C4C152 Happy Haunting....

Happy weekend again....

Here is my card for this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C152. Barbara is our host for the month of September and her first challenge is a color theme....USE THESE HALLOWEEN COLORS - GREEN - PURPLE - ORANGE.

I didn't have much time to stamp this week and to be honest I almost forgot to make a card for today's challenge...yikes. To the rescue came this fun new image from the SU Googly Ghouls Set.  I basically inked the little witch in the different colors and added the Googly Eyes. The sentiment is from a PTI Halloween Set. At last I added the *scoring*, the Purple Gingham Ribbon, Button and the Purple Scrapper's Floss...voila.

Please hop on over to the Crazies and check out their ideas as well.

Have a great weekend and I'll be back next Tuesday.....

                                                                  Hugs, ~Silke~

FLLC In this Life.....

Happy TGIF!!!

It's been another busy week. Time surely flies by fast these days....

Today I have a new Flourishes card for you. The Senior Design Team is focusing on the stamps from the retired list....see listing HERE. I chose to show off the sentiment from the Fuchsias in Bloom Set.

My card came together following the Mojo Monday Sketch #256 and The Shabby Tea Room #129.

I started out with the Flourishes Classic White CS and the Spellbinder Blossom Die. The sentiment was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and cut with the Spellbinder Label Eighteen Die. Next I added some Corrugated Cardboard which I decided to edge & ink distress. The res of my card was embellished with some Yellow Gold Ribbon, the May Arts Fuchsia Ribbon, May Arts Ivory Ribbon,  some Kaiser Pearls and some Flowers.

Please make sure to swing by the rest of the teams beautiful creations -

                                                                                  Beate Johns

                                                                                  Christine Okken 

                                                                                  Cindy Lawrence

                                                                                  Danielle Kennedy 

                                                                                  Sharon Doolittle

                                                                                  Stacy Morgan

                                                                                  Tammy Hershberger

Have a fabulous weekend and thank you so much for taking the time to stop by.

                                                                                Hugs, ~Silke~

CQC152, SSIC154, My Soul....

Happy Tuesday!

It's time for a new Color Q Challenge ~ CQC152! We have a a great color combo waiting for you!!!

My card was also inspired by this weeks Stampin' Sister in Christ Challenge #154 ~ Using Punches or Dies. I finally had the opportunity to show off my ODBD Bookmark Dies along with the Bible Verse from the Blessed Virgin Mary Set. My corners were punched with an older EK-Success Corner Adorner. The third element is the Fancy Flourish Die from MFT.

Hope you have a chance to play along....please make sure to stop by the CQC Blog to see all the ideas the team had and of course this weeks entries!!! Have a great week!

                                                                Hugs, ~Silke~ 

C4C151 It's Sketch time!!!

Happy Saturday!

Today I'm hosting my last August C4C Challenge ~ C4C151. I came up with this sketch and I hope you give it a try?!?

I decided to dig out another poor neglected Papertrey Ink Set...this Limited Edition Set is called Botanical Silhouettes.

I added these SU Ink Colors ~ Marina Mist, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green and Poppy Parade. Next I added the matching DP from the SU Tangerine Tango Collection and the punched out Marina Mist CS in the corner. The rest of the card was embellished with some Marina Mist Ribbon, a Button along with some White Scrapper's Floss and some Silver Pearls.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by! Please make sure to stop by the C4C Blog to see all the ideas the *Crazies* had and of course all the entries! Have a great weekend!!!

                                                                     Hugs, ~Silke~

Distressed Poppies.....

Happy TGIF!

I hope you are looking forward to this weekend as much as I do?!? It was a fun week, but I need some *me* time again...wink!!! I don't think I mentioned that our oldest daughter Sarah made the Volleyball team at her High School. It's their first season ever and they already winning 4 to1. Sarah has waited a long time to have a Volleyball team at her school and she could not be happier!!!

Anyway, I have a new card for you....the Senior Design Team is showing off the beautiful Poppy Patch Set today.

My card came together by stamping the straight flower image three times with Memento Tuxedo Black onto the Flourishes Classic White CS. The Poppies were colored with these Copic Markers ~ R14, R17, Y08, G14 and Colorless Blender. Next, I stamped the sentiment. Then I tore the CS on top and distressed the edges. I also added a double line of piercing on top, along with some beautiful Red Sheer Line Edge Ribbon, a Button and some Floss. At last I added the Kaiser Pearls.

I also combined my card with the Catered Crop - No stress to Distress - Recipe Swap. If you have followed my blog, then you know already how much I love that technique!!!

