Timeless Tuesday ~ All About Summer

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!  It's time for another Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge!

This week's challenge is All About Summer ~ FTTC176 and comes from the talented Makiko.  We want to see a card/project featuring something summery.  For my card today, I thought the two children jumping in the water was an appropriate image to convey summertime.  It's one of my favourite memories as a child.

Make a Splash

For my creation this week, I created a shaker card.  I first stamped my image from the Sweet Days of Summer stamp collection in Memento in Rich Cocoa on Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock.  I inked the back ground using Ranger Distress inks; Shabby Shudders & Peacock Feathers.  I die cut an offset frame and then backed it with a piece of acetate.  I added a ring of foam adhesive and then dumped in a combination of blue embossing powder and fine clear glitter to make my fake water.  I adhered the delicate ribbon, Sage Green Satin Pleats, to back of the circle before adhering it to the card front.

Here are some of my embellishment details...

I used one of the pretty tags from the Birthday Pennants stamp collection.  I added a few colourful touches with Ranger Distress markers.

Just below my sentiment I wanted to add another touch of glitter so I laid down a 1/8 inch wide Scor Tape and then adhered some fine clear glitter.

Take a peek at what the other Timeless Tuesday designers have created for today…

• Ally
• Amanda
• Beate
• Cindy
• Denise
• Heather
• Makiko
• Mona
• Silke
• Patti - Guest Designer

Come on out and play along with us!  We can't wait to see your summer inspired creations.

Supplies:
stamps:  Flourishes (Sweet Days of Summer, Birthday Pennants)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock, Bazzill
ribbon:  Flourishes
patterned papers:  Simple Stories 6x6
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
inks: Memento, Distress Markers, Ranger
adhesive: Scor Tape
accessories: twine - Darice; flower - Jesse James; clear glitter - Martha Stewart; embossing powder - Ranger;  other - thread.
 

Do You Want to be a Designer?

Do you love to create with beautiful images and would you like to be a part of a friendly, energetic and talented team?  

  

For the first time in Flourishes history, we've decided to span the globe looking for not one, but two talented designers to join our Bring Back Beautiful team! There is a catch, this call is catering to those artists living outside of the United States. That's right, we are going to look far and wide for two talented artists to join this team in August!! 

Show us your design style and you might land one of the two spots. Just click on THIS LINK to find out more! This call will close on July 9th, so get those fingers inky and show us what you've got! 

Happy Stamping & Good Luck!

Timeless Tuesday and an Announcement!!

I have some super EXCITING news today!  I have been asked to join the Flourishes "Friends of Flourishes" Design Team and I couldn't be more thrilled!  Each week, the Friends of Flourishes Design Team share and showcase the Timeless Tuesday challenge on the Flourishes blog.

 

I'd also like to take a moment to congratulate another fellow talented crafter, Denise Marzec.  Denise has also joined the Friends of Flourishes Design Team as a newbie with me this week.  Congrats Denise!  I look forward to creating with you and the rest of the team!

I'd also like to tell you all I received the most wonderful phone call from the lovely Jan Marie Caruso, owner of Flourishes. I got the great honour of talking with her and thanking her personally for the opportunity to design with the rest of the amazing Flourishes design team.  It was so great to put her beautiful voice to the name.  Thank you Jan Marie for such a warm and thoughtful welcome!

So let's check out my first official challenge for Timeless Tuesday...

Today's Timeless Tuesday challenge comes from the lovely, Silke.  Her challenge this week is called "Favourites!" - FTTC175.  Create a card using your favourite Spellbinders die, grab your favourite Flourishes stamp set and cool embellishments and create away.  It's a simple as that!

Here is my creation....

Season Everything with JOY!

 

To start, I grabbed my favourite Spellbinders' die, the Taylor-Made Classic Keyhole Die Set and my new favourite Flourishes stamp set, Italian Garden and began to create my focal image.  

I coloured my image using a variety of Copic Sketch markers including colours from the...

 

I created another frame for the Keyhole die from brown cardstock by tracing the die with a pencil and hand cutting it out.  I also added an addition of the Spellbinders' "Floral Ovals" die cut for that touch of flourish.  Here's a close up detail of the layered Spellbinder die cut pieces...

To add my sentiment, I die cut the tag aspect of the Taylor-Made Classic Keyhole Die Set out of a piece of vellum and stamped my phrase using my favourite black ink, Memento Black Tuxedo ink.  

 

Take a peek at what the other Timeless Tuesday designers have created for today…

• Ally  ~ you are here!
• Amanda
• Beate
• Cindy
• Denise
• Heather
• Makiko
• Mona
• Silke
• Guest Designer ~ Alice

 Thanks for stopping by today!  Join us this week for this great challenge!

Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes (Italian Garden)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, Bazzill
die cut shapes:   Spellbinders (Classic Keyhole, Floral Ovals, Floral Flourishes)
embossing folder:  Spellbinders (Elegance - Side A)
patterned papers: Crate Paper 6x6 "Story Teller"
inks: Memento, Copic, Ranger "Old Paper"
brads:  Creative Charms, Making Memories
accessories: hat pin, flowers - Prima;  edge punch - Fiskars;  other - thread, vellum.
 

A Saturday Share

Happy Saturday everyone!

It's been a rainy one here in the Rocky Mountains today so I enjoyed the cool, dull day in the comforts of my scraproom this morning.  Here's what I was creating...

 Pink Gerbera Celebration

I've been thinking about this card for a few days.  I knew I want to use pink daisies from the Flourishes "Gerbera Daisies" collection and I knew I wanted it to appear wedding-y so this was the end result.  I found some beautiful cardstock from SEI called "White Elegance" in my stash that I knew was perfect for the feel of this card.  I hope the special people that receive this card like it!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes (Fanciful Flourishes, Gerbera Daisies)
cardstock: Flourishes, Bazzill
die cut shapes:  Spellbinders
patterned papers: SEI
inks: Memento, Copic
edge punch: EK Success
accessories: thread.