Happy Tuesday! Sorry I've been so quite, but my girls were on Spring Break and to be honest with you I'm glad they are back in school :) !!! I finally have some *me* time again...wahooo! Hard to believe that in less than 6 weeks our kids are out for the Summer...it will be here before I know it!!! Anyway, I did have some time to craft a card for this weeks Color Q.... Here are the CQC185 colors...and the layout was inspired by the Retro Sketch #59.... Before I go, I would like to announce the winner of the gorgeous new Flourishes Bees and Blooms Set....it's EMILY KEATON! Emily...CONGRATS... if you read this please email me at [email protected]. If you've missed my card with this gorgeous new set.....click HERE. As always, please don't forget to check out the fabulous ladies over on the CQC Blog for their take on these new colors!!! Hugs, ~Silke~ FLOURISHES SUPPLIES: InLinkz.com
Hello. :-) In the years before I had children, I used to force paperwhite flowers to give as Christmas gifts. It's really easy to do, and makes an incredibly lovely presentation for someone (even yourself). I would scour thrift stores to find vessels for the bulbs to grow in, but the one I always used for myself was from my dad. It's a decent size, made of glass, and Dad told me it was an antique battery holder. It's one of the few treasures I have of his, and reminds me just how much he loved shopping for antiques (though, at the time, I thought it was just old junk; what did I know?). The Christmas cards I'm sharing today feature a Flourishes set, Paperwhites. I was lucky enough to win it one November a few years ago. Each of these two cards have the same color palette: warm grays and cream. Even the same Copic markers were used on each one, but with quite different results. The first is my favorite, and that of my 13 year old daughter, as well. A smidgen of a vintage book page peeks out at top and bottom behind the main panel. A vintage button and thread adorn it. I've stamped the "Season's Greetings" sentiment from the Paperwhites set across the bottom, over the flower stems. Finally, a coating of crystal glitter over the flowers gives it a subtle, festive feel. I used a colorless blender pen by Copic to create some random dots amidst the background. Love how it turned out. On the next card, I used a smaller bouquet stamp from the set to create a background for the card base. The main panel was colored with the same markers as above, but see how much different it looks when on cream cardstock? Same greeting, stamped in the same way, but this time I also stamped it in black on a mini circle tag. It was popped up on foam dimensional stickers, and tied with the vintage thread. Which one do you like better? Before I go, I just want to share a pic of my girls when they were younger. Why? Because this mother's heart is bursting with gratitude to be entrusted with these precious lives. I love my girls so very, very much. Thank you so much for visiting me today. I really appreciate it! Stamps: Paperwhites - Flourishes Paper: Sahara Sand, Basic Gray - SU; Vintage Cream - PTI; vintage book page Ink: Sahara Sand - SU; Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko Fibers: vintage thread Accessories & Tools: Classic Tags die - Memory Box; Copic markers; vintage button; Crystal glitter - Martha Stewart
Happy Tuesday you all! I'm one happy camper, because my girls are finally back to school...YEAH! I love having my life back and I'm glad my girls are back to a structured scheduled...LOL! I'm also continuing my regular stampin' schedule for C4C and ODBD. I also excited showing off another card on Thursday...so stay tuned!!! Today, I'm back with the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge ~ FTTC129. Betty is our hostess and she is challenging to create a card/project with your*FAVORITE FLOWERS* or *FLOWER*. Here are my ideas..... For my first card I used the beautiful Zinnias Set. My flower image was inked in Memento London Fog and colored with these Copic Markers ~ BV000, BV00, V15, C2, YG11, G21, G24 and RV000. As you can tell I added some scoring in the background. My inspiration for this card came from the awesome Paper Players Sketch #57 and the colors are from the CR84FN35 combo....did someone say lavender :) ...yeah?!? To compliment the sketch I added the PTI Edge Collection #2. Some Lavender Moon Ribbon, a Button, Silver Pearls and some matching Scrapper's Floss. ********************************************************************************************************** Next is my card for this weeks Card Pattern Sketch #126 and you guessed it right I had to use the CR84FN35 colors again...did I mention I really like them...LOL?!? Here is my take on it...................... For this card I used the beautiful sentiment from the Zinnias Set...can you tell this Set has it all...beautiful flowers and quotes!!! I added some scoring in the background and embellished the card with some fabbo Flowers, Design Paper, Spellbinder Die, Silver Pearls, Lavender Moon Ribbon, Button, Scrapper's Floss, a punched out MS Flower Border & Butterfly. Okay you all, now it's time to check out all the ideas the the team had ~ Cindy, Heather, Maki, Tammy and Betty. Please also help us welcome our newest team member Beate and our new August Guest Designer Allison Cope. Thank you for stopping by today and I'm looking forward to showing you a new card on Thursday...see ya then..... Hugs ~Silke~ Here are a few more challenges I've entered: Bring Back Beautiful ~ The Beauty of CAS 4 Crafty Chicks ~ Get Your Bling On Stamp Insanity #70 ~ Favorite Color (Lavender/Purple) Kaboodle Doodles #78 ~ In the Garden PaperPlay #30 ~ In the Garden Sentimental Sunday #66 ~ It's a Garden Stamptacular Sunday #122 ~ Friends are Heaven Sent Stampin' Bee's #121 ~ Make a card usign Ribbon Truly Scrumptious #62 ~ Buttons annd Bows Phindy's Place #66 ~ Delightful Diecut Allsorts ~ Free and Easy Sew Many #62 ~ Anything Goes Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes Ribbon Carousel #14 ~ Anything Goes
Welcome to Friday! I have a DOUBLE post for you today :) Flourishes Friday and a sample for Becky Fleck's new CardMaps Sketches! Be sure to scroll all the way through! Nothing more delicious than your own strawberries! It's a spring/summer treat we love. Our everbearing strawberry patch took a beating this winter, so we bought 6 more plants, and that will hopefully keep us supplied. This lovely Flourishes Strawberries set showcases some gorgeous strawberries, greenery and sweet sentiments. Today I colored it up with Copic Markers and gave it that country feel with these pretty MME Rosy papers and lots of gingham, even in the ribbon. Of course I forgot that I wanted to use this set with our other set Basketweave that pairs so well...oops! I know the other girls remembered so you'll get lots of peeks at it. Spellbinder's Picot Edge Circles frame the image out, and some simple sewing to also frame it out. Someone asked me recently if I was going to give up Copics because I've some some watercoloring again....NOPE :) I'm an equal opportunity colorist! I love it all! I love picking up different mediums for different effects, so copics, prismacolors, watercoloring...you'll hopefully see it all here. (Copics R81, R35, R39, G82, G94, G85, YG0000) and now...some of us from the Flourishes Family had the privelage to design cards with this month's CardMaps sketches from Becky Fleck....here's mine...be sure to check out Becky's sketches this month by clicking on the CardMaps link on her site! I used one of Becky's own sets she designed for Flourishes called Country Charm Labels, which works perfectly with the Spellbinders' grommet labels. I've embossed the labels on graduated colors of cardstock and used the other elements from the set to stamp the background, pulling all the colors together. A few Icing Sugar Candi act as the "grommets" and some lovely satin ribbon. Now please head on over to the rest of the DT to see their fabulous Basketweave and Strawberry creations. Delicious! Barbara Anders Christine Okken Cindy Lawrence Danielle Kennedy Dawn Burnworth Jan Marie Caruso Julie Koerber Sharon Doolittle Stacy Morgan Tammy Hershberger Share:facebook - twitter - pinterest Strawberries
