Beautiful Kindness

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Sep 132011

Today is the first time I get to be the hostess for the Timeless Tuesday challenge. I am very excited. My challenge is easy. Create a shaped card. Anything other then the regular (and sometimes boring) 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card size.

I love making circle and oval cards but for my sample, I made another Petal card. Splitcoaststampers posted my tutorial for the petal card last week. I couldn’t wait to make another one, this time softer then the Halloween card I had made before.

I started out with cutting and embossing Kraft cardstock with the largest of the Eyelet Circle Nestabilities. I cut four circles for my card base.
Next I cut two white cardstock circles as well as two slightly smaller MME Lost & Found Blush Paper circles with Classic Circle Nestabilities. The regular circles were cut in half and the patterned paper circles were stitched to the white half circles.

The Kraft circles were scored in half and the half circles were adhered to one half of each circle. Then the circles were adhered together to create a Petal card base.

White Crochet Lace was stitched to a 1 7/8″ x 10″ strip of MME Lost & Found 2 paper before it was adhered together to create my belly band. White Silk Ribbon was tied around and topped with a pink button.

A white piece of cardstock was cut and embossed with the second largest of the Beaded Circle Nestabilities. One of the sentiments from the Zinnias stamp set was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink in the center of the circle. The circle was sponged with Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress ink and the Zinnia head image was stamped to the lower right of the sentiment circle with Antique Linen ink. Part of a pearl swirl on the lower right of the sentiment panel and on the upper right of the Petal card base finish off the card front.

 

 

For the inside a 1 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ strip of MME Lost & Found paper was adhered to a 3 3/4″ square of white cardstock. The corners were rounded before the layers were stitched to a 3 15/16″ square of brown cardstock, that had each corner rounded as well.

The Zinnia bunch was stamped over the layers with Antique linen on the right hand side. On the left bottom of the paper strip another sentiment was stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento ink.

Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:

Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger

I hope you have time to participate in the challenge! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Playing with Water

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Sep 062011

Today’s Timeless Tuesday challenge hostess is Maki. She is challenging us to use water on our card/project. Well…when I read that I thought of the Gel Card Tutorial that I needed to overhaul. While it’s not 100% according to the challenge….I think it works because it looks like water.

First I adhered two pieces of MME Lost & Found paper together along with a strip of Venice Lace to create a 4 1/4″ x 5″ layer. The bottom corners were rounded and the paper was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock.

Next a window was cut into the layers with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die. A bag with hair gel was adhered behind it. Three fish from the Waterlilies set were stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Solar White cardstock, colored with Copic Markers and cut out. The fish were adhered to a 3 1/4″ square of MME Lost & Found Paper and it was placed behind the window. The layers were adhered with dimensionals – since the gel bag made them a bit bulky – to the card base, a 4 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Kraft cardstock, folded in half.

A frame was cut and embossed with  Classic and Beaded Circle Nestabilities dies, adhered over the window and topped with Want2Scrap Pearls. A sentiment from the Waterlily set was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink on a piece of Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with another Classic Circle Nestabilities die. The edges were sponged with Antique Linen Distress ink and the small water lily image was partially stamped over the sentiment.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

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Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:

Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger

I hope you have time to participate in the challenge! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Let's play Bingo!

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Aug 302011

Today’s Timeless Tuesday challenge hostess is Silke. She asks us to play Bingo! For my card I picked the center row (embossing, pearls and embossing).

I stamped an image from the Zinnia set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers (Flowers: RV63, RV66, RV69   Stems and leaves: YG61, YG63, YG67   center: YR15, E37, E29   background: B0000, B000). The image was cut with the largest Lacey Oval Nestabilities die. The image was first sponged with Antique Linen, then with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress inks. The edge of the oval was paper pierced.

A strip of white paper was cut and embossed with an Eyelet Borderabilities die. It was adhered under a 2 1/4″ wide strip of MME Lost & Found paper which was in turn taped on a 5″ square from another Lost & Found Paper line. The layers were cut with the smallest of the Grand Circle Nestabilities die.

The circle was stitched to a bigger piece of white cardstock that was hand cut into a slightly bigger circle. White Silk Ribbon was tied around the horizontal strip and topped with a pink button. The image layer was adhered with dimensionals. Pink Flower Pins were stuck behind the ribbon and image.

