Color Throwdown #248

Hi there!  Today Broni is hosting our Color Throwdown challenge and she picked these awesome colors.....

...oh how I love Cool Caribbean. One of my all-time favorite SU colors!  I think these colors together are very beachy or very girly so I decided to get out one of my all-time favorite, beloved Sarah Kay stamps and get to some coloring.  Here's my card:

The card base and image were cut with curved rectangle nestabilities dies, the image and clouds are popped up on foam tape, the image was colored with Copics, and I added a bunch of sparkly accents with Stickles. Here's a close-up:

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I've decided to take a break from blogging for the summer (or possibly longer), so this will be my last post with the CTD team for now.  I have truly enjoyed being a part of this fun team with such a GREAT group of gals!

Speaking of the great gals, check out the gorgeous creations they have to share with you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday and a WONDERFUL summer!!

Timeless Tuesday #226

Hi everyone! Broni is hosting our Timeless Tuesday challenge this week and her theme is to "make a splash"....use anything water related on your card such as water images, watercoloring, etc.

For my card I used an image and sentiment from Seaside Life:

The card base is Flourishes classic white, papers are Paradise Beach by Echo Park, the seashell is stamped in Memento desert sand and the sentiment is in Memento tuxedo black.  The circle and scallop circle are both up on separate layers of foam tape.  I added some machine stitching, kraft jute, and dew drops (watery, right?) to finish it off.

On a personal note, this will be my last post as part of the Timeless Tuesday team. I've decided to take (at least) the summer off from blogging.  Tomorrow will be my last post as part of the Color Throwdown team as well.  Thank you to Jan Marie and everyone on the FTTC team. It's been an honor to be a part of Flourishes.  Thank you to all of you who visit my blog to see my Flourishes creations as well.

Check out all the splashy projects the girls have created for you today:

Allison   **  Broni  **  Cheryl
Deborah  **  Jenny  **  Judy  **  Katie
and Berni Cuttino (our June Guest Designer)

Hugs,

Denise

Color Throwdown #247

Barbara has some fun and patriotic colors for us this week!  Check them out...

Here's my card....

It's a VERY straight-forward CAS card. I doubled up some stars on foam tape, stamped a birthday sentiment, and added some jute string with adhesive silver pearls.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #225

Hi all!  I'm hosting this week's Timeless Tuesday challenge, and my challenge to you is to create a card or project with scallops.  Simple as that!

Here's my card:

I used the newly released S'more Fun. The image and sentiment are stamped in Memento tuxedo black onto some patterned paper from my Fair Skies paper pad, I added a couple die-cut scallop strips in black and white, a stitched flag and brad up in the corner, and rounded the corners of the classic white card base.  I love this layout....so simple and quick!

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Cheryl
Deborah  **  Jenny  **  Judy  **  Katie
and Berni Cuttino (our June Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #246

Hi all. It Color Throwdown time. Wanda is our hostess this week and here are the lovely colors she picked for us:

 

For my card, I used some new heart dies (new to me) from Lil' Inker Designs.

  

The three pale pink hearts are all up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #224

Hi everyone.  It's Day 1 of Flourishes' sneak peeks AND you'll get an opportunity to WIN our entire new June release just by playing along. For the remainder of this week, we will be sharing our newest stamp sets with you on the Flourishes Blog.

Since Sneak Peek Day 1 overlaps with the Timeless Tuesday Challenge, we have some amazing projects showcasing our newest beautiful floral set by Marcella Hawley.

This set features a spray of wildflowers along with some wonderful heartfelt sentiments.

For this challenge, create a card or project that moves or opens in a non-traditional manner (FTTC224).  Give it a third panel like a tri-fold card or give it a greeting tag that pops up when you pull a ribbon.  There are lots of fun tutorials for different kinds of "fun folds" you can try.  Hop on over to the Flourishes Blog where you can find a list of clickable links.

For my project, I made a 4.25" easel card.