Welcome to another month of Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge! (BBB24)! This month's Challenge is The Beauty of Winged Things! Birds, butterflies, even lady bugs -- let your creativity flow on this challenge aimed at honoring those creatures with wings on your card or creation! A big welcome to Geri who won last month's Flourishes challenge and joins us this month on the BBB Challenge team! For my card today I chose to go all rose with a touch of bluebird! I am using Flourishes Spring is Sprung stamp set. I used Flourishes Classic Ivory card stock. I used Ranger Brushed Corduroy ink to slightly ink distress the edges of all my card stock and designer papers. I layered the focal image with Spellbinder's dies. I used the Spellbinder's Nested Pennants for the sentiment. I decided to do Outline Color Stamping for the focal image. To make inking a stamp with multiple colors easy, I used Ranger Ink Blending tool, replacement foam. For the colors I used Ranger Peeled Paint, Memento Rose Bud, Memento Summer Sky, and Memento Bahama inks. I cut up one of the replacement foams into several pieces. I placed it in the corner and dabbed at the ink. I then inked the stamp according to the color I wanted for that area. I love the finished results. Definitely want to try this look more. I finished the card with some sewing machine stitches, paper distressing, and seam binding bow topped with gold trimmed with white centered button from my stash. I did add two corsage pins to complete the look. As always thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure to check out all the other beautiful creations from the Bring Back Beautiful Designers! Betty Wright (you are here) Iwona Palamountain Kathy Jones Naomi Gong Geri Guest Designer Betty Playing along with a few blog challenges. Make It Monday Always Anything Goes Chocolate, Coffee, Cards and Challenges Anything Goes Scrapbook Sisters Anything Goes Inspire Me Friday's Anything Goes Stampin For The Weekend Show Us Your Style Hiding In My Craft Room Freestyle - Anything Goes Sweet Stampin Scallops (border and frame)
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Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Did you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day??? We sure did...we were again total slackers..!!! We enjoyed watching the Winter Olympics!!! We are always blown away by all these amazing athletes!!! On Saturday afternoon our middle daughter Rebecca played in the *Championship* game for her age group, but unfortunately they lost by 3 points...!!! It was a really good game...and we are extremely proud for making second place!!! Of course we had to celebrate with some yummy ice cream - LOL!!! Okay...moving on to today's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - FTTC54!!! Dee Jackson is our host and she is challenging us to an "All About Me" theme. Use what you love and what makes you happy!! Use your favorite colors, stamps, layout, and embellishments! Whatever ROCKS your world! We would love to see what you create!!! Did I ever mention that my main reason getting into stampin' was to create personalized presents...treat bags, boxes etc.??? Well over the last few months I've been trying to get back to my original idea...!!! I have bought plenty of dies and templates to create my projects!!! A few other things that make me happy are - a great Stamp Set, the color purple, my fav Silver Pearls (hopelessly addicted - LOL) and a good Sketch!!! Here is my take on the challenge.... I used the beautiful newly released From the Garden Set. My idea for this Set came from this weeks CAS54 - Wishing for Spring!!! The Sketch is from last weeks Mojo125....I tweaked it a little bit. I just saw that my card also fits this weeks CC258 - Perfect Plum, Pale Plum and Soft Suede. The flower images and sentiments were inked in Memento Black and colored with these Copic Marker Collections - Lilac, Meadow plus YG91. For my little gift box I used the Fancy Favor Sizzix Bigz Die. I decorated it with the same Lilac Avenue DP and the same Plum Pudding Ribbon as the card. On the sides I punched holes and attached some Large Silver Eyelets to hold the Ribbon better. For the inside I added some purple Gift Tissue and some packages of Flower Seeds...voila!!! Please make sure to stop by Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee and Maki's blog to see their take on the Challenge!!! Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!!! ~Supply List~ Stamp Set: From the Garden (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Black, Copic Marker Collection - Lilac, Meadow, YG91 and Colorless Blender Cardstock: White Design Paper: Lilac Avenue (Kaiser Craft) Accessories: Plum Pudding Ribbon, Silver Pearls, Fancy Favor Bigz XL Die, Circle Spellbinder Dies, Large Silver Eyelets, Bow Easy, Stampin' Dimensionals
Happy TGIF!!! Friday has rolled around again and the Flourishes Design Team has a treat for you today! We're digging into the FLOURISHES VAULT to showcase some of our STAMP SET'S THAT ARE RETIRING!!! As we make room for new, it means we need to clear out some of these beauties. So - if you like what you see along the way - be sure to add them to your shopping cart, because once they're gone - they're gone for good! It always feels a little sad to say goodbye to some of our beautiful sets, but I know you will be inspired and love what the the rest of Design Team has created....so please drop by and see what they have created..... Allison Cope Christine Okken Cindy Lawrence Heather Jensen Maki Jones Silke Ledlow Stacy Morgan Tosha Leyendekker Have a fabulous weekend...I'll try to be back tomorrow with a new card for the *Crazies*....see you then!!! Hugs, ~Silke~ FLOURISHES SUPPLIES: InLinkz.com
Happy Tuesday you all! I'm one happy camper, because my girls are finally back to school...YEAH! I love having my life back and I'm glad my girls are back to a structured scheduled...LOL! I'm also continuing my regular stampin' schedule for C4C and ODBD. I also excited showing off another card on Thursday...so stay tuned!!! Today, I'm back with the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge ~ FTTC129. Betty is our hostess and she is challenging to create a card/project with your*FAVORITE FLOWERS* or *FLOWER*. Here are my ideas..... For my first card I used the beautiful Zinnias Set. My flower image was inked in Memento London Fog and colored with these Copic Markers ~ BV000, BV00, V15, C2, YG11, G21, G24 and RV000. As you can tell I added some scoring in the background. My inspiration for this card came from the awesome Paper Players Sketch #57 and the colors are from the CR84FN35 combo....did someone say lavender :) ...yeah?!? To compliment the sketch I added the PTI Edge Collection #2. Some Lavender Moon Ribbon, a Button, Silver Pearls and some matching Scrapper's Floss. ********************************************************************************************************** Next is my card for this weeks Card Pattern Sketch #126 and you guessed it right I had to use the CR84FN35 colors again...did I mention I really like them...LOL?!? Here is my take on it...................... For this card I used the beautiful sentiment from the Zinnias Set...can you tell this Set has it all...beautiful flowers and quotes!!! I added some scoring in the background and embellished the card with some fabbo Flowers, Design Paper, Spellbinder Die, Silver Pearls, Lavender Moon Ribbon, Button, Scrapper's Floss, a punched out MS Flower Border & Butterfly. Okay you all, now it's time to check out all the ideas the the team had ~ Cindy, Heather, Maki, Tammy and Betty. Please also help us welcome our newest team member Beate and our new August Guest Designer Allison Cope. Thank you for stopping by today and I'm looking forward to showing you a new card on Thursday...see ya then..... Hugs ~Silke~ Here are a few more challenges I've entered: Bring Back Beautiful ~ The Beauty of CAS 4 Crafty Chicks ~ Get Your Bling On Stamp Insanity #70 ~ Favorite Color (Lavender/Purple) Kaboodle Doodles #78 ~ In the Garden PaperPlay #30 ~ In the Garden Sentimental Sunday #66 ~ It's a Garden Stamptacular Sunday #122 ~ Friends are Heaven Sent Stampin' Bee's #121 ~ Make a card usign Ribbon Truly Scrumptious #62 ~ Buttons annd Bows Phindy's Place #66 ~ Delightful Diecut Allsorts ~ Free and Easy Sew Many #62 ~ Anything Goes Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes Ribbon Carousel #14 ~ Anything Goes
