Timeless Tuesday 'Sentimental' Challenge

Welcome to the Timeless Tuesday #177 Challenge!  Our Hostess is the talented Denise, and her challenge, is all about sentiments!  Denise is challenging us to make a card with a sentiment as focal point.  I checked out all of my sentiments, and they all seem to be short and sweet, so I chose one that would work on a card for my Chemo Card Angel lady.  I send something her way each week, and this seemed the perfect greeting.

Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, Flourishes 'Summer Blooms' Sentiment, Prima Songbird Collection DP, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink, Want to Scrap Bling, Ribbon and Trim from Flourishes, Dimensional Foam

This card began with a piece of Flourishes Classic White CS which was sponged on the outside edges with some Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink.  

The next layer is a piece of DP from the Prima Songbird Collection.  It was wrapped with a piece of Satin Finish Cotton Latte Ribbon, and then a piece of Laural Venise Lace.  Some Want2Scrap bling, finished of the panel.  

A Spellbinder Fancy Tag was cut  and distressed. The sentiment, from the Summer Blossoms stamp set, was stamped, trimmed to fit on the tag, distressed, and adhered, complete with two tiny pearls from the bling on the background panel.  

The focal panel was then adhered to the card using dimensional foam.

This is one of those cards that I wish you could all see in real life.  It's so much prettier than it looks on this little screen of mine!

Thank you for stopping by!  We hope to see your beautiful 'Sentimental' creation in our challenge this week! 

Please check out the amazing design team to see what gorgeous eye candy that they have for you today:

Amanda
Cindy
Heather
Makiko
Mona
Denise
Allison

Christine

Cindy

Jan Marie

Sharon

Silke

Stacy

Tammy

Have a good week - Patti J.

All About Summer...

Hello, friends...

I am so excited to share with you, that I was invited to be the guest designer for the 

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge for the month of July!

What an honor to get to work with these very talented ladies - this has been a delightful secret to keep!

Today's Timeless Tuesday Challenge hostess is the amazing Makiko, who has chosen "All About Summer" as her theme for this week.  Makiko has challenged us to make a card or project with a summer theme. 

"On the Porch" was immediately my choice for this challenge.  

It's one of my favorite Flourishes sets, and certainly make me think of summer.  

A CAS easel card seemed the perfect fit for this wonderful image!  

The image and sentiment were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink, on Flourishes Classic White Cardstock.  The image was colored with Copic Markers: Y08, Y11, YG61, YG63, G21, C00, C1.  

Prima's beautiful "Songbird Collection" 6 x 6 Paper Pack, and black cardstock scraps were used to mat panels. A bit of Gelly Roll Stardust Pen was used to give the ice cubes some sparkle, some gloss was used to give the image a shiny, realistic look, and some Want 2 Scrap Bling was added as a perfect finishing touch.  The image was stamped a second time, and the lemons were colored and fussy cut, to use as a brace for the front panel.  The lemons and the focal panel were given some dimension with foam squares.

Take a look at what the fabulous Timeless Tuesday Designers have created for you today!

Allison     Amanda     Cindy     Denise     Heather     Makiko     Mona

I hope we see your card posted in this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Perfect Layers Tools were used for perfect matting!
You can use any rotary cutter or craft knife with these tools! Check out their
website for a video tutorial!

Home is Where the Heart Is

Hello, and happy Friday - I can't believe another week has gone by.

I have a card to share today that I made for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge at Flourishes.

I haven't had much time lately for challenges and 'just for fun' stamping, so I enjoyed

putting this one together.  Silke Ledlow was this week's hostess, and her challenge was to use a
favorite Flourishes stamp, and a die.

Flourishes "On the Porch" Stamp Set, Copic Markers, Scor-Buddy, Spellbinders  Romantic Rectangles, Want to Scrap Bling, Prima Songbird Collection DP, Flourishes Classic White CS, Ivory Jute (Flourishes), Rust CS, Button from my stash.

The book and pillow on the chair are paperpieced with some of the Prima DP's.  Everything else is colored with Copics. The lower half was scored and sponged to resemble a hardwood porch.

Hope you have a nice relaxing weekend planned!

Thanks for stopping by, and thank you so much for all of the nice e-mails requesting updates on our DD, who lives in Col. Springs.  So far, the fire seems to be staying a good distance from their apartment.  The fire itself is 2-3 miles away, but the smoke and ash has been awful.  It's literally 'rained' ashes on their porch, outdoor furniture, vehicles, etc.  Please continue to think about and pray for the folks who have lost their homes, and have been evacuated.

Hugs and blessings,
Patti J.