FTTC54 -- All About Me

Hello and happy Mardi Gras, everyone~
It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC54)! This week Dee Jackson is our host! Dee is challenging us to " All About Me". Use what you love and what makes you happy!! Use your favorite colors, stamps, layout, and embellishments! Whatever ROCKS your world! We would love to see what you create!

I LOVE drinking tea and coffee more than 3 meals a day, lol. This addiction led me to start collecting tea cups and pots stamps too!
Of course I had to have this newest set, Let's Have Tea from Flourishes, hee hee.
I stamped the tea pot image on the classic white cardstork and colored with Copic markers. Then it was cut out and adhered on the designer paper from Basic Gray Nook & Pantry that was cut with Lattice Pendant die. The celery green and so saffron yellow panel were embossed with CB embossing folders. To complete the card, I attached the satin ribbon and pearls.

I added the holder to insert a teabag inside of the card. The opening was cut with Spellbinder die. The holder is also great for a giftcard :):)

Click each name to check the rest of FOF's work!!

Barbara Anders

Betty Wright

Cindy Haffner

Dee Jackson

Silke Ledlow

Stamps: Let's Have Tea (Flourishes)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes), certainly celery, so saffron (SU), Nook & Pantry (BG)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers
Accessaries: pearls, satin ribbon
Tools: Spellbinders Lattice Pendant, Nestabilities, CB embossing folders, bow maker



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KS Monday -- Feb 15th, 2010

Happy Monday and it's another Kitchen Sink Monday for you! Today is President's day in the U.S. and I needed this holiday so much today. I had more errands than usual last week and I need a little rest :p

Today's card was inspired by Mardi Gras :):) Living in East Texas and half of my husband's family live in Louisiana, Mardi Gras celebrations are everywhere here right now!! Fat Tuesday is tomorrow and I'm sure there will be the bigger party than ever in New Orleans since the Saints won last Sunday! Who Dat! Hee hee.

I used 3 Step Butterflies set and Simple Sentiment for the word "Celebrate". I mainly used white and those colors - purple, yellow, green as an accent color so I can keep the clean look. The background was embossed using the CB embossing folder and DTPed with chalk inks. The mat of the word "Celebrate" was punched with the border punch, that was taken from Lisa's great idea :):) The same border punch was also used for the purple card base.



These are the steps I did for each image (all inks are Memento) :
(purple butterfly) 1st - lulu lavender, 2nd - sweet plum, 3rd- grape jelly
(yellow butterfly) 1st - dandelion, 2nd - canteloupe, 3rd- tangelo
(green butterfly) 1st - pear tart, 2nd - bamboo leaves, 3rd- cottage ivy

• 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

• KSS online store now accepts Visa & MasterCard in addition to PayPal.

• KS Crew Challenge #22 (KSCC#22) is still going on until February 26th with KSS gift certificates for the challenge prize.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of KS Crews are cookin' for you today!!
Angela * Connie * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

Stamps: 3 Step Butterflies, Simple Semtiment (KSS)

Paper: elegant eggplant (SU), classic white (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento lulu lavender, sweet plum, grape jelly, dandelion, canteloupe, tangelo, pear tart, bamboo leaves, cottage ivy, VersaMagic thatched straw, malted mauve, tea leaves (Tsukineko)
Accessories: pearls
Tools: border punch, CB embossing folder

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HUGS

Happy V-day, everyone~
I want to show you this card above my daughter, Kimberly and her cousin, Hannah made without my supervision from start to finish!! I'm so proud of them. They told me the card was inspired by the shirt Kimberly was wearing :):) Thinking like an artist ;) I also want to mention that they cleaned everything after that! That's a huge improvement for them, lol. Great job, Kim (Possible) and Hannah (Montana)!!

They want to know what my stamping friends think about the card. Can you give them some love, please?


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TSG41 -- Color Challenge

Hello everyone~
Well, I hope all of you are staying safe and warm. We had about 6 inches snow in East Texas!! That's nothing comparing with the one in North but it was a huge for us! As we expected, our ISD was closed on Friday! I'm glad my kids had a chance to play with snow and they had so much fun!! Unfortunately the snow already started melting and it's so muddy right now :(

I also have one card to show you today.
There She Goes challenge 41 (TSG41) has been posted since Monday and I finally got to play :P The Trendsetter of the week, Dawn is challenging us to use the color combo, red, pink and brown. My mood was something cold...so I picked Ice Cream mini set to create the card for the challenge :) I LOVE Neapolitan flavor because it's such a simple and classic combo -- vanilla, chocolate and strawberry in one bowl...can't beat the deal, lol. The name "Neapolitan" always makes me chuckle too...For a long time, I used to believe and call the flavor "Napoleon" until my hubby mentioned one day :*

I colored the ice cream image with Copic markers and stamped "Ice Cream " around the edge.
SCS Sketch challenge 265 (SC265) was inspired for the layout of the card. You can tell I didn't stick to the sketch, especially for the main mat ;)


Stamps: Ice Cream (TSG)
Paper: dark chocolate (PTI), classic white (Flourishes), designer paper (DCWV)
Ink: Memento rich cocoa, lady bug (Tsukineko), Copic markers, white gel pen
Accessaries: ribbon, button, vintage twine
Tools: photo corner punch



These are some photos I took for last 2 days.