Happy TGIF!!! I'm so excited to tell you that we are celebrating the 5th Birthday of the Flourishes Blog/Store this month! We have lots going on next week, so stay tuned and make sure to start following us over on the Flourishes Blog!!! You will have the opportunity to win the entire August Release!!! I must admit I loved Flourishes right from the start and I'm so happy & blessed to be with them for almost 4 years now! I bet you'll think I'm crazy.....I still have the original e-mail message from Julie inviting me to become part of the Flourishes team.....I still remember that I almost passed out...LOL...and then I did the *HAPPY DANCE*... the rest is history!!! The Design Team has created some fun *Birthday* ideas and I hope you will enjoy their creations?!? Of course you will have the chance to play along as well, check out the details on the bottom of this post!!! Here is my birthday gift idea.....As you can tell I was inspired by the fun colors of the of the birthday photo. The *cake* image is from the beautiful Flourishes Let them Eat Cake Set. I also added some scoring in the background and I embellished the card with the yummy May Arts Two Tone Light Blue Ribbon, along with a Button, Black Jute Twine, and some Kaiser Pearls. My little gift card bag came together super quickly too...... I used the Flourishes Country Charm Labels Set along with the sentiment from the Botanical Bookplates Volume 1 Set. Next I created the little pocket for the gift card inside and taped it together with some Scor-Tape (that tape is awesome!!!). Next, I added the little punched out flowers and embellished them with the White Kaiser Pearls. The yummy May Arts Two Tone Light Blue Ribbon tied it all together! HOW TO PLAY: This challenge is going to be super duper easy peasy. Why? All you need to do is create a birthday creation. It could be a card, a tag, a 3-D object, ANYTHING! As long as it celebrates a birthday, you'll be in the running! Please remember, entries must be in by August 10th at 5PM EST to be eligible. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the key word FLLCAUG12. And, don’t forget to link up your creation over at the Flourishes Blog using the Inlinkz link widget. Use Flourishes stamps if you have them — Flourishes entries will be counted twice! But, if you don’t have Flourishes, play along anyway, you could WIN some! For more inspiration please visit the rest of the teams creations: Beate Johns Cindy Lawrence Danielle Kennedy Jan Marie Caruso Julie Koerber Stacy Morgan Tammy Hershberger Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today! Don't forget to swing by the Flourishes Blog to view all the details and all the latest announcements!!! Hugs, ~Silke~
Happy Tuesday again! I'm so excited to share with you all that I'm the newest Design Team Member over at the Color Q Challenge Blog....YEAH!!! I want to thank Arielle and the team for having me!!! If you are not familiar with the Color Q colors then hurry over the the CQC Blog to see all the entries for this weeks color combo and all the ideas the team had so far. Here are the new colors for this weeks CQC120..... Here is my idea.... I must admit this color combo was a tough one....but then my Design Paper Collection Gypsy Sisters from Kaisercraft came to my rescue. It pretty much has all the colors that are required in there...all I had to do is add the Bravo Burgundy. The main images are from the Flourishes Set called Country Charm Labels and the With Graditute Set. Next I embellished my card with the matching PTI Stitched Scarlet Jewel, matching Button, some White Scrapper's Floss and some Flowers. At last I added some scoring on the bottom punched out Border and topped the scallops off with some Silver Pearls. Before I forget.....the fabulous layout is from my sweet friend Iwona's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #45. Hope you like this weeks colors and give it a try! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again on Thursday! Hugs, ~Silke~
Happy Tuesday everyone!!! I'm so excited .....it is my turn to host todays Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - FTTC65. I would like to give a quick shout out to my sweet friend Maki for switching challenges with me today...thank you Maki!!! My challenge for you is to *MAKE A CARD WITH A MATCHING GIFT IDEA*!!! It is the time of year where Mother's Day, Father's Day, Weddings, Graduations, along with Birthdays and many other reasons to celebrate and give warrant not only a card but a little something extra to go with it! You can go simple or over the top! Whichever you decide, we would love to see what you create!!! Here is my idea..... I used the gorgeous From the Garden Set as my main image. The pillow box was stamped with the Thank You Set and the tag sentiment is again From the Garden Set. I used Memento Rich Cocoa as my ink choice and colored the main garden image with Copic Markers - C1, C3, R37, Y17, YG91 and Colorless Blender. My idea for the card came from this weeks JUGS31 Sketch. The CS base, pillow box and the tag are Confetti White. The box and tag are from an old SU template. I finished both projects by ink distressing the edges and by adding the Olive Green Checker Ribbon. Hope you like this gift idea and I can't wait to see your ideas next!!! Have fun playing along and thank you for stopping by today!!! Please don't forget to stop by Barbara, Betty, Dee and Maki's blog to see their take on the challenge!!! If you have time...check out the awesome masking technique Julie posted over on the Flourishes Blog using the same Set!!! ~Supply List~ Stamp Sets: From the Garden and Thank you (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Vintage Touch (PTI), Copic Markers - C1, C3, R37, Y17, YG91 and Colorless Blender Cardstock: Confetti White (SU) Accessories: Kaiser Chocolate Pearls, Pillow Box & Oval Tag (SU), Olive Green Checker Ribbon, Scrap Floss
Hello and happy Tuesday! You know what that means....it's time for a new COLOR Q.... Here are this weeks CQC257 colors....... My stamp room is still a complete disaster area and the closest stamps I had handy are my Flourishes Sets...I'm still heart broken that Flourishes is no longer in business :( , but at least I had the opportunity to ink up some of the images for today's card :) . The layout was inspired by this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch #234..... Thank you so much for stopping by again and please don't forget to check out all the details on how to play over on the COLOR Q BLOG....along with all the fabulous ideas from the team and entries for the week!!!! Have a fabulous day! I'll be back on Thursday with a brand new CASE STUDY post!!! See you then.... Hugs, ~Silke~ Stamp Set: FLOURISHES - Sweet Nature and sentiment from Dahlias Set (retired) Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers Paper: Classic White CS, SU Strawberry Slush DP, Dark Blue CS Others: PTI Hawaiian Shores Stitched Ribbon, PTI Hawaiian Shores Button, White Scrapper's Floss, Spellbinder Oval Circle Dies, SU Oval Punch and Silver Pearls
Happy Day everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend??? Today is a very special day...my sweet Rebecca is turning 11. She has been counting down the days...LOL! Since we'll have a busy week, we took her out for lunch on Sunday to her favorite place...can you guess...yes, it is Olive Garden!!! I have a few pictures of my sweet baby at the end of the post...so stick around!!! First I would like to tell you about this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC170. Beate is hosting and her challenge is to create a *FLOWER CARD* with one of our gorgeous Flourishes Stamps!!! Here is my take on it.... I decided to ink up the beautiful Zinnias Set onto some Flourishes White CS. The image itself was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Marker ~ BG0000, B00, Y19, Y38, R14, R17 and Colorless Blender. Next I added some *scoring*, Corrugated Cardboard, some Ribbon, a Silver Button, some Brown Scrapper's Floss, Glitter and some Silver Pearls. The sentiment is from the Tiny Flowers and Tag Set and it was stamped onto the Tailor-Made Classic Tags Template Die. My color inspiration for the card came from this weeks Color Q #138....check out this fun palette... Now it's time to hop on over to the rest of the Timeless Tuesday Team ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, Amanda and our fabulous May Guest Designer Marie Oberg. As promised here are some photos of my sweet, beautiful and smart birthday girl Rebecca.... Have a fabulous week and I'll be back on Thursday with a new card!!! Hugs, ~Silke~
