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Flourishes Sneak Peek Day #3: He Is Risen

Copics, Faber-Castell, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 63 Responses »

Feb 102012

Today is the third release day of Flourishes new stamps. The design team is featuring the He Is Risen set. It is a gorgeous new Easter set.

For my sample I used the main image. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on white cardstock, cut and embossed with a Petite Oval Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers (Lilies: Y13, Y15, Y17, YR15 Flower Stems: YR18, E37, E29 Leaves: G40, G43, G46 Small Flowers: B45, Y17 Cross: E70, E71, E74, E23). A few white lines were added to the cross with a white Faber-Castel white pastel pen.

The edges of the oval were first sponged with Antique Linen, then just a touch with Vintage Photo Distress ink. It was first layered on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with a Scallop Oval Nestabilities die, then on piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with a Lace Doily Motifs die.

A 2″x 5″ piece of the new My Mindy’s Eye Be Happy Follow Your Heart paper was adhered to a 5″ square of the same paper pack. The edges of the papers were sanded before it was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Kraft cardstock. Seam Binding was tied around the vertical strip and topped with an October Afternoon Button before the image layers were adhered to the paper layers. Everything was adhered to a 5 1/2″ square white card base.

A sentiment from the same set was stamped to a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with a Parisian Accents and Motifs die. The embossed part was sponged and adhered to the lower right of the image. Pearls and part of of a Pearl swirl finish off the card.

Would you like to win the He is Risen set? All you need to do is leave a comment on each of the blogs below. Why? You need to try to figure out….

One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win!

Happy hopping, friends!

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE FEBRUARY RELEASE? Have you checked out Flourishes’ B&W+1 Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You can also play in the Noon Time Challenges! All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
Beate

Flourishes Sneak Peek Day #2: Tiny Tags and Flowers

Copics, Flourishes, LLC, Grand Nestabilities, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 50 Responses »

Feb 092012

Today is the second release day of Flourishes new stamps. It’s a really fun set. You can use the images to decorate tags to go with the bigger matching images from other Flourishes sets, or you can use the tiny images to create wreath or borders for other shapes.

For my card I started out cutting and embossing a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock with a die from the Orchard Harvest Tags & Accents pack. The rose image and leaves from the Tiny Flowers and Tags stamp set were stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers (1/5th YR31- custom marker, YR21, YR23, YG41, YG45). The label was sponged first with Antique Linen, then lightly with the Vintage Photo Distress ink.

A piece of My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found 2 Sunshine patterned paper was cut and embossed with another of the die from the Orchard Harvest Tags & Accents pack. The edges of the paper were sanded and the sentiment layer was adhered over it with dimensionals.

Another piece of white cardstock was cut and embossed with a die from the Twisted Metal Tags & Accents pack. The sentiment layers were adhered over it. A 2 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Sunshine paper was adhered to a 4″ square of the same paper pack. The edges were sanded and part of a paper doily were adhered to the lower left hand corner of the layers. A border was stitched around the edges and the papers were adhered to the card base, a piece of white cardstock cut and embossed with the smallest of the Grand Square Nestabilities dies.

White cardstock was cut and embossed with one of the new Tailor-Made Classic Tags die and the center was sponged with Antique Linen. A rose was stamped and colored like the ones on the label, cut out and adhered to the tag with dimensionals. Thin May Arts Ribbon was tied around the tag opening and the tag was adhered to the lower right of the sentiment label. Baby Bling Rhinestones on the biggest die cut and parts of a Finesse Rhinestone swirl finish off the card.

Would you like to win the Tiny Flowers and Tags stamp set? All you need to do is leave a comment on each of the blogs below. Why? You need to try to figure out….

Happy hopping, friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
Beate

Prayers & Blessings

Copics, JustRite Stampers, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 10 Responses »

Feb 062012

I am excited to be the Guest Designer for JustRite Stampers this month. I love their stamps. They make it so easy to make elegant cards. I can give you a peek of a card I created with the new With Sympathy set. You can read all the details about the card on the JustRite Stampers blog today.

I hope you go and check it out. I really like how the card came out.

