Flourishes January Release Preview ~ Day 4

 

We’re wrapping up our January New Releases at Flourishes and we’ve had a fantastic time showing off these beautiful sets to you this week. Today the Senior Design Team brings you one more round of inspiration using any set from this release that their little hearts desire. We’ve loved the variety this month’s sets have had to offer and we’re looking forward to showing you more!

I chose to use the set Under the Big Top again.  I thought it would be fun to use aqua and red with the elephant this time around.  It's pretty straight forward, no special techniques, so I won't bore you with the minute details.

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

 

Do you want to win Flourishes’ January Release?

• If you would like a chance at winning all newly released January sets…you can play in our Get in Shape Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is January 13th at 6 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our January sets are available now HERE! 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 January 17th, so you have to act fast!
• We’re also excited to offer companion Silhouette cut files for these new sets. Check them out here!
• And, don’t forget to come back to the Flourishes Blog tomorrow, Saturday, January 11th for the Winner’s Circle where we’ll announce the winners of this weeks’ Mystery Blogger challenges!

Now to finish things off beautifully….here is a look at our gorgeous new January sets

Flowers for Jan

Under the Big Top

  

Wild Roses

 

Thanks so much for joining us for this week’s celebrations and all your kind comments! We’ve been delighted to bring these ideas to you and hopefully inspire you as you’re creating!

Thank you so much for all your encouraging comments.  

Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Under the Big Top (Flourishes)

Paper:  White and Happy Days (EP) 

Ink:  Red Magic and Turquoise Gem (VersaMagic), Smokey Gray (Versafine)

Accessories:  Square Swatches (Spellbinders), Enamel Dots (Teresa Collins), Border Punch (EK Success), Scor-Pal

Flourishes January Release Preview ~ Day 3

 

With Valentine’s Day almost upon us we couldn’t miss out on giving you another amazing botanical set for the season, Wild Roses. This stunning set features a wild rose and a theme of "love" - perfect to tell those you cherish just how you feel - all year long!

This set, illustrated by Sam Pickard with sentiments provided by Dina Kowal, measures 4" by 6" and offers three main images, three sentiments and a sentiment background stamp. Today you’ll see some fragrant beauties from our Senior Design Team with this love-themed set.

I decided to make a tag with these flowers because I wanted to try a new technique I found on Pinterest.  The artist's name is Lin, and her blog is called Yours Artfully.  She does wonders with color and textures.

I started off with a 3x5 piece of Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock.  I then took my Burlap stencil, by Tim Holtz, and layered some Steel Ferro (Viva) over it and let it dry.  After that, I put a coat of Black Acrylic paint over it, let it dry and added some Broken China and Brushed Pewter Distress Paints (Tim Holtz) to the entire tag.  I love the aged look it gave.  The flower images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and were colored with Copics.  I also added a bit of sparkle to the centers with a Quickie Glue Pen and Warm Highlight Transparent Micro Fine Glitter (Glitter Ritz).  To finish off the tag I added the sentiment, with Black Stazon, and a variety of ribbons and trims.

Here's a closer view so you can see the details and sparkle a bit better.

 

That's it for today's project, don’t forget, hidden among the Design Team’s blogs today is a Mystery Blogger. 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

Here is a link to one of the Copic Collections I used: I used B00, C5, C2 an C1 (Flowers), along with G28, G24, G21, G20 (Leaves)

 Do you want to win Flourishes’ January Release?

• If you would like a chance at winning all three of our January sets…you can play in our Timeless Tuesday Get in Shape Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is January 13th. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our January sets are available for pre-order. You can 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 January 17th, so you have to act fast!
• And, don’t forget to come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday, January 11th for the Winner’s Circle where we’ll announce all of our winners of this weeks’ Mystery Blogger Challenges!

See you tomorrow for a recap of these January beauties!
Thanks for dropping by, and for all your generous comments!
Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Wild Roses  (Flourishes)

Paper:  Flourishes Classic Ivory

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Black Stazon

Accessories:  Copics, Burlap Stencil (Tim Holtz), Acrylic Paint, Steel Ferro (Viva), Brushed Pewter and Broken China Distress Paint (Tim Holtz), Quickie Glue Pen, Warm Highlight Transparent Micro Fine Glitter (Glitter Ritz), Ribbons and Trims

Flourishes January Release Previews ~ Day 2

 

Welcome to Day Two of our January New Releases at Flourishes! We have your ticket to fun in this great set called, Under the Big Top! You’ll find our own company of trained animals, circus elements and a clown to give you a wonderful performance on your next celebration. This silhouette-style set illustrated by Lauren Pope measure 4 x 6 inches and includes 9 whimsical circus images and 3 sentiments for occasions far and wide. 