Happy Tuesday everyone!!! I have two posts today and if you are looking for my MTME project please click right HERE!!! It is time for another fun Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge ~ FTTC73 !!! It is the last Tuesday of the month so we have a challenge host. This month's host is Cindy Coutts. Cindy is giving us a *FRUIT* inspired challenge. You can actually create a card with fruits, use fruity colors, or be inspired by fruit shapes. It will be a cool and refreshing sweet treat whichever choice you decide. We look forward to seeing what you'll create!!! This card is for a very sweet friend who had a birthday last week.....unfortunately I'm a bit late, but I hope she will like this card regardless!?! I used the delicious Cherries and Peaches Set. The birthday senitment is from the Tag Lines Set. My colors were inspired by this weeks Curtain Call Act #36 ~ using Kraft, Real Red, Night of Navy and White. I inked the cherry image in Memento Black and colored it with these Copic Markers ~ G12, G21, G24, E39, R17, R22, R27, R29 and Colorless Blender. Once I was done coloring I applied some Crystal Effect to the cherries...it looks so neat..and I hope you can see it in the second photo (make sure to click on it)!?! Please make sure to stop by Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee, Maki and of course Cindy Coutts blog to see their delicious fruity creations!!! Have a wonderful day and I hope you have a chance to play along with us!!! Hugs ~S~
Happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend? I had to work on Saturday, but had the chance to relax and hang out with my gang all Sunday! It's also College Volleyball season again, so we had the pleasure of watching a few home games this weekend and I'm so happy to tell you that our GSU team won both games on Saturday...yeah....GO EAGLES!!! Today, I'm super excited to share a card I made for this weeks The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #132. The fabulous TSTR Design Team has asked me to Guest Design and of course I couldn't resist to say YES!!! Ladies, thank you so much for having me!!! The theme this week is *PRETTY PARTY* – create a card or project inspired by the photo USING PINK AND GREEN WITH FLOWERS! I decided to use my favorite Flourishes Country Charm Labels Set. The sentiment in the center is from the beautiful Wedded Bliss Set. Both of the images were inked in Memento Tuxedo Black onto the Flourishes Classic White CS. The card base was created with the Spellbinder Romantic Rectangles Die. Next I added the Design Paper and created some *faux stitching* and connected the dots with a White Gel Pen. The framed sentiment was placed onto the Spellbinder Labels Twenty Five Die. Next I embellished the rest of my card with some Baby Pink Satin Ribbon, Kaiser Pearls, Flowers, Leaves, Antique Brad and some Pink Flourishes. Please take the time to hop on over to The Shabby Tea Room Blog to see all of the Design Teams creations as well as all the details on how you can play along this week!!! Thank you for stopping by and I'll be back with a new card for the Color Q tomorrow! See ya then, Hugs, ~Silke~
Happy Tuesday everyone!!! If you're here for the Blog Hop please go down one post -thank you!!! Well it's another day and another fun Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge!!! Today is Betty's turn to host the FTTC33 and she wants us to *Mix it Up*!!! We are using stamps, dp, textures, or a combination of all three to mix different patterns. You can blend subtle patterns for a conservative look or go all out with bold and daring patterns for an extreme look. The choice is yours!!! We would love to see what you create!!! Well, I must admit I'm *Design Paper challenged* - LOL!!! I love DP and own lots of it, but when it comes to adding them together...oh my I'm in trouble - LOL!!! With that said....I tried really hard to come up with a card....and the wonderful WSC97 Sketch helped me along the way....... I couldn't help myself but to use the gorgeous new Seasonal Wreaths Set that was released this past Friday!!! Just in case you missed the Flourishes release....check out the post right here !!! The two different Design Papers are from the Christmas Cocoa and Bella Rose Collection. To dress my card up I added the small Silver Pearls, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Styled Silver Hardware and Royal Red Shimmerz. Plus I added some Faux Stitching around the edges. So what do you think..should I add some more DP on my future cards :)??? Make sure to swing by Betty, Cindy and Dee's blog to see their cards close up too!!! Have a wonderful day!!! ~Supply List~ Stamp Set: Seasonal Wreaths (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers - R27, R29, G24, E47 and Colorless Blender Cardstock: White Design Paper: Christmas Cocoa & Bella Rose Collection Accessories: Silver Pearls, Piercing Tool & Mat Pack, Styled Silver Hardware, Taffeta Ribbon, Royal Red Shimmerz, Scalloped Circle and Circle Spellbinder Dies Technique: Piering, Faux Stitching Card Size: 5" x 5"
Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Oh my goodness I can't hardly believe the month of October is almost over...how could this be??? I guess when you have fun...time does fly by fast - LOL?!? Anyway - today I have to cards for you :) The first one is for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - FTTC39. We are welcoming the fabulous Kathy Jones aka *Wattle* on SCS as our Guest Stamper. Kathy is also our challenge host....she is challenging us to use *Border Punches or Borderabilities*. You decide if you want to use just one border, different patterns, or layer several for a fanciful look. Whatever you decide, we would love to see what you create!!! Have fun with this one....the sky the limit!!! Here is my take on it..... I used the beautiful Seasonal Wreaths Set. The image was inked in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copic Markers. For the borders I used the EK-Success Fleur de Lis Punch. For my colors I chose Chocolate Chip and Summer Sunrise. I really like this color combo - who about you!?!?! I finished the card off with some Glitter, Gold Pearls, Satin Ribbon and a matching Button. Hope you like it?!? Please make sure to stop by Kathy, Betty, Cindy, Dee, Kimberly and Makiko's Blog for their take on the challenge!!! ******************************************** My next card is for the MTSC45. Mercy has done it again....she has created another fabulous Sketch for us to try. Sadly....this is my last *official* October Muse post - sniff....!!!! I had so much fun playing along with these fabulous ladies!!! Thank you Mercy for allowing me to be your October Muse!!! I'm already looking forward to the next Sketches!!! So here is today's Sketch...... And here is my take on it..... I used the *Flores Suaves* Set from Stampin' Up. I inked the images in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored the butterfly with Copic Markers. For the border I used once again the EK Success Fleur de Lis Punch. Please make sure to check out Mercy's blog and her fabulous Muses - Pam Speidel, Cindy Haffner, Pam Varnell, Julie Lacey, Crystal Birr, Jessica Diedrich. Hope you like it and find the time to play along with us??? ~Supply List~ 1st card Stamp Set: Seasonal Wreaths (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic Markers - Y35, Y38, E47 and Colorless Blender Cardstock: White, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sunrise (PTI) Design Paper: Summer Sunrise from the Bitty Box Basic (PTI) Accessories: Brown Satin Ribbon, Gold Pearls, EK Border Punch, Circel Spellbinder Dies, Scor-it, Bow Easy, Stampin' Dimensionals Technique: Dry Embossing, Coloring with Markers ~Supply List~ 2nd card Stamp Set: Flores Suaves (Stampin' Up) Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic Markers - Y35, Y38, E47 and Colorless Blender Cardstock: White, Chocolate Chip Design Paper: Summer Sunrise from the Bitty Dot Basic (PTI) Accessories: Brown Satin Ribbon, Gold Pearls, EK Border Punch, Circle Spellbinder Dies, Scissor, Stampin' Dimensionals Technique: Coloring with Markers
