Berry goodness HMF Challenge

Happy Valentines day! I hope you and your loved ones have a special night planned. The boys and I have worked very hard on our menu this year and what the decorations will be. I am excited! House Mouse and Friends Blog Challenge today is brought to use by Lisa. She is challenging us to use your Favorite House Mouse. ACK are you kidding... How do I decide what my favorite is? I adore them all.

I went with one of the very first and still one of my favorite stamps and sentiments for my card. I adore this chubby little guy all full from his berry eating. hee hee This stamp is called Sleeping With Strawberries. I was looking through all the cards I made with this stamp alone and holy smokes I have 486 House Mouse cards in my file. WOW!!! Now that tells you I have used these for all they are worth and then some. DH was pretty surprised at how many cards I had in my file also. Its kinda nice to look back and all that you have done and grown. Anyways, I kept this simple and sweet with my gingham paper that I just love with the HM stamps. Added a bit of ribbon and button combo and popped him up on dimensionals.
Be sure to link up your creations over on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge Blog so you can have a chance at this weeks prize! Yep this week our sponsor for the challenge is a $15 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp Store. Have a wonderful day!

Stamps are here!!!

Flourishes new stamps are ready for your shopping cart! The release bundle is for a limited time don't miss out! Plus the Gamblers Deal is going on and just got even lower. Check out the retiring sets why they are still here! Don't forget you still have time to play in our Winter Thaw Challenge this is your chance at winning the entire release!
Now for my creation today. I just love the sets this release, this set alone has so many options. Incase you missed it this is called From the Desk of. I went with a very feminine feel with the colors, pearls and lace trim for this card. Isn't this image just wonderful, I just want to climb into the card and write a note.

The girls have some wonderful eye candy for you today as well:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Have a wonderful weekend!

From the desk of....

Don't forget you have a chance at winning the entire release by playing in our Winter Thaw Challenge. As well check out Flourishes Blog today for your chance at winning the set of the day. Flourishes Power Hour Release Party is today Thursday at 9pm central in the SCS Forums! Don't forget about the release bundle for the new sets and save yourself a little bit of cash. PLUS there is more, don't forget the Gambler's Sale is going down in price again another 5% from last week. This is your chance to get the sets before the retire!!!

This is a gift I made for the boys teacher using From the Desk of. I used the Grand labels One for this box I created. Punched out the top and bottom of the box. Punched out one size smaller with the beautiful GCD paper I got a few weeks back for the design on the front. Then I took and cut an 8x8 piece of cardstock, scored at 1 inch on all four sides, cut and glued. On the bottom piece I scored the same size sheet at just shy of the 1 inch mark. This way the lid fits snuggly over the bottom. Adhered some scor pal tape to the bottom of both the boxes and adhered them to the lic and bottom. This is a photo of the lid with the cards inside.

Here is one of the cards inside. This holds 5x5 cards and envelopes. This is also for the Timeless Tuesday 104 challenge to use buttons. I am really getting used to using these more and more. Betty will be happy. ;0) hee hee

Here is a photo of one of the other cards in the box. I made several cards of the two you see here. I kept it fairly simple in a few of each. I know she is going to love this. The DP has some fancy sparkles to it but I couldn't get the photo to pick it up. If you click on any of the photos you can get a closer view of the detail. I adore this set!!!

Be sure to check out the gorgeous creations from the girls:Jan Marie
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Sharon
Have fun at the release party, I am still working on getting plans changed so that I would make it to the party! If I miss you have fun! See you back here tomorrow.

Hello sneaks...

Don't you just love sneak peek time? Flourishes has yet another steller set of stamps for you to want in your collection. Don't forget you have a chance at winning the entire release by playing in our Winter Thaw Challenge. As well check out Flourishes Blog today for your chance at winning the set of the day. Flourishes Power Hour Release Party is tomorrow Thursday 2-10 at 9pm central in the SCS Forums! Don't forget about the release bundle for the new sets and save yourself a little bit of cash!

Here is my sneak using the Hello Hyacinth. I really enjoyed coloring these flowers up. I used Copic collections Hollyhock, Sky, and Spring Greens. The lovely blue silk ribbon for my bow, these silk ribbons are my favorite ribbons I can't stop using them. I used one of the sentiments in the set and tied it off with a button for the Timeless Tuesday 104 challenge . This has such a fresh feeling to it doesn't it? The girls have some fabulous eye candy for you today:

Jan Marie
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Sharon
See you back here tomorrow.

3 Hearts Kitty...

The Monday after the Super Bowl is always a long day for football fans. We have the long wait for the new season to begin. :0) So did your team win yesterday??? Mine sure did.... WHOHOO Green Bay did awesome! I have to say for a minute though I thought we were going to give it away. But they held strong! DS is more than happy his team won.hee hee
On with my creation... Today over on the Totally Stampalicious blog the challenge is to use 3 hearts in your creation. I pulled out Glam Kitty and some spellbinders hearts. Left this sentiment free and added a few pearls. Very simple but I have my hearts. Don't forget Wed. is Sneak Peeks for Flourishes February sets! See you back soon! Have a great day!

Flourishes Winter Thaw...

Is that not the coolest photo? Yes it is time for the Flourishes Pre-Challenge! This is your chance to win our entire release for February. Sneak Peeks start on Wednesday next week. Check out the blog for all the details on the challenge and for the Mr. Linky to link up your creations. Be sure to check out the end of my post for the Gamblers Sale!!!!

Now I bet you were looking at the IC piece and you saw all that white as I did, right? LOL If not that is okay, but the shimmery wet look of that snow was what caught my eye. I pulled out the Cherry Blossoms for the center of my white and used the Tea Rose Copic Collection to color the blooms. I added a bit of Y19 copic to the center of each bloom. Layered some ribbon and added a few jewels. Very clean and crisp! Be sure to check out the beautiful work of the Design Team girls:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara

Starting February 3rd, Flourishes will be hosting a progressive sale called our Gambler's Sale. Each week, we will drop prices until the stamp sets listed below are out of stock. WE will start at 10% off and each Thursday, will drop prices by 5% until they reach up to 50% off. Quantities are limited and there will be no backorders on any of the stamp setsfacing retirement. So, get these sets before they are history!

This has been a rough week for me, haven't been able to stamp too much. Figuring out what I can and can't eat has been interesting. However I have found that fish is a great source of protein that I can eat and not have to chew a lot. Very positive along with lots of protein shakes, oatmeal, mac n cheese, smoothies, and tomatoe basil soup. And who knew that Manicotti without the actual Manicotti would be so good? Yes that means I only ate the middle part of the dish, ha ha But it was good. Feeling a bit better now that I can see a few menu options in my future. I hope you all have a wonderful Super Bowl weekend! Go Packers!!! :0)

Christmas Spirit Challenge #10

Good morning... Yes you see a Christmas card on Feb. 1st. That is because it is time for Flourishes Christmas Spirit Challenge #10. This months challenge is a color challenge of Red, Pink and White. Check out the SCS thread for last months winner and all the details for this months challenge.

For my card I pulled out the lovely Dove and Holly. I have added some pink to the doves along with each of the leaves. Layered with all three colors, added the beautiful red silk ribbon and a few pearls to finish my creation off. I just love these doves and I know that this isn't the last you will see of them before Christmas. Hope you get time to play along and you never know you might be next months winner! Thanks for stopping in with me today!