FTTC200 Ornament

One more week until Christmas! Are you ready yet?  I just have a couple stocking stuffers to buy this week, wrap everything, clean the house on Saturday, and then the family get-togethers begin on Sunday.  I'm getting excited!

Today's Timeless Tuesday challenge is from Maki. She's challenging us to make 3D projects or ornaments that would go on a Christmas tree.  Here's what I came up with...

The stamped "peace" sentiment is from Trimmed with Love, the stars were die-cut with Spellbinders dies and each one is separated with a layer of foam tape, the edges of the stars were sponged with white craft ink and the largest star was trimmed with clear shard glass glitter (glued down with Diamond Glaze), papers are This and That by Echo Park, and it's finished off with a button, some red ribbon from the Rejoice 1-2-3 Create Kit, and some kraft jute.

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 (off this week)   ***   Amanda   ***
Broni     ***     Cindy   ***   Maki

and our December Guest Designer, Katie Sims!

We're all taking off for Christmas so there won't be a challenge next Tuesday, but we'll be back on January 1st with a challenge from Amanda.

Have a VERY Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!

CTD Merry Christmas

So today is 12-12-12...pretty cool date!  It's Color Throwdown time and Broni has some really cool colors for us this week. I just love this photo she picked!  Check it out...

Here's my card using some new toys from Papertrey...

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 December Guest Designer, Miriam Napier!

FTTC199 - Non-traditional Christmas Colors

Hi there. How was your weekend?  Ours was good.  I went to the gym on Saturday morning with a girlfriend, went shopping with Mom and Kara on Saturday night (to Charming Charlie's...my first time there....SUCH a cute store!), and then on Sunday morning I went out for coffee and bagels with another girlfriend. We were going to go on a holiday hayride through lights on Sunday night, but the rain messed with those plans.

It's Timeless Tuesday time and Ally is our hostess this week. She's challenging us to make a Christmas card or project using non-traditional Christmas colors...so no red or green this week.  Here's my card:

I went with purple and cream using papers from Mitten Weather. The stamp is from Trimmed With Love.  The circle sentiment is up on foam tape and so is the large snowflake embossed panel. The layout is Fall-to Layout #220 from the Clean & Simple blog.

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 December Guest Designer, Katie Sims!

Color Throwdown #221

Hi everyone!  So we put up our Christmas tree on Sunday, got the inside of the house all decorated with lights and decorations, and hubby outlined the outside of the house in white lights. I just love sitting in the room with only the Christmas tree lit up. So romantic!

It's Wednesday and that means it's time for this week's Color Throwdown challenge.  Barbara has some true traditional Christmas colors for us this week. Check it out...

Here's what I came up with using stamps from Flourishes' Poinsettia and Pine:

The berry and pine image was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Classic Ivory CS, colored with Copics, hand cut out with scissors, and popped up on foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped onto kraft CS and then I ran it through the Cuttlebug with my snowflakes embossing folder.  Papers are "This and That Christmas" by Echo Park.

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 December Guest Designer, Miriam Napier!

FTTC Altered Christmas

Hi there! How's your week so far?  So far so good here. Hoping the week speeds right by and the weekend gets here quick.

It's Timeless Tuesday time and Amanda is our hostess this week. She's challenging us to make an altered Christmas project (a gift, a treat item, a decoration, a banner, etc.).  I decided to make a gift tag:

I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment from Trimmed With Love onto kraft CS with Versafine onyx black ink and then sponged some white craft ink around it (something I saw my friend Dawn Easton do and I just had to try it...makes it look snowy, huh?).  The moss green seam binding, kraft jute string, classic ivory CS (scallop border and snowflake) and the Echo Park This and That DP are all from the Flourishes store.

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 December Guest Designer, Katie Sims!

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!

CTD216 Eat Drink and Be Scary

Hey there.  This is another scheduled post just in case our power is out.  Today's Color Throwdown challenge is being hosted by Kerri....

Here's my card using Penny Black ("Spooky") stamps...

