Linda's works of Heart

Flourishes BBB23 - The Beauty of a Rainbow

 

 

This month it's The Beauty of a Rainbow!

 Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet - combine all and you have the colors of the rainbow!  For this challenge - show us how you can combine at least three of those hues to celebrate The Beauty of a Rainbow on your card or creation!  Link up your  Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creations below to enter. 

If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB23.  You have until June 30 to enter!  As we unveil our challenge for next month, we'll share our True Beauties on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on your blog!  Our FAVORITE entry this month will also be asked if they would like to join the team for the August Challenge!

How fun is today's challenge!!!  I love rainbow's, and the beauty they bring, so for my project I couldn't resist using Fanciful Flourishes, and stamping them with colors of the rainbow.  I wanted to keep this card simple so the butterflies would be the main focal point.  Each butterfly was stamped with different colors of Distress Ink listed below, and the background was embossed with Spellbinders Regal M-Bossabilities.  I like how the ribbon/bow adds the finishing touch.

I hope you come and join us!  I can't wait to see your rainbow :)

That's it for me today, don't miss the lovely creations the rest of the ladies listed below have for you today...

Betty Wright

Claudia Rosa

Iwona Palmountain

Kathy Jones

Linda Duke - you are here

Remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below.

Thanks for visiting today.  Linda ❤❤

 

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Fanciful Flourishes - Flourishes.

Cardstock: White - Flourishes Classic White - Flourishes.

Stamp Pads. Memento Tuxedo Black  Dye Ink, Spiced Marmalade, Chipped Sapphire, Pine Needles, Barn Door Distress Inks - Flourishes.

Spellbinders: Regal M-Bossabilities Side "B" - Flourishes. 

Ribbon: Yellow Check Ribbon - Flourishes.

Misc.:  Glue Dots, Foam Tape, Tape.

Wonder

Hello again bloggers, today I have a shape card to share with you.  I love making them, how about you?  

You can always tell when I running behind with my monthly projects, because I start posting something every other day LOL!  With me still working at my old job, I just haven't had the time.  Next week, I will be posting A LOT :)  I miss my crafting, and you...  Hopefully, they won't need me there to much longer.

That's it for me today, I need to finish up another project.  Remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below.

Thanks for visiting  - Linda ❤❤ 

 

 

 

 

Supplies used: 

Stamps:  Pears - Flourishes.

Stamp Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink - eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: Kaisercraft's Lil' Primrose - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  White.

Spellbinders™: Standard Circles LG, Petite Scalloped Circles LG, Splendid Circles, Grand Circles Nestabilities®, Splendid  M-Bossabilities™ side "B".

Ribbon: May Arts Wrinkled Ribbon - The Stamp SImply Ribbon Store.

Copic Markers:  0 colorless Blender, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, R20 Blush, R85 Rose Red, YG00 Mimosa Yellow, Y02 Canary Yellow, YG11 Mignonette, YG23 New Leaf, YG63 Pea Green, E33 Sand - eclectic Paperie.

Misc.: Decorative Stickpin  Crafting with Darsie Etsy Shop.  Foam Tape, Glue, Tape.

Flourishes BBB22 - The Beauty of the Garden

Good morning blog friends.  For this month's Bring Back Beautiful challenge, we thought we would honor "Mother Nature" As spring begins to sprout in many parts of the world - let's honour Mother Nature by showing off the beauty of what we find in the garden. Pick your favorite flower and make it the centerpiece of your card or creation!

Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creations on the Flourishes Blog to
enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB22. You have until May 31
to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we'll share our True
Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be
featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to
display proudly on their blog! Our favourite Beauty from this challenge will
also be asked to join the team for the next challenge, so play along and let's
see all those beautiful Garden creations!!  

For my card today, I wanted to make the image the focal point.   The background paper matched the color in the large flower perfectly, and the little flowers I added matched the small flowers colored in the image.   I love the little pearls in the center, and the pretty French Lace added the perfect finishing touch.

That's it for me today, don't miss the lovely creations the rest of the ladies listed below have for you today...

Betty Wright

Claudia Rose

Iwana Palamountain

Kathy Jones

Linda Duke - you are here :)

Naomi Gong

Yvonne Hagane

Remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below.

Thanks for visiting today.  Linda ❤❤

Supplies used:

Stamps: Spring Bouquet - Flourishes

Stamp Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink - Flourishes

Cardstock: Kaiser Paper pad/Bonjour, Flourishes Classic White - Flourishes

Spellbinders: Grand Ovals Nestabilities.  NOTE: Spellbinders die templates can also be found at Flourishes.

Copic Markers:  0 Colorless Blender, E000 Pale Fruit Pink, R00 Pinkish White, RV10 Pale Pink, E04 Lipstick Natural, Y00 Barium Yellow, YG00 Mimosa Yellow, V91 Pale Grape, V15 Mallow, YG03 Yellow Green, YG63 Pea Green, G99 Olive, R02 Flesh, E08 Brown, R59 Cardinal, Y02 Canary Yellow, V12 Pale Lilac, YG41 Pale Green, BG72 Ice Ocean, BG75 Abyss Green, BG10 Cool Shadow, G00 Jade Green, B21 Baby Blue, BG49 Duck Blue, BG70 Ocean Mist, Y000 Pale Lemon, C-1 Cool Gray No. 1  NOTE:  I know I’ve listed lots of colors here,  some I used very little. Flourishes.

