FTTC159–Inspiration Challenge

 

Hello and happy Tuesday everyone!

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC159)!! Heather is challenging us to get inspired from the beautiful photo (on left) for your creation! Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.

 

 

 

Here is my card.

 

I was inspired the colors, flowers and some textures from the photo. I used the image from Sweet Nature and colored it with Copic markers. Then I added the little tag that was created with Tiny Flowers & Tags and Tailor-made Classic Tags Die. It was embellished with the button with vintage twine. The card was designed with Pink Paislee designer paper and paper doily. I added the pleated ribbon underneath the doily. The orange paper ribbon was stamped with script stamp and the pearl was dressed to finish off.

This card was used the sketch from Mojo Monday Sketch 231 (MOJO231).

 

The Copic Collections I mostly used.

 

 

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

Beate Johns

Cindy Haffner

Heather Jensen

Mona Pendleton

Silke Ledlow

Tammy Hershberger

Meredith MacRitchie (March Guest FOF)

 

 

Stamps: Sweet Nature, Tiny Flowers & Tags (Flourishes)
Paper: soft suede, so saffron (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (Pink Paislee), paper doily 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rich cocoa (Tsukineko), pear pizzazz, so saffron (SU), Distress Ink brushed corduroy (Ranger), Copic markers 
Accessories: pleated ribbon, vintage twine, button 
Tools: label 4 Nestabiliteis, Tailor-made classic tags die

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

FTTC129–Favorite Flowers

 

Happy Tuesday everyone~

So, it’s August now and I was wondering if your area is burning hot right now… In the north east Texas, we are having extremely hot and dry conditions, and looks like that is still continued through out next 7 days. My son’s first football practice was held yesterday and the temperature was still 105 degree at 6 pm!  I’m just glad all boys were tough enough … I was sweating just sitting on my picnic chair, lol! It’s too hot for me to enjoy being outside…cannot wait the cooler weather!

 

Anyway, in my cool stamping room, I made a card for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC129) . Betty is challenging us to create a card/project using the favorite flower (or flowers)!! you can visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge. Can’t wait to see your beautiful flower creation!

 

I have a quite few favorite flowers and Flourishes carries so many beautiful flowers. The hardest one was which sets I wanted to use for the challenge! I finally picked Sunflowers because it’s most popular flower in summer time and my favorite summer flower too. I colored the image with Copic markers (Sunflower, Evergreen and Flesh Tones 2), trimmed and adhered on the card. The pennants were stamped with Birthday Pennants and cut with Spellbinders Lacey Nested Pennants. The three small banners and sentiment banner were also cut with the same pennants die set. The card was designed by following the sketch from Mojo Monday Sketch 202 (MOJO202). To finish off, I embellished with the black rhinestones.

 

 

Be sure to visit and congratulate Beate Johns for a newest member of Friends of Flourishes and Allison Cope for August Guest FOF!!!

and check out other FOF’s creations too!

Betty

Cindy

Heather

Silke

Tammy

 

 

 

Stamps: Sunflowers, Birthday Pennants (Flourishes)
Paper: pear pizzazz, daffodil delight (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (BG) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers – sunflower, evergreen, flesh tones 2
Accessories: rhinestones
Tools: lacey nested pennants

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Maki

FTTC127–Silke’s Inspiration Challenge

 

Hello and happy Tuesday everyone~

It’s time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC127). Silke has provided the photo (right) from Crate&Barrel for the inspiration challenge.  Please visit Flourishes blog for more detail about how to play. Can’t wait to see your project!!

 

 

Here is my card.

 

I used the newest set, Sweet Nature. The image was stamped with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copic markers (Raspberry and Evergreen) The circle mat was sponged with Memento london fog. The sentiments mat was also sponged with Memento lilac posies. I picked the designer paper for the background because it was similar to the wicker texture. To finish off, I added the rhinestones and seam binding ribbon with rhinestone brad.