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 October Guest Designer, Dawn Easton!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

FTTC193 - Fall Off the Page

Hey there. Hope those of you dealing with Hurricane Sandy are all safe and sound.  We're supposed to be in the worst part of it right now as of this post (I've pre-scheduled this post for today thinking our power will most likely be out). Today's hostess on the Timeless Tuesday Blog is Ally and she's challenging us to make a card where the image "falls off the page."

For my card, I used one of my all-time favorite Flourishes sets, "Thank You."  I stamped the sentiment and tulip on the Classic Ivory circle, then stamped a second tulip, colored it with Copics (Lenten Rose and Leaf Green Collections), cut it out with scissors, and glued it down over the other tulip.  I added some twine, crochet cotton ivory lace ribbon, and adhesive pearls.  Papers are The Sweetest Thing-Lavender.

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 October Guest Designer, Nina Brackett!

Have a good, safe day. :)

CTD215 Boo-tiful Friend

Hi all! Quick post from me today.  It's Color Throwdown time and Lori is our hostess this week. She picked these fun colors here...

They totally reminded me of Halloween colors so I pulled out my OCL Ghostly Greetings set and made this card...

The ghost was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, outlined with a B0000 Copic, cut out, and popped up on foam tape.

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 October Guest Designer, Dawn Easton!

Have a GREAT day!

FTTC192 Happy Birthday

Hi there. Hope your week is off to a great start. It's Timeless Tuesday time and Amanda is our hostess this week. She's challenging us to make a birthday card/project, which is perfect timing, as I need three birthday cards for next week.  :)

I've wanted to try making one of these starburst cards for sooooo long and I finally decided to give it a try. Fun!  I'll definitely be making more of these.  I used Flourishes' brand new Sentimental Favorites and stamped the birthday sentiment inside a die-cut Spellbinders star, which is popped up on foam tape.  I added some Kaiser Pearls and colored them with a YR16 Copic.  The papers are My Mind's Eye Mother's Love. The card base is Flourishes' Classic Ivory CS.

***Edited to Add***
Here's the tutorial I followed on making the starburst. It's from Shannan Teubner's blog: CLICK HERE

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 October Guest Designer, Nina Brackett!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

CTD214 Friend 2 Friend

I'm so excited to share today's Color Throwdown colors with you.  Joan has picked this AWESOME color combo for us.....mmmm mmmm, oh how I love blue and yellow together!!....especially this brilliant blue color.  Check it out...

Here's my card...

I used the new Sentimental Favorites set that was just released by Flourishes.  It's stamped in Chipped Sapphire Ranger Distress Ink on Classic White CS and cut out with a Spellbinders die.  I didn't have any Summer Sun left so I used Barely Banana for my flowers and the die-cut flag.  The flowers were made using MFT's Mini Royal Roses Die-namics, the Old Olive leaves were cut with a die from PTI (which I can't find in their store right now...maybe they're out??), the die-cut flag is from Lil' Inker Designs, and the Marigold twine is from The Twinery.

You can find more color inspiration from the girls on the CTD Blog or by hopping through their individual blogs. Check them out....

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our October Guest Designer, Dawn Easton!

Have a great day!

FTTC191 Winter

Hi everyone! It's Timeless Tuesday time and Cindy is our hostess this week. She's challenging us to make a winter-inspired card.  You can find all the details on the Timeless Tuesday Blog.

For my card, I used the new Snow Day set and paired it up with some patterned paper and green ribbon from the September 1-2-3 Create Kit, "Rejoice".  The ice skates were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Classic Ivory CS and colored with Copics (YR000, R22, R24, G24, G28, C1, C3).  I added some Kaiser Craft Pearls, rounded the corners, and added some of my favorite May Arts striped ribbon.  The cool layout is Deconstructed Sketch #73.

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 October Guest Designer, Nina Brackett!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

CTD213 Hogs and Kisses

Hi everyone! It's Color Throwdown time and Broni has these bright, gorgeous colors for us this week...

Here's my card....

I used Kiwi Kiss and Vintage Cream CS along with some MME Sweetest Thing Papers. The stamps are MFT's Piggy Bank and the PI girl is colored with Copics (R81, R83, R85, E27, E33, E51, YG11, YG13, C1, C3, BG0000, E00, E11).

You can find more color inspiration from the girls on the CTD Blog or by hopping through their individual blogs. Check them out....