Today we have both our Flourishes Finest Design Team AND our Friends of Flourishes Team sharing their "Open Sesame" inspirations with you.  Take a moment and leave some love on all of our designers' blogs...because there's another way to win this week.  Hidden among the Design Team is one designer who has this set to give away.  Comment on that blog and you could win today's beautiful Picking Wildflowers set.  :)

Allison Cope

Broni Holcombe

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Deborah Anton

Heather Jensen

Jenny Gropp

Judy Rozema

Julie Koerber

Katie Sims

Makiko Jones

Silke Ledlow

Stacy Morgan

Tosha Leyendekker

Berni Cuttino, our June Guest Designer

Have an awesome Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #245

Hi all!  Tammy is back over at the Color Throwdown and she's kicking off June with some very fun colors. Check it out...

Here's my card using a die and sentiment from Verve, and cloud dies from Lil' Inker Designs.

  

There are two butterflies stacked on top of one another and they're each up on foam tape.  The clouds are also up on foam tape.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Tangerine and the adhesive pearls were colored with Copics (YG23, RV25, and YR65).  The layout was inspired by this card by Jen del Muro that I saw on Pinterest.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #223

Hi everyone. It's Timeless Tuesday challenge time and our challenge this week is to make a card/project using fruits or veggies...something from your garden.

 

I made a 5.25" square card and used images from Wild For Watermelon. The card base and main image is classic ivory CS, the main image was stamped in Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics (Dogwood and Green Grass Collections plus a W1 for shading underneath the watermelon), and the papers, large rhinestone button and ribbons are from my Prairie Chic 1-2-3 Create Kit.  The navy scallop oval is up on foam tape and the layout is Deconstructed Sketch #103.

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Deborah
Jenny  **  Judy  **  Katie
and Berni Cuttino (our June Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #244

Helloooo and happy Wednesday. It's Color Throwdown time and Lynn is our hostess this week.  Here are her fun, happy colors...

Here's my card using dies from Lil' Inker Designs and a sentiment from Penny Black...

 

The clouds, balloon, and stitched flag are all up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #222

Hi everyone. Our Timeless Tuesday challenge this week is being hosted by Deborah and she's challenging us to make a card/project with a "summer days" theme. Summer is my favorite season so I was excited about this one.

For my card, I used my most favorite Flourishes set; Wild For Watermelon. It's such a fun set!  The watermelon was stamped on classic white CS in Memento tuxedo black and colored Copics from my Dogwood, Green Grass, and Warm Neutral Collections.  The main image was die-cut with a Spellbinders blossom die and popped up on foam tape.  The green patterned paper and wide pink ribbon are from my Prairie Chic 1-2-3 Create Kit.  It's finished off with some pink twine and machine stitching.

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Deborah
Jenny  **  Judy  **  Katie
and Iulia Pasca (May Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #243

Hi everyone. It's Color Throwdown time and I'm your hostess this week. I thought it'd be fun to pick this colorful classic car image.

Here's my card...

The layout is the Viva La Verve Week #3 Sketch, the sentiment is Verve's Starlight Starbright, papers are from my Prairie Chic 1-2-3 Create Kit from Flourishes, the stitched flag is from Lil' Inker Designs, and the Spellbinders star is up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #221

Hi all! It's a BUTTERFLY theme for this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge. Loooooooove butterflies so I was really excited about this one!  :)

 

I stamped three butterflies from Old Tea Rose with Memento cocoa onto classic ivory CS. They were then colored with Copics from the Dogwood Collection, cut out by hand, and popped up on foam tape.  The patterned paper, ivory crochet ribbon, and the pink rhinestone button are from my Prairie Chic 1-2-3 Create Kit. I added some pink twine and Stickles to the butterflies to finish it off.

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Deborah
Jenny  **  Judy  **  Katie
and Iulia Pasca (May Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #242

It's time for this week's Color Throwdown and check out this SWEET lemonade picture that Lori chose for our inspiration. Too cute!