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday Sketch 200 (MOJO200) – Congratulations on the 200th sketch!!

 

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Shannon White (July Guest FOF)

Betty

Cindy

Heather

Silke

Tammy

 

 

 

Stamps: Sweet Nature (Flourishes)
Paper: rich razzleberry, basic gray, retired designer paper (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, london fog, lilac posies (Tsukineko), Copic markers – raspberry and everygreen collections 
Accessories: seam binding ribbon, rhinestones, rhinestone brad 
Tools:  circle Nestabilities, label 1 Nestabilities, border punch

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day.

Maki

FTTC126–Embossing

 

Hello everyone~

I hope your week is wonderful so far. It’s time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC126). Cindy is challenging us to do embossing. Dry or wet, add some texture to your card/project! Please visit Flourishes blog for more detail about how to play. Can’t wait to see your project!!

 

My 16th wedding anniversary is on Friday, July 15th and I decided to use Wedding Bliss set. The image was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. When I stamped the sentiment, I curved it to fit the circle mat.  The background was embossed with the embossing folder. To finish off, I embellished with satin ribbon and tea roses. I also dressed with the rhinestones.

The card has also submitted to CR84FN Color Challlenge 33 (CR84FN33) and Mojo Monday Sketch 199 (MOJO199).

 

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Shannon White (July Guest FOF)

Betty

Cindy

Heather

Silke

Tammy

 

 

 

Stamps: Wedding Bliss (Flourishes)
Paper: cherry cobbler, pink pirouette (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (PTI) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, VersaMark (Tsukineko), pink pirouette (SU)
Accessories: satin ribbon, tea roses, rhinestones 
Tools: circle & lacey circle Nestabilities, border punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

FTTC108– SEW Pretty!!

 

 

Happy Tuesday everyone~

It’s time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC108) . Cindy Haffner is our challenge host and she is challenging us to *SEW* :) You can use real stitches or faux…which ever you prefer. Can’t wait your *SEW* pretty creation!!

 

I used Butterflies & Blossoms set for the images and sentiment. The flower image & sentiment were stamped on the white circle mat. I stamped the extra flower image & butterflies on the scrap and colored all images with Copic markers. Then I trimmed the ones on the scraps and adhered on the main mat.

For the SEW-ing challenge, I used my neglected sewing machine and zig-zag stitched the lace trim, embossed border and pleated ribbon. To finish off, I embellished with swirl pearls to look like the butterfly’s trail.

The sketch is come from Mojo Monday Sketch (MOJO181) and the color combo was inspired from CR84FN Color Challenge 18 (CR84FN18) .

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke (She has a blog candy for you!!)

Tammy

Amanda (March Guest FOF)

 

 

 

Stamps: Butterflies & Blossoms (Flourishes)
Paper: crumb cake, so saffron (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer paper (TPC) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), crumb cake (SU) Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon, lace trim, swirl pearls, sewing thread 
Tools: circle and scallop circle Nestabilities, CB embossing folder, sewing machine

 

 

About Troy’s cousin’s son update…. All prayers are working!! He still has to be sedated so that the pressure in his brain is not going up but he is more stable than yesterday :) Thank you so much!

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

Curtain Call {ACT67}

 

Hello and happy Sunday everyone~

It’s time for Curtain Call Color Challenge {ACT67}!! I hope you are having a nice weekend so far. My daughter, Kimberly turned 13 years old yesterday!! Yep, she is officially teenager although she was already like it before ;) She is growing up a beautiful and kind young lady…I’m so blessed to be her mom!!

 

OK, let me back about today’s post…Another fabulous color combo, isn’t it? For more detail about the challenge, Please visit Stacey’s Stamping Stage.

 

Here is my card.

I took my inspiration from the photo as well…I’m a big coffee lover and I have a perfect set, KSS Multi Step Cup of Comforts for the inspiration! I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday (MOJO175).

