BBB-05 - Deck The Halls!

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For this month’s Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge, use beauty in stamping to create an accent piece for a table, a mantle, a decoration or any kind of home décor. ‘Tis the season for stamping and entertaining –so let’s see if you can create a match made in heaven by using both!



I chose to create place cards for a Christmas table using the gorgeous Poinsetta and Boxwood set. These were really easy to make and can easily be mass produced! I used the In Spades Pendants template by Spellbinders for the base (cut it in half) and the Long Classic Rectangles die. The poinsetta was colored with Distress Inks. I didn`t put any names on them yet, as I plan to use them for a Christmas Dinner:)



I even made a napkin ring to match the place cards... Super easy!

Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful creation Here to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB05. You have until December 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!



Also make sure to visit the other team members:

Beate
Cindy Coutts
Heather Jensen
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones

Thanks so much for stopping by!

BBB-04 - Beauty Of A Bow!

Welcome to the Bring Back Beautiful challenge for November!
As we enter into the busiest time of the card making season, we want to see how you use beauty and artistry and wrap it up with a bow… with ribbon! You don’t have to create a bow, just show us your favorite way to add elegance to your cards or creations with ribbon. Link up your card for the Bringing Back Beauty challenge here to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB04. You have until November 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!



I chose to do a Christmas card for this challenge and I used the All that glitters stamp set. I colored the ornaments with Rangers Distress Inks, and added a gold bow. I used the same gold ribbon inside the frame to add a little contrast.
Please make sure to stop by these fabulous ladies:

Beate Johns
Cindy Coutts
Jule Koerber
Kathy Jones
Michelle Woerner

Thanks so much for stopping by!

BBB-03 Beauty of a Gift

Welcome to the Bring Back Beautiful Challenge for October!
As we get closer to the season of giving, let’s take the wraps off your creativity to come up with beautiful ways to gift give. Do you have a fun template for a beautiful box? Or, do you have a beautiful presentation for gift cards? Show us what you’ve got!



For this challenge, I chose to decorate a gift to go along with a matching card. I used the Fanciful Flourishes set. I just love those damasks! I did the stamping with Rangers Distress Inks (Peeled Paint), and decorated with lace, satin ribbon and pearls.



Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge card here to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB03. You have until October 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!
And last but not least; have a look at these beauties:

Beate Johns
Becca Feeken
Cindy Coutts
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Michelle Woerner

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Christmas Ornament

Happy Monday!
We are getting closer to christmas every day, and today I have a couple of Christmas Ornaments to share! No stamps used, just Spellbinders dies and some bling:)



I used the 2010 Snowflake Pendants template along with a Lacey Circle die. I used the snowflake die as a stencil and sponged them with pink/teal ink to make them match the background a bit:)






And just a little note about my last card, Autumn Chair: I`ve had questions about the name of the Cuttlebug embossing folder I used, and have finally figured out what It`s called: Heritage! It comes in a set of four folders:)

As always, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!

Autumn Chair

It`s really starting to feel like fall...and what a beautiful season! I love all the amazing colors in the leaves and the fresh, crisp air! So I have an autumn card to share today, using one of the new stamps from Serendipity. It`s called Autumn Chair.

I colored the image with Rangers Distress Inks, as usual, and aged it a bit with some sponging. The Cuttlebug embossing folder frame I`ve used for this card is so beautiful, and so I wanted to keep the embellishments and layout very simple...

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





Supplies: Stamps: Autumn chair by Serendipity, Archival Ink Jet Black, Rangers Distress Inks, Cuttlebug embossingfolder, pearls, ribbon, On the vine borderabilities by Spellbinders.

Rustic Beauty!

Welcome to the Bring Back Beautiful challenge for September!
As the leaves start to change colors to usher in fall, we want to see your rustic beauty. Interpret this challenge however you like – want to use a little distressing? Want to use shades of rust? Want to use things that look aged or antiqued? You choose! Just make sure the end result has a rustic feel to it!



I chose to create a set of tiny cards for this challenge. I just love to make tiny cards! I used the Cherry Blossoms stamp set, and did the coloring with Rangers Distress Ink.
To give them a rustic feel, I used Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles. I also did a lot of sponging and some hand-stitching to finish them off.



Please link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge card here . If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB02. You have until September 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!

Last, but not least; You`ll have to check out what the rest of the team made! You will LOVE these beauties:

Beate Johns
Becca Feeken
Cindy Coutts
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Michelle Woerner

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

Bunch Of Daisies

Happy Sunday!

I hope you`re not completely intimidated by the colors of this card... Orange is in fact my daughters favorite color, and she suggested that I should do a card in that color. And...so I did!

I colored the image with Marvy Le Plume Markers and Distress Inks, and aged it a bit with Vintage Photo (Distress Ink).
And as you see, I`ve got my brand NEW spellbinders dies!! Oh boy, do I ever love those lacey dies! They are actually square shaped, but I made them a bit longer to fit the image.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: Stamps: Bunch Of Daisies by I Brake For Stamps, Archival Ink Coffee, Distress Inks, Marvy Le Plume Markers, Spellbinders: Labels Fourteen, Lacey Squares, Pearls, ribbon, eyelets, butterfly from Karen-Marie Klip, Papers: Graphic 45.

