Timeless Tuesday ~ All That Glitters!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I hope your week has had a happy beginning and just keeps getting better and better!  Now let's see what the newest Flourishes' "Timeless Tuesday Challenge" has in store for us this week...

This week our lovely hostess Broni has an awesome challenge for us.  She is challenging you to create a card or project (FTTC209) using something that sparkles or shines!!  Easy peasy right!!!

I began creating this week by grabbing some cool cardstock that I've had in my stash that I just never knew what I was going to do with.  It's a cardstock with a LOT of sparkle!  You can see it below.  I was prepping it for stamping using my Perfect Printing Pouch.

Here is my first card...

Teal Damask
For this card, I grabbed my "Fanciful Flourishes" stamp set, my Versamark ink pad and my black embossing powder and stamped my damask pattern all over my sparkly cardstock.  I created a double mat for my damask paper using the Flourishes "Color Made Easy" cardstock from the Emerald Coast collection using the medium and dark tones of the teals.  All of my card bases were created using Flourishes Classic Black Cardstock.

I wrapped some gorgeous Flourishes "Sheer Line Edge Teal and White Ribbon" around my card front and tied a pretty bow with some of our silver metallic string.  I added a super sparkly "well-deservedly" named "Sparklet" in crystal with a fun pin from my stash.

I wanted to make a card set, so I created another similar card in tones of red.

Crimson Damask

I created the damask focal paper using the same technique as my teal version except I flipped my damask stamp from the "Fanciful Flourishes" stamp set in reverse for the outer stamped images.

I finished off my card by wrapping my card front with the Flourishes "Color Made Easy" ribbon collection, "Poppy - Basque Red" and the same silver metallic string. I again added a fabulous crystal coloured "Sparklet" to my bow and two simple heart pins.

Instead of some die cut layers at the bottom of my card this time, I stamped the "hello friend" sentiment from the "Inside & Out: Hello" stamp set using Versamark ink and silver embossing powder.

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Come along and play with us this week!  Let's see a little SPARKLE on your cards and projects.  Grab some pretty mists, try a sparkly brad or two or even try some cool glitter!  Link up your creations to the Flourishes blog for a chance at winning a little guilt free shopping!

Now, take a peek at what my fellow Timeless Tuesday designers have created for today's challenge…
You can find all the challenge details at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC209.

Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes (Fanciful Flourishes, Inside & Out: Hello)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic Black, "Emerald Coast", Bazzill
embossing powder: Stampendous!, PK Glitz 
ribbon, string, heart pins: Flourishes

sparkle cardstock: Worldwin
teal pin: My Mind's Eye
die cut edges: Spellbinders
gems: KaiserCraft 
inks: Versamark
accessories: thread.
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Butterflies and Blooms

Happy Sunday everyone!  My son has been quiet due to illness today so I took some quiet time of my own and found a sketch that called my name to use as inspiration.  I chose the newest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:
And here is the card I created using this week's sketch.  I flipped the sketch to create my card.

Swallowtail
My card is JAMMED with all kinds of glitter!  I stamped my butterfly twice and created a #D version on the top of the image.  I coloured all of image using Copic markers and then inked it up with Versamark ink and added some sparkly clear glitter embossing powder.  You can see I even added it to my black cardstock as well.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'd love to hear what you think about my card today!

Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes, Northwood Rubber Stamps
cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Bazzill
embossing powder: Stampendous!
inks: Versamark, Copic
gems: HeroArts
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Happy Birthday Jan Marie!!!

Light the candles, cue the music and get ready for a little bit of birthday fun! It will SOON be a very special lady's birthday and so we rallied the troops to send some birthday wishes her way a little early! On Monday, February 25th, Jan Marie Caruso, the fearless and creative force behind Flourishes will be another year older -- what a wonderful thing to celebrate! So, we've asked Flourishes' designers from all of our teams to join us to help make this day super special with a......


Here's the scoop, there's a way YOU can help Jan celebrate and win some Flourishes stamps as well! HOW? Simply be inspired by the photo above and create a birthday card for Jan. Just that simple! We just love creative challenges at Flourishes and so, why not usher in another one! One randomly drawn winner will get a $25 gift certificate to the Flourishes store, just for playing along! You can find out more about the "official rules" by clicking HERE!