 

These are the steps I did for each image:
(Latte) 4th – SU chocolate chip, 3rd – chocolate chip (1 x stamp off), 2nd - SU crumb cake, 1st - SU crumb cake (1 x stamp off)

 

I also combined the challenges from KS Crew Challenges over KS Forum.

- Tuesday Kitchen Pantry Challenge 3 (KPC03) – Use glitter – I used the Stickles on the whip cream.

- Thursday Word of the Week Challenge 3 (WoW3) – the word “LIVE” – I can’t *live* w/o coffee!!

To finish off, I embellished with the ribbon, lace trim and chocolate pearls.

 

 

 

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see: Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper

Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes

Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs

Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio <--me

Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper

Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation

Silke Ledlow at My Life

 

 

and

January Guest Designer, Danielle Daws.

...then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

 

 

Stamps: Multi Step Cup of Comforts (KSS) 
Paper: cajun craze, almost amethyst DP (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), brown designer paper (Chatterbox) 
Ink: chocolate chip, cajun craze, crumb cake (SU) 
Accessories: ribbon, lace trim, pearls 
Tools: circle Nestabilities

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!

Maki

FTTC101– Big is in!! 5x7 Card

 

 

Happy Tuesday everyone~

First of all, thank you so much for participating the FTTC100 Blog Hop last week! All cards are so wonderful and beautiful! Fantastic job everyone!! All winners and special awards will be announced on Thursday, Jan 20th at Flourishes Blog! Just a couple more days for waiting girls!!

Anyway, it's time for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC101)!! Dee Jackson is our challenge host. Dee is challenging us to make oversized cards. This week your card needs to be 5" x 7". So *BIG* is in! Have fun. We can't wait to see what you create.

 

 

I think I made 5x7 card only a couple times before…so this was a great challenge to push myself out of the comfort zone ;) I decided to make a Valentine’s Day card with using Fanciful Flourishes set. I used the sketch from Mojo Monday 174 (MOJO174) and kept my colors just 2 different shades of pink and vanilla colors. The BG was dry embossed with the texture plate. The heart was stamped on the vintage ivory cardstock four times (3 hearts for the dimensional hearts and 1 heart for the back piece. Then I adhered the heart on the layers I made with Nestablities. I used Webster’s Pages paper and stamped the saying from Tag Lines set. I embellished the ribbon, baker’s twine, button and flourishes pearls with tea roses.

 

 

There are some changes for the FOF team. Please check today’s Flourishes Blog for more detail about the change.

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

and New FOF member and coordinator Tammy

 

 

 

Stamps: Fanciful Flourishes, Tag Lines (Flourishes)
Paper: blushing bride (SU), rich raspberry (PTI), classic ivory (Flourishes), designer paper (Webster’s Pages) 
Ink: rich raspberry (PTI), blushing bride (SU) 
Accessories: ribbon, baker’s twine, button, flourish pearls
Tools: scallop circle and lacey circle Nestabilities, SU texture plate

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

FTTC100 Blog Hop Challenge!!!

TGIF everyone~

As the Tuesday post was mentioned, I’m back for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Blog Hop Challenge! Woohoo!! For those of you who are not sure about this blog hop, please check THIS POST over Flourishes Blog. You still have a time to link your card and participate this fun event until midnight EST today!!

The FTTC100 challenge is to *use your favorite things*. Everyone can play and no need to use Flourishes stamps ….However, from all of the FLLC cards, we will choose the BLOG HOP TOP 5 Winners! We will feature your blog hop cards on a special FTTC 100th Winner’s post!! So make sure you add FLLC after your name when you link your card/project.

 

Here is my card using my favorite things :)

 

Let see what favorite things I used….

Stamp set – Cherry Blossoms :) although there are so many favorite stamps in my Flourishes collections. I colored the image with Copic markers and DI walnut stain using Fantastix to give more depth to the image.

