Color Throwdown #184

It's Color Throwdown time again, and this week Barbara is our hostess with these lovely colors!  We'd love to see what you create with them, and remember to just use whatever colors you have that are most similar.

I recently took the plunge after being heavily influenced by my friend Danielle's cute cards, and the fabulous designs I see from Claudia Rosa and purchased some Lili of the Valley stamps!  I don't know why, but images with swings have always been favorites for me, so I HAD to have this "Milly Me and My Dog" image.  The "Thanks" sentiment is from the "Thanks a Bunch" set from My Favorite Things.

Be sure to visit the other Throwdown girls for more inspiration using this color combo...

Barbara Anders	Broni Holcombe	Danielle Kennedy	Joan Ervin	Kerri Michaud
Lori Tecler	Lynn Put	Wanda Cullen	Bev Gerard, March Guest Designer

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Thanksabunch for stopping by!

Bookmark It! Stamping Class

Don't forget, there's still time to sign up for the Bookmark It! Stamping Class.  Find all the details HERE.

Timeless Tuesday #161

It's Tuesday once again, so that means the girls at Flourishes have another Timeless Tuesday challenge for you to try!  Silke has given us this sketch for the challenge, and I hope you'll enjoy giving this "long card" a try!

I was really intimidated at first, but got my wheels turning and LOVE the design I came up with using this sketch.  I switched up the embellishments a little, moving it to the left side to accommodate my image.  A few of my Cherry Blossoms have been cut out and mounted with foam for added dimension.  My blossoms were colored on Flourishes Classic White cardstock with Copic markers, and I embellished with some White Lace Trim, and May Arts plaid ribbon.  The sentiment is from the Tiny Flowers and Tags stamp set, and cut out with the Tailor-Made Classic Tags die.

I added a smaller branch of cherry blossoms on the inside of the card, along with a sentiment from the stamp set.

Please visit the Flourishes blog for all the challenge details, and the Timeless Tuesday team members for more inspiration...

Meredith MacRitchie, March Guest Designer
Beate Johns
Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Makiko Jones
Mona Pendleton
Silke Ledlow

OK, go get inky!  Thanksabunch for stopping by!

Nobody does the girlfriend thing...

Here's a quick card I made this weekend using a great stamp from Verses Rubber Stamps.  This is the "Girlfriend" stamp #FS1101-F, and I paired it up with some fun Echo Park "This & That: Graceful" papers that I picked up from Kate at i {heart} papers.  My card layout is very loosely based on the Mojo Monday #232 sketch from last week.

I embellished with some stitching, a seam binding bow, a Little Yellow Bicycle stick pin and some red Kaisercraft gemstones.  The scalloped border was made with the Little Open Scallop Strip Die-Namics from My Favorite Things.

Quick and easy card... quick and easy blog post!  Thanksabunch for stopping by!

Bookmark It! Stamping Class

Several weeks ago, our Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge was to create Corner Bookmarks like this one shown.  Since I made this bookmark, I have shown it to several of my co-workers and there are a few of them interested in making some bookmarks for themselves.  So, I know it's last minute but I decided to do a class!

This will be held on Saturday, March 24th at 2:00 p.m.  Location to be announced... it'll depend on how many sign up.  (Most likely this will be at my church in Orrville.)  We'll create three different Corner Bookmarks using a variety of stamps, papers, die-cuts and embellishments, and the cost is $15.  You must pay in advance, either via Paypal or by mailing a check (or cash works too, if you'll be seeing me soon!)  Deadline to register is Wednesday, March 21st at 6:00 p.m.  Money cannot be refunded after that date and time.  So if you're interested, please email me... tammyhershberger{at}gmail{dot}com.  If you want to pay with Paypal, let me know what email address to send an invoice to.  If you want to send a check, I'll provide my mailing address.

Please bring your own general adhesive (whatever you prepare... glue, tape runner, etc.) and a pair of scissors for minor snipping and trimming.  Any special adhesives will be provided.