Thursday (Feb 11th)

The snowman needs a stylish head band, lol!

I love this photo...looks like Lemon Lime (dog) is helping to build a snow man :):)


Friday (Feb 12th)
Texas winter wonderland!!

Trey could build the bigger snow men :) Woohoo!!
This cat LOVED the snow! He is definitely a cat for North, lol.

Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

FTTC53 -- Easel Card

Happy Tuesday and it's time for another Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge. Before going into this week's challenge, I would like to say big thanks to all of you who participated last week's FTTC One Year Anniversary Challenges!! It was so fun to see all of the fabulous cards!
Don't forget to check out the winners of the challenges at Flourishes blog!

OK, back to this week's challenge (FTTC53) -- Please give a warm welcome to Barbara Anders , our NEW FOF blog team member! Barbara is jumping right in with a challenge. Barbara is challenging us to easel cards. Never tried an easel card before, no problem. Here is an SCS video easel card tutorial which includes ingredients lists, measurements, and individual pictures as well by Beate Johns. We would love to see what you create!


My easel card was used Angelic Love set and Clouds background stamp. The card was also combined SCS Featured Stamper 157 (FS157)! Some of you already known that Barbara was the featured stamper!!! What an exciting week for her!! Congratulations Barbara. I cased this card and changed the card format, embellishments, and the stamped image. The striped designer papers, colors and heart mat were inspired from her card...I even thought the angel wings were similar to the bunny ears, lol.

The angel was colored with Copic markers and adhered on the heart shaped mat that was cut with Spellbinder Nestabilities. The inside of the card was decorated to match with the card front. To finish the card, I added the satin ribbon, pearls and heart stickers.

Don't forget to check the rest of FOF's creations!!

Barbara Anders

Betty Wright

Cindy Haffner

Dee Jackson

Silke Ledlow

Stamps: Angelic Love, Clouds (Flourishes)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes), dark chocolate, sweet blush (PTI), Sweet dp (DCWV)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, angel pink (Tsukineko), pretty in pink (SU), Copic markers
Accessaries: heart stickers, pearls, satin ribbon
Tools: Nestablities


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KS Monday -- Feb 8th, 2010

Happy Monday and Kitchen Sink Monday, everyone~ Let me yell "GO SAINTS!!" It's going to be a longest Mardi Gras for sure, lol!

I hope you've enjoyed checking out KS Crew Challenge #22 (KSCC#22) last Monday. I LOVED what all KS Crews made so much. They've shown how KS stamps are unique and beautiful!! The challenge is still going on until February 26th with KSS gift certificates for the challenge prize.

My card for today is kept the concept of the challenge :) I used Multi Step Berries and created my own designer paper with white cardstock. I thinkt the strawberry image looks so real -- not because my stamping skill, the step stamps did all work for me ;) The main image was stamped with the bigger strawberry image and simply layered with Spellbinders Pendant die.

These are the steps I did for each image (all inks are Stampin' Up!) :
(strawberries) 1st - barely banana, 2nd - cameo coral, 3rd- real red, 4th - riding hood red
(leaves) 1st - kiwi kiss, 2nd - old olive, 3rd - garden green

• 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

• KSS online store now accepts Visa & MasterCard in addition to PayPal.

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

Angela * Connie * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

Stamps: Multi Step Berries (KSS)
Paper: riding hood red (SU), classic white (Flourishes)
Ink: barely banana, cameo coral, real red, riding hood red, kiwi kiss, old olive, garden green (SU), Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: ribbon, rhinestones, button, vintage twine
Tools: Nestabilities, Pendant die, oval punch

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Card for TSG blog

Hello everyone~
This week, I am featured Trendsetter of the week. This card was posted for Wednesday Trends over TSG blog. Check out HERE if you are interested -- I wrote about my Trends, buttons ;)

I used the brand new release set, Chemistry. This set became my favorite LOVE set :):) I said "LOVE" because it's not only for Valentines (well, it's a perfect set for this time of the year) but also all about chemistry of LOVE, plus it's a kind of fun geeky set to play with!!

The image was colored with Copic and highlighted using white gel pen.