Tools – Spellbinders dies… I used Beaded Oval Nestabilities and Lotus Borderbilties,

Copic markers … Sweet Pea, Evergreen and Fresh Tone Collection

Cuttlebug Embossing folders

Designer Paper – Basic Gray DP … Green at Heart papers

Embellishments – Ribbon and rhinestones

And at last but not least, my favorite challenges are color combo & sketch challenges. I try to find either/both challenge(s) in the blog world to participate. This time I used Flourishes January Challenge (FLLCJAN11) for the color combination and Mojo Monday Sketch 173 (MOJO173) for the sketch.

 

 

Now, Be sure to visit the all hops and get inspired!!

 

 

 

Stamps: Cherry Blossoms (Flourishes)
Paper: cherry cobbler (SU), sweet blush (PTI), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer paper (BG) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo balck, rich cocoa, angel pink, rhubarb stalk (Tsukineko), DI walnut stain (Ranger), Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon, rhinestones
Tools: beaded oval Nestabilities, lotus Borderbilities, CB embossing folders

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful weekend!

Maki

Curtain Call

 

Hello and happy Sunday everyone~

It’s time for Curtain Call Color Challenge (ACT64). I’m sorry for missing my card for the last week’s Curtain Call…I hope you missed me ;)

Please visit Stacey’s Stamping Stage for more detail about this week’s challenge.

 

 

 

Here is my card.

 

I used the new TSG Wonderful Winter Wishes set…isn’t that adorable?? I water colored the image with re-inkers and Twinkling H2Os. I used the heart motif throughout the card. I think hearts make the card look even sweeter :):)

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday Sketch 172 (MOJO172).

 

 

 

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see: Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper

Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes

Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs

Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio <--me

Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper

Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation

Silke Ledlow at My Life

 

and January Guest Designer, Danielle Daws.

...then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

 

 

 

Stamps: Wonderful Winter Wishes (TSG) 
Paper: marina mist, cranberry crisp, always artichoke (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), watercolor paper 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), marina mist, SU re-inkers (SU), Twinkling H2Os 
Accessories: heart stickers 
Tools: circle Nestabilities, heart border punch, CB embossing folder

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful winter time :)

Maki

FTTC93–Christmas Card

 

Hello everyone~

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC93) ! This week Dee Jackson is our challenge host! It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas so we really need to get some Christmas cards ready for mailing! Dee is challenging us to "Just Do It!" Get those Christmas cards done! You may need to make several for this challenge! We would love to see what you create!

 

The challenge is perfect for this time of the year! I NEED to make more Christmas cards :) I stamped the sentiment from the beautiful Holiday set, Christmas Classics with VersaMark and heat embossed with gold fine EP. I hope you can see the gold touch from my poor photograph :P I used three holly images from Dove & Holly. They were colored with Copic markers and attached on the corner of the circle mat. I simply tied the ribbon for the embellishment.

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday Sketch 165 (MOJO165).

I also submitted Crazy 4 Challenges 63 (C4C63).

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Barb

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

 

Stamps: Christmas Classics, Dove & Holly (Flourishes)
Paper:  soft suede, riding hood red, designer papers (SU), heavenly white (PaperTremptress)   
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), always artichoke (SU), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, gold fine EP 
Tools: circle Nestabilities, border punch, CB embossing folder

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

Curtain Call {ACT55}

 

Happy Sunday everyone~

It’s time for Curtain Call Color Challenge {ACT55}. I hope you are having a nice weekend. I’m heading out to Dallas for Kimberly’s cheer competition today. It’s about 6 hours round trip and we are expecting to be home about 11pm…yikes! I hope my eyes are open til I’m home, lol. Wish me & my daughter luck ;)

Anyway, I will look forward to seeing what you create! Please visit Stacey’s Stamping Stage for more detail about the challenge.

 

Here is my card…

I just got this cute stamp set from There She Goes and thought those colors were so cute with the cat image :) I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday Sketch 163 (MOJO163). The image was colored with Copic markers and I sponged the floor part after masking the image. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white EP, then I embellished the black label with red rhinestones. To finish off, I used the ribbon & lace trim.

