It is Friday and time for a new Challenge...

Today Lis is bringing our Tutorial to us and it is to use Evaporated Milk.This give some very  cool and interesting results, a rather vintage look. I used several different stamps and combined them on a card.
 The crackled stamp was used with the milk. If you look closly you can see it also adds some texture.
This is a sneak peak at the  Beautiful Hydrangea, one of the new August Releases.

Ready for the new week?

Our FOSTV Challenge this week is Lace & Pearls.

I used dps from the  Botanical Stack Collection. After embossing and stitching on I 

added a piece of lace from my stash. The Hydrangea is a image from the upcoming

 Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. August release. I used a stamped the image

 using canned milk. . It gives a bit of a raised texture and a great vintage color.

 We will be featuring this tutorial on Tutorial Time in August so be on the 

lookout for it. After stamping and mounting the sentiment I foam dotted

 it on. A few pearls and its done. My teamies have lots of beautiful

 inspiration for you so stop by and visit them! 

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The winner receives this stamp set.

                                     

Tutorial Time with Speedy TV

TTSTV has a cool Tutorial brought to us by Lois.It is to use shaving cream.

 You have to check out this tutorial is makes such nice marble looking 

background and the paper doesnt buckle! I used several different 

colors while trying this technique.You really have to give this one a try, 

it has so many ways to use it other that background paper.

I stitched it onto the aqua and then tied on the

Spellbinder with the dotted ribbon.

The sentiment is from the Set and cut out

with a Spellbinder and popped up.The ribbon rose

was also cut out with a Spellbinder Bitty Blossom and the

leaves were cut from a piece of left over marbled

paper and them embossed with the SU

lattice folder.

 

I actually made several different colors of background and card but just

 didnt get time to  photo them.It really is a very nice technique!

Tuesday Throwdown

Today Team B's  Tuesday Throwdown Challenge is Homemade flowers.

 Our Sponsor is Flourish with a Bling and one lucky winner will receive a gift

 voucher from them. As much as I love to make flowers seems this is a season 

of life over the top and there is a definite shortage of time. So my card is a simple 

one with just one flower made with some scrim. A couple leaves cut 

out and scrunched and voila! My teamies have lots of wonderful

flower inspiration for you, so do stop over for a visit!

Our new Monday Challenge

Friends of Speedy TV is challenging you to make a shaped card this week.

 My teamies have lots of fun inspiration for you so check them out. I decided to make a

pumpkin card. Its way too hot here so the fall sounds really nice about now.

I use an old plastic oval die and cutter  to make the ovals 

and them embossed them. I cut out a stem and embossed it

and then stitched them all together for the front of the card.

The sentiment is from one the upcoming August Stamp Sets. The owl

is from the Autumn Splendor Set. I colored it and cut out only

using a part of the pumpkin and adhering it to the

sentiment which was cut out with a 

Spellbinder Scalloped Oval.

Happy Friday~~

My work week is coming to an end and Im a happy girl!! 

Our TTSTV Challenge is to stencil with colored pencils. Barbie has a quick Tutorial  

you can check out.This was an easy and quick card to make.

I used my little square stencil doing random squares 

with two different colors of green and then came back and added

 the butterfly. The sentiment is from the  Set. The strip was stitched onto

 the dp with the edge cut out with a MS butterfly punch. The edge

 was embossed with a  Provo Craft folder and the lines added. 

Give it a try, it is great when you need a fast card!

A Color Challenge Today.....

Our FOSTV Challenge this week is to use turquoise and orange. 

I used some Lost & Found dp, stitched onto the turquoise. The flower

 is made with a PTI die and some faux flower soft for a center.The sentiment 

is from the new Cone Flower Set embossed and stitched on. The leaf spray is also a

 Lost & Found dp cut with a Spellbinder die. Hows that for 

quick and simple! Come join in the fun this week.

Tutorial Time with Speedy TV Challenge

Jane has brought us the tutorial this week. It is beyond the borders and her instructions 

make it quite easy!I have used one of our Super cool new July images... from the 

Cone Flower Set! Stop on over to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. and take 

a look at the New July Releases. They are Really nice!!

After stamping and coloring my image I cut it out with a Spellbinder Label #   The

 green is cut with a  Stampin UP scalloped border die and them embossed with 

the SU lattice. A little stitiching to put it all together. The sentiment is from

 the new Rose Set and attached with a little button.
The string looks very pink, have to replace that! This is a fun technique 

to add a little extra dimension, stop by and give it a try!

Tuesday Throwdown Team B

Happy Tuesday friends, today at Tuesday Throwdown the challenge is  Lets have a picnic 

 and our sponsor is Meljen's  Designs. We all received these fun images, mine is called

 Hot Apple Pie.After coloring it was cut with a Spellbinder Scalloped Circle and 

dotted onto the gingham. the navy was embossed at one end and stitched 

then the gingham stitched on. The decorative border is a PTI die. The

 Sentiment was stamped and also mounted with foam dots. 

join in the fun!

Our new Friends of Speedy TV Challenge

FOSTV is challenging you to make a Sympathy card this week.

One of those cards none of us like to make but sometime you need.

I went with a stitched on floral background and 

used the pale blue to soften it.

After cutting it out with a Spellbinder Scalloped Square I

stitched around it and foam dotted on.

 The sentiment  is from Today Tomorow and Always Set,

stamped and cut with a Spellbinder fancy label. The little leaf 

spray is also cut with a Spellbinder foliage die. Simple and quick.

 Join in the fun and you may be the

 winner of a new stamp set!

Flower Pounding???

Have you heard of this technique?? That is our Tutorial and challenge this week at TTSTV. 

 Our tutorial is brought to us this week by Cheryl Miller. 

This is a long post full of pics....

 The technique can be used so many ways. I raided my yard for the last

remnants of flowers as it is really heating up here

 It was 115 degrees yesterday!

  One of the fun things about this one is that the images do not always turn out the same 

colors as they are in real life so its fun to see what you get!! After making a 

variety of images I embossed some and cut some out to use in my 

album. Each page uses a pounded image. The front was made with a gaillardia 

which are not purple but thats what it came out as.

 The smaller flower is from a Lantana that was yellow and red..

 I ran thru the dotted swiss folder and stitched onto

 the purple which was also embossed. Added a lattice border with a MS punch. 

The lg daisy is a MFT die and the small one is a Marvy 

punch. The sentiment from the Primitive Farm Set was stamped 

on a Spellbinder fancy tag and tied on. The spine was cut with

 a MS scallop punch.

This flower image came from the Potato Bush which are very purple but look
 more blue, embossed and cut with a

 Spellbinder die. The sentiment comes from the Huge Blossoms Set.

 A couple tags in the pocket.

This image is from the Plumbago embossed and cut out. The pocket and border

 are Spellbinders as is the bird and decorative oval. This sentiment

 is from the Birdcages Set.

This flower is from one I dont know the name of but it get little pink or lavender

 trumpets on it and it loves the heat!.All Spellbinder dies from two sets. .

 The sentiment is the Lantern Set.

This is another image using flowers from the Potato Bush. The pocket

 is a Spellbinder as is the stitched on striped border.

 The Sentiment is from the Island Life Set

This is another of the no name flower embossed and cut out. Cherry Lynn,

 PTI and Spellbinder dies and stitching does this last page. The sentiment

 if from the Be Wild & Free Set.

These are some of the tags I made for the pockets using leaves, potato plant, 

bougainvillea, plumbago and lantana.

We all used different flowers as we are all in different locals so this make for interesting

 results. Stop by and check out their creations and the tutorial you will

 find interesting!! All the sentiments I have used you will

 find at Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.