Timeless Tuesday: Vintage Card

Good morning and happy Tuesday, Flourishes friends! It's time for another Timeless Tuesday and this week I am challenging you to create a: Vintage Card!

I love any and all things things vintage, especially cards, don't you? I love the soft colors, textures and designs, they just speak to me :)

I used Flourishes Lenten Rose that I stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then colored in with Copics and fussy cut out. I matted my image with a paper doily that I sponged with Old Paper Distress Ink. Then I stitched around on my DP and matted it with Rich Brown CS, and added silk ribbon that I placed a Dresden Heirloom button over.
Here is the list of Copics that I used:

Please visit the rest of the Timeless Tuesday Team for more inspiration!

Ally

Broni
Cindy

Denise

Maki

Lea Lawson - January's Guest Designer

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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Falling Off The Page

Good morning and welcome back for another Timeless Tuesday challenge! This week's hostess is Allison and she is challenging us to create a card with the image : Falling Off The Page.

I used Flourishes "From The Desk Of" stamp set, stamped onto Flourishes Classic White cardstock then colored it in with Copic markers. I used papers, ribbon and the blue rhinestones from the Flourishes "Viola" 123 Create Kit. 

Here are the Copic Collections I used:

Don't forget to keep your eyes out for the Flourishes "Viola" 123 Create Kit, soon we will be featuring Novembers 123 Create Kit, so get your hands on this one before we run out! In this kit you will get a thick 6x6 paper pad, 3 yards of iridescent cording, 2 yards of soft purple ribbon, a yard of white pleated ribbon, a yard of teal velvet ribbon, a yard of lace, and two kinds of bling!! Whew! All of the cording and ribbons combined are pretty generous and I still have some leftover!

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday "Fall Off The Page" inspirations!

Cindy

Heather
Broni 
Denise
Ally 

Maki

Nina Brackett - October's Guest Designer

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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Birthdays!

Good Morning Timeless Tuesday friends! It's time for another fun challenge, and this week I am challenging you to: Create a Birthday Card or Project!! It's as simple and easy as that! Who doesn't need a birthday card at the last moment? I know I do :)

I used Flourishes new "Inside and Out Happy" stamp set. This is my new favorite go to set with all of it's easy and quick sentiments for any occasion!

I stamped Flourishes "Inside and Out Happy" birthday sentiment out on Flourishes "Classic White" cardstock that I cut out with a diecut. I cut some pennants from Spellbinders "Nested Pennants" dies with papers from the Flourishes 123 "Viola" Kit, which the ribbon and rhinestones are also from.


All this month I am using Flourishes "Viola" 123 Kit. With all of it's versatility and embellishments, you will want one too! I personally loved all of the beautiful papers and trims :)

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday inspirations!

Cindy
Broni

Denise

Ally 

Maki

Nina Brackett - October's Guest Designer

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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Winter

Good morning! It's time for yet another fun filled Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge! This week Cindy is challenging us to create a : Winter Inspired Card or Project! This is one of those fun challenges for me, because I absolutely love winter! 

I decided to pull out one of this month's new releases called "Snow Day" and create a playful kind of card.

I used Flourishes "Snow Day" stamped on paper from Flourishes 123 "Viola" Kit. I stamped the image out another piece of paper from the Viola Kit to create the ice skate's "pom-poms". Then I used a Tailor-Made Classic Keyhole Die to frame up the skates. The lace, ribbon and green rhinestone are also from the Viola 123 Kit, then I used V04 Copic from the Flourishes Violet Copic Collection, to color the laces in and complete the look.
Here is the Copic Collection I used for this card:

TIP: Don't be afraid to mix mediums and look for coloring inspirations in other places. I was in my local Micheals two years ago and found tiny bottles of Model Car paint for 25 cents each! I picked some up and used the Gold paint to highlight the skate's blades for some interest. It has a great metallic shine that you just can't get from markers.

All this month I am using Flourishes "Viola" 123 Kit. With all of it's versatility and embellishments, you will want one too! I personally loved all of the beautiful papers and trims :)

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday inspirations!

Cindy

Denise
Broni

Ally 

Maki

Nina Brackett - October's Guest Designer

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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Think Pink Challenge

Good morning Flourishes Friends! Today is a very special Timeless Tuesday. This week we are teaming up with Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful team for our Timeless tuesday Challenge: Think Pink! Create a card featuring the color Pink!
Because October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, we are teaming up to create for the cause!  Stay tuned to the Flourishes Blog, if you play along with this challenge - you might be eligible to play along in another challenge that's making strides and saving lives in the fight against Breast Cancer!

I used Flourishes "Feminine Charm" that I colored in with alcohol markers (not Copics) and fussy cut it out and popped it up on popdots off of my paper. The sentiment is also from the Feminine Charm set that I stamped onto Flourishes Tailor-Made Classic Tags die set. I used some Spellbinder dies and embossed a background on my paper with them to highlight my image. The black faceted pearl flourish, and the black and white paper is from Flourishes 123 Kit. I also used Flourishes Baby Pink ribbon to finish it off.


All this month I will be using Flourishes October 123 Kit so keep your eyes out for it!! :)

Please visit the rest of the Timeless Tuesday team to gather more inspirations!

Cindy

Broni 
Denise
Ally 

Maki

Nina Brackett - October's Guest Designer

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Timeless Tuesday: Fall!