 

 

 

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:

Introducing...

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments
Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper
Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes
Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs
Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio <- me
Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper
Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation
Silke Ledlow at My Life
Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Teresa Kline at Enjoy the VA Sunshine

 

and November Guest Designer,

Marlene Peters at Hands On

...then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back here at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

 

 

Stamps: Cattitude (TSG) 
Paper: real red, chocolate chip, basic black, designer paper (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress)  
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rich cocoa, VersaMark (Tsukineko), Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon, lace trim, rhinestones, white EP  
Tools: label 8 Nestabilities

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!

Maki

FTTC85 – Let’s Celebrate!

 

 

Hello everyone~

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC85)! This week Dee Jackson is the challenge host. Dee is challenging us to create Celebration cards! Celebrate anyway you like! You can choose Baby, Birthday, Friendship, Holiday, or come up with you own reason to celebrate! We would love to see what you create!

 

I decided to create a birthday card for the challenge because every day is somebody’s birthday, right? lol!! I used Enjoy the Ride set and coordinated with the fun, happy colors :) The image was colored with Copic markers and I trimmed around the image. The greeting was from Tag Lines set and simply stamped on the white circle mat. To finish off, I attached the turquoise bow and red rhinestones.

This card is also submitted to Mojo Monday Sketch 157 (MOJO157).

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Barb

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

 

 

Stamps: Enjoy the Ride, Tag Lines (Flourishes)
Paper: poppy parade, tempting turquoise (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer paper (WRMK)   
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers 
Accessories: rhinestones, ribbon 
Tools: circle punch, scallop circle punch, border punch

 

 

Thank you for dropping by. Have a wonderful day!!

Maki

Curtain Call {ACT47}

 

Hello and happy Sunday everyone~

I hope you are having a great weekend so far. I went to my son’s football game yesterday…it was not a quite football friendly weather … hot, humid and sunny…  both teams did awesome though :):)

I have one card to show you today for Curtain Call Color Challenge {ACT47} . I hope you will have a time to play along! Please visit Stacey’s Stamping Stage for more detail about the challenge.

 

Here is my card:

 

Beautiful color combo isn’t it? To be honest though, I had to try very hard with using the colors… I just hardly use “always artichoke” kind of green and had a hard time to decided what stamps I should use… I really like how it was turned out in the end :):)

I used Flourishes From the Garden set and water colored the image with re-inkers.

This card is also submitted to Mojo Monday Sketch 155 (MOJO155) and Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge (BBB02)…I colored the image with the rustic look.

 

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:

Introducing...

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments
Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper
Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes
Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs
Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio <- me
Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper
Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation
Silke Ledlow at My Life
Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Teresa Kline at Enjoy the VA Sunshine

 

and September Guest Designer,
Vicki Dutcher at All I Do is Stamp

 

then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky over at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

 

 

Stamps: From the Garden (Flourishes) 
Paper:  early espresso, crumbs cake, always artichoke DP (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress)   
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), always artichoke, true thyme, crumbs cake, early espresso, old olive, sahara sand (SU) 
Accessories: baker’s twine, white sheer ribbon, button 
Tools: circle Nestabilities

 

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!

Maki

Mojo134 & CTD88

Hello everyone~
It's been such beautiful days here in Texas. My kids started to swim in a pool a couple days ago...it's still too cold for me but they don't care, lol.


I made today's card with Mojo Monday sketch 134 (MOJO134) and Color Throwdown challenge 88 (CTD88) - tangerine tango, basic gray, so saffron/white. I've had Because of You set from Verve Stamps for a while and finally got to ink them :p

Speaking of the set, my daughter just started a card making blog with her cousin and their latest card was used. Will you check it out? Here is their blog: H and K Creations. They can get together only few times a month so it won't be updated often but if they know people are checking their blog, they will be so excited and make more cards ;)

OK, back to my card...I knew the retired SU designer papers would work for the sketch and the color combo!! The paper flowers were also made with the same papers and scallop circle punch.


