Flourishes Timeless Tuesday and Sneak Peek

Hi all and welcome to day 1 of Flourishes' fabulous sneak peeks and PLUS you'll get an opportunity to WIN our entire new June release just by playing along! For the remainder of this week we will be sharing our newest stamp sets with you! Aren't you excited?! I sure am!

Since Sneak Peek Day 1 overlaps with the Timeless Tuesday Challenge, we have some amazing projects showcasing our newest beautiful floral stamp set by Marcella Hawley today... This stunning new stamp set, called Picking Wildflowers,  features a glorious spray of wildflowers along with some wonderfully heartfelt sentiments. It will be a 'must-have' on your shopping list this week!


For this challenge, create a card or project that moves or opens in a non-traditional manner (FTTC224)! In other words, create a card that doesn't just open normally. Maybe it has a third panel like a tri-fold card or it has a greeting tag that pops up when you pull a ribbon! There are lots of fun tutorials you can try out. Here are just a few examples of some great card tutorials that will fit perfectly for this week's challenge:

Center Step Card Circle Side Step Card 

Concertina Fold Card  

Criss Cross Card 

Diamond Fold Card 

Easel Card 

Lever Card 

Pop-Up Stage Card 

Slider Card

I chose to make a card using the Diamond Fold technique.  It was super easy and fun!!  And I think it showcases these wildflowers beautifully!!

Now, I have a confession to make.  I love coloring with Copics, and even took a class a year-and-a-half ago, and I really enjoy working with them.  However, I struggle with combining colors and working the whole numbering system.  Since joining the Flourishes DT, I've been using their Copic Collections, and man oh man!!  It makes the coloring easy peasy!!  I use to take quite a bit of time marking samples on paper trying to get the right color combos.  With the Flourishes Copic Collections, all the combinations are made for you.  I'm in love with coloring again!!  I've included the list, of Collections I used, toward the end of this post.

Now, about my card, I wanted to share that I used the Perfectly Pireced Classic Hourglass Die for my sentiment, and the dp is Remarkable by My Mind's Eye.   I also made my own tassel using Black Jute and a collection of beads (Fire Mountain Gems).

 
Here's a look at the card open.  I didn't add any decorations or sentiments to the panels because I wanted the flowers to be the main attraction.

That's it for my project today.

Today we have both our Flourishes Finest Design Team AND our Friends of Flourishes Team sharing their "Open Sesame" inspirations with you! Take a moment and leave some love on all of our designers' blogs.

• Allison Cope
• Broni Holcombe
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Deborah Anton
• Denise Marzec
• Heather Jensen
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema
• Julie Koerber
• Katie Sims
• Makiko Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker.....you are here
  
• Berni Cuttino, our June guest designer

Come and hop along and visit with all of our super talented designers and join us in our challenge this week for a chance at winning our ENTIRE new June release!! Yup... that's right... you could win our entire new release just by playing along.

CHALLENGE RULES

HOW TO PLAY: Everyone can PLAY and anyone can WIN! Here's how you can win…

• Create a new card or paper-crafted project fitting the challenge. Flourishes stamps are not required, but if you've got them, why not use them?
• Why not use Flourishes stamps on your creation?!? You will receive two ballots towards our weekly prize if you use our stamps! Hooray!
• Include a link back to this challenge in your blog post or gallery upload.
• Please clarify in your blog post, how your creation specifically meets our challenge.
• If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword FTTC224.
• One random winner will be picked from all of the entries.
• Deadline to enter is next Monday at 6:00 p.m. EST.

AND...another way to win...

You need to find out who today's Mystery Blogger is! Hidden among the Design Team is one Designer who has this set to give away. Comment on that blog and you could win today's beautiful Picking Wildflowers set! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for dropping by!!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow too.  This week it's all about nature.  And I'm a HUGE nature lover so I'm looking forward to sharing my projects!!

Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Picking Wildflowers (FLLC)

Paper:  Cryogen White and American Crafts

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories:  Dies ~ Perfectly Pireced Classic Hourglass Die (Flourishes), Lacey Square (Spellbinders), Copics, Scor-Pal, Rhinestone (Pizzazz Aplenty), Black Jute, Beads and Wire (Fire Mountain Gems)