Happy TGIF!!! We're excited to welcome you to the Flourishes May Pre-Release Challenge! The month of May brings most of us to those warmer sunny days anticipating summer, and in some cultures *May Day* is celebrated by presenting loved ones with flowers or ringing the doorbell at someone's home and leaving behind a basket of flowers and treats. Today we're bringing you flowers of our own, asking you to be inspired by the colors in this beautiful illustration... HOW TO PLAY: There are so many beautiful combinations you can be inspired by! Choose all of the colors in the illustration - or pick three that work together for you and create! If you play along with us, you could win Flourishes entire May Stamp Release! If you upload to SCS please use the keyword FLLCMAY13. You can enter as many times as you like, but we want you to know if you use Flourishes stamps, your entry counts twice! You have until Friday May 10, 2013 at 5 PM EST to enter. Just make sure you enter your creation below using our InLinkz Widgit. Have fun getting inky! With this challenge, we also want to let you in on a little secret! Do you like the image above? Well, next week you will see this very flower in its full glory as our designers sneak peak the work of a brand new artist at Flourishes -- Sam Pickard! Sam hails from England and many folks have seen her work on her blog - Planet Sam. We are so excited to share this artist's work on polymer! We know you will love what we have in store! We know you'll also be inspired by our Senior Design Teams creations so go ahead and visit.... Amanda Havon Christine Okken Cindy Lawrence Danielle Kennedy Heather Jensen Julie Koerber Maki Jones Silke Ledlow Stacy Morgan PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE *OFFICIAL RULES* ON HOW TO PLAY ALONG.... Simply create a card using 3 or more of the colors of the inspiration photo above Entries need to be in by Friday May 10th, 5 PM EST Those entries using Flourishes Stamps will be counted twice You must link your creation on our InLinkz Widgit to be counted You must have a link to our challenge in your blog post or gallery post Please DO NOT combine challenges. Only those entries that don't combine will be in the running If you upload to SCS please use the keyword FLLCMAY13 We'll announce the winners on Saturday in our Winner's Circle Post here on the blog on Saturday May 11th, so check back then to find out if you are a winner! Have fun crafting....I will be back tomorrow with a brand new card :) !!! Hugs, ~Silke~ FLOURISHES SUPPLIES: InLinkz.com
It is time for Flourishes Noon Time Challenge. Today the challenge is to make a card with a frame by using your dies and your stamps to create that frame. I chose the cherries in the Tiny Flowers and Tags set and also used Flourishes Cherries and Peaches set. I love how this card turned out. I stamped on Flourishes Classic White Cardstock. I used the Tiny Flowers and Tag with the cherries stamp and the XO's. I also used the new Taylor-Made Classic Tag Dies: I created my frame by using my Spellbinder's Classic Circle dies. To color the cherries and leaves I used Flourishes Copics Collection: Need more inspiration..check out what several DT members have created: Danielle Kennedy Dawn Burnworth (you are here) Julie Koerber Sharon Doolittle Stacy Morgan The OFFICIAL Rules….. Simply create a card using stamps and dies for a frame. When you are done creating, simply link up here on the Flourishes blog! Entries need to be in by Friday, February 10th by 5 PM EST Those that use Flourishes stamps will be counted twice for their entry You must link your creation on this post using our inlinkz widget in order to qualify You must have a link to our challenge in your blog or gallery post Please DO NOT combine challenges. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword FLLCFEBRW2 We’ll announce the winners Saturday in our Winner’s Circle Post – check back Saturday, February 11th at noon CST to see if you’re one of the lucky winners! Thanks for stopping by! We’ll be back with more sneaks and fun first thing tomorrow morning! See you then!
***I have 2 posts today. For my Nina B Designs creation, please scroll down. :) Hello there! I am back again with the new challenge for the week at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday. This week Maki is our hostess. The challenge is “Alphabet Letter” - Pick one alphabet letter and use at least three supplies/elements that start with the letter of your choice. For example, if you choose “B” for your alphabet letter, make your creation with “B”rads, “B”uttons, “B”ow, color “B”lue, designer papers by “B”asic Grey and so on. I chose "button, bow, and birthday". I used Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock along with the Tailor Made Tag die and April Showers stamp set. I decided to play along with the Mojo Monday sketch. Here are the links to the rest of the design team for additional inspiration. Silke Cindy Makiko Amanda Beate Mona Marie (May Guest Designer) Thanks so much for stopping by, Heather
Hello. :-) In the years before I had children, I used to force paperwhite flowers to give as Christmas gifts. It's really easy to do, and makes an incredibly lovely presentation for someone (even yourself). I would scour thrift stores to find vessels for the bulbs to grow in, but the one I always used for myself was from my dad. It's a decent size, made of glass, and Dad told me it was an antique battery holder. It's one of the few treasures I have of his, and reminds me just how much he loved shopping for antiques (though, at the time, I thought it was just old junk; what did I know?). The Christmas cards I'm sharing today feature a Flourishes set, Paperwhites. I was lucky enough to win it one November a few years ago. Each of these two cards have the same color palette: warm grays and cream. Even the same Copic markers were used on each one, but with quite different results. The first is my favorite, and that of my 13 year old daughter, as well. A smidgen of a vintage book page peeks out at top and bottom behind the main panel. A vintage button and thread adorn it. I've stamped the "Season's Greetings" sentiment from the Paperwhites set across the bottom, over the flower stems. Finally, a coating of crystal glitter over the flowers gives it a subtle, festive feel. I used a colorless blender pen by Copic to create some random dots amidst the background. Love how it turned out. On the next card, I used a smaller bouquet stamp from the set to create a background for the card base. The main panel was colored with the same markers as above, but see how much different it looks when on cream cardstock? Same greeting, stamped in the same way, but this time I also stamped it in black on a mini circle tag. It was popped up on foam dimensional stickers, and tied with the vintage thread. Which one do you like better? Before I go, I just want to share a pic of my girls when they were younger. Why? Because this mother's heart is bursting with gratitude to be entrusted with these precious lives. I love my girls so very, very much. Thank you so much for visiting me today. I really appreciate it! Stamps: Paperwhites - Flourishes Paper: Sahara Sand, Basic Gray - SU; Vintage Cream - PTI; vintage book page Ink: Sahara Sand - SU; Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko Fibers: vintage thread Accessories & Tools: Classic Tags die - Memory Box; Copic markers; vintage button; Crystal glitter - Martha Stewart
Good morning, and welcome to the Bring Back Beautiful challenge for april! Soft shades that remind us of spring flowers sprouting from the...