A sentiment from the same set was stamped on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the smalest Petite Oval Nestabilities die and sponged like the main image.  Since I knew I would place the sentiment partially over the main image, I stamped the part that I would hide under the sentiment over the sentiment layer in second generation Vintage Photo ink.

The card base was cut and embossed with the second smallest Grand Scallop Oval Nestabilities die. The layers were adhered to the card base with dimensionals. Baby Bling white pearls finish off the card.

Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:
Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
Allison Cope – August Guest Designer

I hope you have time to participate in this challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Charming Gardeners

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Aug 232011

Today’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge is to create a card with a sentiment as a focal point. I hadn’t made an Accordion Card in AGES, so I combined this challenge with a remake of the old Accordion Card tutorial.

For my covers I used the largest of the Nestaboard Label 1 pieces. Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden paper was cut with the largest Label 1 Nestabilities die. I ran the patterned paper pieces were run through my Xyron and adhered to the Nestaboard pieces. Next the paper was slightly sanded for a softer look.

The largest of silver Rhinestones Label 1 Nestabling was adhered to the front cover. The card was tied shut with May Arts ivory Organdy Ribbon.

A piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock was cut and embossed with Nestabilities Label 18. A sentiment from Butterflies & Blossoms was stamped in it’s center with Rich Cocoa Memento ink. Flowers from the same set were stamped in Antique Linen partly over the label. The inside was sponged first with Antique Linen and then with Vintage Photo Distress ink. The label was adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals.

I didn’t have the right color green Rhinestones to match the green on the paper so I colored silver Rhinestones and a partial Silver Rhinestone swirl with Copic Marker YG96. On top of the rhinestone swirl I added a tissue flower cut with the smallest of the Eyelet Circle Nestabilities die. The flower was stained with a mix of water, Tattered Rose and Fired Brick Distress Reinker plus a tiny big of Perfect Pearls. Once it tried I added an orange Rhinestone to finish it off.

The inside pages were also created out of Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden paper. The corners of the papers were rounded with my Corner Chomper. The first page was decorated with a piece of Neenah Solar White paper cut and embossed with the 3rd biggest Label 1 Nestabilities die. The image is from Flourishes newly released Sweet Days of Summer stamp set. It was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.

The label was sponged with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress ink and the edges were paper pierced. Kindred Spirits, a sentiment from the same set, was stamped in Antique Linen ink behind the image. The layer was adhered to the page with dimennsionals.

The second page includes a pocket on the bottom. A small tag was cut with a Label 18 Nestabilities die out of white cardstock. A butterfly from Butterfly and Blossoms was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink . The label was sponged with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo ink before it was slipped in the pocket. Part of a Silver Finesse Swirl (want2scrap) as adhered to the pocket.

The third page holds a label cut and embossed with a Label 13 Nestabilities die. A sentiment from Sweet Days of Summer was stamped in it’s center. Like the other pieces it was sponged. Flowers from Butterflies & Blossoms set were stamped over the label with Antique Linen. The label was adhered to the page with dimensionals.

The last page was decorated with the other half of the swirl from the pocket page.

Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:
Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
Allison Cope – August Guest Designer

I hope you have time to participate in this challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Copic Certification coming to town!
Lori Craig and Jennifer Balcer will be teaching a Copic Certification class here in Oklahoma City on the 26th of August. I will be there as well. It will be fun! I hope to see some of you there!!!

Flippin' Thanks

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Aug 162011

It’s Tuesday and it’s time for another Timeless Tuesday Challenge at the Flourishes Blog. This time Heather is the hostess. Her challenge is a List. Add Pink, Lace, Ribbon and button on your card.

For my card I used the gorgeous new Flip stamp set called With Gratitude. You will get it for free once you order $100 at Flourishes. I started with cutting and embossing a piece of Kraft cardstock with the second largest of the Lattice Rectangle Nestabilities dies. I cut a 2″ x 2 5/8″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock for the inside of the rectangle panel and stamped one of the images from With Gratitude in Tuxedo Black Memento ink in it’s center. The image was colored with Copic Markers (R00, R20, R21, G20, G21, G24, YR21, YR24, E37) . The edges were sponged with Antique Linen and a bit for Frayed Burlap Distress ink before the image was stitched into the Lattice Rectangle.

