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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Beautiful Mountain View

There is something so majestic about seeing mountain wildlife in their element, and today we have an amazing scenic set to show off to you. It's an elk standing ready with a beautiful mountainside in the background - that's the centerpiece of this 4" by 3" set penned by Lauren Pope. Perfect for the guys in your life, this set features one main image as well as three sentiments.

Another fabulous masculine set if you ask me and I LOVE it. Most of you know that masculine cards are one of my favorites to create so this set was screaming to me all month. :-) This is a fun easel fold card with a twist as I added a secret little sentiment tag pocket. How fun is that!
First I stamped my image from Mountain View onto Classic White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Colored with Copic collections:

I layered the image panel onto some Color Made Easy Rich Browns cardstock. For a little frame behind the image the Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames die was a great idea. The frame was die cut using some of our Color Made Easy Pistachio cardstock then mounted onto dimensionals. Some of the fabric ribbon left over from a 123 create kit Trail Mix and then brads in the corners. Fairly easy peasy.

The sentiment tag you see above is die cut using our Tailor made Classic Bookplate die and some Color Made Easy Terra Cottag Japonica ribbon tied off with some jute twine and one of our wooden buttons. Voila!
We think it's an impressive and stately image and our Design Team is ready to show it off to you bringing it to life!

Don't forget to look for: Mystery Blogger Graphic

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.

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

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

You can play in our Colorful Creations Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY August 16th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
All three of our August 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 together in a bundle, this discount will be available for only 1 week following the release.
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!

And... as you are hopping and making your wish lists -- don't forget about our... OVERSTOCKGRX

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Overstock Sale! If you click HERE, you can take a trip to our SALE page you'll find hundreds of items with prices that will be slashed at the time of check out! Just add the coupon code OVERSTOCK25 and 25% will be deducted from your total. This coupon code will ONLY work on SALE PAGE items. We have inks, paper, embellishments, ribbons and even overstocked stamp sets. On those items with sale prices, you will be able to take an ADDITIONAL 25% off! It's the deal of the season! So click HERE to shop early for the best selection! Join us back here tomorrow for a thankful Autumn set that will bless you!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Flip Flop Hanger

Welcome to Flourishes day 1 of sneak peeks. We are so excited to be back with a new round of beautiful stamps for you this August! Today's stamp set is a new offering from illustrator Sam Pickard and it showcases the unique blooms of the Chrysanthemum flower that is a staple for fall color and bouquets. This 4 x 6 set contains several arrangements of single or grouped flowers, a buzzing bee, plus wonderful sentiments around a sunshine theme. It's sure to bring wonderful cheerfulness to your designs on those crisp Autumn days that are coming. And for even more creative options, we'll have a cut-file available for this set as well on Friday.

Today for my sneak peek, I am going to show you a quick tutorial on a flip flop hanger using Chrysanthemums. Below are the supplies I used. the flip flop template is one I just goggled and saved to my computer, then in a Word document I changed the sizing to what I wanted. This is about 5 1/4 x 4 inches in size.

After I printed and cut out the the flop flip shape onto Classic White Cardstock I colored with Copic Collections:

After my flowers were colored I punched holes in a triangle form as you would see on flip flops for my ribbon which will be the hanger part. Below you see the holes and again I just eye balled the holes.

Now you thread your ribbon and I used Color Made Easy Crocus Lavendar ribbon through the holes leaving enough at the top to have for the hanger. Don't worry about the back as this will be covered.

Below you see the front with the excess ribbon threaded through. Now to add our colored backing.

My colors are the beautiful Color Made easy Crocus collection in a light lavendar and the darker richer purple. I really like these colors.

Now to finish decorating. The top of my ribbon hanger is tied off with some Ivory Jute and a Sunflower button. Some stickles was added to the flower petals and some flourished rhinestones around the sentiment.

Then I thught the little bumble bee in the set would be perfect for the center of the ribbon on the flip flop. Voila a sweet little summer hanger today.

So we want to show of some of our Chrysanthemum creations to you today and there's a chance for you to win today's set!

All you have to do is find: 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.

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

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

You can play in our Colorful Creations Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY August 16th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
All three of our August 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 together in a bundle, this discount will be available for only 1 week following the release.
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!

Along the way this week as you're hopping you'll notice the beautiful goodies from our new 123 Create Kit called Isabella. Be sure to check it out. It's our way of pulling together all of your design elements so you can create beautiful things!

If you want to see this kit and all it has to offer in the store, just click HERE. And, one more piece of fun news for you! Just in time for release week shopping, Flourishes is sweetening the deal by offering an..... OVERSTOCKGRX

Overstock Sale! If you click HERE, you can take a trip to our SALE page where we've added hundreds, yes hundreds of items! Keep in mind, some items are listed at retail prices. It's only when you add the coupon code OVERSTOCK25 that the 25% will be deducted from your total. This coupon code will ONLY work on SALE PAGE items. We have inks, paper, embellishments, ribbons and even overstocked stamp sets. On those items with sale prices, you will be able to take an ADDITIONAL 25% off! It's the deal of the season! So click HERE to shop early for the best selection! Join us back here tomorrow where we'll show you a gorgeous set with a view!