 

Here's my card...

I used stamps and dies from Lil' Inker Designs, and the layout is Mojo Monday #293.  Two of the clouds and the kraft circle are up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #220

It's Timeless Tuesday and Broni is our hostess. She's picked a color challenges for us this week....blues and greens....ahhhhh, love blues and greens together!

 

For my card, I used one of the stamp sets from Flourishes' April release, Bees and Blooms. The flower is stamped in Memento bamboo leaves on classic white CS, the sentiment is stamped in Memento tuxedo black, it's die cut with a Spellbinders blossom die, and popped up on foam tape.  The patterned papers, denim ribbon, and green plaid ribbon are all from the new Prairie Chic 1-2-3 Create Kit.  Some "crazy stitching" with my sewing machine and some adhesive pearls finish it off.

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Deborah
Jenny  **  Judy  **  Katie
and Iulia Pasca (May Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #241

Hi all. It's Color Throwdown time and Joan is our hostess this week. Here's what she picked for us:

 

Pretty colors, Joan!

Here's my card:

I went with a CAS card using Deconstructed Sketch #100, my Verve Flutterby die, and a Penny Black sentiment.  There are two butterflies and they're both up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #219

Hello Flourishes fans!  We have a special treat for you today because we are kicking off the festivities for Day 1 of our Flourishes' Sneak Peeks for May and we have teamed up with the Flourishes Finest Design Team to play along with the Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week.  Want a little peek at the set we'll be showcasing today?

The Glamour Girls stamp collection, illustrated by Lauren Pope, is a collection of lovely ladies and some classic "girl talk" sentiments perfect for all those charming gals in your life.  This classy stamp set arrives just in time for Mother's Day!  What more can you ask for?

I'm your hostess this week and we want to see you use some "BLACK ACCENTS" (FTTC219) on your card or project.  Let's see you use some black matting, black die-cut images, black ribbon, or try the ever popular "chalkboard" technique that's popping up all over the blogging world.  Here's my card:

Supplies used:  Glamour Girls, Flourishes Classic Ivory CS, May's 1-2-3 Create Kit (patterned papers, large button gem, and ruffled ivory ribbon), BG0000 Copic (highlighting around the main image), Memento Tuxedo Black, foam tape black scalloped rectangle behind main image), black twine.

As I said above, the Flourishes Finest Design Team AND the Friends of Flourishes Team are getting together today to share the "Black Accents" inspirations with you.  Take a moment and leave some love on all of our designs.  Here are the links to all the blogs:

• Allison Cope
• Amanda Havon
• Broni Holcombe
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Haffner
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Deborah Anton
• Denise Marzec
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Makiko  Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Iulia Pasca, our May guest designer

Come and hop along with us for a chance at winning the ENTIRE May release!  Yep, that's right, you could win our entire new release just by playing along. Check out the Flourishes Blog for all the details. 

Color Throwdown #240

Helloooo and happy hump day to you all.  :)  Broni has some yummy colors for us this week for the Color Throwdown.  Here they are...

Fun, right?  I haven't used Ballet Blue and Apricot Appeal in so long (and I LOVE those colors!).  Here's my card using another one of those sweet cats from Whimsy Stamps...

The layout is Deconstructed Sketch #99, the Wisteria scallop circle is up on foam tape, and I added Stickles to the butterfly and polka dots on the cat's bow.  Papers are Seen and Noted by Pebbles.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #218

Hi all!  Ally is our hostess for this week's Timeless Tuesday challenge and she has a really fun one for us; one where depending on your birthday month, you have a different set of elements to add to your card/project. Hop on over to the FTTC blog for all the specifics and I hope you can join us.

Here's my little 4.25" square note card using a sentiment from Old Fashioned Florals:

My birthday month is July so my challenge was to add banners and buttons or brads.  The banners are up on foam tape over the twine and I added some pale yellow heart brads.