Goldfinch!

Happy Tuesday!
Summer vacation is over, and soon the kids will be back at school... Even though It`s sad to see the summer fade, It`s great to get back to everyday-routines!
I`ve spent the last couple of days getting organized before everyone is off to school and work:)
For the card I`m sharing today, I`ve used a GORGEOUS image from Serendipity called Goldfinch. I decided to do the monochromatic look and colored it in different shades of blue, using Distress Inks.



I kept the layout pretty simple, and added some piercing around the edges. I also added some Distress Ink (Antique Linen) to the edges to give it more of an aged look.
The outer border is made from the Lotus Borderabilities Petite Die Template by Spellbinders.

As always - thank you so much for stopping by!

Bring Back Beautiful Challenge!

Hi all and welcome to the very first Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge! This team was started by Flourishes to truly showcase beauty in card making – whether it just be in a beautifully colored image, a fabulous way to incorporate an embellishment or a new twist on a card layout.

Today kicks off our first challenge with a look at one of the things that can evoke a lot of beauty in card making – COLOR! Here’s your challenge: pick your favorite medium – watercolor, colored pencils, markers, alcohol inks… the sky is the limit! I used Rangers Distress Inks as my coloring medium:



Show off your color and join us! Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creation here to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB01. You have until August 31st to enter!



As we unveil our challenge for September, 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! Also, check out what my amazingly talented fellow team members made for this challenge:

Beate Johns
Becca Feeken
Cindy Coutts
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Michelle Woerner

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: Stamps: Waterlilies by Flourishes, Archival Ink Jet Black, Rangers Distress Ink Reinkers, Spellbinders: Classic Ovals Lg, In Spades Pendants, In Spades Borderabilities Petite, pearls

Spellbinders Guest Blogger IIII

Happy Thursday!

Thursday is here again, and that means I have another Sneak Peek for you! This is my fourth and final post as guest blogger at the Spellbinders blog. And I have to tell you, it`s been such a pleasure! I love working with Spellbinders dies and can`t wait to see the new release die templates in July... Please go to this post at Spellbinders blog to see the full project with directions.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Spellbinders Guest Blogger III

Happy Thursday!

I`m back with another sneak peek of my third card for Spellbinders! If you would like to see the whole card with tutorial, click here.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoy summer as much as I do;)

Kazan`s Sketch 54 - Train Engine!

Happy Saturday!
I`m so excited to show you this new image by Serendipity! It`s called Train Engine, and It`s perfect for masculine cards!
You see, my intention was to create a real masculine card with this image... BUT I couldn`t help myself, and reached for this gorgeous baby blue DP. Soo I decided to turn it into a baby card;-)
I colored the image with Distress Inks, but really - this image is just as gorgeous without coloring...
The layout was based on Kazan`s Sketch 54.

As always - thanks so much for visiting, and have a wonderful weekend!



Supplies: Spellbinders: Labels Eight, In Spades Pendant, Decorative Photo Corners. DP from Basic Grey and Ladybug and Friends, Martha Stewart border punch.

Spellbinders Guest Blogger II

Wow, Thursday already! Time really flies by too fast... I`m back with another sneak peek from my second post as Guest Blogger at Spellbinders. To see more, simply click
here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Spellbinders Guest Blogger I

Happy Thursday!
Just stopping by with this little sneak peek... It`s my first post as Guest Blogger at Spellbinders and I am super excited! Hope you`ll stop by their blog to see more here.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful evening!

CCT 114 - Merci Bouquet

Happy Friday!

It`s been so long since I joined a challenge, so when I saw this weeks challenge at Cute Card Thursday - No Designer paper - I thought I`d enter this card. I used one of the images from the beautiful Merci Bouquet set by Layers of Color, and colored it with Distress Inks.



I used these Spellbinders dies; Labels Six, Fancy Tags, Decorative Photo Corners and Long Classic Rectangles LG. The punched border is from Martha Stewart.

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

Winter Fenceline...

Happy Friday!
Just stopping by with a card I made a few days ago, I haven`t been able to post it until now. I`ve used a winter image from Serendipity, called Winter Fenceline.
Even though it`s a winter image, I chose to work with warm yellow and orange. I stamped the image and sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed with black embossingpowder. I created the sun by sponging with Distress Inks.
Papers are MME and Prima, borderpunch from Martha Stewart.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks a million times for all your encouraging comments!! Have a wonderful weekend:-)

Woohooo!

Good morning!

I have some exciting news to share!!
A couple of days ago I recieved an email from Beth Pingry telling me that I had WON the International Blogger Contest at Spellbinders!!! How lucky am I!!?
You can read all about it here. I am sooo excited about this and can`t wait to get started!
I`m sure you all know how much I love my Spellbinders dies...;-)

Well, before I run off to work; Have a wonderful weekend!