Hello my sweet friends! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season so far??? We have been very busy and I'm looking forward taking it easy today. Since I don't have a new project for you I thought I would share my favorite creations from 2011 :) !!! They are in no particular order. Hope you like them too?!? I also want to thank you all for supporting me and for all the sweet comments and followers I have received this year and I hope you will come back in 2012!?!? Wishing you a fabulous new 2012 and happy crafting!!! Hugs, ~Silke~
Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm thrilled to be hosting this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC115 Challenge! I created this Sketch for you to try...hope you like it and play along!?! Here is my take on it.... I decided to use the beautiful Berry Sweet Set today. Aren't the blueberries yummy??? I inked the image in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copic Markers. The background was created with the Circled Beaded Spellbinder Die. Next I added the White Cotton Lace and the Brown/White Gingham Ribbon with a matching Button. At last I *ink distressed* the edges with the Memento Desert Ink Pad and added the Chocolate Kaiser Pearls. Okay, now it's your turn!!! Before you play along please make sure to check out the rest of the team ~ Cindy, Maki, Dee, Betty and Tammy. Please don't forget to check out our super talented April Guest Designer Pattie Goldman!!! Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by again! I'm looking forward seeing your ideas! Hugs ~S~Here are a few more challenges: Joyful Stamper #3 ~ Anything Goes Delicious Doodles #22 ~ Anything Goes Aud Sentiments ~ Anything Goes Creative Friday #42 ~ Anything Goes Shelly's Images ~ Show us what you got Paper Sundaes #66 ~ Sundae Bar (Pearls & Die Cuts) Southern Girls ~ Green and Blue Crafty Pad #118 ~ Circles Stampacular Sunday #108 ~ Pile it On Incy Wincy #91 ~ Buttons & Bows Totally Gorjuss #77 ~ Bling it On! Top Tip Tuesday #13 ~ Square Challenge
Happy day you all!!! If you are here for the *MTSC44 Sketch* please go down one post...or stay and check out this post :) too!!! Oh what a fun day it will be :) !!! I love having birthdays!!! Anyway... today is another Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - FTTC38 !!! Dee is our host and she is challenging us to *Watercoloring*!!! We can use any medium for watercolor we choose and any theme we want. Pretty simple and straight forward!!! What an awesome way to show off the newly released Flourishes Sets!!! I chose to watercolor the beautiful *Christmas Wreath* Set. The wreath was inked with Memento Black onto European Watercolor Paper (love the thickness of this paper!!!) I used different SU Inks to color it!!! After I colored the image I bedazzled it with some Dazzling Diamond Glitter. The DP I used is from the Ski Slope Collection. I also used Chocolate Chip CS for matting!!! At last I added some *Faux Stitching* to the squares!!! I finished the inside of the card as well.....as you can tell I kept the card very simple....since the sparkly wreath makes the card!!! Make sure to click on the close up photos!!!! Hope you like the card!?! We can't wait to see what you will create!!! Please don't forget to check out the rest of the ladies on their take on the challenge - Betty Wright, Cindy Haffner, Dee Jackson, Kimberly Crawford and Makiko Jones !!! ******************************************* Now I would like to announce the winner from the Birthday Bash Giveaway....... Congrats to....... jpmayo said... Your card just jumped out of my google reader and made me want to do this week's sketch challenge!! It's gorgeous!! Have a happe birthday next week!! October babies are the best..from one to another ;) Please e-mail me your address under [email protected] so I can mail off your package ASAP!!! Thank you all for playing this round!!!! ******************************************** As promised I'm giving more goodies away!!! Anyone can play for this Blog Candy...I will mail it anywhere - it's my treat!!! PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU PLAY ALONG!!!! Here is what I will mail you......... A whole bunch of different Clear Stamps, a beautiful new Embossing Folder (HERE is a card I made with the same EF!!!) PLUS YOUR CHOICE OF ONE NEWLY RELEASED OCTOBER SET FROM FLOURISHES!!! Here is what you have to do.....go and check out the new Flourishes Stamp Sets right HERE......come back and let me know which one of the Stamp Sets you like best!?!?! This will be the Set I will order for you....so choose wisely!!! Please include your e-mail address or full name with your comment...so their is no confusion at the end :) I will chose a winner this upcoming Friday, October 23 evening and I will announce it with the OCC post on Saturday, October 24th!!! Have fun playing!!! *****DRAWING IS CLOSED****** Thank you for playing along :)
Hello everyone!!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a nice Valentine??? Our weekend was awesome!!! Sarah, our oldest had her basketball playoff game on Saturday and her team WON...YEAH.!!!! The last few seconds of the game were so dramatic I thought I pass out...LOL!!! Of course we had to celebrate this happy event.....and my Saturday was pretty much done. All the excitement wore me out...as soon as I came home I took a 5 hour nap...!!! My girls are on Winter Break and thank goodness I only have to work half days this week...another yeah...LOL!!! Okay, are you ready for a challenge??? Come and play this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC105 with us!!! Betty is our host and she is challenging us to add *THREE DIFFERENT PATTERN PAPERS*. Wow, that was definitely a challenge for me...I'm *DP challenged*...LOL!!! I used the gorgeous Humming Along Set and the sentiment is from the Fanciful Flourishes Set. The images were inked in Memento Black and colored with Copic Markers ~ YR0000, YR00, YR08, YR15, YR35, YG11 and G12, G21, G24. The DP I used is from the SU So Saffron and Bermuda Bay Pattern Print Collection. The plain So Saffron DP was embossed with the SU Square Lattice Folder. Next I embellished the card with some White Satin Ribbon, a Silver Button with White Scrap Floss, my favorite Silver Pearls and of course some Glitter!!! Of course I could not have pulled it all together without the fabbo CR84FN15 Color Challenge!!! This weeks colors were tough, but oh so gorgeous!!! Now it's time to check out the rest of the team ~ Cindy, Maki, Betty, Tammy and our awesome February Guest Designer Laura Pryor!!! Have a great week and I'll see ya soon! Hugs ~S~ Here are a few more challenges I played: Totally Stampalicious ~ Add Bling OSAAT #49 ~Make it Pretty Pixie Cottage #56 ~ Ribbon DYSU #6 ~ Ribbon Little Claire's #1 ~ Anything Goes Stampin' with the Dragon ~ Anything Goes Pear Tree #35 ~ Free for All Whoopsi Daisy ~ Free and Easy Phindy's Place #42 ~ Spring is on it Way! Mami Doodles #26 ~ Flower card Secret Crafter #121 ~ Stamped Flower OLLCB #73 ~ For Someone Special Stamping Vacation ~ Lots of Paper Stampin' B's #97 ~ Add a bird Delightful Challenge ~ Get Punchy Incy Wincy #81 ~ Color Me Wonderful Lollipop Crafts #26 ~ Fav Coloring Medium (Copic's)
For this month’s Bring Back Beautiful challenge, we’d like to honour those in our lives that bless us with their friendship. The challenge is just that simple – make a card or creation with a friend in mind! Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creations over on the Flourishes blog. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB21. You have until April 30th to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a Bring Back Beautiful Winner button to display proudly on their blog! I also want to give a big welcome to three new members of the team - Linda, Claudia and Naomi!!! These girls have incredible talent and I just *know* you are going to love their creations!!! Sadly we also have to say farewell to Heather and Beate, but they aren't going too far - you'll still see their amazing work on the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges each week. I've made this a shaped card for something a little different and used orange for my colour palette. Orange, I admit, is not in my comfort zone, but I was thinking of my friend and she loves orange, so I thought....why not??? The base has been made of pumpkin pie and cut with Mega Curved Rectangles and then I've added a layer of vanilla. The next panel is the smaller die from the same set used for more pumpkin and a piece of Howdy Doody DP. Next I've cut some vanilla with Labels 14 and topped with another piece of vanilla cut with Twisted Metal Tags and Accents. Across this is a piece of ivory satin ribbon. The sentiment is from Gerber Daisy and has been stamped and cut out with Ribbon Tags Trio and attached with some spotty orange grosgrain ribbon. The daisies (also from Gerber Daisy) have been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (YR00, YR12, YR16, YR18, E31, E33, YR24, G20, G21, G24, G28 - Burnt Orange Collection, Leaf Green Collection, Beehive Collection, Flesh Tones 1 Collection) and then fussy cut and popped up on foam tape. To finish I've added some Latte Pearls to the corners. Stamps - Gerber Daisy (Flourishes) Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Howdy Doody MME DP Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black Accessories - Copics, Mega Curved Rectangles, Labels 14 Nestabilities, Twisted Metal Accents and Ribbon Tag Trio Shapeabilities, Ivory Satin Ribbon, Orange Spot Grosgrain Ribbon, Kaisercraft Latte Pearls, Scissors, Foam Tape. Don't miss all the stunning creations the girls have for you this month..... Betty Wright Claudia Rosa Iwona Palamountain Kathy Jones Linda Duke Naomi Gong Yvonne Hagane Thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp and play along with us this month!!! :)