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Cindy  **  Deborah

and Debbie Marcinkiewicz (April Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #239

Hi everyone.  Barbara is our hostess for this week's Color Throwdown and she picked some very soft, springy colors for us. Check it out...

Here's my card...

 

The sentiment, die-cut grass, and kite are from MFT stamps; the clouds are from Lil' Inker Designs.  The kite was stamped onto the peach patterned paper, then I stamped a second one onto Barely Banana, cut it out and popped it up on foam tape.  I added some pink twine bows and adhesive pearls to the kite string.  The clouds are also up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #238

Hi everyone. It's Color Throwdown time and Wanda is our hostess this week. Check out this FUN, colorful shoe she picked as our inspiration...

Love it!  Here's my little 4" square note card...

The sentiment is from Verve's Starlight Starbright Remixed set, the star dies are by Spellbinders, and the "shooting star" trails were made using the rainbow and clouds die set from Lil' Inker Designs.  The yellow star is up on foam tape and the plaid paper is Farmhouse Fair Skies.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Have a great Wednesday!

Timeless Tuesday #216

Hi all! Cindy is our hostess for this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge and the challenge is to add a frame to our projects.

The main image is from the newly released Garden Gate stamp set.  It's stamped on classic white CS in Memento tuxedo black and colored in with Copics (Leaf Green, Cool Neutral, Water, Burnt Orange, and  Buttercup Collections as well as an E00).  The lacey Spellbinders frame is up on foam tape over the main image, and the stamped sentiment is also up on foam tape.  Papers are Farmhouse Fair Skies.

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Cindy  **  Deborah

and Debbie Marcinkiewicz (April Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #237

Hi all! It's Color Throwdown time and Tammy is our host this week. Here are the colors she picked...

...and here is my card...

Dies and stamps are by Lil' Inker Designs. I'm so excited to finally have the rainbows and clouds dies, and I think I'll get a ton of use out of the balloon dies....I'm always in need of birthday cards. In my opinion, pretty much EVERY stamp set on the market should include at least one happy birthday sentiment. Every. Single. One.  JMO though.  Some of the balloons and clouds are are on foam tape for dimension.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Timeless Tuesday #215

Hi everyone!  Broni is hosting our Timeless Tuesday challenge this week (FTTC #215) and her challenge is to include something on our projects that we would find anywhere in our "house."  Here's my card...

I used stamps from Tulips for Friends, colored the main image with Copics (Poppy Collection plus an R22, Leaf Green Collection, and C1/C3/C5 from the Cool Neutral Collection), die-cut both the sentiment and main image with lacey circles dies, added some Bangkok Red Poppy seam binding, adhesive pearls, and popped the sentiment up on foam tape. My household item is the red glittery OPI nail polish....works just like Stickles! If you click on the picture above, it'll enlarge and you'll be able to see the sparkle a little better.  The layout is Deconstructed Sketch #96.

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Cindy  **  Deborah

and Debbie Marcinkiewicz (April Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #236

Hi all. I'm back to share my Color Throwdown card for this week.  Lynn is our host this week and check out this cool pansy image she chose...

 

Here's my card...

I used Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence (oops, I *thought* I used Orchid...now that I'm looking at my card along with the other girls at the CTD, I think I goofed and pulled the wrong color...sorry, girls), and I changed out Artichoke for Certainly Celery because I didn't have artichoke.  The stamp is by Magnolia and it's called Tilda with Eggs and Chicken.  I used Deconstructed Sketch #95 again for the layout.

COPICS:

Hair and Boots:  YR21, YR24, E33, E35, E37

Skin: E00, E11, E13

Dress and Purple Egg: BV000, BV02, BV04

Basket: R81, R83, R85

Chick and Yellow Eggs: Y00, Y03, Y08

Green Egg and Grass:  G21, G24, G40

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Timeless Tuesday #214

Hi everyone!  It's my turn to host the Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC214)! The challenge this week is to layer two or more ribbons together.  Take a wide ribbon and layer a more narrow ribbon over top of it, layer two or more colors of twine together, etc.

