FTTC193 - Fall Off The Page

Happy Tuesday everyone~
I've seen all damages by Hurricane Sandy by news since yesterday.... I am praying for all people that have been affected by this.

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC193)!! Ally is challenging us to create a card or project where your focal image falls off the page. Instead of seeing your entire stamped image, your image falls off of the edge of your page!
Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.

From all of beautiful FLLC stamps, I decided to play with Sunflowers for the challenge :) The image was stamped with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copic markers. The card was designed with classic ivory cardstock, colored cardstock and designer papers. I die cut the sentiment piece with Tailor-made classic keyhole die and stamped the sentiment from Sentimental Favorites set. To finish off, I embellished the lace trims and rhinestones.

Copic colors I used for this project:

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations too!

Nina Brackett (October Guest Designer)
Allison Cope Israels
Amanda Havon
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec






Thank you for stopping by.
Have a great day!

Maki

Butterfly Flourish Thank You

Hello and Happy Friday!!
I have one card to show you today. I made this one earlier for Sketch Challenge from Splitcoaststampers (SC408). There are more layers than usual sketches I tried, but it was fun to play along :)

I used Butterfly Flourish set from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I colored the image with Copic markers and designed the card with colors of pink, celery green and turquoise blue.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

FTTC192 - Birthday Wishes

Happy Tuesday everyone~
It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC192)!! It is Amanda's turn to host and she is challenging us to create a birthday card/project. Easy enough?
Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.

For my birthday card, I used the image from Bike Ride set and the new released set, Sentimental Favorites for the sentiment. The image was colored with Copic marker and the card was designed with the Pistachio cardstock collection from Color Made Easy, classic white cardstock. To finish off, I embellished with the silver pearls and lace trim.

Copic colors I used for this project:

Be sure to check out other FLLC DT and FOF’s creations too!

Nina Brackett (October Guest Designer)
Allison Cope Israels
Amanda Havon
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a great day!

Maki

We Wish You....

Hello there,

I just wanted to shout out that the card above was posted over Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Blog. It was my turn to show you something and this is what I made. I used the newest release set, Christmas Penguins :)

If you are interested in to check, visit SNSS blog! We have great ideas and inspirations to share with you every day!


Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Maki

FTTC191 - Snowy Greetings

Hello and happy Tuesday!
It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC191)! Cindy is challenging us to create a card/project with Winter in mind. Sledding, Christmas, whatever takes your fancy!!
Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.




This one didn't take a long to finish! I just grabbed one of my favorite sets, Warm Winter Wishes :) The snowman image was stamped with Memento tuxedo black on the Classic White cardstock and colored with Copic markers. The rest of card was designed with the designer papers, gray cardstock and the same white cardstock. The sentiment is from the new released set, Snow Day and it was stamped with the same black ink. To finish off, I tied the satin white ribbon and attached the button with the white twine.

Copic colors I used for this project:

(E40 and E42 only)

(B0000 and B000 only)

Be sure to check out other FLLC DT and FOF’s creations too!

Nina Brackett (October Guest Designer)

Allison Cope Israels

Amanda Havon

Broni Holcombe

Cindy Haffner

Denise Marzec

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a great day!

Maki

SNSS October Release Blog Hop & VSD

Happy Thursday and Happy SNSS October Release Day to you!!

The SNSS DT has been busy preparing for today's fabulous blog hop and virtual stamp day and we hope you will join us in celebrating our newest stamp sets--this month we are focusing on Christmas!
The blog hop starts at SNSS Blog.  We've got lots of eye candy to share that will certainly put you in the holiday mood. :)  Be sure not to miss a single stop along the way because we'll be drawing one lucky commenter from a random DT blog to win a $25 credit to the store!!

If you came from SNSS Blog, you're on a right step :) I leave the whole blog hop list on the bottom of this post for your next stop :)

This cute penguins image is from Christmas Penguins!! Aren't they darling? For the greeting, I used one of Christmas Sentiments.

This beautiful image is from Poinsettia set. I love this poinsettia and it is super easy to color with Copic markers! For this one, I colored with pink but I cannot wait to color with the different shades of colors for my Christmas cards! I used the greeting from Christmas Sentiments here as well.