Stamps: Because of You (Verve Stamps)
Paper: basic gray, so saffron, Haiku dp (SU), classic white (Flourishes)
Ink: basic gray, tangerine tango, so saffron (SU)
Accessories: ribbon, pearl brad
Tools: classic rectangle Nestabilities, scallop circle punch, scallop border punch

Thank you for stopping by.

FTTC61 -- Bought It, Use It!!

Happy Tuesday everyone~
It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC61) ! This week Barbara Anders is our host! Barbara is challenging us to use the stuff we bought. A "bought it use it" challenge so to speak. Now, if you purchased some pretty embellishments and put them away for a very special card, or you got some fancy smancy tool/punch that you just had to have, or better yet, you bought a gorgeous pack of designer papers and you have yet to use a piece, this is YOUR challenge! Tear off those wrappers girls, if we bought it we are using it this week! You have our permission! We would love to see what you create with the stuff you bought!

I need to do this challenge personally more often, lol. Those embellishments and designer papers on the shelves are very pretty just looking at but I know they are much prettier if I use ;p My card was created with those items I had to have but I needed to use :)
The image from DIY Topiaries was stamped on the classic ivory mat that was cut using Big Scalloped Oval Nestabilities. Then I colored it with Copic markers. The flower part was layered with dimensional adhesives. The greeting was stamped using Taglines set. For the rest of the card, I used the designer papers are from Basic Gray Origins, scalloped edge ribbon, pearls, and and mini tea roses from Prima.

This card is also entered Mojo Monday Sketch challenge 133 (MOJO133) and the color combo is from Color Throwdown challenge 86 (CTD86)....I was too late to enter but the challenge was hosted by Barbara --Awesome color combo, Barbara!

Now, check out what the rest of FOF have created for the challenge!!

Barb

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

Stamps: DIY Topiaries, Taglines (Flourishes)
Paper: classic ivory (Flourishes), Origins dp (Basic Gray), dark chocolate (PTI)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers - Y11, 13, 15, 17, G82, 94, 99, E25, 27, 97, W1, 3
Accessories: ribbon, pearls, roses
Tools: Nestabilities, border punch

Thank you for stopping by.

KS Monday -- January 25th, 2010

Happy Kitchen Monday, everyone~
First of all....I just wanna shout "WHO DAT!!!" Congratulations New Orleans Saints for becoming the NFC Champion for the first time!! Now, I can't wait to watch Superbowl in 2 weeks!

I made this birthday card for today's KS Monday. My son's friend is celebrating his birthday this Friday, so I thought it would be fun to make a boy's b-day card using KSS. Kitchen Sink Stamps carries many images for guys including this newly release set, Friends of the Moon. This set is also incorporated with other KSS sets! For example, I used Multi Step Owl and Autumn Moon with FOTM set. I'm so lovin' the rocket and shooting stars!

These are the steps I did for each image (all inks are Memento) :
(Moon) 1st - dandelion 2nd - cantaloupe, 3rd- cantaloupe

The rocket was stamped with Memento paris dusk and colored with Copic markers. I used the sketch from the last week's sketch of Mojo Monday (MOJO122).

• To get 10% off of your purchase, just click the promotion code MAKIKO10KSS and it will take you straight to the store to shop. When you check out, enter MAKIKO10KSS at the coupon code box. Note - please type a capital "O" at the end of my name and a zero in the number for 10

Don't forget to check out what the rest of KS Crews are cookin' for you today!!

Angela * Connie * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

Stamps: Friends of the Moon, Multi Step Owl & Autumn Moon (KSS)
Paper: brilliant blue, real red, baja breeze (SU), classic white (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento dandelion, cantaloupe, london fog, lady bug, paris dusk (Tsukineko), fresh snow (PTI), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, rhinestones
Tools: Nestabilities, border punch, CB embossing folder

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!