Have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and smiles

The Beauty of Love

Copics, Flourishes - Bring Back Beautiful Challenge, Flourishes, LLC, Grand Nestabilities, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 16 Responses »

Feb 062012

With Valentines quickly approaching I am sure there is one last card that needs to be made. Create a project based on Love. It does not have to be Valentine related. It can be just because you love someone.

Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations HERE to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB19. You have until February 29th to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

For my card I chose The roses from A Year in Flowers 2. The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. I had received the new Copic colors on Saturday and had to use them right away to color my roses (Flowers: RV10, RV52 new, RV55, RV66 Leaves: G40, G43 new, G46 new).

A piece of MME Lost & Found 2 Blush Patterned Paper was cut and embossed with a Classic Heart Nestabilities. The inside of the heart was sponged with Antique Linen and the heart was stitched to a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut and embossed with a Classic Scalloped Heart. The rose image was cut out and adhered with with dimensionals to the right hand side of the hearts. Part of a Finesse Pearl Swirl was adhered to the left side of the heart.

A sentiment from the stamp set April Showers was stamped on a piece of cardstock that had been cut and embossed with a Fancy Tag die. The inner part of the tag was sponged with Antique Linen distress ink and part of the rose image was stamped over the left hand side of the tag. The sentiment layer was adhered partly under the flower and over the heart.

Two 4 1/8″ wide strips of Blush Paper were adhered to a 4 1/8″ square of the same paper pack. The edges of the paper were sanded before the layers were stitched to a 4 3/8″ square of Kraft cardstock. Ivory Organdy Ribbon was tied around the layers vertically before the heart and sentiment were adhered to the card front with dimensionals. Everything was adhered to the card base; white cardstock cut and embossed with the second smallest Grand Scallop Square Nestabilities die. Three pearls on the lower right corner finish off the card.

Check out what the rest of the design team has created!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to participate in the challenge this month!
Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

InLinkz.com

Simple Psalm

CAS, Copics, JustRite Stampers, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 16 Responses »

Feb 032012

Today I want to share with you a simple card I made with a new JustRite Stampers set called Cast all your Cares. I started by stamping the flower stamp in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was masked and the frame image was stamped over it. The image was cut out with the Out of the Box Nestabilities die and a Label 16 Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Flowers: Y11, Y13, Y17, Y38, E25 Leaves: YG21, YG23, YG17 Frame: E97, E99, E37 inside: B0000, B000).

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Solar White cardstock folded in half. The bottom corners were rounded and the card front was embossed with the Provocraft Brocade Embossing Folder. A 1 3/8″ x 4 1/4″ piece of MME Lost & Found 2 Breeze Patterned Paper was adhered to the lower half of the card front and Yellow Organdy Ribbon was tied over that strip. The image was adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals. Part of a Finesse Rhinestone swirl finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

InLinkz.com

Dash of Pink

Copics, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap, Whiff of Joy Challenge 14 Responses »

Feb 012012

Today’s Whiff of Joy Challenge is to create a black and white image. The Dare to Dream image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was cut and embossed with the Classic Frame die and colored with Copic Markers (Skin: T0, T1, T3 Hair: T2, T3, T5, T7 Skirt: T3, T5, T7, T9 Flowers: R81, R85, R89 Ground:W3, W5, W7 Background: W00, W0, W1). Another frame was cut and embossed, this time out of black cardstock and the image was adhered inside.

Three 4″ wide strips of Echo Park Yours Truly patterned paper were sanded and adhered to a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the same paper pack. The paper was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of white cardstock. Ivory Organdy Ribbon was tied around the paper layers and the image was adhered to them with dimensionals.

A Prima Flower was adhered to the lower left corner of the image. Parts of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl were adhered around the flower. A sentiment from the General Sayings stamp set was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with the smallest Petite Oval Nestabilities die. The embossed part was colored with Copic Markers (W00, W0, W1). A piece of Yours Truly Paper was cut and embossed with the second smallest Classic Scalloped Heart die and the edges were sanded. The sentiment was adhered over the heart and both were taped to the upper right corner of the image.

The layers were adhered to the card base, a 4 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ piece of textured Crumb Cake cardstock and Baby Bling Rhinestones were adhered to the left hand side of the heart.

I hope you have time to participate in the challenge. It’s fun to color images in black and white. Plus as always, if you use Whiff of Joy images for your challenge card, you could win a prize.