Ribbon: White Scalloped Lace Trim, May Arts Woven Iridesent Fuchsia/Sage - Flourishes

Misc. Crystal Trinket Pins, Mini Pearl Dasisies - Hyacinth - Flourishes

Flourishes BBB21 - The Beauty of Friendship

 

Hello Everyone!!!  Notice the new logo above?  Yes, I'm so excited to be back with Flourishes as a member of the Bring Back Beautiful Design Team!!!  and designing with these talented ladies with Flourishes.  What some of you may not know, I was a member of Flourishes first Design Team, back in 2008, and had to step down due to my past day job.  But I'm now retired from that day job, and thrilled to be back again.  There are more new faces, and changes with Flourishes, just in case you missed it, you can check here for all the details.

For this month’s Bring Back Beautiful challenge, we’d like to honor those in our lives that bless us with their friendship. The challenge is just that simple – make a card or creation with a friend in mind!

Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creations over on the Flourishes blog. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB21. You have until April 30^th to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a Bring Back Beautiful Winner button to display proudly on their blog!  

My project today is approximately 6 1/4" x 8" in size, and perfect for framing, but hard to get a good picture in my small photo space, so I took LOTS of pictures so you can see the small details up close.  The pink base is cardstock, but the top is unbleached muslin.  I thought I would follow the name of the stamp "Feminine Charm", and make this very girlie with soft colors.  The flowers at the top were made with lace and Glubers, the image was colored with Copic Markers.  Muslin is easy to cut with die templates, you may need to clip some threads here and there, but fun to create a soft, lacy look like the leaves at the top.  I even stamped my sentiment on muslin, and cut it out with scissors - perfect.

I do need to mention something about the Copic Markers I used... Flourishes carries exclusive color combinations that you won't find anywhere else, you can see them here.  In my supply list below, you will see I broke the image down into sections, so you will also see some of them listed two or three times.  I linked each color to the collections Flourishes carries. 

That's it for me today, don't miss the lovely creations the rest of the ladies listed below have for you today...

Betty Wright

Claudia Rosa

Iwona Palamountain

Kathy Jones

Linda Duke - Me ;)

Naomi Gong

Yvonne Hagane 

Remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below.

Thanks for visiting today.  Linda ❤❤

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies used: 

Stamps: Feminine Charm - Flourishes. 

Stamp Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink, 

Cardstock: Blush Blossom (discontinued) - Stampin' Up!

Spellbinders: Grand Ovals, Grand Rectangles Nestabilities, On The Vine Border Grand,

Copic Markers: Dress Form: R00, E02, E31, R20, E33, V99, R59. Bottom of Dress Form: Y21, Y32, Y33, Y15, E37, E02, V99. Form Stand: C1, C3, C5, C7, E15, E33, V99. Belt: BG10, BG15, BG75. Pearls: BG10, BG15. Heart: R24, R59. Paper: E81, E31. Three Bottom Flowers: Y00, Y21, Y32, Y38, R20, R32. Top Flower: R11, R21, R24, R59. Middle Flower: R20, R85. Leaves: BG10, YG03, W2.

Ribbon: May Arts Ivory Crochet Cotton Lace 5/8 - Flourishes.

Misc.: Unbleached Muslin, Embroidery Thread, Wooden Spools, Buttons, Glue, Glue Dots, Foam Tape, Shell Pink Acrylic Paint Dabber, Cosmo Cricket 1" Glubers, Sticky Tape..

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Mother's Day

 

Hello there dear bloggers, and welcome to another Saturday of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.  The week the design team was to focus on making a Mother's Day Card.

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 27 and will be posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check Sharon's blog to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Today I have a simple, but elegant card to share with you I made for my sweet Mother-in-law for Mothers day. She's a lovely lady who doesn't require a lot of fuss in her everyday life, or her personal taste. For that reason, I think this card is perfect for her.  I love the soft colors, and that beautiful Prima flower is yummy...

This is a short post today, because my Granddaughter is here spending the night, so I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Have fun as you visit the talented designs listed below to increase your chances of winning:

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Holly McMillen
Linda Duke  - You are here :)
Deb Saaranen

Thanks for visiting today, I love sharing with you, and I will be back real soon.

Good luck!

Linda :)

Supplies used on this project:

Stamps: JustRite's - Spring Words - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Stamp Pads: Memento Rich Cocoa Dye Ink.