Here's the list of stops along the hop today:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog <- You came from here
Makiko Jones <- You're here
Monika Davis <- Your next stop
Jessica Fick
Cathy McCauley
Mary Faus
Kim Singdahlsen
Bridget Finlay
Dina Kowal
Gloria Stengel
Kim Schofield
Ceal Pritchett
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Korin Sutherland





After you're done hopping we invite you to join us for a fun day of challenges during our Virtual Stamp Day in our Splitcoaststampers Member Company Forum.  We're giving away more fun prizes so you won't want to miss it!



Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

 Maki

FLLC October Release Noon Challenge 1

Hello and happy Wednesday!

Welcome to the FLLC October Release Noon Time Challenge 1 (FLLCOCTRW1)!! Inside & Out Happy set was just showed at FLLC October Release Day 3 over Flourishes Blog! Have you checked all of the fabulous samples from the FLLC DT? If not, you may want to visit HERE as soon as you finish reading this post!

In this "inside" challenge, deck out not only the outside of your creation -- but the inside too with a sentiment, some extra stamping, or basically, anything your creativity brings to life! Just make sure to share the inside and outside photos with us! FLLCOCTRW1.



I decided to combine with From the Heart set to design the outside and inside of the card. I can already see Inside & Out Happy set is going to be my go-grab set for many cards in the future :)
The card was designed with some My Mind's Eye designer papers, colored cardstock and Classic ivory cardstock. I used Memento rhubarb stalk, peanut brittle and tuxedo black for the ink. To finish off, I tied the satin ribbon and added the rhinestones.




Be sure to check out these FLLC DT and FOF’s creations too!


Stacy Morgan
Tammy Hershberger
Allison Cope Israels





Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

FTTC190 & Fresh Baked

Happy Tuesday everyone!
It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC190). Broni is challenging us to create a card or project with a yummy treat as the focal image.

For this challenge, The FLLC Design Team are joining us and showcasing the Octorber release set, Fresh Baked.



I decided to create a treat gift box for some yummy cookies! I think outside of the package always make those yummy treats even yummier :)
The image was stamped on the classic ivory cardstock with Memento espresso truffle. Then it was colored with Copic markers. I added the sentiment piece and satin ribbon to close the box.

Copic colors I used for this project:

Be sure to check out other FLLC DT and FOF’s creations too!

Nina Brackett (October Guest Designer)
Allison Cope Israels
Amanda Havon
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Maki

SC405 - A Gift for You

Hi there!

If you are Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Blog follower, you probably know about the announcement that I have move to SNSS Design Team!! It is such a fun and excite opportunity for me although I truly miss all SNS Digi DT ladies. A change is good from now and on to restart and this change will make me want to stamp more again like I used to.
I am looking forward to showing what I make using their wonderful clear stamps more!!


This is the card I made for Sketch Challenge over Splitcoarststampers (SCS405). I love the clean and big canvas! I decided to use one of my favorite images - New Beginnings set - what a perfect one for me to use, lol. The butterfly was colored with Copic markers and die cut with New Beginnings Butterfly die. I stamped the silhouette images from Nature Silhouettes set and the sentiment from You set. To finish off, the silver pearls were embellished on the butterfly.



Thank you for stopping by.
Have a great day!

Maki

FTTC189 - Think Pink

Happy Tuesday everyone~
It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC189)! For this week, Denise is challenging us to create a card featuring Pink (any stamp set) in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.


I had so much fun with creating this card. I used Hello Baby! set and made a baby card (for a girl obviously, lol). The image was colored with Copic markers and the rest of the card was designed with pinkish designer papers and pink cardstock and classic white cardstock. To finish off, I embellished with seam binding ribbon and buttons.

This card is also submitted to Pink Challenge from Copic Oz Blog. For each entry, $5 will be donated to Women's Cancer Research. It is a good cause and hope you will submit your pink card too!

Copic colors I used for this project:

Be sure to check out other FLLC DT and FOF’s creations too!

Nina Brackett (October Guest Designer)
Allison Cope Israels
Amanda Havon
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Maki