HERE and HERE are some another edge distressed cards I recently made.

Don't forget there is still time to play the Banner Challenge, Add Some Sprinkles to this Celebration and the Time for A Colorful Celebration!!! These challenges are open until August 31 at 5 PM EST!!!

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team....

                                                             Danielle Kennedy

                                                             Cindy Lawrence

                                                             Julie Koerber

                                                             Stacy Morgan

                                                             Jan Marie Caruso
                                                             Beate Johns
                                                             Tammy Hershberger

                                                             Christine Okken

Thank you so much for stopping by today.....have a fabulous weekend!!! Please don't forget to stop by the Flourishes Blog for all the latest updates!!! I'll be back tomorrow with a new C4C card!

                                                              Hugs, ~Silke~    

CQC151 Thanks....

Aloha!

It's time for a new Color Q ~ CQC151....

I decided to dig out some Papertrey Ink Set's that have been neglected for awhile now...the Background Basic Chevron Strips and the main image is from the Limited Edition Set called *A Big Thank You*. My card came together by embellishing it with some scoring, a Doily, Ribbon with matching Button and White Scrapper's Floss, a Flower and some Black Pearls.

Are you ready for the color palette???? Here it is...........please make sure to stop by the Color Q Blog for all the ideas the team had!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!! Have a great day and I'll be back soon....

                                                                 Hugs, ~Silke~

SPECIAL ODBD HOP!!!!

Happy Monday everyone!

Today we have a very special birthday hop for a very special lady named Randi Barrett. Randi is one of our Our Daily Bread Designs Team Members and today is her birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RANDI!!! I hope you have a fabulous one and here is to many, many more!!!

If you came to me from GRACE's BLOG then you are right on track, if not please hop on over to the ODBD Blog to start your journey. Just to make the hop a little bit sweeter......Kelley is giving away some goodies....yeah.....so what are you waiting for....help us celebrate Randi's birthday!!! 

I'm showing the ODBD Faith Set, Mini Tags 2 and the Happy Birthday Set. My card came together by using the layout from the Sketchbook Saturday  #73 and the colors from the PDCC #145.

 

Thank you for stopping by today and now it's time to hop on over to CHRIS's BLOG!!! Have a fabulous week...I'll be back tomorrow with a new card!!!

                                                                  Hugs, ~Silke~

C4C150 Love you....

Happy weekend!


It's time for a new Crazy 4 Challenges......I'm into my third week of  hosting and I decided to challenge you all to a color combo........ 

Please use ONLY THESE COLORS on your card/project - PINK, GREEN, YELLOW AND BLUE! As always, we are looking forward to seeing your ideas!

We also have a fabulous sponsor for you this week...THE GREETING FARM!!!

I already own some of their fun girl images and today I showing of the super cute Gigi image. The image was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ Y08, Y21, YG11, YG13, R00, R41, B0000, B00, B02, E0000, E00 and a Colorless Blender. The DP is from my SU stash.  At last I finished the card off by adding some piercing, some Pink Ribbon, a Green Button with White Scrapper's Floss and some Silver Pearls.

Hope you have some time to join in the fun and I'm looking forward to your ideas!!! Have a great weekend!!!
                                                                 Hugs, ~Silke~

Flourishes FREE FOR ALL.....

Happy TGIF!!! 

Just as in release week’s past — the week after release the Flourishes design team is hosting a FREE FOR ALL — where we pick up our favorite sets of the release and play with any or all!  And, TODAY is the very last day to take advantage of the AUGUST NEW RELEASE BUNDLE — when you can get all four sets for 10% OFF the retail price. Just click HERE to see the bundle in the store!

I decided to show off the new Country Road Set....I'm a huge silhouette fan, so when I saw this new set for the first time I literally did a happy dance!!! If you missed my first card - click HERE to see it. The image itself was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black onto the Flourishes Classic White CS. The Design Paper is from the My Mind's Sunshine Collection. Next I added some May Arts Striped Ribbon, the Black Jute Twine, the Black Pearls and the Prima Cameo Roses. The layout for my card was inspired by this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch #253.

Please make sure to check out all of the ideas the team has created:

                                                             Danielle Kennedy

                                                             Cindy Lawrence

                                                             Julie Koerber

                                                             Stacy Morgan

                                                             Jan Marie Caruso
                                                             Beate Johns
                                                             Tammy Hershberger

                                                             Christine Okken

Have a fabulous weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with a new card!!!

                                                           Hugs, ~Silke~ 

ODBD Alumni Blog Hop....