I had so much fun with this set!!  I wanted to do a collage of images so I started by stamping the ticket image 7 times onto some decorative paper from Prima's Songbird collection.  I then cut them out and stuffed them in a kraft Mini bag by Canvas Corp (after adding some embossing to the bottom of it with a Lifestyle embossing folder).  I then stamped the tent with Malted Mauve VersaMagic ink, hand-cut it out, and layered it onto a mini-decorative tag by Fancy Pants.  After that, I added two sentiments from this set...one to the bag, and one to the mini-tag.  Oh, and I can't forget the sweet little stand that I colored with Copics and added it to the corner along with some washi tape.  Lastly I added some Washi Tape and Cork Arrows (Studio Calico), along with a Library clip (SU!) to the corner, and some Enamel Dots (Teresa Collins).    Whew...that's a long list. :) 

Here's a close up of the tickets, tent, sentiments, and little stand.

 

 

Well, that's it for my project today, have fun taking a trip through our Senior Design Team’s Blog to see their creativity with this set, and while you’re enjoying their designs don’t forget to look for our Mystery Blogger hidden among the Design Team’s blogs.

Comment on the 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 (you are here)

 

Do you want to win Flourishes’ January Release?

• If you would like a chance at winning all three of our new January Release sets…you can play in our Timeless Tuesday Get in Shape Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is January 13th. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our January sets are available for pre-order. You can 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 January 17th, so you have to act fast!
• And, don’t forget to come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday, January 11th for the Winner’s Circle where we’ll announce all of our winners of this weeks’ Mystery Blogger Challenges!

Come back tomorrow when we show off a beautiful set that’s full of love.

Thanks a bunch for dropping by!

Happy Stamping!

 

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Stamps:  Under the Big Top (Flourishes)

Paper:  Flourishes Classic Ivory and Kraft, Songbird (Prima)

Ink:  Gray Flannel (Memento), Smokey Gray (Versafine), Malted Mauve (VersaMagic)

Accessories:  Copics, Mini-bags (Canvas Corp), Enamel Dots (Teresa Collins), Cork Arrows (Studio Calico), Library Clip (SU!), Washi Tape, Decorative Tags (Fancy Pants, Embossing Folder (Lifestyle), Scalloped border die (amuse), Distrezz-it-All (Zutter)

Flourishes January Release Preview ~ Day 1

Hello all and welcome to a very special kick off to Flourishes' January Release! Not only are we ushering the new release in with a fun-filled Timeless Tuesday Challenge but we are showcasing a set designed to honor Flourishes' owner and founder: Flowers for Jan

Wisteria, Peonies and Bearded Iris -- all three of these flowers are favorites of Flourishes' founder and owner Jan Marie Caruso. Sentimentally illustrated by Marcella Hawley, these beautiful blooms honor the lady at the helm at Flourishes. Three breathtaking flowers paired with three beautifully scripted words and five accent words. This 4" by 6" set is sure to be one you reach for just to send creations to friends far and wide for any and all occasions!

Would you like to win this set along with the other two sets being released this month? All you need to do is play along with us!!! We have a special treat for you today -- two actually! First, in honor of Jan Marie and this very special set, Flourishes' Senior Design Team is joining along in this challenge to give you double the inspiration!  Katie Sims, our lovely challenge hostess this week has got a fabulous challenge for everyone this week...Create a SHAPED card.

I chose to work with the Wisteria image, and a diecut shaped using some Spellbinders dies.  I wanted a somewhat trellis or iron look to the background, so I used a trio of Spellbinders dies and layered them with dimensional tape.  I then stamped the Wisteria image 3 times, colored them with Copics, and fussy cut them.

Here's a closer look at the details.

 

Here's a look at the inside.

That's it for me today.  Now, as you hop around getting inspired on ways to "Get In Shape", 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
• Cheryl Lea
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Deborah Anton
• Heather Jensen
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Katie Sims
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker

Here are the links to the Copic Collections I used today:

 

 

 

 

That's it for today.  Stop by tomorrow for a peek at another new set being released this month!
Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Flowers for Jan (Flourishes)

Paper:  Flourishes Classic White, Antique Cream (Creative Imaginations)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Copics, Tapestry, Labels 28 and Decorative Labels 28 dies (Spellbinders), Designer Trim (Webster's Pages), Silver String, Vintage Button (Bazzill), Rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty) 

Flourishes Free for all Friday

Happy first Friday in 2014!! We want to extend our best wishes to each of you for the New Year! Since this is the Friday before Flourishes new release, you are probably wondering where our Pre-Release Challenge is? Well, we decided to let the Friends of Flourishes gals run this month's challenge! Be sure to tune in next Tuesday and play along with the Release Week Timeless Tuesday Challenge! We'll have three winners that week for the FULL release! Play along as many times as you want for multiple chances to win!

