Timeless Tuesday ~ Touch of Gold!

Howdy all!  It's time for another Timeless Tuesday Challenge over at Flourishes!

This week the lovely Katie is our hostess and she is challenging us to use a TOUCH OF GOLD this week!

For my card this week I grabbed some Easter stamps to try and get ahead on making those for my family and friends this year.

I started by using my Silhouette and cutting some Classic White Cardstock using the Easter Wishes Silhouette Cut File.  Then I stamped my egg image from the corresponding stamp set, Easter Wishes, using Memento "Tuxedo Black" ink.

Next I took the beautiful Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames Die and cut a piece using white cardstock again.  Then I using some Versamark ink and stamped the sweet gingham image from the  Berry Sweet Frames stamp set onto my embossed cardstock and added some gold embossing powder.

Too add further gold touches to my card, not only did I emboss with gold powder but I also added some gold pearls, and I added some gold pen detail to edges of all of my patterned papers and also the edges of the bow on the egg too!

Then I coloured in my images using Copic Markers:

B91, BG10, BG53, R11, R12, 

Y000, Y00, Y11, YG17, YG21 and YG23.

Here is a close up my gold embossing and coloured Easter egg image...

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday, #337, for my card design today....

Next week will be my final week with Flourishes so make sure you take a moment and not only take a moment to leave some love on my fellow design team blogs but make sure to play along with us too!  Good luck everyone!

Come and join along with us this week for our "touch of gold" challenge!  Be sure to visit the rest of the DT’s blogs and leave them a little blog love too….

• Allison Cope - you are here!
  
• Deborah Anton
• Katie Sims

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Easter Wishes, Berry Sweet Frames)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic White
patterned papers: Carta Bella (Sew Lovely), Bo Bunny (Happy Tails)
die cut shapes: Flourishes Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames
ink:  Memento, Copic Markers, Versamark
ribbon:  American Crafts
gold pen: Sakura
tools:  Silhouette
gold pearls:  Recollections
other: embossing powder.

Timeless Tuesday ~ It's a Wash! & Some News

Howdy fellow stamp lovers!!! It's time for another fun and fabulous challenge for Timeless Tuesday Challenge!


This week our lovely hostess, Deborah, is challenging us to...

Thanks Deb for a fabulous challenge this week.... you see, I am a washi hoarder!  Yup... I admit it! But for some reason I hardly ever use it so this week's challenge was a great push to use all the fun washi tapes I have stashed away.  Okay... so I truthfully only used one but that's a start right?  LOL!

For some reason, I had Christmas on my mind for this week's card... so I went with it!

So I began with a simple die cut circle for my step-card and then I stamped the leaves and berries image from the glorious "Winter Berries" stamp set using "Rich Cocoa" Memento ink on to Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock.

I coloured in my image using Copic Markers:

E30, E31, E33, R43, R46, R56, 

YG21, TG93, YG95, YG97 and YR000.

With my circle still in the die, I added some Ranger Distress Inks, "Antique Linen" and "Tea Dye", to the edges to make the ivory frame stand out a little more.  Then I added some pretty lace to the back and also an inked die cut piece with some pearls.

For my greeting, it also came from the "Winter Berries" stamp set. I used "Rich Cocoa" Memento ink on to Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock and then fussy cut it for my card front.

Now... where is my washi tape you ask?  Actually... it's the red and white stripes on the bottom of the front panel and it's also in my back panel too.  It's a cool thin washi tape made by Tim Holtz!

 
For the finishing touch, I used my Sakura "Glaze" pen and added some shine to my berries and sentiment...

Thanks for stopping by today! 

I do have a bit of sad news though... I have made the decision to step down from Flourishes at the end of the month.  I've had an amazing time creating with some truly out standing ladies at Flourishes over the years.  And Jan Marie and Mike have been so good to me but I know it's time to move on to new things... exciting things!  I'll be sharing my "exciting things" news on the 15th here on my blog.   So stay tuned!

