CTD220 Teacher

We just got a letter from Kara's teacher that she's moving into a reading specialist role so now Kara will have a new teacher for the rest of the year. I hope Kara likes her new teacher and things continue to go well for the rest of the year.  I decided to make a teacher card with this week's Color Throwdown colors from Wanda. Check it out...

I used my Bloomin' Aussie Florals set from Flourishes:

The main matted image is up on foam tape and so is the "teacher" sentiment.  I also added a little bit of stardust Stickles to the centers of the flowers.

Be sure to check out all the inspiration on the Color Throwdown Blog or by clicking through the individual blogs of all the CTD girls.  The links are here...

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our November Guest Designer, Lynn Mercurio!

FTTC Silver and Gold

Hey there!  Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful with lots of good food and laughs.  Ours was very good. We had an early dinner at my MIL's with DH's side of the family and then that evening went to my brother's place where all of my family had gathered.

Then on Black Friday, we drove back down to pick up my SIL's old elliptical and got it set up in our rec room. Yep, it's high time I get back on the fitness wagon.  I even went as a guest to my friend's gym last night. I've been a slacker for months now....too long.  Anywhoooo....onto today's Timeless Tuesday Challenge!....

Cindy is our hostess this week and she's challenging us to add silver and gold to our projects.  Here's my card:

I stamped the Christmas tree from Trimmed With Love in white craft ink onto vellum, then heat embossed it with Egyptian Gold embossing powder.  Next I cut a thin strip of kraft on an angle for the sentiment(s), added some silver adhesive pearls and silver and gold cord.  Really easy card.  The picture doesn't capture the sparkle, but it's reeeally sparkly with the embossing powder.   :)

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   ***   Amanda   ***
Broni     ***     Cindy   ***

and our November Guest Designer, Karen Wallace!

CTD219 Happy Birthday

Hello there.  It's Color Throwdown time and Tammy has some really pretty, soft colors for us this week. Check it out...

I made another CAS card....seems to be all I have time for lately.  I'm hoping my schedule opens up a little now so I can get back to coloring. Feels like forever since I've colored an image.  Anyway.....

Stamps are by Verve, the pearl butterfly and swirls are from Flourishes, and the pennant/fishtail flags are from MFT and Lil' Inker Designs.  The base layer of white CS is up on foam tape on the card  base.

Be sure to check out all the inspiration on the Color Throwdown Blog or by clicking through the individual blogs of all the CTD girls.  The links are here...

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our November Guest Designer, Lynn Mercurio!

FTTC196 -- "Happy" cards

Hi everyone! It's Timeless Tuesday time and Broni is our hostess this week. She's challenging us to make "happy" cards and we can interpret that any way we like.  I chose to make a "happy" birthday card.  Here it is...

Stamps are Flourishes "Inside and Out Happy," papers are MME Lavender, I added some sewing, twine, teal blue seam binding, and adhesive pear swirls.  The die-cut sentiment is up on foam tape and there's also some sewing between the DP patterns.

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   ***   Amanda   ***
Broni     ***     Cindy   ***

and our November Guest Designer, Karen Wallace!

FTTC195...and a sneak peek!

Hi everyone!  I'm excited to be this week's host over on the Timeless Tuesday blog, as it's also day two of the November sneak peeks.  Our challenge this week is an inspiration challenge using this photo...

...and here's a sneak peek of the new stamp set that all of us on the Flourishes teams are previewing today. It's called "Inside and Out, Just Because"...

Here's the front of my card...

I stamped the "just because" sentiment in creamy caramel onto kraft CS, added some cotton lace, kraft jute, and adhesive pearls.  The patterned paper is Quilting Bee by My Mind's Eye.

Here's a photo of the inside of the card where I stamped another sentiment from the set....

All the ladies on the Flourishes Senior DT are joining us on the Timeless Tuesday blog today.  If you'd like to hop around to see more of this new set, the links are all provided for you below.  Have a really great day!!

• Allison Cope
• Amanda Havon
• Broni Holcombe
• Cindy Haffner
• Denise Marzec
• Maki Jones
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Sharon Doolittle
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger
• Karen Wallace, our November Guest Designer

CTD217 CAS Christmas

Hi everyone!  I'm this week's hostess on the Color Throwdown Blog.

When I saw this cute outfit on Pinterest, I thought it'd make a great color combo for our challenge this week....two colors plus two neutrals...right up my alley. I hope you like them.

I decided to go very CAS with the colors and made this card using Naturally Merry from Flourishes, some  Moss Green seam binding, pearl finesse swirls, foam tape (the sentiment circle), Night of Navy CS and Classic White CS.

Be sure to check out all the inspiration on the Color Throwdown Blog or by clicking through the individual blogs of all the CTD girls.  The links are here...

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our November Guest Designer, Lynn Mercurio!

FTTC194 Silhouettes

Hi everyone!  We made it through Hurricane Sandy just fine. We did lose power for three days, but we had a generator to run the fridge, flush toilets, heat water for the shower, etc., and our coal/wood stove kept us warm. We also didn't have ANY damage...so relieved that none of our trees fell.  I know others weren't so fortunate and my heart goes out to those people. I really hope repairs can be made fairly quickly for them and that the ones who are without power are able to keep warm.

It's Timeless Tuesday time and Maki is our hostess this week. She's challenging us to make a card/project using silhouette stamps.

For my card, I used stamps from Country Road and Sentimental Favorites, stamped the main image on Classic Ivory and popped the square up on foam tape, and added some yellow twine.  The card measures 4" square and the layout is (pretty much) Deconstructed Sketch #76.  Papers are Quilting Bee by My Mind's Eye.

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   ***   Amanda   ***   Broni

Cindy   ***   Maki

and our November Guest Designer, Karen Wallace!