Good morning Flourishes Friends!! It's Tuesday and it's time for another Timeless Tuesday challenge. This weeks hostess is Maki, and she is challenging us to: Create a Fall Themed Card or Project! 
Fall is my vary favorite time of year and I just love all of the colors you see. So I used all fall like colors on my card, kept it rustic, and went with a little grunge look on my card.

I used Flourishes "Summer Blossoms" and "Flowers and Frames" that I colored in with Copics. The papers, ribbon and rhinestones are from the September Flourishes 123 "Rejoice" Kit. And to make the notched pennants, I chose to use the Spellbinders "Nested Pennants" dies, that I embossed and sanded down. Then I sponged everything down in Antique Linen and Tea Dyed Distress Ink.

Here are the Copic Collections that I used for my card:

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday inspirations!

Cindy

Heather
Broni 
Ally 

Maki

Linda Lucas - Septembers's Guest Designer

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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: It's Sketchy

Good morning Flourishes Friends! It's another beautiful Tuesday morning and that means it's time for another Timeless Tuesday Challenge! This week, Allison is our hostess and she is challenging us to a : Sketch Challenge! Ally has kindly provided a beautiful sketch for us to follow and here it is.

I really, really, love this sketch and I had so much fun creating with it; that I keep it in my sketch files for inspiration. 

I chose Flourishes new "Poinsettia and Pine" release that I watercolored in with Letraset Aqua Markers and completely fussy cut it out then popped it up on popdots. I used papers and ribbon from the Flourishes Rejoice 123 Kit, that I layered over Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock. I added my sentiment I stamped onto a Spellbinders Nested Pennants diecut, then I added rhinestone bling from Flourishes Rejoice 123 Kit.

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday inspirations!

Cindy

Heather
Broni 
Denise
Ally 

Maki

Linda Lucas - Septembers's Guest Designer

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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: A Pintrest Christmas

Good Morning Flourishes Friends! Welcome back to a fun filled Timeless Tuesday Challenge. This week I am challenging you to: A Pintrest Christmas!! All you have to do is find your Christmas inspiration on Pintrest, link it up to your blog and show off your Pintrest inspired creation! This is going to be a long post, but I hope you will enjoy it!

I found a really pretty idea for my Pintrest inspiration HERE. It's part way down the page.
Sometimes the link doesn't work, so if you can't click on it, here is my Pintrest Christmas Inspiration photo:

I wondered if you could paint in images instead of stamping them into cookies and maybe having them distort when they are baked. But I cannot freehand paint At All, so I used Flourishes newest release, Poinsettia and Pine to help me.

For the cookies, I stamped Flourishes "Poinsettia and Pine" on to the frosting, then watercoloring the images in with food coloring. For the cookie gift box I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a design onto Flourishes Classic White cardstock, and added my frosted cookies inside. For my gift tag, I stamped an image from Flourishes new Trimmed With Love set colored in with Copics, onto a diecut that I popped up. Then I matted it with some Bo Bunny paper used from Flourishes 123 Kit that also comes with the silver cording you see on my tag.

I did not use edible ink to stamp my cookies, I just combined equal drops of red, blue and green food coloring on a plate and dabbed my stamp in it then stamped onto my icing.  If you would like to try this technique, here are a few tips that I learned.

* Use Royal Icing as your go to icing because it will harden up nicely and so that you have a solid "surface" to stamp your image onto. Here is the recipe I used: Royal Icing.

* Use a cookie recipe that offers a firm cookie and not a soft one or else you'll be adding the firm icing to a mushy cookie. Stamping onto firm icing but a mushy cookie base results in a bad image impression.

* Always make sure your icing is as smooth and flat as possible. I would suggest using a baker's offset spatula. I resisted buying one and I have a few knife lines in my icing that I couldn't smooth completely out.

* Pick non detailed stamps to use and just know that no matter what, after you have dipped them into food coloring, your stamps will be forever stained.

And here is the card I made for the cookies, box, and gift tag set. I couldn't get the card to fit in my picture without you being able to see the cookie details clearly, so I put it in my photo booth.

I used Flourishes new Poinsettia and Pine stamp release, stamped onto Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock. The paper is from Flourishes September 123 Kit that comes with all of this gorgeous green ribbon and the pretty green rhinestones at the bottom of my card.

Here are the Copic marker Collections I used on my tag and the card:

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday inspirations!

Cindy

Heather
Broni 
Denise
Ally 

Maki

Linda Lucas - Septembers's Guest Designer

And please visit the Senior Design Team for their Pintrest inspirations too!

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Sharon Doolittle
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

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Timeless Tuesday: Purple and Blue!

Good morning and welcome back to another Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge! This week our hostess is Denise , and she is challenging us to: Use Purple and Blue!! Ok, I don't use much purple and blue, so using both together in a card was a welcomed new challenge for me :)

I used Flourishes "Garden Picks" from this month's release, stamped on the "Garden Picks" cut file for my Silhouette Cameo from Flourishes. I seriously LOVE my Cameo! I colored my bouquet in with Letraset Aqua Markers that are both light fast and give a true depth of color. I popped my image up on popdots before attaching it to my paper doily. To give my card some interest I used a few punches, some pearls and kept it all simple.

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday inspirations!

Cindy

Broni 
Denise
Ally 

Maki

Sasha Homes - August's Guest Designer

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