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our October Guest Designer, Dawn Easton!

Have a great day!

FTTC190 Treats!

Hi everyone!  It's release week at Flourishes and this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge from Broni is to make a treat bag, box, or card with a "treat" as the main image.  I'm showcasing one of the brand new stamp sets being released this week. It's called Fresh Baked...

Cute set, right?  The image is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Colored with Copics (Buttercup Collection, Burnt Orange Collection, Cool Neutral Collection, W1, E41, E42 and E43).  Papers are The Sweetest Thing--Tangerine and the cool layout is Deconstructed Sketch #72.

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 October Guest Designer, Nina Brackett!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

CTD212 Happy Birthday

It's time for this week's Color Throwdown and Barbara is our host this week. She picked these LillyBee Autumn Spice colors for us....very pretty!!  I really love these papers and I wish I had them!

Here's my spin on it using some MME Quilting Bee papers and a sentiment from one of my Flourishes stamp sets.

I went with a CAS design using Fall-to Layout #210, added some machine stitching, and popped the sentiment up on foam tape.

You can find more color inspiration from the girls on the CTD Blog or by hopping through their individual blogs. Check them out....

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our October Guest Designer, my very good friend, Dawn Easton!

Have a great day!

FTTC189 - Think Pink!

Hi all!  This week's challenge on the Timeless Tuesday Blog is to "Think Pink"....just make a card or project with PINK in it....and also.....if you use Copic markers on your creation along with the color pink, you'll be able to link up to another challenge that'll be happening later this week.  Keep an eye out on the Flourishes Blog for more information on that. :)

Here's my card...

I used Sweet Nature, colored the bloom with Copics from the Lenton Rose Collection, cut it out and popped it up on foam tape.  The pearls were also colored with a R81 Copic from the Lenten Rose Collection.  The layout is the current Sweet Sunday Sketch.

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 October Guest Designer, Nina Brackett!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Color Throwdown 211

Hey there and happy Wednesday!  There's a new challenge up on the Color Throwdown Blog, hosted by Wanda.  Check out the colors she chose for this week...

Pretty!!  I still haven't had any time to stamp so I still don't have a sample card to share with you...but you can find inspiration from the girls on the CTD Blog or by hopping through their individual blogs. Check them out....

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our September Guest Designer, Sherry Cheever!

Have an awesome Wednesday!

FTTC188 - Fall

Hi everyone.  I don't have a sample card to show you today for today's Timeless Tuesday Challenge from sweet Maki (so sorry, but I haven't had one moment to stamp in over a week), but her challenge this week is to make a fall-themed card or project.

Be sure to stop by the Timeless Tuesday blog for all the details 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 September Guest Designer, Linda Lucas!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

CTD210 Friendly Reminder

Hi all!  Tammy is our hostess this week for the Color Throwdown and she picked this fun color combo for us...

I thought I'd make a school-themed card, as I need to write a note to Kara's teacher this week. Here's what I came up with...

The stamps are Believe in You from There She Goes and papers are Sweetest Thing--Honey by My Mind's Eye.  The layout was Mojo Monday Sketch 258.

Here are links to the rest of the CTD team so you can check out more color inspiration...

Bar   ***   Broni   ***   Joan

Kerri   ***   Lori   ***   Lynn

Tammy   ***   Wanda

and our September Guest Designer, Sherry Cheever!

Have an awesome Wednesday!

FTTC187 Sketchy!

Hey there! Ally is our hostess this week and she has a really great sketch for us over on the Timeless Tuesday Blog. Check it out...

Cool, right?  I'll definitely be using this sketch again.  Here's my card...

I used the brand new "Dear Santa" set that was just released last week.  The Santa boot was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on Classic Ivory and colored with Copics (Poppy Collection, Leaf Green Collection, Cool Neutral Collection, Warm Neutral Collection, 0, YR0000, YR21 and YR24).  The patterned papers and green adhesive rhinestones are part of September's "Rejoice" 1-2-3 Create Kit.

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the Timeless Tuesday girls have created for you this week...

Allison   ***   Amanda   ***   Broni

Cindy   ***   Maki

and our September Guest Designer, Linda Lucas!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!