And some happy news.... this is officially my 1400th blog post and I wanna reward one of my readers! I have a variety of brand new Flourishes stamp sets in my possession that you can't buy at the moment and YOU could be the proud new owners of them!!!  HOW you ask?  Just simply leave a comment below... it's as simple as that!  I will randomly choose a winner and post them on next week's Timeless Tuesday post! Good luck!

Come and join along with us this week for our washi tape inspired challenge!  Be sure to visit the rest of the DT’s blogs and leave them a little blog love too….

• Allison Cope - you are here!
  
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Winter Berries)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock, Flourishes "Evergreen" Collection
patterned papers: Fancy Pants Designs (Merry Little Christmas)
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink:  Memento, Ranger Distress, Copic Markers
lace, pearls:  unknown
glaze pen:  Sakura 
washi tape:  Tim Holtz
other: thread.

Timeless Tuesday... MASKuerade!

Howdy fellow stamp lovers!!! It's time for another fun and fabulous challenge for Timeless Tuesday Wednesday! LOL!!!

Welcome to another fabulous Timeless Tuesday Challenge here at Flourishes!  I'm Ally and I'm your hostess this week.


This week I am challenging you to...

Now you can take this as a LITERAL "mask" image or you can take it as "masking - a technique where you place something over your image or cardstock so you don't apply ink to it".  You may use a mask in helping you create a fun landscape, a cloudy sky or creating a multiple imaged area where your stamps overlap one another.  It's your choice on how you interpret the word "mask" in this case... just have FUN with it!

So today, I thought I'd keep my card super simple and let the stamps speak for themselves!

For my card example today, I thought I'd stick to the masking technique so I took some Classic Ivory Cardstock and the beautiful tulip image from the "Thank You" stamp set and masked off a line of tulips on my card.  I then coloured my tulips with Copic Markers.

Here's a close of my blooms...

So grab some stamps and let's see you MASKuerade this week!  Can't wait to see what you create using my challenge this week!

For my card this week, I used the newest Card Sketch from Splitcoaststampers, SC478:

 
Come and join along with us this week!
Be sure to visit the rest of the DT’s blogs and leave them a little blog love….

• Allison Cope - you are here!
  
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Thank You)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic Ivory

die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic Markers
metallic string: Flourishes.

Timeless Tuesday ~ Lots of Dots!

  

Hello fellow Flourishes fans! It's Tuesday and we're here with another fantastic Timeless Tuesday Challenge for you! Have you checked out the latest and greatest Gambler's Sale this week? You don't want to miss this... it's 50% off everything in the store. Things go fast, so shop now to ensure you get all those stamps on your "must have" list! Click here for more details and your shopping code.

Hey gang... welcome back to another fabulous Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  This week, the fabulous Jenny is our hostess and she is challenging us to...

There's nothing better than DOTS right everyone?  When in need of a fabulous addition to your cards or art work, why not try a lotta dots!

Today I thought I'd share another "experiment" with you!  I love to mix patterns and layer inks and use stencils and this card uses it ALL!

I began with a piece of Classic White Cardstock and I took the fun cycling bear from the newest Flourishes stamp release, "Under the Big Top" and I thought... let's try the "kiss" technique with these stamps since the whole stamp set contains the perfect kind of stamp for this technique... silhouettes!

What's the "kiss" technique you ask?  Well here's how to do it...

First you want to find a base stamp that doesn't have a lot of detail and has a lot of flat surface to it... silhouette style stamps are perfect for this.  Next you want to find 2 colours of ink that look okay together when you mix or layer them on one another; I chose Memento "Cantaloupe" and "Love Letter". And finally, you need another detail type stamp like an ornate back ground stamp.  For my detail stamp, I chose one of my favourite stamps, Vintage Wallpaper.  (Another good one would be our "Antique Lace" stamp.)

Take your darker ink and ink up your detail stamp.  You can try all kinds of colour combos but experiment first on scrap paper to see what inks work best together.  I mean... if you don't want to have green on your project don't choose yellow and blue ink = hence they make green when combined!

Next, ink up your silhouette stamp using the lighter ink.