Happy Tuesday you all!!! It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge!!! This week Cindy Haffner is our host. If you follow the Flourishes Blog you already know that we are showcasing *Shimmerz* this entire week!!! So, Cindy is challenging us to get out our little pots of *Shimmerz*, shake them up, and use them on our cards. If you do not have any Shimmerz, no problem!!! All we ask is that you add some different shimmer and shine to your cards. We cannot wait to see what you create!!! I couldn't hold back and had to use my yummy-licious *Strawberries Set* again :) If you own this fabulous Set already I know you will agree with me that it is so much fun to color!!! Now - I have a little surprise for you......I have one brand spankin' new jar of the *Angel Wings* Shimmerz up for grabs......if you want to win it - leave me a comment!!! I will pick a winner this upcoming Thursday about noon EST!!! Please download your creations under the keyword *FTTC25*!!! Don't forget to swing by Betty, Cindy, Dee and Kimberly's blog to see how they used this wonderful product!!! Thank you for stopping by!!! Enjoy your day!!! ~Supply List~ Stamp Set: Strawberries (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Black, Copic & Prisma Markers G07, R27, RV02, PM-79 and PM-132 plus Colorless Blender Cardstock: White, New Leaf (PTI) Design Paper: Bitty Box Basics (PTI) Accessories: Gingham Ribbon (Michael's), New Leaf Button (PTI), Red Scrap Floss, Bow Easy Technique: Piercing and Coloring with Markers
Happy Tuesday!!! It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC30)!!!! It is the last Tuesday of the month so we have a Guest Designer this week. Our Challenge host is Liz Williams also know as *lazylizard*. Liz is challenging us to use *PEARLS* on our cards. Whether you want to use pearlized papers, pearlx, pearl paints, halfback pearls, or actual pearl beads, whatever you choose to use we would love to see what you create!!! Did somebody say *Pearls* - LOL!?!?! Perfect Challenge for me - he,he,he!!! I got to use my favorite Silver Pearls guilt free!!! Of course I had to use the fabulous new Gerber Daisies Set!!! The layout is from last weeks MTSC35 Sketch. This Set is so fun to color and since Gerber's come in so many colors you can really mix up the colors to your liking!!! For this card I used the Tea Rose and the Hollyhock Collection. After I colored the flowers I added some Pink Shimmerz. You can see it better on the close up photo!!! Please don't forget to check out - Betty, Cindy, Kimberly and Liz's blog for close ups!!! Hope we have inspired you to play along??? ~Supply List~ Stamp Set: Gerber Daisies (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Ink, Copic Markers Cardstock: White Design Paper: Bitty Box Basics (PTI) Accessoriers: Silver Pearls (Michael's), New Leaf Satin Ribbon (PTI), Styled Silver Ribbon Slider, MS Punch, Stampin Dimensionals Technique: Coloring with Copic Markers Card Size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" ************************************************* My next card is for my stampin' friend and this weeks Featured Stamper Joanne Grzelak aka *jojot*. I'm one lucky girl because I get to serve with her on the There She Goes Design Team :) - Congratulations Joanne enjoy your week in the spotlight!!! If you haven't been to Joanne's gallery.....then you missed some fabulous eye-candy!!! Here is the card I cased. The reason I chose to case this card was not only do I have the same Stamp Set - Cupcake Mix & Match from There She Goes, but I also designed it for the TSG17 - Birthday Bash Celebration over at the new TSG Blog!!! Here are the changes I've made - the layout, the colors and size of the card. The layout is from the Sweet & Sassy Sketch - SSS18. Of course I had to add some more Silver Pearls. The colors I used are So Saffron and Rich Razzleberry - I think they look so pretty together!!! The RR CS was scored!!! Hope you come and celebrate with us the 1st Birthday of There She Goes??? Stay tuned all week, because Jessica is giving away some awesome Stamp Set!!! Thanks for stopping by today!!! Have fun playing!!! ~Supply List~ Stamp Set: Cupcake Mix & Match (There She Goes) Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers - G24, R85, Y35 Cardstock: White, Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron (SU) Accessories: Silver Pearls, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, Scor-it, Stampin' Dimensionals, Piercing Tool and Mat Pack (SU) Technique: Scoring , Piercing Card Size: 5"x 5"
my little corner of the paper crafting world
my little corner of the paper crafting world
Hi, I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! Just a short post today for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #170 Challenge, where Beate challenged us to use Flowers on a project. I was waiting for my Flourishes order to arrive and it came today! On my card, I used the image from the stamp set Zinnias, and here are the Copic markers I used: Flowers (Y13, Y15, Y17, YR23, YR24) Leaves (YG61, YG63, YG67), Vase (BG0000, BG10, BG11, BG13), Shadow (E70, E71), Outline (G0000 & Colourless Blender). The Zinnias image was cut using Spellbinders Classic Square die, and I sponged the edges with Memento Summer Sky. This was adhered with pop dots onto a Fleur De Lis Square die-cut. Thank you for visiting me. For my dear friends in the US, Happy Memorial weekend! Kary Products used : Flourishes Stamp set Zinnias, Memento Rich Cocoa & Summer Sky, Copic markers, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Hero Arts Pool Designer Paper, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6x6 pad, Spellbinders Classic Square & Fleur De Lis Squares, MFT Mini Foursome Tabs.
Happy Tuesday!!! How was your weekend??? Ours went by quickly....is it just me or does time fly by faster these days??? Since it's already the last Tuesday of the month, the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC90 has invited a Guest Designer!!! Please help us welcome the fabulous Mrs. Linda Coughlin. Linda and I had the pleasure of being on another Design Team together and I'm so thrilled to have her host today's challenge!!! Here is what Linda is challenging us to *ANYTHING GOES BUT BUTTONS AND BOWS*...love how that rhymes...LOL!!! Okay everyone, get all of your other embellishments out and show us what you have stored in your drawers all this time!!! Have fun :) and I can't wait to see your ideas!!! I have actually two different cards for you today. My first card was inspired by the Embellished Vintage Color Challenge ~ Green, Yellow and Rust. As soon as I saw these colors I immediately wanted to grab my gorgeous Flourishes Sunflowers Set. I did make it *vintage*, but my photograph kinda took away the entire look :(..... I promise I ink distressed, edge distressed and made it look *old*!!! Here is some more info about my card ~ I used Dusty Durango for the *Rust*. The DP is from the PinkPaislee Bayberry Cottage Collection. For my embellishments I used some matching Rust Ribbon, a Small Paper Doily, some Lace Ribbon, some Halfback Pearls and some Copper Hardware. I also pierced around the edges, tore a bit of the DP in the upper right hand corner plus I added some Glitter on the Sunflower...voila!!! Please don't forget to stop by ~ Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee , Maki and Linda's blog to see their ideas on this weeks FTTC90 challenge!!! My card is also for these challenges ~ Stampin' Royalty #42 ~ Ribbons, Ribbon, Ribbons Daring Cardmakers ~ Autumn Leaves One Stitch At A Time #36 ~ Anything Goes ****************************************************************** My second card is also created with a Flourishes Set that is dear to my heart ~ Think Pink - Fight like a Girl !!! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness I decided to play the fun challenge over at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #62 ~ use a Pink Ribbon and primarily the color Pink on your card!!! The colors on my card are also for this weeks ODBDSLC34 ~ using Kraft, Black plus one other color (Pink)!!! The layout is from this weeks MMSC76 Sketch. I kept this card pretty simple, since I wanted the focus on the super cute shirt!!! The DP is from an old SU Stash. I added some White Cotton Lace, some piercing, scoring and finished it off with the Pearls in the corners!!! Breast Cancer Awareness is so important ladies and gentlemen!!! Please go to your yearly check up!!! Thank you for swinging by today!!! Have a fabulous week??? Hugs ~S~