Now for some fun today, the Flourishes Senior Design Team has a bit of beautiful variety to show off. Some of the team got to play with Becky Fleck’s new round of January Sketches at PageMaps (which she will reveal on Sat.) and others on the team are going to surprise you with some of their own creativity. Join these lovely ladies for some fabulous inspiration to kick-off your New Year!
 

 

I made two cards using one of Becky's PageMaps sketches.  For the first one, I used Friendship and Flowers.  I stamped the Flower with Versafine onto Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock, and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder in order to use the Emboss Resist technique.  I then inked over the image with Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey Ranger Distress Inks while still in the Romantique rectangles die.  Lastly I added an embossed die cut heart, the white embossed resisted butterfly (with Tumbled Glass Ranger Distress Ink rubbed over it.), the sentiment and a smattering of rhinestones.

 

  


Since it was the beginning of the year, I decided to use the Flourishes set Moments in time for my second card.  I stamped the clock face with Smokey Gray Versafine, and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder while still in the Tile Works die (Spellbinders).  I then added some color inside the frame (after masking off the edges with removable tape) using Tumbled Glass and Brushed Corduroy Ranger Distress Inks.  The sentiment was stamped using Gray Flannel Memento ink.  I then framed it all with Dark Olive card stock from Flourishes' Evergreen Collection and Loyal dp by Authentique.  The base is Flourishes Classic Ivory and is embossed using a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.

Here's the lovely sketch I got to work with:

That's it for today's cards from me.  Be sure to check out what the rest of these talented gals have to share!!

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

Thanks so much for dropping by!!
Happy stamping!

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Thanks for Listening

Stamps:  Friendship and Flowers (Flourishes)

Paper:  This and That (Echo Park), Flourishes Classic Ivory

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine), Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Tumbled Glass (Ranger Distress)

Accessories:  Romantique Rectangles, Octagon and Scalloped Octagon dies (Spellbinders), Hearts Primitive (Sizzix), White and Clear Embossing Powder, Rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), Embossing Folders (Lifestyle Crafts) 

Make Every Minute Count

Stamps:  Moments in Time (Flourishes)

Paper:  Flourishes Classic Ivory, Evergreen Collection, Loyal (Authentique)

Ink:  Smokey Gray (Versafine), Grey Flannel (Memento), Tumbled Glass and Brushed Corduroy (Ranger Distress)

Accessories:  Tile Works die (Spellbinders), Mini Gears (Tim Holtz), Clear Embossing Powder

A Look back at 2013 ~ Day 1

I've never done a year review of my designs before, but I've enjoyed seeing other designers' reviews so much, that I thought it would be something fun to try this year. I have been blessed to be able to design for 3 different companies this past year (Waltzingmouse Stamps, Flourishes and Our Daily Bread Designs, and guest design for Really Reasonable Ribbon), and had a hard time choosing my favorites. I loved working with each company and their variety of images so much. So, I've broken my posts up into two. This first one will be Jan. thru June.

January 

Felt Puffy Heart ~ Compact Family (Waltzingmouse Stamps) 

 

 

 Love is all we need ~ Woodgrain and My Heart (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

February

You're a Star ~ Say it Loud (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

March

ODBD 5th Anniversary Release ~ Quote Collection 3 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

April

Pom-Pom Flower Tutorial ~ My Kind of Guy (Waltzingmouse Stamps), Really Reasonable Ribbon

So Very Kind ~ My Kind of Guy (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

May

Waltzingmouse May Release Previews ~ Day 1 ~ Country Labels No. 4 (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

June

Waltzingmouse June Release Previews ~ Day 3 ~ Country Labels 14 (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Friday Flourishes ~ Beach Life (Flourishes)

Flourishes June Release Focus and Messenger Bag Tutorial ~ S'more Fun (Flourishes)

That's it for the first half of the year.

I want to take this time to thank all of you for your generous support with your warm, encouraging comments too.  I so enjoy stamping, coloring and paper crafting, and the stamp sets I've been blessed to be able to work with are so inspiring!

Happy Stamping!