Then take that silhouette stamp and literally lay it right on top of your inked detailed stamp hence you are kissing the two stamps together!

Next stamp your now kissed stamp onto your cardstock...

VOILA!!  Your silhouette image has picked up the darker ink from the detail stamp and its stuck to your silhouette image stamp.  Now you have a beautiful pattern all over your silhouette in only a few super simple steps!  Cool right?

Here's a close up of my card front detail...

Did you notice...

• I have pink polka dots on the front panel? (That is what our challenge is all about this week!!!)  I made them by spraying my Copic Markers with an air brush through a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil called "Dot Fade".  There are even some stars in the back ground if you look closely (I used Copic Blender Solution and the Tim Holtz stencil "Stars" to remove the ink!).
• The dark pink polka dots on my ruffled ribbon?  Yup... I took some plain white Seam Binding Ribbon, air brushed it to match my Copic Markers (RV23, RV25) and also used my "Dot Fade" stencil again to add dots with Copic RV29!
• Even my back ground has more Vintage Wallpaper stamped on it and a tiny strip of the fabulous Classic Black Cardstock to add a touch of black back in.
• I used the same kiss technique for my cycling bear but I took a Copic Multiliner 0.3 and traced around the edge of the image to make her stand out a bit more!
• All of the white back ground of the card base is covered in circus balls and steps using the kiss technique.  It turned out so cute and unique!

I hope you enjoyed your stop hear and maybe even learned something new.  Be sure to visit the DT's blogs and leave them a little blog love...

• Allison Cope -- you are here!
  
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims

Thanks for stopping by! We hope you'll join us this week for our fantastic challenge.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Under the Big Top, Vintage Wallpaper)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic White & Black Cardstock

die cut shapes: Spellbinders (for masking)
ink:  Memento, Copic Markers
ribbon:Flourishes Seam Binding Ribbon
tools:  Tim Holtz (Dot Fade & Stars" stencils
buttons:  Queen & Co.
other: thread.

Timeless Tuesday ~ "Wood" You Be Mine?

  

Hello fellow Flourishes fans! It's Tuesday and we're here with another fantastic Timeless Tuesday Challenge for you! Have you checked out the latest and greatest Gambler's Sale this week? You don't want to miss this... it's 40% off everything in the store. Things go fast, so shop now to ensure you get all those stamps on your "must have" list! Click here for more details and your shopping code.

Hey gang... welcome back to another fabulous Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  This week, the fabulous Katie is our hostess and she is challenging us to...

In the summer, I happened up this cute patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers called "Happy Campers" and I fell in love with the colour scheme and patterned papers inside.  Since this collection had not 1, not 2 but 5 different wood grain papers I thought it would be prefect for my card this week.  And what stamp set would be more perfect for these papers you ask?.... well... S'more Fun! of course!

I started off by die cutting some Classic Ivory Cardstock in two different shapes and stamping my sentiment and images from the S'more Fun! stamp collection in Memento "Rich Cocoa" ink.

Then I coloured my image and highlighted my sentiment using the following Copic Markers:

BG11, BG13, E27, E33, E34, E53, E55, E81, 

N0, N2, N3, Y17, YR12, YR18, YR21 and YR31

I stamped some chevrons suing some Memento "Cantaloupe" ink from the So Distressed stamp set and then added them along with some "Peach" Seam Binding Ribbon and some fun buttons.

To complete the inside of my card, I stamped the cute little camper image from the S'more Fun! stamp collection in Memento "Cantaloupe" ink and some more chevrons from the So Distressed stamp collection.

I hope you'll play along with our wood themed challenge this week.  Be sure to visit the DT's blogs and leave them a little blog love...

• Allison Cope -- you are here!
  
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims

Thanks for stopping by! We hope you'll join us this week for our fantastic challenge.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (S'more Fun, So Distressed)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock, Bazzill
patterned papers: We R Memory Keepers (Happy Camper)
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (Classic Ovals, Labels)
ink:  Memento, Copic Markers, Ranger Distress
ribbon: Flourishes
buttons:  Bo Bunny
jute twine:  Darice
other: thread.