Have a wonderful day!
Hugs an smiles

InLinkz.com

Hyacinth Thanks

Copics, Flourishes - Timeless Tuesday, Flourishes, LLC, Grand Nestabilities, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 28 Responses »

Jan 312012

Today’s Timeless Tuesday challenge hostess is Silke. She created a great sketch for us. For my sample I pulled out the Hyacinth Hello stamp set. I hadn’t used the image with the flower in the vase yet and thought it was perfect for this time of the year (with a bit of wishful thinking…).

The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was colored with Copic Markers ( Petals: Rooo, R00, R01, R02, T2, T3 Leaves: G20, YG01, G21, YG63 Bulb: E30, E31, E33 Water: B41, B0000) and cut out. A piece of Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden paper was cut and embossed with a Standard Circle Nestabilities die. The edges were sanded and the circle was stitched to a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Tear Drop Circle Nestabilities die.

Another piece of Pink Paislee paper was cut and embossed with the second smallest Grand Square Nestabilities die. The edges were sanded and adhered to a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the second smallest Grand Scallop Square Nestabilities die. The edges of two 1 3/4″ x 4″ strips of green patterned paper of the same paper pack were sanded, then stitched, then adhered to the square layers vertically. Two more strips were cut, sanded and stitched and adhered over the layers horizontally.

Organdy Ribbon was tied through the Tear Drop pieces before the image layers were adhered to the card base with dimensionals. A sentiment from the Hyacinth Hello in Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the retired 5 in 1 Tag die. The inner part of the tag was colored with Copic Markers (R000, R00, R01, R02) and tiny Stardust Stickles dots were added. The tag was tied to the bow with embroidery thread. The same thread tied an October Afternoon button over the bow.

More Stardust Stickles was added to the center of the flower petals. Parts of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl were adhered to the top left and button right corners and additional Rhinestones on the upper left hand side finish off the card.

Check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Members for more inspiration:

Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Maki Jones
Mona Pendleton
Silke Ledlow
and
January Guest Designer Cheryl Lea

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

InLinkz.com

Every Moment With You

Copics, Nestabilities, Raindrop Echo Design, Want2Scrap, Wee Stamps, Whimsy Stamps 67 Responses »

Jan 272012

Today Whimsy Stamps is combining forces with One Crazy Stamper to bring you a Crazy Whimsical blog hop filled with lots of inspiration and some PRIZES!!

Whimsy Stamps is a family owned rubber stamp company located in the United States. We carry a large variety of exclusive rubber and digital stamps, custom rubber and digital designs, our Shapeology metal crafting dies, and many different crafting embellishments. We have new releases each month for both rubber stamps and dies as well as new digital images. Hop by the shop and see what’s new!

One Crazy Stamper is a fantastic Canadian crafting store with an online site as well as a brick and mortar store located in Bolton, Ontario! One Crazy Stamper has the latest products you are looking for! Be sure to check out the One Crazy Stamper shop as well as the OCS blog for your daily inspiration.

Please join our hop featuring projects from the Whimsy and One Crazy Stamper Design Teams. Be sure to hop around from blog to blog and leave a comment at each stop, because some lucky random commenter are going to win some crafty goodies!!!

Well….when I started stamping, I remembered new images, I remembered what paper to use, but I forgot about the sketch we are using today. I had most of the card done before I remembered. So my card doesn’t match the sketch 100%, but I think it still kind of works.

I stamped the new Bird Swing image in Tuxedo Black Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was cut and embossed with the largest Classic Oval Nestabilities die and the Out of the Box technique and colored with Copic Markers (Birds: N0, N1, N2, N3, Y21, Y23 Swing: E31, E33, E35, E37, Y21, Y23, Y26 Roses: R43, R46, R59 Leaves: YG61, YG63, YG67 Sky: B0000, B000, B00). The image was first adhered to a piece of gray cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Scallop Oval Nestabilities die, then on a paper doily.

The edges of a 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Echo Park Yours Truly Patterned Paper were sanded before the strip was adhered to a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the same paper pack. The bottom corners were rounded and the edges were first sanded, then stitched. Organdy Ribbon was tied around the vertical strip before the image was adhered with dimensionals. The layers were adhered to a card base , a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock, folded in half.