Happy Thursday and welcome to our Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop For the Love of ODBD single stamps!Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links.  One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until Wednesday, August 29 at 6 pm.   Enjoy all the beautiful designs using For the Love of ODBD single stamps!

If you came to my blog via KATHY's BLOG then you are right on track if not, please start at the ODBD Blog and hop you way back over here!!!

I decided to show off the beautiful God's Love Set. It also comes with the matching Butterfly and Butterfly Die!!! For my card I used the awesome silhouette image and one of the sentiments in the set.

My inspiration to create this card came actually from this weeks The Shabby Tea Room #127. This challenge is  asking us to use the following colors- CREAM, PINK, AQUA AND NEWSPAPER PRINT. I immediately thought of the greatest, most comforting book...the Bible.!!! I stamped the silhouette image in the required pink color and for the newspaper print I repeated to ink the quote using aqua on the right hand side. The edges were distressed with some cream ink. At last I added the Doily, the Ribbon with a Button, Scrapper's Floss, Pearls and some Flowers.

Now it's time to hop on over to DEB's BLOG!!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!!! Have fun hopping....

                                                         Hugs, ~Silke~

IT'S A BIRTHDAY PARTY....CHECK IT OUT!!!!

Happy Thursday!!!

It's Flourishes 5th Birthday and we think that's a reason to celebrate! So... we are ushering in a 2-4-6-8, Help Flourishes Celebrate Day! We think that's a banner of a day and that's why banners are the focus of this final challenge for today! If you missed our 2PM Challenge, just click HERE. Our 4PM challenge is HERE and our 6PM challenge can be found HERE if you need to catch up! If you play, we have some FUN goody bags for our winners! Are you ready for the grand finale... the 8PM Challenge?

    

Here is my idea.....

My card came together by using the super cute Birthday Pennants Set....I can't believe this is the first time I've inked this baby up!!! BTW, this set also comes with matching Spellbinder Dies...see HERE and HERE. For this card I used the Spellbinder Blossom Die and the Circle Die. I added some  piercing and distressed the edges. At last I added the White Lace Trim and the Blue Striped Ribbon on top, the Blue Button and the Kaiser Pearls.  Everything was stamped onto the awesome Flourishes Classic White CS!!!

HOW TO PLAY: We're celebrating a Banner Day! So, use a banner or pennant style embellishment on your card or creation! Use Flourishes stamps if you have them -- your entries will count twice. If you don't have Flourishes stamps, play along anyway, you could win some! If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword FLLCIS5D. You have until August 31st to enter and can enter as many times as you like! Some of our designers hung banners to help Flourishes celebrate!

If you need some inspiration, be sure to hop on over and see... Broni Holcombe, Silke Ledlow (me), Allison Cope and Amanda Havon idea.

The OFFICIAL Rules…..

• Simply create a banner inspired card or creation! Create a banner shaped card or add a little banner embellishment or tag!
• Entries need to be in by Friday, August 31 by 5 PM EST
• Those that use Flourishes stamps will be counted twice for their entry
• You must link your creation on this post using our inlinkz widget in order to qualify
• You must have a link to our challenge in your blog or gallery post
• Please DO NOT combine challenges.
• If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword FLLCIS5D
• We’ll announce the winners Tuesday, September 4th at noon CST!

HOW CAN YOU WIN? Play in this challenge and that counts as one entry for a stamping prize pack (including stamps and other goodies!) Play in all five and you will be entered toward our grand prize! Winners will be drawn randomly but if your card is one of our designers' faves, your work will be added to our Customer Cards Gallery on Pinterest for all to see! So get those fingers inky and join us for our birthday bash!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you will come out and play with us!!!

                                                               Hugs, ~Silke~

CQC150 Just Because..........

Happy Tuesday!

It's time for a new Color Q..........

 Here is the awesome color palette.....

I couldn't help myself , but to ink up the beautiful newly released Flourishes Garden Picks. The image was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ BG000, BG01, BG10, R14, R17, Y08, Y21, YG11, G24 and Colorless Blender. The DP is from the My Mind's Eye Howdy Doodle Collection. Next I added some Daffodil Delight CS, the punched out sentiment and some Silver Pearl.

Please make sure to swing by the CQC Blog for all the fabulous cards the team has created!!!

Have a great week! PLEASE COME AND HELP US CELEBRATE FLOURISHES 
5TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!!!!  WE ARE CONTINUING OUR CELEBRATION AND HAVE SOME FUN CHALLENGES WAITING FOR YOU.....STARTING AT 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM ........ YOU CAN WIN SOME AWESOME PRIZES!!!! See you then....

                                                   
                                                           Hugs, ~Silke~

C4C149, Catered Crop Happy Birthday....

