Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #168

Hi there!  Hope you had a great day!  I'm back with a second post today to share the card I made for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge #168 on Flourishes blog.  The theme was "pink" - main color had to be pink.

Here is my pink card:

I started with a card base of GKD Innocent Pink and layered with patterned papers from the Echo Park Victoria Garden 6x6 pad.  The image is from Flourishes A Year In Flowers 2.  I stamped it on Cryogen White and colored it with my Copics.  It was cut out with Spellbinders Classic Circles and matted with a Spellbinders Lacey Circles diecut.  I added some pearls around the scallops.  The sentiment is from an old SU set.  I finished the card with some sheer ribbon and another white pearl for the center of the bow.

I am also entering my card in the following challenges: Love to Create Challenge #14 (Mom or special lady), Tuesday Throwdown #97 (motherly love), Through The Craftroom Door Challenge #25 (Happy Mother's Day, option to add pearls) and Card Patterns Sketch #164.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great evening and hope to see you again soon!

Flourishes Book Worm Challenge

I know what you are thinking!  You may have even groaned out loud when you saw that I have another post today.  I'll be super quick.  I wanted to post the book mark I made for the Book Worm Challenge on Flourishes blog and I realized the deadline is just a couple of hours away.

Here is my book mark:

I made a corner bookmark using Beate's terrific tutorial here on Splitcoast Stampers.  I started with SU  Lavender Lace as a base and layered with patterned papers from the Bo Bunny Ambrosia 6x6 pad.  I stamped the pansies from Flourishes A Year in Flowers 1 onto Cryogen White and colored them with my Copics.  I added a bit of Stickles to the flowers for some sparkle.  I added a decorative border with my Martha Stewart Edge Punch.  A few pink pearls and a lavender bow finished off my creation.

Thanks for stopping by!  I promise this is it for me for awhile!

Have a great weekend!

Flourishes Motherly Love Challenge

Hi again!  This is my second post today so if you are looking for my DT card for this week's Copic/Promarker Challenge on The Outlawz, click here or scroll down one post.  I'm back to share the card I made for the Motherly Love Challenge on Flourishes blog.  The challenge was simply to make a card for a Mom.

Here is my card:

I started with a card base of GKD Green Apple and layered with patterned papers from the Echo Park Victoria Garden 6x6 pad. I stamped the beautiful roses from Flourishes A Year in Flowers 2 set with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Cryogen White and colored with Copic markers.  I cut out the image with a Spellbinders Classic Circle die and framed it with a Spellbinders Lacey Circle diecut.  The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations Sentiments For Mom set.   I didn't add any extra embellishments, just let the pretty roses be the focal point.

Oh, and I used the April Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) from Jen Del Muro's blog for my layout.  I'm also entering my card in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge (spring flowers).

April SFYTT:

Thanks for stopping by again!  See you soon!

Timeless Tuesday #151 (and more)

Hi there!  Happy Monday!  I hope you've had a nice weekend!  It was a 3-day holiday weekend here in the US, so it was kind of a busy one for me.  I didn't have much time in the craft room, but I did manage to finish a card I was making for two challenges I like to do: Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #151 (photo inspiration) and The Paper Players #78 (color challenge).

Here is the photo inspiration for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge:

And here is the color inspiration for The Paper Player's Challenge:

Here is my card for the two challenges:

Lucky for me, the colors were very similar for both, so I went with the colors as my inspiration from the Timeless Tuesday photo.  I started with a card base of GKD Heavy Base Weight White which I cut with my Spellbinders Labels One Grand Nestabilities in the Grand Calibur.    I cut a smaller panel of Cryogen White Iridescent with the largest of the regular Labels One Nesties.  I cut a third panel first with the Cheery Lynn FRM15 Lattice #2 die then the same Spellbinders Labels One die so I could layer the lattice over the Labels One diecut.  I stamped the crocus from Flourishes A Year in Flowers 1 set twice with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Cryogen White and colored both flowers with Copics (YG25, YG23, YG21, G21, G20, R14, R22, R20, R00).  I cut out the whole image from one and just the flowers from the other.  The flowers were popped up on foam tape over the base image to add dimension.  I cut a flourish from SU Pear Pizzazz with the Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish die and layered it on the lattice. The crocus image was popped up on the flourish.  A soft pink May Arts silk bow finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate your visits and hope to see you again soon!

Flourishes Christmas Spirit Challenge

Hi there!  Happy Friday and night before New Year's Eve!  I know you can't even believe the title of my post!  How many times have I said "no more Christmas cards"??  And this isn't even one I need for this year!  I've had this card in the works on my desk since early December and for some reason never made it happen before today.  It is for this month's Christmas Spirit Challenge (FLLCNOEL20) on Flourishes blog.  The theme was to make something Santa-related. 

