versafine Onyx Black and cut it out. I added some of these Basic Grey Rhinestone Dots to the butterfly's body before popping it up on some Pop Dots. Finally, some black rhinestones for the corner accent and black moire ribbon and some tiny little black and white flowers on the knot. Thanks for a fun challenge, Dee!

Thanks for dropping by today! I hope you'll play along--can't wait to see what color you choose to go with your black and white! Be sure to check out the rest of the FTTC team for inspiration--I know I will!

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

~Supplies~
Stamps: Fanciful Flourishes (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Basic Black, Summer Sun (SU!)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Summer Sun (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); embossing plate (Spellbinders); ribbon, flowers (craft store); curry rhinestones (Basic Grey); black rhinestones (Kaiser)