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!