Timeless Tuesday ~ Red with Love

  

Hello fellow Flourishes fans! It's Tuesday and we're here with another fantastic Timeless Tuesday Challenge for you! Have you checked out the latest and greatest Gambler's Sale this week? You don't want to miss this... it's 30% off everything in the store. Things go fast, so shop now to ensure you get all those stamps on your "must have" list! Click here for more details and your shopping code.

Hey gang... welcome back to another fabulous Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  This week, the lovely Deborah is our hostess and she is challenging us to...

For my red love card, I chose to go cheeky... and child-like and FUN!  I began by cutting out a cute little photo frame using Classic Black Cardstock from my Silhouette.  Then I took some white ink and added some graphic dots from the "So Distressed" stamp collection to "digi-it-up"!

Then I added a piece of Classic White Cardstock to the back of the frame, stamped again with the graphic dots using Memento "London Fog" ink and then I stamped the super cute little robo-fella  from the "Tokens of Affection" stamp set.  I stamped my robot again to colour and fussy cut out.

I coloured my little robot using Copic Markers:

BV31, R000, R00, R30, R32, R35, R37, W0, W2 and W4.

For my sentiment, I first taped off the words "love" and "you" and stamped it in black ink and then I taped off the rest and stamped the last two words in red ink.  I then took a Copic Multiliner 0.3 and traced around the red words.

Here's a close up... I added some Stickles to my hearts...

For my design today, I used the latest sketch from Retro Sketches, #100:

Thanks for joining me today!  I hope I've inspired you today to pick up some stamps and have fun colouring a fun love and red inspired card!  Be sure to visit the DT's blogs and leave them a little blog love...

• Allison Cope -- you are here!
  
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims

Thanks for stopping by! We hope you'll join us this week for our fantastic challenge.

EDITED TO ADD:
I almost forgot to announce my stampy winners...

Congrats to commenters #10 and  #15...

 

Congrats ladies!  I'm off to email you right now!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Tokens of Affection, So Distressed)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic White Cardstock 
washi tapes: My Mind's Eye, Ranger
die cut shapes:  Silhouette
inks:  Memento, Copic Markers
buttons:Queen & Co.
tools: Silhouette, Stickles, Scor-Buddy
gems:  Doodlebug Designs
pen: Copic.

Timeless Tuesday ~ Radiant Orchid

  

Hello fellow Flourishes fans! It's Tuesday and we're here with another fantastic Timeless Tuesday Challenge for you! Have you checked out the latest and greatest Gambler's Sale this week? You don't want to miss this... it's 20% off everything in the store. Things go fast, so shop now to ensure you get all those stamps on your "must have" list! Click here for more details and your shopping code. 

This week I am your hostess and I am challenging you to create using the newest Pantone Color of the year... Radiant Orchid... but any shade of purple will do!

 

According to the Pantone View, "Since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute™ has been designating a Color of the Year to express in color what is taking place in the global zeitgeist. A color that will resonate around the world, the PANTONE Color of the Year is a reflection of what people are looking for, what they feel they need that color can help to answer. Not necessarily the hot fashion color of the moment, but a color crossing all areas of design which is an expression of a mood, an attitude, on the part of the consumers."

I have to say, purple is my favourite colour so when I saw that the newest Pantone colour for 2014 was "Radiant Orchid" I was elated!  Any excuse to pull out some purple in my books is a good thing... so instead of card this week, I chose to make a fun tag.

I started my project with an Inkssentials Manila Craft Tag.  First I applied an airbrushed layer of two purplicious Copic Markers, RV19 & V09.  Then I applied some gesso through my Tim Holtz "Dot Fade" Layering stencil and I also airbrushed some rich purple Copic Marker through it too...

Click any image to ENLARGE it!

Then I took a piece of sandpaper and sanded the top layer of my gesso to reveal the white below...

Next, I took 4 layers of paper towel and dampened it with some Copic Blender Solution and "inked" up my "Vintage Wallpaper" back ground stamp and stamped it across my tag.  Since my back ground was made using Copics, it removed some of the Copic ink to reveal the wallpaper pattern of the stamp within the ink itself!  I LOVE this effect!