For the layout I used the sketch from last weeks sketch challenge on Splitcoast.

Two 3 3/4″ wide pieces of Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden paper were adhered overlapping. Retired Webster’s Pages Lace trim was adhered over the are where the two pieces overlap. The paper was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Kraft cardstock. A white Pearl Bracket from Want2Scrap was adhered to the upper edge of the layers.

Part of a sentiment was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a piece of white cardstock that had been cut and embossed with the retired 5 in 1 Tag from Spellbinders. The center was sponged with Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap and part of the flower image was stamped over the sentiment. White Organdy Ribbon was tied around the image layer and the tag was tied around the bow with Linen thread and topped with a button. Small white pearls from Want2Scrap were adhered to the lower left side and one on top of the Linen thread bow

The layers were adhered to a 1/4″ bigger piece of white cardstock. The card base is a a 4 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Coral cardstock folded in half. The bottom of the card base was cut and embossed with a piece of Grand Scallop Square Nestabilities die.

 

Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:
Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
Allison Cope – August Guest Designer

I hope you have time to participate in this challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Copic Certification coming to town!
Lori Craig and Jennifer Balcer will be teaching a Copic Certification class here in Oklahoma City on the 26th of August. I will be there as well. It will be fun! I hope to see some of you there!!!

Wild For Watermelon

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Aug 092011

It’s time for another Timeless Tuesday challenge. This time the Timeless Tuesday Blog team paired up with the Design team to show you samples for the soon to be released Flourishes Wild For Watermelon set. Isn’t it gorgeous? I say “SWEET (Action)” all the time….the sentiment is perfect for me!

This weeks challenge hostess is Tammy. She challenges you to use fruit on your card. Either as an image or on paper. Create a card, post it on your blog or an online gallery and link it over at the Flourishes Blog for a chance to win a $10 gift code. Make sure to comment on each Timeless Tuesday designer to be eligible to win.

For my card base I cut  and embossed a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock that had been folded in half with the largest of the Lattice Rectangle Nestabilities die. Another single Lattice Rectangle was cut out of the same cardstock. The big watermelon image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers (Watermelon: YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17  Prismacolor Pencil Olive Green (911)   Watermelon slice: YG0000, YG00, R22, R24, R29   Leaves: YG61, YG63, YG67    Ground: E30, E31, E33, E35  Prismacolor Pencil Sepia (948)). The sky was airbrushed with Copic Marker B12.

Black Gingham Ribbon from May Arts was threaded through the lattice border and tied around the upper part of the layer after part of a Want2Scrap Rhinestone swirl was adhered to the upper right hand side. A Recollection Rhinestone brad finishes off the bow. The stamped layer was adhered to the card base.

Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:
Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Cindy Lawrence
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
Allison Cope – August Guest Designer

I hope you have time to participate in this challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Copic Certification coming to town!
Lori Craig and Jennifer Balcer will be teaching a Copic Certification class here in Oklahoma City on the 26th of August. I will be there as well. It will be fun! I hope to see some of you there!!!

Timeless Tuesday - Favorite Flowers

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Aug 022011

Nothing better then getting back into the groove of stamping then challenges!!! I am very excited to announce that I am now on the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge team. If you read my blog you know that I LOVE Flourishes stamps. They are so much fun to color and create gorgeous cards easily.

Today’s challenge is to use your favorite flowers on your card or project. Favorite flowers are hard to pick for me. I love daisies, peonies, tulips and most other flowers. I haven’t used any of the stamps from the last release (darn that move!) and was eager to play with Sweet Nature.

I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with the largest Label 9 Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers (YG01, YG03, YG17, RV63, RV66), masked and then sponged with Antique Linen Distress ink while the label die was placed over the die cut. Next I stamped the background script from Sweet Nature as well as the big Ranunculus bloom in Antique Linen. The layer was adhered to a piece of black cardstock that was hand cut to a slightly bigger layer. Black Rhinestones Label 9 Nestabling was adhered around the image.

 

A 4 1/4″ wide strip of white cardstock was cut and embossed with one of the Parisian Accent dies and adhered to a 2″ x 4 1/4″ strip of Echo Park Walk in the Park Patterned Paper. The strips were adhered to a 4 1/4″ x 5″ piece of the same paper pack. The layers were adhered to a 1/4″ bigger piece of black cardstock, white organdy ribbon was tied around the horizontal strips and everything was adhered to the card base, a 4 3/4″ x 11″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock.

