Flourishes November Release Preview ~ Day 1

 

Welcome to our November Sneak Peeks at Flourishes! We’re really excited to show off this month’s sets to you, because we know they’ll be ones you’ll want to use over and over again. Each of them convey a real sense of warmth and will be perfect for any occasion you have with friends and family. Today’s set is one we’ve been anticipating with great excitement because we think it’s fabulous! Introducing….Grab a Cup.

Grab a cup and enjoy, with this sweet-as-can-be coffee and tea inspired set. Use it to send warm thoughts across the miles or to invite a dear friend to share some time over hot drinks. This set, illustrated by Marcella Hawley measures 4" by 6" and offers three main images, four accent images and six mix and match sentiments! It celebrates everything coffee and tea should be! And look at what we’re also offering this month with this set...

I love a good cup of coffee or tea, so I am super excited to be working with this set.  For today, I made a coffee gift card.  I have some friends who "need" their coffee regularly, so I thought a gift card holder would come in handy this holiday season.  There are many gift card holder tutorials out there, so I won't bore you with yet another.  I'll just give you a quick review of what I did for this one in a bit.

I stamped the coffee cup image, three times, with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink;  once onto Cryogen White cs, once onto Flourishes Classic White cs, and once onto Flourishes Classic Kraft cs.  I colored the cup with Copics, as well as the sleeve and logo, and then embossed the sleeve with a Sizzix embossing folder to give it some texture.

Finished Gift Card Holder size:  2 3/4" x 3 1/2"
Cardstock:  2 3/4" x 10"
Score: 3 1/2" and 7"
Punch half circle notch at short end.
Tape or glue sides of short end, fold up and adhere.  (I used 1/8" Scor-tape)

Here's a look at the inside with the gift card included.

 

The decorative paper I used is Santa's List by Teresa Collins, and the sentiment was stamped with Oasis Green VersaMagic Ink, and Toffee Crunch Memento Ink.

Here are the links to the Copics I used:  C-1, E31, R29, R27, R24, BG15, BG13, and BG11

 

 

 

Need some quick and easy card inspiration delivered right to your door? Look no further than Flourishes' Class in a Box! This kit comes with all the supplies needed to make 6 cards -- 2 each of three designs. All pieces are pre-cut and ready to assemble, with embellishments and everything! Just stamp, color and put them together! When you're done, save the full color, glossy instructions to make all of these cards on your own in the future. The instructions are great layout ideas for any and all of Flourishes sets! Kit comes with the Grab a Cup Stamp Set SS263 plus embellishments, ribbons, pre-cut decorative paper, and card stock for card bases. All this for just $30! Get yours today before these fabulous kits are gone! You’ll see some fantastic inspiration along the way today with our design team and this set.

 


While you’re hopping and looking at their creations, don’t forget to try to figure out who the Mystery Blogger is.  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 of winning.

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Heather Jensen
Julie Koerber
Silke Ledlow
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Do you want to win Flourishes’ November Release?

• If you would like a chance at winning all three of our soon-to-be released November sets…you can play in our Grab A Cup Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY November 15th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our November 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 three sets together in a bundle. This discount will only be available through November 22nd, so you have to act fast!
• Keep in mind, all of these sets will be live first thing Friday morning in the Flourishes store along with the coordinating cut files for this release.
• And, don’t forget to come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday, November 16th for the Winner’s Circle where we’ll announce all of our winners of this weeks’ challenges!

Be sure to stop on by tomorrow when we share a beautiful set that will have you wanting to “phone a friend"!

Happy Stamping my friends!

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Stamps:  Grab a Cup (Flourishes)

Paper:  Santa's List (Teresa Collins), Flourishes Classic White and Flourishes Classic Kraft, Cryogen White

Ink:  Tuxedo Black and Toffee Crunch (Memento), Oasis Green (VersaMagic)

Accessories:  Copics, Standard Rectangle and Standard Circle dies (Spellbinders), 1" Circle Punch (SU!), Dimensional Tape (Scotch)