Next I inked up my "Chrysanthemum" images using Memento "Espresso Truffle" ink and stamped my flowers all over the tag.

Next I took my Copic Markers, RV19, V04, V09 & YR12, and added some shadows and shading to my Chrysanthemum flowers.

I took some Ranger "Scattered Straw" Distress Ink, inked the tag's edges and also added some white pen detail over top of my coloured flowers to make the flowers pop against my vivid back drop.

I stamped some subtle script onto the back ground of my tag and also a sentiment at the bottom.  All of these stamps came from the "Chrysanthemum" stamp set.

Last but not least, I took my Ranger "Scattered Straw" Distress Ink again and inked up the chevrons from the "So Distressed" stamp collection and added it to my tag.  I threaded some Peach, Mango Orange and some Lavender Seam Binding Ribbon through the tag's hole and tied on a bronze coloured brad to secure it together.

And volia... my tag was born!  There is nothing better than gettin' inky, especially with purple, my friends!  LOL!

Have fun using purple in your creations this week! This week, we have asked the Design Team to join us in celebrating the colour purple. Take a moment and leave some lavender love on each one of our designers this week!

• Allison Cope - you are here!
• Cheryl Lea
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Katie Sims
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker

A GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate this week, as your hostess, I'm giving away TWO stamp sets!  I have a number of Flourishes stamp sets in my possession and TWO lucky COMMENTERS on TODAY's post will win a stamp set each!  All you have to do for a chance to win, is simply leave me a comment below.  I will announce a winner on my Timeless Tuesday post next week.  Good luck!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Chrysanthemum, So Distressed, Vintage Wallpaper)
manilla tag:  Inkssentials
stencils: Tim Holtz
inks:  Copic Markers, Memento, Ranger Distress
gesso:  Golden
ribbon: Flourishes
tools:  Copic Airbrush
white pen:  Sakura
brad:  Bo Bunny
other: thread, Copic Blender Solution.

Timeless Tuesday ~ In With the NEW!

Good day everyone!  I hope your week is starting out great.  This week seems to be a hectic one around our household.  I'm looking forward to a calmer end of the week though.

This week, the fabulous Cheryl Lea is our Timeless Tuesday Challenge hostess and she is challenging us to...

What a great challenge for our NEW year!

I have a friend who is going through IVF this week and I made this card as a way of saying "I'm rootin' for you".  She's had a tough time the last 3 years and lost 2 babies already so I'm hoping for them that the third time is the charm.

I kept my card this week SUPER SIMPLE... a CAS style card... which I have the hardest time with 'cuz I love throwing all kinds of layers or texture or embellishments on my card.  But for this card, I just wanted my coloured image to speak.  Plus... I have been in the mood for the last couple of days just to sit down and just simply colour so this was the perfect opportunity!

I started out with a A2 card base made from Classic White Cardstock.  If you are colouring with Copics, this is the ONLY paper I use and HIGHLY recommend!!

Then I stamped my bouquet from the "Summer Blossoms" stamp collection using Memento "Tuxedo Black" ink.  Then I coloured my image using the following Copic Markers:

BG72, BG75, R20, R21, R22, R35, R37, R39, RV14, RV17, RV63, RV66, RV69, Y00, Y17, YG13, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG93 and YG95.

I took my sentiment "Hope Happens" from the "Magnolias" stamp set and inked it up with both Memento "Rose Bud" and "Lilac Posies" inks and stamped it as my greeting.

Thanks for joining me today!  I hope I've inspired you today to pick up some stamps and have fun colouring a CAS style card!  Be sure to visit the DT's blogs and leave them a little blog love...

• Allison Cope -- you are here!
  
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims

Thanks for stopping by! We hope you'll join us this week for our fantastic challenge.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Magnolias, Summer Blossoms)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic White
ink: Memento, Copic Markers.
I seriously think that is the shortest supply list I've ever had for a card... LOL! :)