Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful BBB23!

Welcome to another month of Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge!  (BBB23)!  This month is all about 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!  Remember, too, that while we spotlight three true beauties  winners per challenge, our FAVORITE entry this month will also be asked if they would like to join the team for the August Challenge!


For my card today I chosen to go all guy with the colors of the rainbow.   Muted earth tones in hues of golds, greens, blues, and a touch of red.  With Father's Day just around the corner, I am in need of a few cards.  I am using Flourishes Guiding Light stamp set.


I used Flourishes Classic Ivory card stock.  I used the lighthouse image stamped with Memento Tuxedo black.  I inked the main sentiment with some navy ink.  The Happy Father's Day was inked with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink.  I ink disressed the edges with Ranger Brushed Corduroy ink.   I layered the focal image with a Spellbinder's die.  I added textured to it using one of the newly released Spellbinder's M Bossabilities folders for a more rugged distressed look around the edges since you cannot actually see the pattern itself.  

I finished the card with some sewing machine stitches, paper distressing, and Linen Burlap  knot topped with an oxidized antique gold button crest from my stash for a more manly effect.  

I use Ranger Ink Blending tool, replacement foam, and Ranger inks to slightly ink distress the edges of all my card  stock and designer papers.  I also use Scor tape as my main paper adhesive.  Love this stuff.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!  Make sure to check out all the other beautiful creations from the Bring Back Beautiful Designers!

Betty Wright  (you are here)!
Claudia Rosa
Iwona Palmountain
Kathy Jones
Linda Duke

Betty

I am playing along with a few other blog challenges!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge:  Beach Scene photo inspiration

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Texture

The Stamp Man:  For a Man!

Make it Monday:  Always Anything Goes 

Pile it On: Put a button on Father's Day 
Pattie's Creations:  Father's Day/Guy card 
Lexi's Creations:  For the Men in our Lives

 

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC104), SCS CC309, and MORE!

It is time for Flourishes FTTC104 Challenge! This week Maki Jones is the host. Maki is challenging us to use buttons on our cards or project!  We would love to see what you create!  I am using the colors from SCS Color Combo Challenge CC309!  We are using Not Quite Canjun Daffodils this week. 

 I am using Flourishes A Guiding Light and Clouds background stamp sets. I stamped the the ship with Memento tuxedo black.  Here I go making another manly card again this week.  My dh birthday is February 12th and Valentine's is February 14th.  So, needs lots of cards!  I am using Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock I colored with Flourishes Copic Color Collections.  I stamped the ship again on a piece of post it note.  I cut our a mask of the ships sails.  I covered the image and stamped my clouds background with some Ranger Stormy Sky ink.  I cut out and layered with some Spellbinders.  I used some Webster's Pages and a sheet of solid ink distressed dp.  For the solid golden page with rust edging, I embossed and stamped with SU En Francaise bg using Memento's Potters Clay.  I stitched the edges of the background pattern.  I stamped the sentiment with Potters Clay and over stamped with a shore image that is also included in the set using the stormy sky ink.  I finished with a basicgrey enamel brad layered over a blue button.  I love doing this touch as it makes the buttons a tad bit dressier and more vintage to me.  I also added two blue buttons on the top right of the card.  I  finished with some blue dyed distressed seam binding.  The goal was to have more white showing with just touches of the blue.  Love how it turned out.

Make sure you check out the other blog team designers to see how they used buttons! 

Cindy   Dee   Silke   Maki,  Tammy, and 
February's Guest Designer Laura Pryor

I am playing a few other blog challenges, too!

Crafty Cardmakers:  Hearts
Craft Your Passion:  Anything Goes
Crazy Challenge:  Lots of Love
Incy Wincy: Love
Kaboodle Doodles:  Ribbon stash(dyed my own seam binding)
OLLCB:  For Someone Special
Scrap it with a Song:  " To the Man I Love"
Stamp with Fun:  Love
Stamps R Us:  Valentine/Love
The Pink Elephant:  Be My Valentine!
The Crafty Pad:  Love
Let's Ink It Up:  Love/Valentine
Sentimental Sunday's:  Happy Valentine's
AllSorts:  Love Love Love

 

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge(SNTODBD10)! cQc33, Cards for Men!