Here is my Santa card for the challenge:

I started with a card base of GKD Fresh Asparagus and layered with Cranberry Tart and patterned paper from the Webster's Pages Waiting For Santa/Sweet Season Petite Papers pack.  The diecuts were made with Cheery Lynn Border Carnivale and French Pastry Doily dies.  I stamped the Santa snow globe from flourishes Joy Is In The Air set with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Cryogen White and colored with Copics.  I added Ice Glitter and Stickles and Glossy Accents for some added sparkle.  The sentiment is from Flourishes Sentimental Christmas set.  A triple-loop bow of wrinkled ribbon finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by again!  Happy New Year and hope to see you soon!

Color Me Creative Copic Challenge - Golds, Cream and White

Good morning!  Hope you've had a nice weekend!  I have a few gifts to finish up and get in the mail tomorrow, but otherwise, except for cooking, I'm pretty near done with my Christmas preparations.  Never thought I was going to be able to say that!  Before I get back to it, I am here to share another card I made for the Copic Challenge #33 going on now at Suzanne Dean's Color Me Creative Classroom site.  The challenge is to color with only golds, cream and white.  Because this is a very special challenge for a very special cause, we could enter two projects.  To learn more about the charity Suzanne is supporting and all the challenge details, including the amazing prizes, visit here.

Here is one of the inspiration photos for the challenge:

Here is my card:

I used the colors to create another Christmas card.  I started with a card base of GKD Good As Gold and layered with shiny gold patterned paper from the Kaisercraft December 25th pad.  My gorgeous image is from Mo Manning called In The Manger.  You can find it in Mo's store here.  I love the precious face on the angel - just so beautiful!  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored with the following Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E11
Hair: E97, Y11, Y21
Manger: E44, E43, E442, E41, E40, Y28
Straw: YR24, YR23, YR21, YR20, Y28
Wings: YR30
Blanket E53, E51, E50

I matted the image on a circle cut from gold mirror cardstock with a Spellbinders Lacey Circles die.  The sentiment is from Flourishes The First Noel set.  It is stamped with Versamark and embossed with gold detail embossing powder.  It is also matted with gold mirror CS.  I didn't add any other embellishments because I wanted the image and sentiment to take center stage.

Many thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!

Flourishes Noon Challenge #1

Hello, again!  OK, all but a couple of cards are in the mail (the line was so long at the P.O. I'll have to go back tomorrow for the rest), so I am rewarding myself with another quick post to share the card I made for yesterday's Noon Challenge - Night & Day - on the Flourishes blog.  The challenge was to showcase a day or night scene on your card or project.

Here is the card I made for the challenge:

I chose to showcase a night scene using the beautiful stamp set, The First Noel, that I won last month.  I have used it for so many of my cards this year!  I created another CAS Christmas card this time.  The image and sentiment were stamped onto a card base of GKD Heavy Weight White with Versamark and heat embossed with a shimmery dark blue embossing powder from my stash.  The only embellishments were a few rhinestones placed on each star in the night sky.

Thanks for stopping by again.  I appreciate your visits so much, especially at such a busy time!  Have a good night and I'll be back in the morning with my DT card for the Copic/Promarker Challenge on The Outlawz site (and more).

Peace On Earth

Good morning (I sure hope it's still morning)!  I SO shouldn't be near the computer as I have so much still left to do for the holidays, but I wanted to pop in really quickly to share a card I made for a few challenges I like to do.  I have really used the challenges this week to give me the mojo to finish my last minute cards!  As soon as I finish this post, I am off to the post office and get these puppies in the mail!  My card is for Gingerloft Challenge 30 (Christmas and winter), Digital Tuesday #141 (winter wonderland), Joan's Gardens' Weekly Challenge (make a quick Christmas card - anything goes) and finally for The Play Date Cafe #111 (black and white with a splash of teal).

Here is the PDCC Color Story:

Here is my card for the challenges:

I made a super quick CAS Christmas card.  I started with a card base of GKD Heavy Weight White.  My gorgeous image is from Gingerloft called Winter Trees.  I printed it on Cryogen White and lightly shaded the main tree with a touch of teal using Copics.  I added a bunch of Star Dust Stickles to the snow to further accent the splash of teal.  I matted the image with SU Bermuda Bay and silver mirror cardstock then popped it up on foam tape.  The sentiment is from Flourishes The First Noel set.  That is it - another for my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'll be out most of the rest of the day, so have a good one and see you soon!

Peace On Earth

Good morning!  OK, so I shouldn't even be here at the computer since my Christmas cards aren't done and neither is my decorating!  This lingering cold has really sapped my energy and now DH has it, too, so neither one of us accomplished much yesterday.  I have a quick post today to share the card I made for the Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge - The Beauty of Winter - to create a holiday or winter-themed project.