Cardstock: Very Vanilla - Stampin' Up!, Prima's Romantique 8"x8" paper stack - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Spellbinders ™: Ironwork Accents, Floral Flourishes Shapeabilities®, Grand Rectangles Nestabilities®. NOTE: Spellbinders die templates can also be found at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Flower, Ribbon and Lace: Prima Poetic Whispers Cream, Cream Lace. May Arts 1.5" Cream Silk Crushed Ribbon - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 
 

Butterflies & Blossoms

Today's card was my last project as Flourishes Limelight Designer that posted June 26th, on Flourishes blog.  I really enjoyed working with their images, and sharing some of my projects with all of you. Thank you Flourishes for asking me to be your Limelight Designer, I just love your images, and all the wonderful ladies associated with the Design Team.

I've been busy working on secret stuff for CHA, but will try and post some quick projects when I can. 

You can click on the picture for a better view, and all supplies are listed below.   

Thanks for visiting today - Linda ❤❤

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Butterflies and Blossoms – Flourishes 

Stamps Pads: Latte – Ranger Adirondack Dye Pad - eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: Very Vanilla – Stampin’ Up!, Melissa Frances 5^th Avenue 6”x6” Paper Pad - eclectic Paperie.

Spellbinders: Petite Ovals Large #4, Grand Labels Four #1, Grand Labels One #3, Floral Flourishes (new).

Copic Markers: 0 Colorless Blender, BG10 Cool Shadow, BG70 Ocean Mist, G00 Jade Green, YG61 Pale Moss, BG72 Ice Ocean, Y17 Golden Yellow, R00 Pinkish White, R20 Blush, YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink, 0.05 & 0.3 Black Copic Multi Liner - eclectic Paperie.

Ribbon: May Arts Crochet Lace,- The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. Cabbage Ribbon - MemrieMare on Etsy.

Misc.: Self Adhesive Pearls The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. Maya Road Flower Stick Pin - eclectic Paperie.

Fanciful Flourishes - Flourishes

Today's card was my second project posted on Flourishes blog June 12th for being their Limelight Designer. I love the soft colors, and using multiple layers of Spellbinders die templates with lace.  

You can click on the picture for a better view, and all supplies are listed below. 

Thanks for visiting today - Linda ❤❤

 

 

 

 

Stamps: Fanciful Flourishes – Flourishes.

Stamp pads: Latte, Espresso, cloudy Blue Ranger Adirondack Dye Pads - eclectic Paperie.

Spellbinders: Standard Circles SM, #3 & #5, Grand Large Labels #3, New – Nested Butterflies Two.

Ribbon: May Arts Satin - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Lace – Unknown.

Misc.: Kaiser Self Adhesive Pearls. Prima Flower and leaf - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Beads and stickpin.

Thank you Flourishes

Good Morning everybody, Sadly this will be my last week as Flourishes Limelight Designer.  I hope you enjoyed all the previous cards I've posted using their images, and thank you for leaving your wonderful comments on Flourishes Blog.

Like all of the previous weeks, only a small portion is posted here but, you can see the entire card by clicking here, it will take you to Flourishes Blog.  Comments are always appreciated :)

 

 Thanks for visiting - Linda ❤❤

 

Spring - Flourishes

Today's card was my third project posted over on Flourishes blog June 19th due to being their Limelight Designer.  I loved coloring the little bunnies, and using multiple layers of Spellbinders die templates. Like before, I picked the cardstock I wanted to use for my project, I then picked what color markers I wanted to color my image with, I always try and match the two. The rest of the card is pretty much the same as most cards with lots of layering, pretty ribbon, and flowers. 

You can click on the picture for a better view, and all supplies are listed below. 

Thanks for visiting today - Linda ❤❤

 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Spring is Sprung – Flourishes.

Stamp Pads: Latte, Espresso, Ranger Adirondack Dye Pad – eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: 4.75 x 6.75 Double Sided Designer Mad Pad – K & Company. Very Vanilla – Stampin’ Up!

Spellbinders™: Labels Seventeen #6, Grand Large Labels #4? Labels Twenty #4

Ribbon: May Art Crochet Lace – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. Cabbage Ribbon - MemreMare Etsy Shop.

Copic Markers: 0.05 Black Copic Multiliner, 0 Colorless Blinder, Y11 Pale Yellow, R00 Pinkish White, YR00 Powder Pink, RV42 Salmon Pink, E50 Egg Shell, E51 Milky White, E33 Sand, E15 Dark Suntan, GB70 Ocean Mist, G00 Pale Green, G24 Willow, YG13 Chartreuse, G82 Spring Dim Green – eclectic Paperie.

Misc.: White Gelly Roll Pen - Michaels, Vintage Pearls, Flower Stick Pins, eclectic Paperie.  Prima Pearls, Madeline and Reflection Prima Flowers – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

 

 

 

 

Spring - Flourishes

Good Morning everybody, It's week three as Flourishes Limelight Designer.  I hope you enjoyed the two previous cards I've posted using their images, and as always I couldn't wait to show you today's project. 

Like last week, only a small portion is posted here but, you can see the entire card by clicking here, it will take you to Flourishes Blog.  Comments are always appreciated :)

 

 

Thanks for visiting - Linda ❤❤