Summer Thank You

This weeks Timeless Tuesday challenge is for a Summer theme with sheer ribbon.  Well, it took me a while to get in the mood for this one, as it's just coming into Winter here in Australia!!  However, Flourishes Summer Blossom stamp set came to the rescue and I stamped the same image five times with Memento ink onto blending card and die cut two of them with Spellbinders Classic Ovals.  While the card was still in the oval die, I coloured the background with BG10 and all the rest with the copics listed below.  Then I die cut a piece of  Cherry Cobler (Stampin' Up!) with a larger oval and layered the image piece onto it.  The background papers are from On The Sunny Side paper pad (My Mind's Eye) layered onto the Cherry Cobler cardstock.  I cut out the centre flower from two of the other images and added them with foam tape to the oval piece and then cut out the two flowers and leaves and added them to the bottom left corner with foam tape.  The sentiment is also from the Summer Blossom set.  Finally I added some white organza ribbon and bow.

Copic Colours used were:  Y21, Y35, Y38, R22, R24, R89, E33, E27, C1, C3 and G82, G46 desaturated with C1.

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CASEing Christine

When Friday rolled around, I couldn't wait to see which Flourishes Designer is in the spotlight this week, and the answer is......the amazing Christine Okken.  Check out her story HERE. One of her wonderful creations featured this image from Flourishes Bloomin' Aussie Florals, and being an Aussie girl myself, I just had to CASE this card.  I used similar papers - mine are from Kaisercraft's Needle and Thread paper pad - and a similar layout, and, of course, the same stamp.  I changed the whole sentiment area, omitted the cute little ruffle and the bow, and made the circle centrepiece into an oval.  Thanks, Christine, for a lovely design.  I hope you enjoy your week in the spotlight!

Copic Colours used were:  RV00, RV52, RV55, RV63, YG61, YG63, YG67, Y11, Y15.

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Pink Butterflies

This weeks Timeless Tuesday challenge is to feature Butterflies and, coincidentally, the challenge at Scrapbook Boutique this month also features Butterflies with the colours pink, yellow and white.  So this is a two for one card!  I started with pink cardstock and layered on a piece of white cardstock embossed with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and border punched with Martha Stewart's doily lace punch.  I chose the beautiful image from Flourishes Spring Blossom stamp set, stamped it with Memento ink onto blending card, coloured it with copics and die cut it with Spellbinders Classic Ovals.  I then die cut a piece of the pink cardstock with Spellbinders Lacey Ovals and added the image piece with foam tape.   The two small butterflies are cut with a Spellbinders Flying Beauties die and the large one with a Cheery Lynn's Exotic Butterfly mini die.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments set (Stampin' Up!).  Lastly I added some white pearls to the butterflies.

Copic Colours used were:  RV00, RV02, RV04, RV52, RV55, Y00, Y11, Y15, E13, E17, YG11, YG13, YG03, YG63.

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CASEing Julie

It's always great to hear that there's something new at Flourishes and I was delighted to see that there's to be a focus on the design teams and an invitation to CASE their amazing cards.  This week we are introduced to  the wonderfully talented Julie Koerber and I have chosen to CASE this card.  I have used the same stamp - Flourishes With Gratitude stamp set, the same background paper - Meadowlark DSP from Prima, and the same general layout although I have made mine a rectangular card instead of a square one, changed the other papers (mine are more from the Meadowlark collection), changed the cardstock to blue and lilac and changed the sentiment (this one comes from the With Gratitude set).  Also I slightly changed the colours of the flowers and I cut out the image with scissors (no Silhouette machine at my house!).  Thanks, Julie, for a wonderful design.  Please pop over to the Flourishes blog and see what it's all about.

Copic Colours used were:  V01, V04, V12, Y11, G21, G24.

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Blue & Green

This weeks Timeless Tuesday challenge is to use blue and green.  Well, I just couldn't wait any longer to use this gorgeous image from Flourishes Garden Gate stamp set.  I stamped it with Memento ink onto blending card, coloured it with copics and cut it out (no Silhouette machine here, just scissors!)   I used green spot paper from Spring Drop DSP (First Edition) for the background, layered it onto blue cardstock and wrapped some blue satin ribbon round the base.  Then I die cut some white cardstock with Spellbinders Labels 20, making a frame with two dies and embossing it.  Then I die cut a piece of blue cardstock with the smaller die and glued the frame onto it and cut around the frame so that it was outlined in blue.  I adhered this to the background and stamped the sentiment which is from Flourishes Tag Lines onto the background paper.  Then it was just a matter of adding the stamped image with foam tape, some light blue pearls and a blue bow.

Copic Colours used were:  B000, B00, B02, Y11, Y15, YG61, YG63.

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Tres Chic

This weeks Timeless Tuesday Challenge is to use Black Accents.  Well, I thought that called for a "chic" kind of card (especially after seeing those sneak peeks - Ooooo, that set is calling my name already!!).  I started with black cardstock and layered on paper from Spring Jubilee ( Pink Paislee).  Then I die cut the Eiffel Tower piece and the corner pieces from black cardstock with Spellbinders French Frills set, and adhered them to the background.  I stamped the shoe from Flourishes Feminine Charm stamp set with Memento ink onto blending card, coloured it with copics and die cut it with Spellbinders Standard Circles.  Then I die cut pink cardstock with Spellbinders Lacey Circles and adhered that to the image piece.  I finished by adding a black stitched ribbon and bow and put the image piece on with foam tape.

Copic Colours used were: R81, R83, R85, C1, C3, C5, C7.

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Cream and Chocolate

I made this card for Flourishes Colorful Creations Challenge which has creams, browns and dusty pink.  Well, they are pretty colours, but a bit of a departure from the norm for me!!  However, it IS meant to be a challenge and I found that I really enjoyed it.  I chose the beautiful image from Flourishes Hydrangeas stamp set, stamped it with Memento Espresso Truffle ink onto blending card, coloured it with copics and cut it out.  The background paper is from Bridal Shower DSP (Clover) layered onto chocolate brown cardstock.  Then I die cut some fawn cardstock twice with  Spellbinders Labels One and layered them onto the brown cardstock,adding the sentiment from Flourishes Tag Lines with Versacolor Pine Cone ink.  Some cream lace, champagne pearls and then the image on top with foam tape and my card was finished!

Copic Colours used were:  R01, E13, E25, E27, E29, E41, E43.

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Garden Birthday

I made this card for this weeks Timeless Tuesday challenge which is called "It's All In The Date".  A list of every month in the year is provided, each month has a different challenge, and we are asked to use the challenge for our own birthday month.  Well, I was an October baby so my challenge was to use two or more flowers and something clear.  I couldn't resist using my new Flourishes Garden Gate stamp set (it has lots of flowers!) so I stamped the gate image with Memento ink onto blending card, coloured it with copics, and  cut it into a square.  Then I used Spellbinders Labels 26 and Classic Squares to make a frame from metallic gold cardstock.  I put a square of  acetate under the frame for the "glass" for my "something clear" and I deliberately  allowed a little bit of reflection to show in the photo so it could be seen!  The background paper is from Garden DSP (Crafters Choice), layered onto light blue cardstock.  I punched some white cardstock with Martha Stewart's doiley lace punch and layered that onto more light blue cardstock and adhered it to the left side of the background.  I added some paper flowers with brads and then a notched tag stamped with a sentiment from Flourishes Just Because stamp set.

Copic colours used were:  B0000, C1, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG03, YG63, YG67, Y11, Y13, Y15, RV00, RV02, RV04, E11, E13, E17, E19.

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