Good morning!  Today is the last post I’ve made on the Flourishes Newsletter as the June Flourishes Limelight Designer.  Today I covered the Faux Bleach Technique on the Flourishes Newsletter.

For this week’s post, I worked with both the Home Tweet Home and Birds in Vines sets. My first card uses Home Tweet Home.

The image was colored with Tombow Markers and I used the new Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities for the border along the bottom.

• Stamps:  Home Tweet Home and Many Sentiment from Flourishes Stamps
• Paper:  Prism Spring Willow Dark and Butter Cream; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; BasicGrey Boxer
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black and Antique Linen Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities, S5-006 Curved Rectangles Mega Nestabilities, and S4-139 Petite Scalloped Ovals; Tombow Markers; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape; Ribbon; Brads; Button; Ranger Matte Accents

To show examples of the Faux Bleach Technique, I used Birds in Vines and airbrushed over the embossed image with Copic Markers.

and the embossing ironed off as a second background:

• Stamps:  Birds in Vines from Flourishes Stamps
• Paper:  Prism Tawny Medium and Black; 7 Gypsies Market; Manila Shipping Tags
• Ink:  Ranger Distress Embossing, Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Black Soot, and Archival Jet Black
• Accessories:  Copic Markers and Airbrush System; May Arts Ribbon; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Ranger Matte Accents, Clear Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder, Ink Blending Tool; Spellbinders Grand 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities and S3-031 Scalloped Tag; Clover Craft Iron; Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors for distressing; Sewing Machine

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Good morning!  This is my third Sunday of Flourishes Limelight Designer and here’s the card I have posted on the Flourishes Newsletter today.

I have loved this Lilac Set since I first saw it.  The set reminds me of when I was a little girl and my grandmother’s neighbor had 2 Lilac bushes in her front yard.  The way they grew, there was a section in the middle that we could crawl through and hide in.  I don’t know that my grandmother’s like it too well, when we did that, but as long as we kept the balls out of her backyard all was good!  I remember her being a little cranky at times, but then she was the neighbor that taught me to knit . . . who knows.  Anyhoo, I’ve always had a fondness for lilacs!

• Stamps:  Lilac Set from Flourishes Stamps
• Paper:  Prism Wizard Dark and Herbal Garden Medium; Canson Watercolor; BasicGrey Wisteria
• Ink:  Ranger Distress Embossing, Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Antique Linen
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S4-167 5-1/2” Victorian Border Pierceabilities and S4-161 Labels One Nestabilities; Ranger Matte Accents, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Mini Mister, Queens Gold Embossing Powder; Tim Holtz Tonic Piercing Tool; Venture Foam Tape; Tsukinecko Sponge Dauber; Koi Water brush; Brads; Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today!

Good Sunday morning!   I hope everyone had a good week and you’ve enjoyed your weekend so far.  Here’s the card that I have posted on the Flourishes Newsletter this Sunday.  I hope you take a peek over there and see what exciting things have been happening at Flourishes this week. 

• Stamps:  I Love Roses from Flourishes Stamps
• Paper:  Prism Blush Red Light; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SEI Dill Blossom – Poi, Myrrh and Licorice
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Antique Linen
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Paisley Impressabilities, Grant 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities, Labels One Nestabilities; May Art Ribbon, Venture Foam Tape, Copics and Airbrush System; Sanding Tools; SEI Brads; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Ranger Matte Accents

Thanks for stopping by today!  I’ve got some great new stuff to show you next week.  That’s where I’ve been  . . . working on new projects. 

I’m very excited to be able to share with you today that I am the June Flourishes Limelight Designer.    I’m so tickled to work with the ladies from Flourishes and look forward to spending my Sundays with them this month!

Here’s my first card I posted for Flourishes.  You can find out everything I talked about by visiting the Flourishes Newsletter!

• Stamps:  Poppy Patch from Flourishes Stamps
• Paper:  Prism Spring Willow Medium and Black; 7 Gypsies Market
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black; Ranger Vintage Photo, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Tattered Rose, Aged Mahogany, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Broken China and Old Paper Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Petite Oval and Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities, Petite 5-1/2” Deckled Scalloped Borderabilities, and Tags 5 Shapeabilities; May Arts Ribbon; Vintage Button; Venture Foam Tape; Sewing Machine; Koi Water Brushes; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Ranger Matte Accents

Good Tuesday morning!  You should have here over the last few days . . . I was finally getting my Spellbinders Nesties organized and sorting all the Prism paper that I received in Texas.  I can walk in the studio now and not have to walk over a box.  Such a nice feeling!  I’ll get pictures later of how I organized my Spellbinders.  I based my system on what Shelly posted here.

On another note, and the reason for today’s card, is that my mother, aunt and sister all went through my piles of cards on Easter Sunday.  I had so many that I needed to make some space and they hadn’t gone through my cards in a long time.  I brought them all up the dining room table and let them all a free-for-all.  Once they were done, I took what was left, sorted them into categories and put them in zip lock baggies.  Much to my surprise I had tons of Christmas cards that I could have sent out last year . . . duh!  However, I had very few thank you cards.  So . . . . last night I decided to make a thank you card that could be used for a more subdued occasion.

Of course, I had to add my own quirky twist, even though it’s a pretty simple card!

The background panel was debossed with the Spellbinders Paisley Impressabilities and the image and borders were cut and embossed with Spellbinders Label Three Nestabilities.  On the inside

I simply stamped Thank You.  However this could easily be a sympathy and/or thinking of you card.  My quirky touch . . . the button truly does not go with this design, a bow would have been better, but I wanted something a little different.

• Stamps:  Thinking of You and Many Sentiments from Flourishes
• Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Baja Breeze and Basic Black
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black and SU Baja Breeze
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels Three Nestabilities and Paisley Impressabilities; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape; SU Baja Breeze Ribbon; Button; Black Hemp Twine

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  By the way, if you like to “Cause a Scene,” you’ll really want to be here tomorrow!