Timeless Tuesday 163

Hello!  Are you having a great week so far?  I am!  It has been like summer here the last couple days.  Tomorrow we have rain coming and cooler temps.  Which is fine by me.  I do not want to skip Spring.  It is my favorite season next to fall.  I have made a card for this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday.  Beate is our challenge hostess and she has asked that we make a Birthday card.

I used the pretty A Year in Flowers 2 set along with the sentiment from Mix-N-Mugs.  I am not sure if you know this, but all the small sentiments in this set fit perfectly inside the Flourishes Tailor Made Classic Tags dies.  It contains all your basic perfect tags sentiments.  I also used Flourishes Classic White Cardstock.  I was amazed at the quality of this paper.  I have to say I am SUPER picky when it comes to cardstock and this one comes in at the top for me at 110 lb weight.  I did not have the exact color ink for sponging, so I combined a light layer of New Sprout then Summer Sky to make the perfect colored ink to match my paper.

I used The Sunflower and Leaf Green Collection from Flourishes Copic Collections.

I played along with Card Patterns sketch challenge to get me started.

We have a new team member!  Amanda Havon, who has been a very loyal Challenge chaser at Flourishes is now part of the Timeless Tuesday team.  Her feminine style and attention to detail is a fabulous addition to the team.  Make sure you stop by and welcome her.

Here are the links to the rest of the design team for additional inspiration.

Silke

Cindy 
Makiko
Amanda
Beate
Mona 
Gerry    (April Guest Designer)
Kazan   (April Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Crafty Friends / New Challenge

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I have some exciting news to share.  A few of us girls got together and have started a new challenge called Crafty Friends Challenges.  The challenges will differ and it will be bi weekly.  This week the theme is "Vintage".  Something that I am very familiar with and absolutely LOVE!

I used a set from Flourishes called From The Desk Of.  I love the pretty vase of flowers and old Calligraphy pen.  I have not used this image before because it tends to be on the bigger side and every time I have tried to use it, I have not found a way to incorporate it without it taking over the whole card.  So I basically cut around it leaving the white inside.  I am not the best with a craft knife, so I don't even go there!  Papers are a combo of MME and card stock is Stampin' Up for the brown and PTI for the Kraft.

The sketch at The Deconstructed Sketch was a perfect match for my image.

Make sure you stop by the rest of the fabulous design team to see what they have created.

Design Team:
Beate Johns
Charmaine Ikach
Jen Balcher
Linda Lucus
Nina Brackett
Elaine Hughs
Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

CR84FN 51

Hello again.  Sorry I have not been around the last few days.  My hard drive is broken on my laptop, so I have not been able to get online much.  This means sharing the desktop with my hubby and son.  I do have a card I made for the new colors at CR84FN.  This week we have some pretty pastels for you to work with.

I used the new Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1 from Flourishes as well as some Nina B designed bling from Want 2 Scrap.  Papers are a mix of different My Minds Eye.  Spellbinders dies are Petite Ovals LG & SM.

Exciting news:
 We have 2 fabulous new team members.  Please welcome Shannon and Pauline!  I am so excited to have both ladies join the team.  Their work is amazing and both have been regulars at CR84FN, so it only makes sense to add the girls to the team, right?


Mona
Suzanne
Deborah
Sue
Andrea
Lisa

Shannon
Pauline

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Botanical Butterfly

Hello again!  I am back tonight to share a card I made for the Product focus using Perfect Layers.  I used the 3/8 side of one of the rulers.  Using Perfect Layers, you can cut from 1/16 of an inch (very thin borders), up to 1 inch (very bold borders), with no measuring required.

 I also played along with Just Rite Friday Challenge, for this month's challenge it is Spring and Butterflies.  Two things I love!

I used the Fleur De Lis Labels Twenty and Botanical Butterflies both are so pretty and worked perfectly for what I wanted.  I also used Spellbinder's Labels 20 and MME papers.  Cardstock is PTI Rustic White, and Kraft.  Ribbon is from Offray and is Off White.  Lace is from my sweet friend Stella...all the way from the Netherlands.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Timeless Tuesday 162

, Hello and welcome to another Flourishes Timeless Tuesday.  This week Maki is our Challenge hostess and she is asking us to make an Easter themed card/project.

 I used the He Is Risen set and fussy cut the image and place on a die cut layer.  I just love this set and the perfect sentiments for Easter.  The pretty paper is from MME.  Can you believe I did not add a ribbon?  Shocked aren't ya?  Well, my neighbor asked for 4 Easter cards and this makes number 2.  She thought it would be better if they were flat and fit in an envelope a little better.  I believe she is giving these to people at her church.

Here are the links to the rest of the design team for additional inspiration.

Silke

Cindy 
Makiko
Tammy
Beate
Mona 
Meredith MacRitchie (March Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

CR84FN / Just For You

I am happy to tell you that I spent almost the entire day outside today.  This is the very first time my son has had Spring break and actually got to play outside.  It is still normally very cold here during this time of year.  Everyone is taking advantage of the warm weather.  I think we might have to go by a new mower soon.  The grass is getting pretty long.

I did take a little bit of time this evening to squeeze in my CR84FN card for week 3 of the color combo.  We are on Spring break as well, so you all have one more week to play along.

 I combined a couple PTI sets for this card.  The Mat Stack 4 stamp collection and matching die along with Holiday 2011 Tags.  I also used Limitless Layers Circle Dies.  I used a hodge podge of papers from my stash and Offray Off White ribbon, PTI cardstock in Rustic Cream, and Kraft.  Button and twine are also PTI.

I also used the CPS sketch to get me started.  It always makes life a lot easier for me when I have a sketch.

Make sure and stop by to see what the rest of the design team has created.  This is also Shannon's last week with us, she has done a wonderful job with the color combos.

Mona
Suzanne
Deborah
Stephanie
Sue
Andrea
Lisa

Shannon (March Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Purrfect

Hello again!  I wanted to make a card for my sweet blog friend Linda, who just lost her darling kitty.  It is never easy to lose a part of the family, even if it is a furry member.  Linda was a wonderful kitty momma, so I know she had a wonderful life with her.

I used the adorable new Pure Innocence set from MFT called Puurfect and the sentiment set called Clearly Sentimental about Pets.  I LOVE MFT dies.  Especially the pretty blossom dies.  This one is called Fringed Perennial, and the tab die is Ticket Tab.  I am not the best at cutting all the layers of the dress and such.  I did realize after I loaded up this card on the post that I did not give her some pink cheeks or shade her socks.  I tell ya!

I used the newest MFTWSC sketch over at SCS.  I don't get to play along as often as I like.  I have had these stamps for a couple months now.  So sad!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather