It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC74)! Maki Jones is our challenge host this week. Maki is getting us all in gear with a theme challenge. We are celebrating Christmas in July! No explanation necessary for this theme. Just have fun and make something festive! While Flourishes stamps are not required, if you have them, by all means use them! We would love to see what you create.
As Always, thanks so much for stopping by!
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I just have to share a Moment with Colors with you! While I gravate to all companies who sell cardstock and do not mind using various brands provided they meet my standard for cardstock in general. I do have issues with some inks. Not all inks work beautifully with clear stamps. Saying this, I would like to mention that NOT all clear stamps are created equal, either. At Flourishes only the highest quality of photopolymer is used. If you have been disappointed in clear stamps in the past there could be two reasons why. One, not all companies use photopolymer. And, two, the ink. Many rubber inks do not work with clear stamps. For example, while I love Stampin Up cardstocks, their ink does NOT work with clear stamps. Alternate inks must be used. I have combined a little chart for myself that I thought I would share with you all to aid in buying alternate inks. I have listed some of the new and returning favorites of SU cardstock colors that I happen to have coordinating ink pads for. There are several more that I need to get and I will share when I know which ones work/coordinate. I would like to mention that there may be other inks that match, but these are the ones that I have. You can click on the picture to make it larger and easier to read. Please let me know if this Moments with Colors post has been helpful to you in any way! Thanks so much! I am using one of the solid images in the Flourishes Thinking of You set to stamp the ink color that coordinates closely to the cardstock.
It is time for Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping In Time Challenge(SNTODBD17)! The assignment is ODBD stamps. The challenge this time is a technique. I am challenging you to the Emboss Resist Technique! Any of the ODBD images can work for this technique. We would love to see you come up with creative ways to incorporate ODBD frames, sentiments, and scriptures into the technique design. We would love to see what you create using Our Daily Bread Design stamps! 
I told you all I am have been enjoying playing in blog challenges lately! I am playing in a few first challenges for me with this card. Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge 45 Anything that involves concord crush is just lush and I am not really a purple lover. I think this is my first ever Mojo Monday(MOJO154) sketch card. I cannot believe it myself. Belli Challenge 99 "old stamps and old stuff" ; Incy Wincy Designs Challenge 56 buttons and bows ; Stamping Vacation Challenge is to pick three from the list. I chose a frame, string(tie my tags on with), and yellow sun! ; Simon Says Stamp and Show your Layers! This is a new challenge for me, too. I hope I have enough layers! ; The Creative Cottage Challenge 22 Celebrations! ; and Really Reasonable Ramblings(RRR6)! Flowers and Ribbons! I have a flower border, flowers in the focal image, and a floral background dp. I even added a little flower punch over my button. Of course, I have some ribbon!
