Flourishes Tag Birthday card

A nice little simple card for a almost tweener.  I decided on the tag design from the Flourishes Challenge.  Thanksfor the inspiration!  Magnolia stamp is from Flourishes.

I wish I could be  in the christmas spirit flourishes style...but alas, no christmas tags for me since I still don't own a christmas set from them!  Eventually I guess!...

Cherries fresh from the farm Thank you card!

Challenges entered into: Flourishes Farm Fresh--Cute Card Thursday--circles--Wrap it in Ribbon at Pixie Cottage Challenge--

Flourishes Cherries and Peaches set provides the image, colored with copics Rs and YGs. Cut out with Spellbinders using the out of box techinque and Sponged with antique linen distress ink.

DCWV red textured cardstock for both, all distressed with timholtz vintage photo distress ink and the ribbon is from RABOM (ribbons and bows oh my.com)--dk brown satin.

Sentiment is from a Papertrey set (out on a limb? not sure off the top of my head...it was out on the desk and I need to find its home! )
Hope you like! thanks for looking!

Flourish CASE challenge

Challenge of the day...to CASE a flourishes designer or someone who is a friend or the such.

Here is the card I cased....Honestly, I really had a hard time finding one I wanted to case as I have become a more simple card maker and am not into too much stuff on my cards. They are lovely, but I have a hard time taking gorg cards and simplifing... I think it is the influence of my husband who prefers it that way....and since my 6yr old loves everything I make, is the the only adult critic I show things to on a frequent basis! :) I live to please! :)

Flourishes Peaches stamp set with SU cardstock and designer paper from a scrap kit....probably from long ago. Michaels cheap orange satin ribbon....twine that found on Amazon for cheap to make my order up to a 25$ to get my free shipping :) hehe... the tag is a sticker from the SU kit also. Copics were YG 03, 17, 67--YR 07, 04 and some other one or two.

Image cut out with Out of Box technique with spellbinder label and backed with the same die.

Lily Celebration!

I made this card for another of the birthdays we have coming up in a few days. My sister in la I think will enjoy this one!

Main image from Flourishes colored with copics R90s or is it 80s...85, 83, 81 I guess
cut out with a spellbinder and edged in stickles.

The pink paper cut like ribbon is stamped wih Papertrey Ink sentiment of Celebrate from "out on a limb".

Both the pink and striped paper is from a TAC (the angel company) that is old and I used it from the leftovers from a series of scrapbook pages I made.

Green CS is wasabi from SU and the embossing is a cuttlebug folder swiss dots.
The pink dots are from michaels long ago and were not even rom the scrapping section!

Entered into a noon time Flourishes Challenge--- Sketch
thanks for looking.

Apple Thank you

A thank you card with the main image from Flourishes and entered into their challenge which was use 3 pattern papers. I colored the image with copics and since the apples and flowers were warm colors, I entered it into the Copic Creation Challenge also. I actually used 2, the brown diecut with a nestie and the tag that has the sentiment on it was a wood grain pattern. I created a patterned paper with cuttlebug and then distressed it. bright. I also used the diamond pattern or checks...which is the challenge over at Totally Gorjuss Challenge.

The green cs is from SU, the pattern papers from DCWV recycled pack. Sentiment is from Gina K designs. All the papers were distressed using Tim Holtz inks...walnut and main image with linen. The ABC challenge was to make old-fashioned and that is what I used the distressing inks for....plus I liked how it toned down the green, which was very bright. I think it was the green galore!

This card will be put in a basket for a "keep in touch" theme at my oldest child's kindergarten class. It will be in an auction at the carnival. Hope people like what I am doing!

Flourishes--Winter Thaw...looking forward to spring!

Winter Thaw Challenge at Flourishes...

I don't really have the flowers that BREAK through the snow...but at least I do have a spring flower that I always look forward to. We have 5 lilac bushes in our yard and we constantly have them on our dining table during the summer. It helps that my littlens love to pick things! :)

I also used to colors from the challenge as well.

Supplies:

Green, black, purple CS from SU

Copic markers

cuttlebug folder

ricrack from my local sewing shop

SU retired black organdy ribbon

Nesties

Antique linen distress ink

No sentiment as I am unsure what I am going to use this for...or whom...but I promise I will not hord it as I am trying to do an anit hording thing as a new years res... no hording calories, fat, paper, food (overstocking...dont forsee a drought or grocery store collaspe coming...) and of course, the cards I make. I have a hard time giving them away...don't know why. mine mine mine. Guess I am just a bit selfish....or worried they will not treasure them as I do, or won't like them....which would be worse! Anyways....thanks for looking!

Still Peace in the house....Last Valentine!

Baby still asleep...dinner is leftovers and the 5 and 3 yr olds aren't fighting! Got my last one done!

Flourish Image stamped in momento ink, colored in copics.

Still looking for a little bee to buzz.....

Hand wrote "bee mine" as I don't have valentine sentiments and I wanted a bee and this sentiment.

Diecut of SU cs was done on my Siloutte tied with white 7/8 organdy from RABOM.

"Dew Drops" generic from Michaels and colored to right color by copics.

Dotted hearts paper from a freebee from a drawing at my local scrap store. thank you More Memories, New Paris, IN.

Striped paper from DCWV pad from I don't know when! :)

card is a 5.5x5.5

Entering in th Flourishes Challenge for Valentines

Used the Saturday Sketch to inspire me. And in the Gorjuss Challenge...as you like it....and I do like it. hmmm...just hope hubby does, as he is picky about haveing cards that are too "busy."

They Sleep.....I stamped AGAIN!!! Valentine Card for Challenges

The 2 little ones have been sleeping really long....so I have two posts in one day!

Drucilla from Kraftin Kimmie has been stamped in momento ink and colored in copics.

She is cut out and mounted on an old patterned paper from DCWV stack, cut out/embossed with spellbinder label nestie.

I embossed the sentiment from Flouishes (From lilac or waterlillies stamp sets...have both sets in a case) in silver and layered on SU dk brown CS.

Two more patterned papers, kinda unknown.... are layered under.

I love how she turned out. I wish I had pewter colored embossing powder to show up more, but I love it anyways, I think it compliments the corner bling....was going to put a hardware corner in pewter in the bottom right corner, but decided against it.

Entered into Challenges:

I used the Sketch from Truely Scrumptous Challenge.

Have hearts (dots are hearts and teddy has one!) from 7 kids college fund challenge.

Papertake challenged us to have flowers--on the paper...

And finally, Stamping for the weekend challenged us to "warm it up"...I think hearts, warm colors and...well, Drucilla always warms my heart with her slightly crazed loving smile/look! :)