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!