Happy Tuesday everyone!!! I was a total slacker this weekend.....how about you?!? I sooooo need this little break :) I did a little stampin' yesterday and finished up my Flourishes Timeless Tuesday project for today!!! Talking about today's FTTC51 Challenge.....we have a Guest Designer!!! It's no other than my sweet blogging friend *Pat Adam* also known as *The Rubber Maid*. Pat is hosting today's Challenge and here is what she is challenging us with in her own words......!!! "For this week's challenge be inspired by the letter *P*. Sounds a bit crazy, but not really if you think about it for a bit. I'm thinking pink, pearls, poppies, purple, punches, and piercing. Do you get the picture? Sure you do so let's get moving and make those perfectly pretty and positively pleasing presentations. Don't think you've been challenged in this way before, so I will be excited to see how you all do." Pat I used the beautiful Sweet Violets Set on the card and box. The sentiment on the card is from the brand new Taglines Set. The images were inked in Memento Black and colored with these Copic Marker Collections - Hollyhock, Dahlia and Holly. Here are all the *P*'s I used on my card..... the color *pink*, *piercing*, *punches*,*pearls* and I added a *present* on the side :) !!! I combined this project with a few different challenges.....my main inspiration came from this weeks FS155 - Karen Barber. I chose to case this beautiful card from her!!! I changed the layout to the CCEE1003 Sketch. I added *pink* for the C4C21 Challenge and a touch of *green* for the SSCC23 Challenge. Adding Design Paper was this weeks CAS51 Challenge. The box idea came from the JUGS17 - Template Challenge. My template is from Stampin' Up.... if you are interested in this templae pls e-mail me and I'll send you the pdf.file. Please make sure to stop by Betty, Cindy, Dee, Maki and Pat's blog to see their take on the Challenge!!! Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!!! ~Supply List~ Stamp Sets: Sweet Violets, Taglines (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Black, Copic Marker Collection - Hollyhock, Dahlia, Holly plus G24, R0000, E0000 Cardstock: White, Pretty in Pink Design Paper: Pretty in Pink Pattern Designs (SU) Accessories: Piercing Tool & Mat Pack, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Silver Pearls, Silver Ribbon Slider, Pink Satin Ribbon, Chinese Take-Out Box, Scrap Floss Card Size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend??? Our weekend was fun and exhausting...!!! I ate way tooooo much and had no exercise at all!!! Talking about being a couch potato - LOL!!! I'm so glad Spring Break is over and the girls are back in school. I need some serious *me* time - KWIM??? I'll share some photos of the girls with you this week.....I just have to get caught up on a couple things first...!!! Today is another round of the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge!!! Our host is the fabulous Becca Feeken and she is challenging us with some *PIERCING* on our cards!!! I don't know about you, but I love adding piercing to my creations - it always adds a nice detail!!!! Make sure to stop by the Flourishes Blog to view all the Samples and to find out how to win a prize for playing along!!! The card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". I followed the TECC63 Sketch. I started out by piercing my sides with this Ornare Vellum Stencil Border template. Next I inked the newly released Flourishes Set - Sweet Violets with Memento Black and colored it with my Copic Markers - V15, V17, G28, G94. I actually inked the image twice, cutting out different leaves and flower heads and then I raised them up - you can see it better on the second photo. Once I was done coloring I added some Candle Light Shimmerz onto the entire image. The DP is from Deja Views - Fresh Print Plum Collection. The double Satin Plum Ribbon is from Martha Stewart. The button is from PTI. Hope you'll play along??? Please use the keyword FTTC11 to download on SCS!!!
Happy Tuesday friend!!! It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - FTTC45 !!! This week Cindy is our challenge host and she is challenging us to create *Gate Fold Cards*- wahoooo - love it!!! Here are a couple of links to help you get started from SCS Gate Fold 1 and Gate Fold 2. Gate Fold cards are great year round, but something about opening a card from two sides this time of year gives a more regal, gift-like presentation and you already know how much I love them :)!!! We can't wait to see what your creations!!! Okay - I let you in on a little secret....silly old me......I didn't read the challenge post right the other day. I read *Fold Cards* and not *GATE Fold Cards*...so I assumed I could do any kind of fold card.....until I realized that it was suppose to be a *GATE* card - yikes!!! So I have two cards to share with you :) !!! First I'm showing you my *Gate Fold Card*...... I know, I know I used the Winter Bouquet again.....I just can't help myself it called my inky little fingers and I think it's soooooo gorgeous!!! But I must say in my own defense....... I tried really hard not to use it....and as you can see down below I used a different Set on my what supposed to be my first card !!!! The colors I uses on both cards are River Rock, Purely Pomegranate and White. The images were inked in Memento Black and colored with various Copic Markers (listed down below in the Supply List). At last I bedazzle both cards with lost of Glitter.and Gold Pearls. I also decorated the inside of my cards...make sure to click on the smaller photos!!! Here is my *Joy Fold Card*.... I used the gorgeous Christmas Wreath Set. I followed Beate's tutorial over on SCS. My card size is a bit bigger...I cut it to 5 1/2" by 8 ". Using the longer side I scored it at 5 1/2". The Purely Pomegranate CS in the center is 4" x 4". The White CS with image is 3 3/4'' x 3 3/4". For the extra White CS border and the image CS I used the new Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Combo......love them!!! Please make sure to stop by Betty, Cindy, Dee and Maki's blog to check out all their fabulous creations!!! Have a wonderful day...and I can't wait to see your cards!!! ETA: I also entered my cards for the following challenges - CC248 & SSHP10 (Thank you Vicki for stirring me in the right direction :) !!! ) ~Supply List~ 1st card Stamp Set: Winter Bouquet (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Black, Copic Marker - Holly, Fields, Poppy and Sunflower Collection plus E000, RV19 Cardstock: River Rock, Purely Pomegranate, White Design Paper: Holiday Harmony (SU retired) Accessories: Gold Pearls, MS Punch, PP Satin Ribbon, Glitter Card Size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" ~Supply List~ 2nd card Stamp Set: Christmas Wreath (Flourishes) Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers - Holly, Fields, Sunflower and Sweet Pea Collection plus E000 Cardstock: River Rock, Purely Pomegranate, White Design Paper: Holdiay Harmony (SU retired) Accessoires: Gold Pearls, MS Punch, PP Satin Ribbon, Glitter Card Size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Hello my sweet friends! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season so far??? We have been very busy and I'm looking forward taking it easy today. Since I don't have a new project for you I thought I would share my favorite creations from 2011 :) !!! They are in no particular order. Hope you like them too?!? I also want to thank you all for supporting me and for all the sweet comments and followers I have received this year and I hope you will come back in 2012!?!? Wishing you a fabulous new 2012 and happy crafting!!! Hugs, ~Silke~
Happy Tuesday and happy October! The temperatures have nicely cooled off here in the South....love that it smells and feels like *Fall* is in the air! So, what did you all do this weekend??? We went to a birthday party and relaxed the rest of the time...I actually napped a lot, I think the *fresh* air got to me...LOL! I did get a chance to stamp for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC138. My sweet friend Heather is the hostess and she is challenging us with this beautiful *Fall* inspiration photo. The colors are definitely my favorite....I miss the beautiful *Indian Summers* we used to have in Michigan. It always reminded me of how beautiful God made this world! Here is my take on it.... I went with the Flourishes Sunflowers and the A Season of Thanks Set...because it complimented Iwona's awesome Sketchbook #131 layout. The image was inked in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with these Copic Markers ~ YR02, YR07, R27, Y15, Y21, E37 and Colorless Blender. I added some corrugated cardboard and *ink distressed* the edges with some White Ink. I embellished the rest of the card with a doily, some Ribbon, Antique Brad, Glitter and some Large Halfback Pearls. Hope your creative juices are flowing and you get a chance to play along with us :) ?!? Don't forget to check out the rest of the team ~ Cindy, Heather, Tammy and Beate. We also have some extra helpers ~ Mona, Iwona and please help us welcome our new October Guest Designer Rosemary Dennis. Thanks for swinging by today...have a fabulous week! Hugs, ~Silke~
