Flourishes Challenge - Black, White + 1

The Flourishes challenge is black, white + 1 color.  I decided to use Aqua.  I wanted to create a quick Valentines card for my son and of course ended up with another card entirely. :)  I will have to still work on my son's valentines this weekend.

Here is the finished card.  

 

 I had started with the heart without flowers: 

 

Not sure which I like better.  But now I have a wedding card on hand. :)

Recipe:

1. Lay down Heart die (Memory Box) onto white cardstock as your mask.  
2. Punch multiple hearts (Martha Stewart Punch) from white cardstock.  Lay on white cardstock as additional masks. 
3. Glimmer mist with Patina over masks. 
4. Let dry. Fold up little hearts and attach to masked hearts. 
5. Stamp Verses Rubber Stamps sentiment using black ink. 
6. Apply mask and stamp flowers using black ink. 
7. Spritz more glimmer mist on craft mat. Use waterbrush to add a touch of color to the flowers.
8. Mount on card base. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Flourishes - The Name Game Challenge

The Flourishes blog challenged players to come up with new challenge ideas and you could win a chance to be the hostess of the challenge and one of the new stamp sets in the release. Well... I suggested a challenge idea and it was selected. Yeah!  Today is the day for my challenge over on the Flourishes blog. My challenge is called the Name Game.

 

How to Play: Simply use your monogram as the inspiration for your creation! So, if your name starts with an “J” – add jewels! What about “B” –add a bow! How about a “P” – use a punch! Just that simple! Just make sure you share your initials and the things you used on your creation that were name inspired! 

I created two cards using the new release Meet Me Under the Mistletoe.  

My initials were "S" - Stamping, "L" - Liquid Pearls, "C" - Coloring 

The set has this beautiful row of mistletoe. I thought since the set was all about mistletoe which led me to think of  love,  that I would create a heart shaped wreath of mistletoe. 
Recipe: 

1. Curve the row of mistletoe clear stamp on the acrylic block to create the right half of the heart.
2. Ink up with black ink and stamp on white cardstock. (This took a few times to get it right as it requires a little more pressure to get an even stamp if you curve the stamp.) 
3. Lay the acrylic block over the stamped image and reverse the stamp on the acrylic block following the lines of the stamped image. 
4. Ink up the stamp with black ink and stamp next to the image on cardstock. 
5. I also could have die cut a heart and lined up my stamp using the guideline of the punched image.
6. Color heart using watercolor pencils and waterbrush. 
7. Stamp additional mistletoe bunch using black ink. Color with watercolor pencil and waterbrush. 
8. Accent berries using white liquid pearls. 
9. Cut out heart and mistletoe accents. 
10. Shadow inside of heart with pink watercolor pencil. 
11. Stamp sentiment in center of heart using black ink. 
12. Die cut shapes from white and green cardstock. Sponge edges of white die cut using pink dye ink. 
13. Cut background paper (Memory Box - Yuletide) 
14. Round opposite corners. 
15. Tie ribbon and bows. 
16. Assemble Card.

The second card uses  "S" - Stamping, "L" - Layering, "C" - Coloring

The card was a simple stamping, coloring and accenting the berries with a touch of glitter. 

For all the details on the fun challenge go to the Flourishes blog.  For more fabulous inspiration visit the DT: 

Christine Okken
Stacy Morgan
Tammy Hershberger
Makiko Jones

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Happy Birthday Marilyn!

Happy Birthday to Marilyn! This is for my wonderful MIL.  She has a wonderful green thumb and this card with all the beautiful flowers is perfect for her.

The challenge over at Flourishes was to create a card using a combination from their bingo board. I knew I was going to use their beautiful flowers so I added scallops and die cuts to the combo.

 

  

I just love this dress form as it can be decorated in so many ways. :)  The flowers are from the lovely Violets set from Flourishes. They are colored using watercolor pencils and highlighted with a little clear glitter. 

The butterflies are punched out using an Marvy Uchida punch on some more violets.  The background paper is Websters Pages and I added the Hero Arts Flourish to add a little pattern on the background. 

The distressing is Vintage Photo from Rangers Distress Inks. The frame is left over from one of my other projects where I used the newspaper and glimmer mist. 

I hope you have wonderful weekend planned. Thanks for stopping by.. 

Suzz