For my card, I used stamps from my Strawberries set, which is one of my favorites!  I layered some sheer ribbon over some white crochet lace.  The image is stamped on Classic White CS and the scallop oval is up on foam tape. Papers are Pebbles Seen and Noted, and the layout is Deconstructed Sketch #95.  Oh, and I added some Stardust Stickles to the center of the flower and all around the image.  Copics used: BG000, BG10, BG11, G21, G24, G28, G40, R20, R22, R24

Here are links to what my Timeless Tuesday teammates have created for today’s challenge…

Allison   **  Broni  **  Cindy  **  Deborah

and Debbie Marcinkiewicz (April Guest Designer)

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #235

Hey all! It's Color Throwdown time!  I'm your hostess this week and here are the colors I picked for us...

Here's my card using another new (to me) Whimsy stamp I recently bought...

 

The stamp is called Amy by Whimsy Stamps....love it!  It's stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  The sentiment is a Penny Black sentiment from one of my clear sets.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our March Guest Designer, Kim Howard!

Timeless Tuesday #213

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday. Maki's Timeless Tuesday Challenge for us this week is to use sewing or stitching technique on our projects.  If you don't like to sew, faux stitches are also welcome.  :)

Here's my card using Flourishes' Inside and Out Hello...

The sentiment is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on Flourishes Classic Ivory CS. The die-cut oval is up on foam tape. Papers are Farmhouse Fair Skies, I embellished with some crochet cotton ivory lace (no longer in the Flourishes store...sorry!), twine, an ivory button, and adhesive pearls. Machine stitching was added to the embossed Swiss dots panel as well as the red DP panels. The cool layout is Deconstructed Sketch #94.

Be sure to stop by the Timeless Tuesday blog for all the details of the challenge and, of course, you can find even more inspiration by hopping around to see what the rest of the FTTC girls have created for you....

Allison   ***   Broni   ***   Cindy
Deborah   ***   Maki
and our March Guest Designer, Deb Felts!

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #234

It's Color Throwdown time and Kerry is our hostess this week. Here's her pretty inspiration photo:

I want to be in that chair...so peaceful, warm and SUMMERY looking...ahhhh!  Here's my card:

I'm LOVIN' these sweet cats from Whimsy Stamps. Too..Freakin'..Cute!  The card measures 4" square, the scallop oval is up on foam tape, the layout is Sweet Sunday Sketch #180, and I added Stickles to the ruffly part of the heart that the cat is leaning on.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Quilting Bee and the image was colored with Copics.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our March Guest Designer, Kim Howard!

Timeless Tuesday #212

Hey all.  Ally's Timeless Tuesday challenge to us this week is to make a card/project with a SPRING theme!  I'm SOOOOO ready for spring. It can't come soon enough.  Here's the card I made using the new Tulips for Friends set that was just released by Flourishes:

The lacey square is up on foam tape and the layout is Deconstructed Sketch #93.

Be sure to stop by the Timeless Tuesday blog for all the details of the challenge and, of course, you can find even more inspiration by hopping around to see what the rest of the FTTC girls have created for you....

Allison   ***   Broni   ***   Cindy
Deborah   ***   Maki
and our March Guest Designer, Deb Felts!

Have a great Tuesday!

Color Throwdown #233

Hi everyone.  It's Color Throwdown time and Lori is our hostess this week.  I love her choice this week, as it has pink and orange (love those two colors together....so girly!). Check it out...

Here's my card...

I recently bought some new stamping toys and I couldn't wait to use them so I put them right to use with this week's CTD.  The "hi" die-cut letters are from Taylored Expressions, the cute cat is from Whimsy Stamps, and I finally bought the "seeing spots" embossing folder and Spellbinders lacey circles (both have been on my "I want it" list for so long).  The lacey circle is up on foam tape and the cat was colored with Copics.  The layout is Retro Sketches #54.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our March Guest Designer, Kim Howard!