The sentiment panel was cut and embossed out a Neenah Solar White cardstock with another Parisian Accent die. The die cut was sponged with Antique Linen and a bit of Vintage Photo Distress ink. The sentiment was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink in the center of the die cut.Black Rhinestone baby bling from Want2Scrap were added to the tag.

The main image was adhered over the horizontal strip with dimensionals. The sentiment panel was adhered to the lower right of the image. Another piece of white cardstock was cut and embossed with another one of the Parisian Accent die and adhered to the lower left of the card.

Please check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Team members:
Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger

As well as the Guest Designer for the month of August Allison Cope.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

P.S.: In case you are wondering why I am not sewing…..I had my sewing machine for at least 13 years and thought it was time to send it to the Spa. It needed some pampering. I won’t get it back until next Monday.

 

Bring Back Beautiful - The Beauty of a Flower

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May 022011

The Beauty of a Flower! They say April showers bring May flowers, so let’s show off those beautiful blossoms! This month’s Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge is to be inspired by those gorgeous botanicals every stamper loves! Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creation here to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB10. You have until May 31st 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 True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

For my sample today I used the new Orchids set. I love this big branch of gorgeous flowers. I haven’t seen too many orchids, so I googled Orchid images and picked a white/yellow one for my color sample. As layout I used Silke’s sketch for last week’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge.

I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut it with a Label 21 Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers (Blossoms: N0, N1, Y13, Y15, Y17   Stem: YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17    Sky: B0000, B000, B00).  The image was adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock that was hand cut into a slightly bigger layer.

Two strips of white cardstock were cut and embossed with Floral Doily Accents border die. The istrips were adhered to a 2 1/4″ wide strip of Echo Park Springtime paper. That was adhered to a square piece of Springtime paper.  All the layers were cut and embossed with a Grand Circle Nestabilities dies. The circle was adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock that was hand cut to a slightly bigger layer. May Arts Silk Ribbon was tied around the vertical layer before  the layers were adhered to the card base, Kraft cardstock cut and embossed with Grand Scallop Circle Nestabilities.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set Orchids. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on White cardstock, cut and embossed with Circle Nestabilities and colored with Copic Markers (B000, B00). The layer was adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with a Floral Doily Motif die. Clear Kaisercraft Rhinestones finish off the card.

Be sure to check out the rest of the team by clicking on over to see…..

  • Cindy Coutts
  • Heather Jensen – will be up a little late, she lives in tornado affected Alabama, please keep her in your prayers!!
  • Julie Koerber
  • Kathy Jones
  • Laura Fredrickson


    • Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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    Beauty of Dreams

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    Mar 272011

    The new Flourishes set Lenten Rose is so beautiful! I had to use it when I saw the color challenge on Splitcoast this week: Regal Rose, So Saffron,  Pear Pizzaz.  I combined with the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge, which was to use Masking on your card.

    I started out by stamping the bigger image of that set twice in opposite corners of a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I cut out the inner leaves and petals with a hobby knife so I could use the Out of the Box technique with a Petite Oval Nestabilities die.

    The flowers were colored with Copic Markers (R20, R21, R43, R46, YG03, YG25, YG67, E97, E99, E09, E18, 1/5th YR31, YR31), then masked with Eclipse Tape. The blank spots on the paper were stamped with a sentiment from Butterflies & Blossoms in Scattered Straw Distress ink. Then the edges of the paper were first sponged in Scattered Straw, then just a hint of Vintage Photo.

    A piece of Really Rust cardstock was cut with the next smaller Oval die and the edges were colored with Copic Marker E09 to match the flowers. A sentiment from Flourishes Life Lines was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was sponged with Scattered Straw ink and adhered behind the oval window. The edges of the inner oval were paper pierced.

    The layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Solar White cardstock before all the layers were adhered to a 5 3/4″ x 9″ piece of Really Rust cardstock folded in half. Again the outer edges of the card front had been colored with Copic Marker E09 to match the flower centers.

    To finish off the card parts of a Zva Creative Rhinestone swirl were adhered around the outer edges of the oval window. Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.

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