 

It is time for ODBD Stamping In Time Challenge On Assignment(SNTODBD10)! Silke Ledlow is our challenge host this month! Silke is challenging us with a sketch! It is a high and low card or tall and thin. Your choice! However, it is not an A2 or a square card sketch! Good luck and have fun with it! Check out the ODBD blog link to find out how to play along for a chance to win!

For my card, I chose to go with a 5 X 7 size design.  I am using ODBD Keep My Lamp Burning stamp set.  I am using the colors from the Color Q Challenge(cQc#33)!  For the record, I had a hard time with these colors.  I wanted to make a manly card to comply with the Cards for Men Challenge #10 with an "outdoor" theme.  I really think these colors lend themselves to manly looks and outdoors.  I am not sure which color gave me the hardest time, though.  Maybe it was just that there were four.  LOL!  It is a challenge, though!  Actually, it could be that it is just a manly card that makes it tough.  Always need to stretch my horizons with those.

To keep the sketch from getting too busy for me with the four colors, I opted to keep the panels in the same color with just a hint of soft suede showing.  I also decided to use the same cb ef on them as well. I stamped my image using soft suede and sponged the sun and backgrounds.  I cut out an additional lighthouse to adhere over the top for added dimension.  I thought it needed something else so I added Ranger Crackle Accents and let it dry.  This stuff is amazing and cracks on its on.  Once it is dry and cracked I added a little bit of soft suede over it to seep into the cracked pores a bit to highlight those.  It is really cool to see how it looks from start to finish.  Once my card was complete I added some gold pearls.  I backed a few with my 1/4" square punch to look a bit more manly and to ground them.  I added my scripture tag.  I was thrilled that the scripture fit this punch.  I added a bit of linen thread and sponged the edges.  I like how it turned out.   Now, as for the man part of the card, I really wanted to put a flower or big bow on it! Go figure!

Check out the other ODBD designer's to see what they did with the sketch!  Grace
Sabrina
Angie
Fran
Debi
Kathy
Randi
Lorelie
Connie
Silke

As always, thanks so much for stopping by! 

Manly Birthday! Not a flower in sight!

This card is for today's SCS Feature Stamper Challenge (FS169)! Congrats, Eliotstamps(Michelle)! Beautiful gallery! Here is the card I chose to CASE!

I kept the basic theme with the leaves. I rocked and rolled mine, too. I used three colors. Not sure how many Michelle used. I changed the layout just a bit. I incorporated a sentiment on the ribbon portion. I used some chocolate felt ribbon and just adhered the sentiment panel over. I finished with a layered button and some frayed string from twill. While this card was easy to do, it truly tested my will power to want to slap a flower on it! Goodness, that part was hard! Hee!  This card is also for the Midnight Madness SC51!  I love this simple sketch design!  Just had to play! 

All of the papers were stamped using stamps from PTI...dp by ME!  I am finally getting around to inking up my new stash of goodies.  It has been a busy busy week and my new stuff just sat there for days without me playing with them! Boo Hoo!  I am so loving these new masculine sets.  I realized I hardly had any masculine theme images in my stash.  I think this Masculine Motifs set is just fabulous.  Also, I was very hesitant to get the woodgrain bg, but now I am so glad I did.  I used it on the sentiment...stamped off a bit.  Love that finishing touch to the whole card!  Of course, the distressed stripe set just speaks for itself.  Lots of potential with it!  The right panel uses three of the striped images sort of overlayed stamped.  The left panel is the happy birthday sentiment stamped repeatedly to give me  a script bg look. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 




Stamps
PTI Background Basics: Woodgrain, Masculine Motifs, and Distressed Stripes
Paper
PTI dark chocolate, ivory
Ink
Hawaiian shores, dark chocolate, new leaf, ranger vintage photo
Accessories
chocolate stitched felt, frayed twill, PTI buttons, glue, sponges, glue dots, foam tape