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!