Flourishes July Release Preview ~ Day 2

Dappled summer light and pretty flowers, don't you sometimes wonder what sweet little creatures might be visiting your flower garden? Today we have a precious set to show you that might just have you believing in fairies! It's called Garden Fairies.

Add a dash of whimsy with these sweet little ladies who love to flutter and fly through the garden. This set, penned by Lauren Pope, offers two main fairy images and five beautifully scripted sentiments to lift spirits and bring smiles! Set measures 4 by 6".

I love dandelions!!  So, of course I chose that image to work with today.  I stamped the fairy two times, on Cryogen White card stock, with Tuxedo Black (Memento), and once on Vellum.  I then colored each with Copics.  For the Vellum, however, I stamped the image with Stazon.  I then cut out and layered the fairy with her bodice and right arm over top the vellum wings, and then layered those over the main image so I could get the depth on the vellum wings.  I also added some glitter to her skirt, wings and dandelions, as well as the added butterflies.  The oval inked frame was achieved by leaving the card stock in the die and inking it with Tumbled Glass Ranger Distress Ink.  I inked the sentiment frame with Spun Sugar Ranger Distress Ink.

I used the A2 Bracket Borders One dies to cut the top corners too, to tie in the bottom border.

That's it for me today.



Hidden among the Design Team's blogs today is our Mystery Blogger of the day. Comment on her blog and you could be chosen to win today's set! The more you comment, the better your chances.


The girls have some sweet and dreamy things to show you today so head on over to visit them .

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Maki Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

If you would like a chance at winning all four of our soon-to-be released July sets…

• You can play in our It's Sketchy Challenge – there will be multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY JULY 12th at 5 PM EST. OR, play along with the gals for this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules!
• All four of our July sets can be pre-ordered now, even before you see them all! Take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off when you purchase all four together in a bundle.
• All sets will be live first thing Friday morning along with the coordinating cut files for this release.
• Come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday for the Winner's Circle where we'll announce all of our winners of this weeks' challenges!

Here are the Copics I used:

 

 

 

 

 

Join us back here tomorrow for something beautiful from our newest illustrator Sam Pickard!

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Stamps:  Garden Fairies (Flourishes)

Paper:  New Beginnings (Webster's Pages), Cryogen White

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Black Onyx (Versafine), Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass (Ranger Distress)

Accessories:  Copics, Floral Oval, Petite Oval, Twisted Metal Tags and Accents and A2 Bracket Borders One dies (Spellbinders)

Quickie Glue Pen, Glitter, Small Exotic Butterfly die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart)