BBB 22

As spring begins to sprout in many parts of the world - let's honour Mother Nature by showing off the beauty of what we find in the garden. Pick your favorite flower and make it the centerpiece of your card or creation!

For my card, I used the stunning Magnolias stamp set. It was colored with Distress Ink re-inkers

Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations on the Flourishes Blog to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB22. You have until May 31 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! Our favourite Beauty from this challenge will also be asked to join the team for the next challenge, so play along and let's see all those beautiful Garden creations!

Betty
Claudia Rosa
Iwona
Kathy
Linda
Naomi

BBB 21

For this month’s Bring Back Beautiful challenge, we’d like to honor those in our lives that bless us with their friendship with THE BEAUTY OF FRIENDSHIP. The challenge is just that simple – make a card or creation with a friend in mind!



Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations HERE to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB21. You have until April 30 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!

I used the gorgeous Magnolias stamp set, and colored it with Distress Inks.

For more inspiration please visit the rest of the BBB-team! You might have noticed there`s a few new names on the list :) Welcome Linda, Naomi and Claudia!!

Betty
Claudia Rosa
Iwona
Kathy
Linda
Naomi

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Beauty of Spring!

March in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of September in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is March. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is March. So this month we are asking you to create a project based on either Spring or Autumn.




Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations HERE to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB20. You have until March 31st 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!


I used Signs of Spring stamp set for my card. For more inspiration, please visit:

Heather
Kathy
Laura
Iwona
Betty
Beate

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Jan Marie!

Let’s light the candles and strike up the music!! The owner of Flourishes – Jan Marie Caruso – is celebrating a birthday and we’re helping her by getting the party started with just about the entire Flourishes Crew! Why not leave some love on her blog HERE and while you are hopping around, pay a visit to the Flourishes team members who are honoring her special day!




I wish you all the best Jan Marie! Hope your day will be the best ever!!

In honor of Jan’s special day, the worker bees behind the scenes decided to have a COLORFUL sale to help celebrate! TODAY and TOMORROW only – all Copic Markers will be on sale 15% off. Just use the code COPIC15 in the coupon code box at the time of check out to get this fun discount! So, join us in singing her a special little birthday song! Be sure to check out all the fun and festive wishes and grab some great ideas for birthday cards along the way!



Barbara Anders
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Stacy Morgan
Betty Wright
Cindy Haffner
Dee Jackson
Maki Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
Beate Johns
Heather Jensen
Kathy Jones
Pat Adam
Mona Pendelton

Beauty of Love

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.


I used Fanciful Flourishes stamp set for my card. It was embossed with brown embossing powder.



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 more lovely inspiration visit:

Heather
Kathy
Laura
Iwona
Betty
Beate

Thanks so much for stopping by!

White Wedding!

WARNING: You might need a pair of sunglasses for this one. LOL!

It`s Friday again, and I have a wedding card to share. White and silver, my favorites for weddings!


The background stamp I usesd for this card - Damask background - was stamped with Versamark embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder on vellum. Love the soft effect of vellum! The circle behind the ribbon was also heat embossed, and the image is from the Thinking of you stamp set.



To finish it off I used Spellbinders dies, a ribbon slide, pearls and some beautiful silver corners.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!

Beautiful Day...

Happy Wednesday!

What can I say? I LOVE roses!! Each color has it`s beauty, but there`s just something about pink roses I think. This beautiful rose image is from the stamp set I Love Roses by Flourishes, and is colored with Distress Inks. Love the sentiment too, from this stamp set.

Have a beautiful day!!

A Sweet New Baby...

Happy Friday! - best day of the week:))
I just wanted to share this baby-card that I made for a friend. She just had a brand new baby boy, and he is sooo cute!! This card was made using various Spellbinders dies, pearl brads, and the stentiment is from a stamp set called Baby Love by Flourishes.



Hope you have a great weekend,
and thanks so much for stopping by!!

The Beauty of Bling

Happy New Year!!

