Another Timeless Tuesday

This week's Timeless Tuesday challenge was a color challenge.  I inked up my favorite stamp from April Showers and colored it with copics.  Then matted it on some Kraft cardstock to make a simple Thinking of You card.  Isn't the sentiment pretty?  It's from another Flourishes set - Botanical Bookplate 2.  Don't you just love flower sets???  They are SO versatile!!  Oh, and I've already asked for seam binding ribbon in my stocking for next Christmas.  It is just AMAZING to work with and makes such pretty bows!!!!

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Heart in Bloom

I wanted to play this morning.  Usually when I make a card it is for a challenge at a certain stamp company, but sometimes it's nice to play with no company restrictions!  Enter Jen's Deconstructed Sketch!  I picked out one of my favorite stamps from my Flourishes order -- I adore pansies... don't they look like they have faces??? --  and colored it up with copics.  The dp is all from the MME Lavender pad - SO springy! - and the cardstock is Flourishes Ivory.  I used more of the luscious seam binding ribbon and my favorite Recollections border punch and stitching and little flags and... SIGH.... soooo pretty!  I'm going to toss this in the ring for the DT spot.  I love sketches!! : )

Here's the supply list...

Stamps: Flourishes Botanical Bookplates 2, April Showers
Paper: MME Lavender, Flourishes Ivory
Ink: Memento Black, Desert Sand
Accessories: Seam Binding Ribbon, SB Oval &Scalloped Oval, CB Dots EF, Latte Pearls, Recollections Border Punch, Copics

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday and Stamping on a Budget!!

How fun!  I had an unexpectedly free afternoon today, and I was able to play along with the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge which was to use something new.  EASY, PEASY!! : )  I pulled out a number of things from my HUGE BLESSING Christmas order and just played.  It was so much fun! I don't know about you, but my usual stamping order is a once-every-month-or-two $10-$20 purchase... if I can skim the $$ off of my grocery budget.  So to have the luxury of a whole box of things to play with (and things that were ON SALE, too!!!!) is SUCH a huge blessing to me!!!!   Anyway, after making my card base (with NEW Flourishes white cardstock) I layered it with some NEW MME Lavender DP.  The image was cut out with my NEW Bookplate Die and stamped with the pansies from my NEW Botanical Bookplates 2 set.  I also used the NEW Classic Tags dies to make my tag, and tied it all up with some Color Made Easy Seam Binding Ribbon from the Sunflower group.  I think it's Golden Rod... but I ordered three different yellows, so I'm not positive!!

Just a note for any of you who have to be budget conscious like I do.  One of the best things I did with this order was to try to buy things that mixed and matched.  I also looked ahead to the upcoming season when making out my list.  For example... I loved the winter and Christmas sets and paper, but I knew that shortly after Christmas I would be looking forward to spring, so I chose flowers and umbrellas with usable sentiments like "thank you" and "happy birthday to you" instead of the snowmen and Santas.  I tried to buy some very all-purpose dies that I knew I would use again and again, and I also bought coordinating pearls, seam binding ribbon (only $0.20 / yard!!!), and dp, that I knew would complement my stamp choices.  I rounded it out with a couple packs of the wonderful Flourishes cardstock, and now I have a completely coordinated playground that I can play in for a number of months. : )  Plus, now that I have some of the basics like dies and cardstock, I can use that $10 or $20 to buy some of the fun additions here and there that will expand my choices even farther!!

OK... that was off track, sorry!  Thanks for dropping by today... I'll see you in a day or two!

Blessings!

Tricia