Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC97)! Peppermint Fries!

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC97)! This week Maki Jones is our challenge host! Maki is challenging us to a theme! The theme is all about food and drink! Create a card or project that showcases some yummy treats either real or stamped! We look forward to seeing what delicious looking creations you make!

For the food and drink challenge, I decided to have alittle bit of fun with one of my Christmas favorites.  I just love the chalky textured peppermint sticks.  The only place locally I can find them is at the Cracker Barrel.  One day last week, my son and I did the drive through thing at a local restaurant called Smithfield's Barbeque!  We decide to share a small french fry. The fries were served in this fabulous red and white container.  As soon as I saw it, the lightbulb went off.  I thought "peppermint fries!"  I went buy the other day and was only charged alittle over a buck for more than a dozen.  How cool is that?  I am using the Flourishes Sweets of the Seasons for the candy cane cluster and sentiment.  I layered the image with a Spellbinder's lacey circle and used some tissue paper and the project was done.

I also did a separate card for today's SCS Color Combo Challenge CC301!  We are using concord crush, marine mist, and basic/going gray!   For this card I am using Flourishes, Damask bg for the punched out ornament.  I am using Christmas Music to go behind the sentiment from Santa, I Believe stamp sets. 

I am using the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges 67.  Cafe Character: Glitter ABC Christmas challenge - Y=yuletide (holly and berries and red and green) Alphabet challenge -G is for glitter (used gel pen and glitter cardstock)Craft Your Days Away - Punch it out Crafty Pad - Heat or Dry Embossing Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes Die Cut Dreams Christmas - A Christmas Carol ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")Fresh Brewed Challenges - Sparkle & ShineLet's Ink It Up - Christmas with sparkle &; bling   Lots to do - GlitzMami Doodles - Anything Goes Opus Gluei - Getting Frosted    Stampin' with the Dragon - make it sparkle  Sugar Sweet Paper Treats - Anything Goes OSAAT-Anything Goes

 As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Be sure to check out the blog team designers to see what they created with the food and drink theme challenge!

• Cindy H.
• Dee
• Silke
• Maki
• Barbara

Flourishes FTTC45 and SCS CC248!

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC45)! This week Cindy Haffner is our challenge host. Cindy is challenging us to gatefold cards. Here are a couple of links to help you get started from SCS. Gatefold 1 and Gatefold 2. Gatefold 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. We love to see what you create.

For my gatefold card, I am using Flourishes Birds and Vine and Falling Leaves stamp sets. I cut and measured the card and cut side panels before I started stamping. Since I generally do 5.5 squared cards, I stayed with this size for my gatefold. I was unable to use my score pal since it does not have a 2.75 score marking. I used my Fiskars cutting tool and my stylus to create these two score lines at either end of my cardstock.

I stamped, colored, shadowed, and sponged my own background paper panels starting with Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock. I used the flower image from the Birds and Vine set. I colored with Flourishes Copic Color Collection and accented with an Inkssentials white opaque pen.

This card is also for today's SCS Color Challenge(CC248)! Artichokes, Bananas, and Razzleberries! I sponged the edges with barely banana and touched just alittle with a bordeaux on the focal image. My sentiment is from the Falling Leaves set. This week's Color Combo Challenge(CC248) with dessert option is velvet, velour, or velveteen. I added some black velvet ribbon to the corners. I finished with some tiny MS butterflies and gold pearls. The larger butterfly is sort of holding the gatefold card closed. I say sort of because it keeps popping open. Must fix this! LOL!!!

Please check out the other blog team designer's cards to see what they created with the limited challenge for you this week.

Maki Jones

Silke Ledlow
Cindy Haffner
Dee Jackson

Stamps Flourishes Birds and Vines and Falling Leaves, SU En Francaise bg

Paper Always Artichoke, Rich Razzleberry, Flourishes Classic Ivory

Ink Always Artichoke, Bordeaux, Barely Banana, PTI dark chocolate

Accessories Nestabilities Petite Rectangles, MS butterfly punch, sponges, copics, black velvet ribbon, gold pearls, stylus