Howdy friends!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend??? Today is a *ME* kind of day....I have a  hair appointment and I think I'll go for a manicure & pedicure after!!!

If you have some down time, how about playing some challenges with us??? I'm still hosting the August Crazy 4 Challenges and today I have a fun one....it might be a little tricky for some....my challenge to you this week is, to create A CARD THAT IS WHITE ON WHITE....ONLY YOUR IMAGE CAN HAVE A SPLASH OF COLOR!  I can't wait to see your ideas!!!

My card is featuring the gorgeous newly released Flourishes Garden Picks Set. I inked the image in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored the flower image with there Copic Markers ~ Y00, Y02, Y08, Y21, YG11, YG13, G24, R00, R02, R04, R22 and Colorless Blender. Next I added some double piercing around the second layer of Flourishes Classic White CS. The third layer was embossed with the PTI Canvas/Linen Impression Folder. Next is the Doily, along with the main image, White Ribbon, Button & White Floss. To finish it all off I added the Kaiser Pearls...voila!

The C4C149 also goes hand in hand with the Catered Crop Recipe Swap that is still going strong for another week!!! Make sure check out all the entries there as well!!! The Catered Crop team will show off all of their ideas tomorrow...make sure to check them out!!!

My color inspiration for my main image is from The Play Date Cafe #144 and the layout is from the Deconstructed Sketch #64.....

Thank you so much for swinging by today....and I hope we have inspired you to play along!!!

                                                           Hugs, ~Silke~

Final Day of Flourishes Release...check it out!!!

Hi all! We hope you've enjoyed this week's peeks and we are excited to say that all of the stamp sets that we've been showing off this week are in the Flourishes Store HERE! We also have some exciting news to share as well -- for three out of the four sets, there is a Silhouette Cut File available as well! These files made exclusively for the Silhouette Cameo offer the ability to custom cut images from the Garden Picks, Autumn Blossoms and With Gratitude stamp sets. Keep reading to learn more! Or, click HERE to visit these files in the Flourishes Store! On to today's last stamp set to be unveiled! It's one that pays homage to the beautiful blossoms of fall!

Part of The Blossoms Collection, this beautiful array of autumn blossoms illustrated by Marcella Hawley features a bouquet, corner stamps, and pieces to create your own borders or frames. Add in a trio of all occasion sentiments and you have the perfect set to create cards for every day correspondence. Set measures 4 by 6" and is the perfect companion to sister sets Happily Ever After SS199 and Letters in Blossom SS198. If you like this set, you might also like our Summer Blossoms set as well featuring summer florals! The Flourishes design team has really gone all out showing off this beautiful set!

My card came together by embossing the Kraft CS with  the Fireflies Embossing Folder. The image was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ B0000, B00, B02, B41, YR02, YR04, YR07, R14, R17, G12, G21, G24, E21,E25, E27 and Colorless Blender. Next I added the Light Blue Plaid Ribbon, a Basic Grey Button with the Stamped Metal Brad and finished it all off with some Kaiser Pearls.

As we mentioned earlier, this set does have a companion cut file that you can use with your Silhouette Electronic Cutter. This digital download is purchased from the store and upon completion of your order, you'll receive a link to download your Silhouette Cameo file. This file will only work using the Silhouette Cameo and the Silhouette Studio Software. This file offers cut file for all stamp images excluding sentiments. We think these will add so much fun when creating. While we plan to release cut files with our new stamp set releases, we also plan in the coming months to add files for some of our tried and true favorite Flourishes stamp sets!

Would you like to win our new Autumn Blossoms stamp set? All you need to do is guess....

One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win! So what are you waiting for? Head on over and see…..

• Beate Johns
• Cindy Lawrence
• Christine Okken
• Danielle Kennedy
• Jan Marie Caruso
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE AUGUST RELEASE? Have you checked out our Birthday Wishes Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You can also play in our Noon Time Challenges! Try Wednesday'€™s challenge by clicking HERE to find out about the A Bit of Texture Challenge or click HERE for more on the Country Road Challenge! They are both past paced ways to win our full August release! All challenges will closeTODAY at 5 PM EST and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! So get those fingers inky and good luck!

One more note! Don't forget about our special, limited time offer called our New Release Bundle! It's a bundle of all four new stamp sets and for the next week -- it's 10% off the retail price! Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to stop back tomorrow to see if you were one of the lucky ones to land in our Winner's Circle!

Have a fabulous weekend and thank you for taking the time to stop by this week to see  all of my cards :) !!!

                                                                                            Hugs, ~Silke~