Here is the card I created using the inspirational photo above:

Dearest Jan Marie:
We hope this little celebration fills you with same joy and happiness that you express to each one of us here at Flourishes!  We wish you the BEST birthday ever, spent with wonderful family and friends.  May you be blessed with a year of great happiness, good health and much love!
Super big hugs,
Allison. 

Here's a peek at the inside too...


One extra note? Jan may be the head of this company but one thing she doesn't get a ton of is happy mail from customers using her stamps? Let's change that for her birthday and flood her with some creative "love" by sending her your Berry Sweet Birthday Blog Hop creations! Here's her address so you can pop them in the mail!
Jan Marie Caruso
4140 Lyric Lane
Pensacola, FL 32514

I know she would love to see "in real life" what beautiful work you all do and I know it would bring a huge smile to her face!  So, join us in singing her a special little birthday song! Be sure to check out all the fun and festive wishes and grab some great ideas for birthday cards along the way!
    Christine Okken
    Cindy Lawrence 
    Danielle Kennedy 
    Heather Jensen 
    Julie Koerber
    Silke Ledlow
    Stacy Morgan 
    Allison Cope  - You are here!
    Broni Holcombe
    Cindy Haffner 
    Maki Jones
    Aleksandra Mihelič
    Dina Kowal
    Iwona Palamountain
    Kathy Jones
    Meredith MacRitchie
    Sasha-Marie Holmes
    Deborah Anton 
    Amanda Havon      

    Thanks for stopping by and helping us wish Jan Marie a wonderful and fabulous BIRTHDAY on Monday!


    Supplies: 
    stamps:  Flourishes (Berry Sweet, Inside & Out: Hello, Sentimental Favorites, Old Fashioned Florals)  
    cardstock: Flourishes (Classic White, Color Made Easy: Poppy)
    patterned papers: Simple Stories
    ribbon: Offray, Micheals
    pins: Flourishes, MME
    die cut shapes: Spellbinders 
    inks: Memento, Copic 
    gem: KaiserCraft
    accessories: thread.
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    Timeless Tuesday ~ I'm Seeing Red!

    Hello everyone!  Hope your week is going well!  It's that time of week again... time for another amazing Timeless Tuesday Challenge at Flourishes!

    This week our challenge comes from the super talented Denise Marzec!  Denise is challenging us today to create a project with the colour red (FTTC208).  See... super easy!!

    Red Bouquet
     

    I began my card this week by first loading up my Flourishes Winter Bouquet SVG File for my digital die cutting machine.  I cut the largest file using Flourishes Classic White Cardstock.  Then I stamped the large bouquet image using Memento "Black Tuxedo" ink into my die cut.

    I coloured my image using a variety of the Flourishes Copic Collection sets:

    I mounted my pretty bouquet onto of the Flourishes Tailor-made Die, Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames.  I used a bit of Ranger "Fired Brick" Distress Ink to highlight the embossing left by the die.

     I finished off the front panel of my card with some Flourishes 'Color Made Easy' "Poppy" cardstock, some "Basque Red" seam binding ribbon, some fun patterned paper and some cool die cuts.

     I wanted to incorporate the outside of my card to the inside of my card so I used a few of the same elements of my card front on the inside.


    I used the simple greeting of "Congratulations!" from the "Sentimental Favorites" stamp set to finish off the inside.


    Come along and play with us this week!  Let's see a little RED on your cards and projects.  Link up your creations to the Flourishes blog for a chance at winning a little guilt free shopping!

    Now, take a peek at what my fellow Timeless Tuesday designers have created for today's challenge… 
    You can find all the challenge details at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC208.


    Supplies: 
    stamps: Flourishes (Winter Blossoms, Sentimental Favorites) 
    cardstock: Flourishes (Classic White, Poppy)
    patterned papers: Simple Stories
    inks: Memento, Copic, Ranger 
    embossing folder: Cuttlebug
    die cut shapes: Spellbinders
    digital cut files: Flourishes
    ribbon: Flourishes
    gems: KaiserCraft
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