It is time for the first BBB-challenge of 2012, and this time we want you to
bling it up with rhinestones or pearls on your card or creation!



For my card I used the beautiful PEARS stamp set. I colored the pears with Distress Inks and decorated the card with Spellbinders dies and Bling :)

Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations HERE to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB18. You have until January 30th 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 more inspiration, please visit:

Cindy
Heather
Kathy
Laura
Iwona
Betty
Beate

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Julie!

Beautiful roses for a beauiful lady...HAPPY BIRTHDAY Julie!!!
Today we are celebrating Julies birthday with a birthday blog-hop!



This card was made using A year in flowers 2 stamp set, and it was colored with Distress Inks.
Follow along and visit these ladies as well:

• Jan Marie Caruso


• Barbara Anders


• Christine Okken


• Cindy Lawrence


• Danielle Kennedy


• Dawn Burnworth


• Sharon Doolittle


• Stacy Morgan


• Tammy Hershberger


• Beate Johns


• Cindy Haffner


• Heather Jensen


• Maki Jones


• Silke Ledlow


• Heather Jensen


• Iwona Palmountain


• Kathy Jones


• Mona Pendleton


• Yvonne Hagane


•  Laura Fredrickson

Thanks so much for stopping by!

BBB - Beauty of a fold

Welcome to the Bring Back Beautiful challenge!
With so many different folds out there, try to use something other than an original card fold. You may find some examples online at Splitcoaststampers. I did the Recessed Window fold. Never tried that before, but it was super fun! I used the Lenten Rose stamp set, and colored with Le Plume Markers and Distress Inks.







Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations HERE to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB16. You have until November 30th 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!

Please visit the rest of the team for more inspirational folds.


Cindy
Heather
Kathy
Laura
Iwona
Betty (Welcome to the team Betty!!)

Thanks for visiting today!

Sunflower Rake

Happy Friday!

Best day of the week:) I have a card to share today, using one of the new stamps from Serendipity. It`s called Sunflower Rake. Colored as usual with Distress Inks, and decorated with various Spellbinders dies, pearls and gold thread. Pretty clean and sipmle;)

Have a wonderful weekend all! And thanks for visiting!!

Blue Christmas...

Happy Friday!

Fall is definitely here, and that reminds me that Christmas is getting closer! The image I used for this card is one of my all time favorites. It is a Serendipity image called Christmas Chapel
It was colored in shades of blue with Distress Inks.



For the background I used Snowflake Flourish small. I embossed it with clear embossing powder and added rhinestones. I also added glitter to the snowy parts of the image, but it doesn`t show in this photo.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and thanks so much for stopping by!

BBB - Beauty of a technique!

Good Morning, and welcome to another BBB-challenge!
There are so many on-line resources sharing tips and techniques with stampers. One surefire favorite is the resource library over at SCS! So, this month’s Bring Back Beautiful Challenge is to be inspired by a technique you love, or maybe one you've never tried!



Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creation HERE to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB 15. You have until October 31st 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!


I used embossing as my technique. Love the effect...
Please visit these ladies for more technique inspiration:

Cindy
Heather
Kathy
Laura
Iwona
Mona

Thanks so much for stopping by!

BBB - Beauty of a color!

Good Morning!

It`s the first Monday of the month, and that means another Bring Back Beautiful challenge! This time it`s all about color. Do you have a favorite color? We are asking you to use monochromatic colors for your creation. Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creation HERE to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB14. You have until September 30st 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 more monochromatic inspiration, visit these amazing ladies:

Cindy
Heather
Kathy
Laura
Iwona
Mona

I used stamps from 3 different Flourishes sets:
I love Roses
Zinnias
Fanciful Flourishes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Coloring Tutorial...

Happy Wednesday!

A while ago I was asked by Beate Johns
from Splitcoaststampers to do a tutorial on coloring with Distress Inks. And of course I wanted to! Have a look HERE.



The image used on this card is from the set Zinnias by Flourishes.
Thanks so much for visiting, and have a great day!