Stamps: Chemistry (TSG)

Paper: dark chocolate, kraft, sweet blush, Bitty Dot Basics dp (PTI), classic white (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers, white gel pen
Accessories: ribbon, button, vintage twine
Tools: border punch

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FTTC52F -- Favorite Flourishes Set

Happy Tuesday, everyone~
It is Flourishes Timeless Tuesday First Anniversary Celebration! Thanks so much for all of you who have played along with us this past year! To celebrate our First FTTC Anniversary!! Each blog design team member is hosting a challenge! Check out the FTTC Anniversary Celebration post to find out how to play, then check out each challenge: FTTC52A, FTTC52B, FTTC52C, FTTC52D, FTTC52E, and FTTC52F! Lots of fabulous prizes to be given away! We look forward to having you celebrate with us!


I'm hosting our final challenge, FTTC52F and my challenge is from FTTC10 - Use our favorite Flourishes stamp set. Many more fabulous sets were released from Flourishes after the original challenge was posted. So, I thought it would be fun to play with the challenge again :)If you do not yet own any Flourishes stamps, you can still play! Just choose your favorite stamp set ever. You may win a prize for your first Flourishes set after all :):)



Here is my sample using my favorite stamp set...

Gerbera Daisiesset is my favorite set since the day it was released! I stamped the image and the sentiment on the classic white cardstock with Memento tuxedo black. The same cardstock was also used for the card base. The image was colored with Copic markers from the Copic collections. The paper toile was done for a couple of the flowers. The background layer is from the designer paper is from Basic Gray Pantry & Nook. The green border was made with the border punch and the photo corners was used the photo corner punch. The ribbon and the brown pearls are used to embellish the card.

The sketch was from SCS Sketch Challenge 265 (SC265).



Please check out the following links to see more samples by our past FTTC challenge designers using their favorite Flourishes stamp set! Only people who comment to each designer's post will have a chance to win the Blog Commenting Prize! Check out HERE for more detail about the all prizes.

Carol Lee
Fran Gumprecht
Deena Perreault
Linda Lucas
Pat Adams
Connie McCotter
Kathy Jones

Stamps: Gerbera Daisies (Flourishes)

Paper: classic white (Flourishes), kiwi kiss (SU), Nook & Pantry (Basic Gray)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers, Twinkling H2Os
Accessaries: pearls, ribbon

Tools: border punch, photo corner punch

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TSG40 -- Artist Trading Card

To see Ktichen Sink Crew Challenge post, please scroll down to the next post.
Thank you ~

Hello everyone~
This week's There She Goes Challenge (TSG40) is hosted by ME :) and I'm challenging you to make Artist Trading Card (ATC). The dimension of this card size is 2.5" x 3.5" (same size with baseball cards) and you can make them with scraps of papers! All participants of the challenge will have a chance to win $5 gift certificate to shop at TSG store! All you need to do is to go to TSG blog and enter your name and your ATC in Mr. Linky that is located at the bottom of the challenge post. I hope you will play along with us!


Both of my ATCs were created with the brand new set, ROFL Taglines set. The images were colored with Copics and used the matching fun quote. Both cards are used the same colors, papers and embellishments...with the different layouts ;)

Click HERE to see what some of Trendsetters have created for the challenge.

Stamps: ROFL Taglines (TSG)

Paper: riding hood red, designer paper (SU), classic white(Flourishes)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, pearls
Tools: Nestabilities, border punch

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KSCC#22 -- Custom DP

Hello everyone~ It's the first day of February and also the first Monday of the month....that means it's time for Kitchen Sink Crew Challenge!! The challenge (KSCC#22) is hosted by ME :):) and I'm challenging you to create your own custom designer paper with stamps! There are many fabulous KSS sets that can be used for the challenge. I hope you will play along with us! All participants will have a chance to win Kitchen Sink gift certificate to spend KSS store! What a great way to earn free sets!! :):) The challenge due is February 26th.
Please check out for the challenge detail and entering your card/project at KS Crew Challenge blog.




For the challenge, I created my own dp with the small sunflower image from Multi Step Sunflowers. It's hard to see but the image were stamped randomly all over the mat. The main flower image was also used from the same set and the sentiment was created with Simple Sentiment set.

These are the steps I did for each image (all inks are Memento) :
(sunflower -main) 1st - angel pink, 2nd - rose bud (1 x stamp off), repeat 2nd step, 3rd- rose bud, 4th - rich cocoa (1x stamp off), repeat 4th step, 5th - rich cocoa, repeat 1st step
(stem) 1st - pear tart, 2nd - bamboo leaves (1 x stamp off), 3rd - bamboo leaves
(sunflower - background) 1st - angel pink, 2nd - rose bud (1 x stamp off), 3rd - rose bud, 4th - rich cocoa (1 x stamp off), 5th - rich cocoa

• 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: Multi Step Sunflowers, Simple Sentiment (KSS)
Paper: regal rose (SU), classic ivory (Flourishes), dark chocolate (PTI)
Ink: Memento angel pink, rose bud, rich cocoa, pear tart, bamboo leaves (Tsukineko)
Accessories: ribbon, rhinestones
Tools: Nestabilities, border punch, CB embossing folder

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