Timeless Tuesday "Open Sesame" with a Sneak Peek!!!

Hi all and welcome to day 1 of Flourishes’ fabulous sneak peeks and our Timeless Tuesday Challenge!!  You'll get a few opportunities to WIN our entire new June release stamp set just by playing along!  For the remainder of this week we will be sharing our newest stamp sets with you!  Aren't you excited?!  I sure am!

Since Sneak Peek Day 1 overlaps with the Timeless Tuesday Challenge, we have some amazing projects showcasing our newest beautiful floral stamp set by Marcella Hawley today...
This stunning new stamp set features a glorious spray of wildflowers along with some wonderfully heartfelt sentiments.  It will be a 'must-have' on your shopping list this week!

AND...another way to win...
You need to find out who today's Mystery Blogger is!  Hidden among the Design Team is one Designer who has this set to give away.  Comment on that blog and you could win today's beautiful Picking Wildflowers set!

For my challenge this week, create a card or project
 that moves or opens in a non-traditional manner (FTTC224)!  

In other words, create a card that doesn't just open normally.  Maybe it has a third panel like a tri-fold card or it has a greeting tag that pops up when you pull a ribbon!

There are lots of fun tutorials you can try out.  Here are just a few examples of some great card tutorials that will fit perfectly for this week's challenge:


For my card today, I decided to create a Center Step Card for my second card creation.

I began by creating my card base using the Bouquet cardstock from the Color Made Easy collection ~ Crocus.  Then I cut a rectangle of Flourishes' Classic White Cardstock and stamped my large poppy bouquet from the new "Picking Wildflowers" stamp collection using Memento "Black Tuxedo" ink.  I matted my image with the medium shade of purple, Snapdragon, from the Color Made Easy collection ~ Crocus.


I coloured my image using a TON of Copic markers from the following Copic Collections:

For my finishing touches I stamped some back ground subtle stamping using some delicious Memento "Elderberry" ink. I added some gorgeous Mango Orange seam binding ribbon from the Tiger Lily Color Made Easy collection.

Today we have both our Flourishes Finest Design Team AND our Friends of Flourishes Team sharing their "Open Sesame" inspirations with you!  Take a moment and leave some love on all of our designers' blogs.
Come and hop along and visit with all of our super talented designers and join us in our challenge this week for a chance at winning our ENTIRE new June release!!  Yup... that's right... you could win our entire new release just by playing along. Don't forget to comment as you go along because one lucky commenter today is going to win our new "Picking Wildflowers" stamp set!

Don't forget to check out my Flourishes BLOG CANDY too!  Click the banner at the top of the blog or click HERE for details.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by: Flourishes LLC.

Supplies:
stamps:  Flourishes (Picking Wildflowers)
cardstock: Flourishes
die cut shapes:  Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
ribbon:Flourishes
tools: Copic Airbrush
gems: Doodlebug 
other: thread, ribbon embelly.
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Boats & a Sketch!

Hey gang!  Need some mojo?  Why not check out the newest sketch from Let's Capture Our Memories!

Out layout sketch this week was designed by the talented Melissa Williams!


Here's what I did with the sketch this week...

Experiment: Boat

 Come on out and check out what my fellow design team member did with this sketch!   Click here!

~ Ally ~


Supplies:

cardstock: Bazzill
patterned papers: My Mind's Eye
alphas, stickers, brads: Simple Stories
ink: Copic, pen
washi tape:My Mind's Eye, Bella Blvd, Tim Holtz
mask:Crafters Workshop
mists: Tattered Angels

other: thread.

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Timeless Tuesday ~ From The Garden

 

Hey fellow stampers! It's Tuesday and time for another fabulous Timeless Tuesday Challenge over at Flourishes!

This week our super talented hostess Jenny, and she is challenging you to create a card or project with a fruit or vegetable on it (FTTC223)!  Yummy... think yummy snow peas, delicious watermelon, crunchy lettuce, sweet peaches and sour lemons!  Pick a fruit and veggie and display it on your project this week.

The last day of school is fast approaching for my son so I thought I'd get started on a gift for his classroom teacher.  I knew I wanted to make her some personalized cards so I thought I'd make her a little box to store them in.

I began by creating a Stationary Box for my cards. You can see how I made my card using this Splitcoast tutorial right HERE.
I used the Flourishes Perfectly Pierced Classic Frame die set and Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock.  I stamped the "To send a letter..." sentiment from the "From the Desk Of" stamp collection along with a single pear from the "Pears" stamp set for the front of my box.

I added the little "From the Desk of..." topper using the Flourishes Perfectly Pierced Classic Window die set using some Memento "Black Tuxedo" ink and Ranger "Old Paper" Distress Ink.
I decorated the inside of my stationary box with the same papers as the outside.  I'm going to make some mini cards to put in the left-hand pocket and put some stamps in the right-hand pocket for her.

I began by colouring up some cherries from the "Peaches and Cherries" stamp set for my first card. Here's how I coloured my cherries using colours from the following Copic Collections...

Step One:
I coloured the cherries with a base colour of Copic R32:
Step Two:
Next I applied Copic R37:
Step Three:
Then I added Copic R59 to the shadowed parts of the cherry...

Step Four:
Then I took the Copic R32 and blended all the reds together.

And here is my final card...


I created five cards in total for my stationary box.  Each one is slightly different but uses the amazing Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock and Copic Markers.  

Pears
 Pears using the "Pears" stamp set.
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Strawberries
Strawberries using the "Strawberries" stamp set.
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Raspberries
Raspberries using the "Berry Sweet" stamp set.
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Apples
And finally... Apples using the "Apple of My Eye" stamp set.
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I sure hope his teacher likes her gift.  Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope my project inspires you to create something fun as a gift today!

Take a moment and leave some love on our designers' blogs today.
Come and hop along and visit with all of our super talented designers and join us in our challenge this week for a chance to win!!  Good luck!!!!

Don't forget... to check out my BLOG CANDY giveaway!  
It contains some fun patterned papers and two Flourishes stamps!  
Either click the banner at the top of the page or click here.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:   Flourishes LLC.

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Apple of My Eye, Pears, Berry Sweet, Strawberries, Peaches & Cherries, From the Desk Of)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory, Bazzill
patterned papers: Crate Paper
die cut shapes, edges: Flourishes, Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic, Ranger
pearls: Queen & Co.
other: thread.
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Happy Birthday Blog Candy!

CONTEST CLOSED!!
 
Howdy all!  Since this month is my birth month, I thought I'd give a little gift away of my own.

Here how you can earn ballots to win my Birthday Blog Candy:
  1. Become a Follower of my blog.  Leave a comment below stating you have become a Follower.  If you already are a Follower, thanks, and post a comment indicating so! (= 1 ballot)
  2. Post the image above on your blog and link it back to this post.  Leave a comment below with a link to your blog post. (= 1 ballot)
  3. Post the image above on Facebook or Twitter and link it back to this post. Leave a comment below with a link to your Facebook page.  (= 1 ballot)
  4. Post the image above on Pinterest and link it back to this post.  Leave a comment below with a link to your PIN.  (= 1 ballot) 
Please post one post per item above; Follower = 1 comment.  Blog Link = 1 comment, etc.

This prize package contains:
  • a 6x6 pad of Bo Bunny "Prairie Chic" papers
  • a "Bees & Blossoms" stamp set from Flourishes and
  • a "Happy: Inside & Out" stamp set from Flourishes
  • plus a few other bibs and bobs!
This giveaway is open to all international participants.
A randomly chosen winner will be announced on June 29th!

Good luck!
~ Ally ~

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