Here is my card:

It was so hard to get a good photo of my card with all the embossing and metal and the mirror card stock!  This is the best one of over twenty I took!  I used another of the gorgeous stamp sets I won last month.  I purposely kept the design very simple so this wonderful image would be the main focus of the card.  It is from Flourishes The First Noel set.  I stamped it with Versamark onto a metal sheet in Brrr Blue (from Add A Little Dazzle) and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.  I matted the image with a piece of silver mirror card stock and popped it up on a base of GKD heavy white white.  The sentiment, also from The First Noel, was also heat embossed with silver.  A single rhinestone on the star finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope to see you again soon!

In The Manger

Good afternoon! I hope you've had a nice weekend!  I am still scrambling to get everything done, but I did manage to make another Christmas card.  I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday #185 for my card.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I just love this beautiful image from Mo Manning called In The Manger.  You can find it in Mo's store here.  I started with a card base of SU Blue Bayou and layered with patterned papers from the Bo Bunny Snowfall 6x6 pad.  I printed the image onto Cryogen White and colored with Copic markers.  I cut it out with Spellbinders Classic Circle Nesties and matted it with doily made with Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs.  The verse is from Flourishes The First Noel set.  It was stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  To make the wonderful image the main focus, my only embellishment was a wide stitched satin bow.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'm off to try to finish addressing my cards and get our tree decorated!  Hope you have a wonderful day!

The Christmas Sweets Challenge - Flourishes

As promised, I'm back with my card for today's Noon Time Challenge on Flourishes blog.  I promise this is it for me for today!  The "Christmas Sweets Challenge" was a color challenge - to use red, white and soft green for our project. 

Here is the inspiration photo:

Here is my card for the challenge:



I started with a card base of GKD Heavy Base Weight White and added a couple of patterned papers from the Melissa Frances Deck The Halls 6x6 pad.  I stamped the image from the Flourishes Meet Me Under The Mistletoe set with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  I cut out the image with a Spellbinders Lacey Circle Die.  I added a few silver pearls to the image frame and card.  The sentiment from Flourishes A Gift For You was also stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black.  A double-loop satin bow and a Webster's Pages Sparkler finished my card. 

That's it for me for the day!  I'll be back tomorrow with my DT card for the Copic/Promarker Challenge on The Outlawz site!  Hope you'll stop by!

Tag - You're It! Challenge - Flourishes

Hi there!  Another quick post today to share the tag I made for yesterday's Flourishes Noon Time Challenge - Tag, You're It!  The challenge was to create a tag or use a tag on a card.  I'm having so much fun playing along with the challenges this week!

Here is my tag:

I chose to make just a tag.  I am hoping to make lots of these for my holiday gifts! I used images from Flourishes A Gift For You set.  I stamped it on Cryogen White with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copics. It was cut out with a Spellbinders Labels Fourteen die and sponged a bit with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I tied on some ribbon and that was it.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back soon with my project for today's Noon Time Challenge.

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #143

Hi again!  I'm back for another quick post.  I've been procrastinating on all my chores and instead snuck in another quick card today!  It is for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #143 which was to use the double embossing technique on our card.   I love the look of this technique but rarely think to do it. 

Here is my card:

I started with a card base of GKD Heavy Base Weight White.  I did my background embossing with the Cuttlebug Tiffany folder using a Spellbinders Labels Twenty cardboard mask.  I then embossed the clear area with the same Labels Twenty die.    I stamped the image from Flourishes Meet Me Under The Mistletoe set with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copics.  I stamped the image again on Cryogen White, colored it and popped it up on the base image.  The sentiment is also from Meet Me Under The Mistletoe.  I was so lucky to have won that set during last month's release and I couldn't wait to use it!  A few pearls on the kissing ball finished my simple card.

Thanks for stopping by again!  I really appreciate it!  See you soon!

Joan's Gardens Challenge

Good morning!  Hope you've had a nice weekend so far!  Other than almost setting the garage on fire (long story!), mine's been good!  Before I head out for the day, I'm popping by to share the project I made for this week's challenge over on Joan's Gardens' blog.  This week, the challenge was to make a pizza box using Selma's tutorial, use Christmas paper and create and decorate a belly band for the box. 

Here is my box:

I didn't have any 12x12 sheets of Graphic 45 Christmas paper, so I went with last year's Christmas paper from Basic Grey called Jovial.  I used one pattern for the box and another for the belly band.  I created the poinsettia with Spellbinders Layered Poinettia dies.  The "holly" leaves were made using the next larger Layered Poinsettia die.  I added a few gold adhesive pearls to the flower center and attached it to the belly band.  The tag image is from Flourishes A Gift For You set.  I stamped it on Cryogen White and colored it with Copics.  I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the ornaments.  The tag was cut out with a Spellbinders Labels Fourteen die and sponged while still in the die with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink.  A bit of turquoise twine finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!