Flourishes' Let's Hop Challenge!!

Today the entire Flourishes Design Team is ushering in a challenge and YOU could walk away winning all of our new sets for December! Here’s how to get in on the fun. All you need to do is play in the…..

The challenge is a progressive challenge so find out what each of the steps are, starting on the Flourishes blog right HERE!  You could WIN the entire new December release!

Here's the card I created for the Let's Hop Challenge over at Flourishes...

For You

• Step 1:  My card measures 4 x 5.
• Step 2:  I used the large image from the "Winter Bouquets" stamp set.
• Step 3:  I used both lace and ribbon; Light Blue Plaid ribbon.
• Step 4:  I used the colours in the inspirational photo (blues, greens and some pinks).
• Step 5:  I used the Tailor-Made Classic Tag die for my tag and my sentiment from the Tiny Flowers & Tags stamp set..
• Step 6:  I used a rounded card base and the beautiful Perfectly Peirced Victorian Ovals Template Die set.
• Step 7:  I distress the edges of my die cut shape.

For further challenge details and challenge rules, please see the Flourishes blog right HERE!  Good luck!




Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes (Tiny Flowers & Tags, Winter Bouquets)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic White cardstock, Bazzill, Papertrey Ink
patterned papers: My Mind's Eye (Winter Wonderland)
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
inks:  Memento, Ranger
ribbon, button: Flourishes
tool: Klik N'Kut machine
gems: Prima, Queen & Co.
accessories: lace, twine, thread.
 

PINspired Colour Challenge and a Card Sketch!

Howdy everyone!  Time for another fabulous card sketch! For December, we'll be sharing not only a card sketch... it will be a card sketch PLUS a PINinspired Colour Challenge!!!!  So this month you'll have a sketch and a colour challenge every Wednesday!

This week's fabulous card sketch was designed by Kimberly Figures.

Sketch #42

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Here's my card using Kimberly's sketch and our first PINspired Colour Challenge..

 Merry Christmas

For my card today, I used Flourishes "Color Made Easy" cardstock from the Crocus Collection.  I used the "Snow Day" stamp collection to add a "stitched sweater" pattern to my punched edge Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock.  My greeting is from the "Naturally Merry" stamp collection.

To achieve my silver snowflakes, I first die cut the 2 layers of the Spellbinder's snowflake shapes and then inked them up with Versamark ink and sprinkled silver embossing powder over top.  I carefully melted the powder using my heat tool.  I used some pretty silver jewel brads to hold my 2 layers together.

Check out our prize for this month...

"Bloomin' Aussie Florals" stamp set by Flourishes

This month we have a fabulous set of Flourishes stamps, "Bloomin' Aussie Florals", as a prize for TWO lucky random participants.  YES... TWO!  We have two sets to give away this month!  So link up your card sketch creation HERE and we'll pick a random winner from all the card sketch entries for the month of December (from a total of 4 sketches).  Good luck!!!

Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes (Naturally Merry, Snow Day)
cardstock: Flourishes ("Color Made Easy" Crocus, Classic Ivory)
patterned paper: unknown
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
edge punch: Martha Stewart
embossing folder: Sizzix
embossing powder: P K Glitz
inks: Versamark, Ranger 
accessories: brads by Making Memories, thread.

Timeless Tuesday ~ Altered Holidays

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Time for another fabulous Timeless Tuesday Challenge over at Flourishes!

This week the lovely, Amanda Havon, is challenging us to...

Create anything that isn't a card for Christmas 

(Decoration, A Treat Item, A Banner, A Gift, etc.)  

FTTC198

I decided to create a couple of new ornaments for my Christmas tree.  Here is how I created them...

Step One:
First I took a large amount of white clay in my hands.  I used a soft Premier Light Weight Stone Clay for my project today.  I carefully molded it into a ball to bring all the rough edges together.  Then I pressed it out onto my craft mat and rolled it thinner and flatter.

Step Two:
Then I took the pine cone image from the "Naturally Merry" stamp set and inked it up using Memento "Black Tuxedo" Ink and pressed the image into the clay.

Step Three:
I took my craft knife and carefully cut around my image and also punched out a hole at the top.  I created two more ornaments; a holly ornament using the holly image from the "Naturally Merry" stamp set and another ornament using the "Petals and Peace" stamp collection.

Step Four:
Then I put them on a cookie sheet and put them in a 200 degree oven until they were dried out.  I allowed them to cool and then I coloured them using Copic markers.

Holly Bough

I finished off my holly image with a pretty double bow using some red glitter ribbon and Flourishes "Color Made Easy" ribbon collection in Basque Red.

Pine Cone

To finish off my pine cone ornament I tied a few bows using jute twine and some baker twine.  I tied a star charm and single silver bell on using some Flourishes Metallic Silver String.

 Christmas Roses

To finish off my Christmas roses, I tied a cream ribbon and then added a wooden button with jute twine and a pair of mini gold bells.


Take a peek at what my fellow Timeless Tuesday designers have created for today…

• Amanda
• Broni
• Cindy
• Denise
• Katie Sims, our guest designer

You can find all the challenge details at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC198.  


Supplies: 
stamps:  Flourishes (Petals and Peace, Naturally Merry)
clay medium:  Premier Light Weight Stone Clay
inks:  Memento, Copic, Versamark
red ribbon, silver twine:  Flourishes
star charm, red brad:  My Mind's Eye
star die cut shape:  Spellbinders
bells: Micheal's Craft Store
bakers twine:  The Twinery
embossing powders: Stampendous
misc.: wood button, cream ribbon, wire.

A Sketchy Surprise!!

Howdy all!  Happy first day of December! I am truly honoured to be joining some of my fellow Flourishes Designers today at PageMaps™...

 ...for the newest edition of the PageMaps™  card sketches for December 2012 by Becky Fleck!  Here is the sketch Becky asked me to create for...

Here's a little peek of my card...

Happy Holidays

I used the NEW Flourishes exclusive Spellbinder die set, Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass Die!

I paired it with the beautiful "Poinsettia and Pine" stamp collection using the Flourishes Poinsettia and Pine Silhouette Cut File, sentiment from "Christmas Classics", some fabulous Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock and some beautiful patterned papers by Simple Stories.

Now, here are all the lovely ladies showing off December CardMaps Sketches along with me today:

Julie Koerber

Cindy Lawrence

Stacy Morgan

Tammy Hershberger

Allison Cope

Broni Holcombe

Heather Jensen

Christine Okken

Amanda Havon

Cindy Haffner

I hope you stop on by and visit the PageMaps™ site and take a gander at all the pretty cards me and my fellow Flourishes Designers created using Becky's beautiful sketches.

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Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes (Poinsettia and Pine, Christmas Classics) 
cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock
die shapes: Spellbinders Classic Hourglass, Fancy Tags
patterned papers: Simple Stories
inks: Memento, Copic, Ranger Distress Inks
accessories: brads, twine, Glossy Accents.