Two pieces of Yours Truly paper were cut and embossed with a die from the Twisted Metal Accents & Die collection and colored with Copic Markers (YG61, YG63). They were adhered next to the bow (and would have to count for the horizontal strip on the sketch). Parts of a Finesse swirl were adhered slightly under the paper swirls and the ribbon bow was topped with a Rhinestone brad.

A sentiment from the Everyday Circle Sentiments was stamped in London Fog Memento Ink on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut and embossed with a Standard Circle die. It was adhered to the lower right of the image layer. A heart was cut out of felt with a Classic Heart Nestabilities die. A Flower was stuck through the left side and the flower end was twisted. The heart was adhered to the upper left of the image. Three Rhinestones on the top right edge finish off the card.

Check out the creations of my fellow blog hop participants:

One Crazy Stamper Blog

Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Lora

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

From the Heart

Copics, Flourishes - Timeless Tuesday, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, Want2Scrap 36 Responses »

Jan 242012

Today’s challenge hostess is Cindy Haffner. She challenged us to create a Center Step card. I haven’t made one of those in a while. I wanted mine to match the heart box I created last week, so I started with a card base out of Neenah Classic White cardstock. Each portion of the card was stitched with a 3/8″ smaller piece of Melissa Frances 5th Avenue Patterned paper.

I cut and embossed a piece of 5th Avenue paper with the second largest of Classic Heart Nestabilities dies. The paper was sanded and stitched to piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the second largest of the Classic Scalloped Heart die. The big flower image from Sweet Nature was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock, colored with Copic Markers (YG41, YG45, R81, R83, R85), cut out and adhered on top of the heart layers.

White Organdy ribbon was tied around the middle section of the card and the heart layers were adhered over it with dimensionals. White Crochet Lace was adhered on the top of the bottom score line.

The banner from the new “From the Heart” set was stamped in Tuxedo Black Ink on Solar White cardstock. A sentiment from the same set was stamped in the center of the banner. The banner was cut out and colored (E40, E41) and adhered under the flower images. Parts of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl were added to each of the side layers. Rhinestones from the 72 Count Rhinestone pack on the top left of the main panel and under the sentiment finish off the card.

Check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Members for more inspiration:

Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Maki Jones
Mona Pendleton
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
and
January Guest Designer Cheryl Lea

Check back with the Flourishes Designer tomorrow for more sneak peeks of this set. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

InLinkz.com

Snow Bunny

Copics, Meljen's Designs, Nestabilities, Raindrop Echo Design, Want2Scrap, Whimsy Stamps 62 Responses »

Jan 232012

Hello and welcome to Day 5 of our January Rubber Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (18 January) Whimsy Stamps released this month’s rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 25 January the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today’s mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT’s posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM EST on 25 January.

For my card today I used Meljen’s Snow Bunny. The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image cut and embossed with the largest large Label Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers
(Bunny: T0, T1, T3, T5, R20 Coat: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99 Scarf/mittens: R24, R29, R39, YG91, YG93, YG97, YG99 background: B0000, B000 snow: BG0000, BG000). The image was layered on a piece of black cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities die. Stardust Stickles was added over the snow.

A 4″ square of Echo Park Winter Park Paper was cut in half diagonally and adhered to the bottom of a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the same paper pack. A 2 1/8″ x 4″ blue paper strip from Winter Park was adhered above the triangle. The bottom corners of the layers were rounded before a border was stitched along the edges. White organdy ribbon was tied around the horizontal layer before the paper was adhered to the card base, a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Kraft cardstock, folded in half.

A sentiment from the new Whimsy Stamp set Thank You Tabs was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut out and adhered under the lower right of the image. The image layers were adhered to the card base with dimensionals. Snowflakes were cut out of white cardstock and scraps from Winter Park paper. One snowflake was layered, topped with a rhinestone brad and adhered to the lower left of the image, the other (a single cut from the smallest die) was adhered above the sentiment and topped with a Rhinestone. Part of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl was adhered next to the large snowflake to finish off the card front.

To take a peek at today’s fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below

Crystal Irwin

Ellie Stover

Heidy Blom

Jacque Beddingfield

Stephanne Maraver

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for more new release creations!
Have a great day!
Hugs and smiles