Thanksabunch!

Flourishes New Release Day Three

It's the final day of new releases at Flourishes and we're going out with a bang with this BEAUTIFUL Magnolia stamp set!  IT. IS. GORGEOUS!  Run, don't walk to your computer and place your order for this set (and ALL the new stamps!)  You can pick up individual sets, or get them all at a discount by purchasing the New Release Bundle!

For my card, I colored these beautiful magnolias (Marcella amazes us each month with her incredible illustrations, doesn't she?) and colored with Copic markers from the Lenten Rose and New Leaves collections on Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock.  I cut out the image then and mounted it on a Labels Nineteen Nestabilities die cut, embossed with the No-More-Shims embossing pad.  The papers and ruffled ribbon I used here are from the March 123 Create Kit.

Here's the inside...

Would you like to win this set?  All you have to do is figure out...

One of the ladies on the link list below is the Mystery Blogger, and will be picking a name from the comments left on her blog post today.  We don't know who it is, so the more blogs you leave comments on, the better your chances to win!

Barbara Anders	Christine Okken	Cindy Lawrence	Danielle Kennedy	Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber	Sharon Doolittle	Stacy Morgan	Beate Johns

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There are still four other chances for you to win, as well!  Win the ENTIRE March New Release by participating in the Pre-Release challenge, the Timeless Tuesday challenge, the Wednesday Noontime challenge or the Thursday Noontime challenge!  C'mon... whadya' have to lose?

Happy stamping!  Thanksabunch!

Flourishes New Release Noontime Challenge

Since it's new release week at Flourishes, we've got another Noontime challenge for you today to give you another chance to win the entire March New Release!  For today's challenge, we're using one image as our front and center focal point, and the same image (or something very similar) as the background... hence, the Front & Back challenge!  To play along with us today, check out the rules on the Flourishes blog!

For my card, I'm using the Snow Drops stamps from the new Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1 set, along with the new Bookplate Template Tailor-Made die.  I colored my Snow Drops on kraft cardstock using a white Prismacolor pencil, then blended with some mineral spirits.  When I colored over the image with the white pencil, it made the black lines of ink a little cloudy, so to sharpen up the colored image, I stamped again over the coloring!  Ah, the beauty of clear stamps!  :)

To finish my card I added a strip of designer paper from the new Bo Bunny "Country Garden Collection" 6x6 paper pad, making a scalloped border on the left with the Long Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities, and embellishing with some golden yellow May Arts ribbon from the Flourishes online store.

Need some more "front & back" inspiration?  Check out these other Flourishes Sr. Designers blogs...

Barbara Anders
Christine Okken
Danielle Kennedy

Happy stamping, and good luck!  Thanksabunch for stopping by!

Flourishes New Release Day Two

It's day two of new releases from Flourishes, and today brings another new stamp set along with a new Tailor-Made Die to match the stamps!  Presenting the Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1 stamp set, and Classic Bookplate Template Die!

In keeping with a Spring-time theme, I decided to keep my card very crisp and clean in design.  The violets from the new stamp set are stamped on Flourishes Classic White cardstock and colored with Copics from the Lilac and New Leaves collections.  I cut out the image with the new die, and embossed the edges with the No-More Shims embossing pad.  I embellished with this plaid May Arts ribbon, and the Hello Spring tag and a button.

Would you like to win this set and die?  All you have to do it figure out...

One of the ladies on the link list below is the Mystery Blogger, and will be picking a name from the comments left on her blog post today.  We don't know who it is, so the more blogs you leave comments on, the better are your chances to win!

Barbara Anders	Christine Okken	Cindy Lawrence	Danielle Kennedy	Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber	Sharon Doolittle	Stacy Morgan	Beate Johns

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There are several other ways to win the ENTIRE new release, as well... check out last Friday's Pre-Release Pinspiration challenge, the Timeless Tuesday challenge, yesterday's Noontime challenge, and watch for another Noontime challenge at 12:00 noon Central time today!