Monday, August 12, 2013

What's the 411? Winner announced

Good morning everyone. We got back into town yesterday and I am trying to catch up again, is school in session yet? LOL I am ready for school to start so that we have a normal schedule and less trips. :-) Need to announce who WON my blog candy. Randomly drawn by one of the boys is......

NinerDi said...

Congratulations, Stacy! So happy to see that you are getting the recognition you deserve!

Congrats! Send me your snail mail address to twinshappy 1 at yahoo dot com. Please put blog candy winner in the subject so that it does not go to the spam folder. I will get your goodies mailed out to you this week. Thank you everyone for the warm congrats to all of us on the CardMaker Blog!

Today I have an altered notepad created using the stamp set Call Me. The image is stamped onto classic white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The framed shape is using our Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass die with a light sponging around the edges.

Colored the image with copic collections:

Layered some designer paper down onto the Classic Kraft cardstock die cut using Spellbinders Resplendent rectangles shape. Some cream crochet ribbon down the middle and black velvet ribbon to cover the seams. This is all matted onto Classic Black cardstock that is textured using Swiss Dots. hard to see in the photo. Voila!
Be sure to check back on Wednesday for Flourishes Sneak peek of our August Stamp release. Have a great day.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

WOJ August Blog Hop

Welcome to the August Whiff of Joy Blog Hop! If you didn’t come here from Kathrin’s blog, then head on over to the start of the hop at Whiff of Joy World of Ideas Blog. I don’t want you to miss a single stop on this hop! This month, Whiff of Joy has continued to stay on trend and is bringing you a wonderful release: Sew Sweet. We have put together a collection of stamps, die-lights and charms all with a sewing theme. We know that a lot of you love to quilt and sew and would love to have images to reflect this special hobby and we didn’t forget those of you who knit and crochet, we have you covered.

We had a tremendous response to our stamps with free matching sentiments and made sure that we continued this for you. We are also pleased to be releasing 2 stamp plates from mixed media artist called Stephanie Schütze. This month, we are giving away one stamp, one die from this release and one die-light from our last release to one very lucky winner. The winner will be drawn from the comments on our DT blogs. At the end of the hop, go back to the Whiff of Joy World of Ideas Blog, let us know that you have left a comment at each stop of the hop by using the inlinkz tool and you will be entered for a chance to win! A complete list of the hop is also at this blog, just in case you get lost along the way! The hop will remain open until midnight CEST midnight Wednesday August 14th Is this kitty sleeping just not so cute? We had several cats when I was a little girl and I loved them all.

Now I am a dog lover with our sweet Ranger in the family. hee hee I stamped this sweet Eat Sleep and Create image onto classic white cardstock and colored with various copic markers.
Added some button and twine to my Heart Banner Die-light and some swiss dot textures. Voila!
Now hop on over to your next stop at Jeanet's Blog. Happy Hopping!

Hello kitty kitty kitty

Today I have another sneak peek of the August release coming tomorrow at Whiff Of Joy Stamps! This months release sure is fun and you don't want to miss any of it. How stinkin cute is this? I used the Close Knit Kitty image for my creation today. Stamped onto classic white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with various copic markers.

My sentiment tag us using Messages Die-Light and General Sayings 2 sentiment. Tied off with a few wood buttons and twine. A scrap piece of a paper doily is underneath the panel that holds the ribbon and lace trim. Voila!
Be sure to check out the creations from the design team today:
Marion
Sara
Sabine
**Don't forget my Exciting News Blog Candy Post found HERE**

Friday, August 9, 2013

Rusted Flowers

**Don't forget my Exciting News Blog Candy Post found HERE**

Happy Friday and welcome to Flourishes August pre-release challenge! The month of August has rolled in and many of us are beginning to think ahead to Autumn (oh Summer, please stay a little longer!). How about we throw a fun color challenge at you that mixes Summer and Autumn colors together and challenge you to create something with the potential to WIN our August New Releases! Here are the colors: A lovely teal, a rich rust and a neutral gray. What we love about this challenge is that all of these colors can be found in our Flourishes Color Made Easy Collections. Emerald Coast, Terra Cotta and either Cool Neutrals or Tonal Neutrals, isn't that great?

Some of the Flourishes Design Team were blessed to be able to gather together just a few weeks ago in Yellowstone National Park for a wonderful weekend. We realized that there was some beautiful scenery right in front of us that matched the colors of our challenge this month, so we thought we'd show that off to you as well...

Beautifully colored mineral Ink Pots in just the right shades!
Today I have used Dahlia's that is stamped onto Classic White Cardstock using Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Colored with Copic Collections:

Simple layers today using Color Made Easy Terra Cotta and Cool Neutrals paper collections. I scalloped the one edge of the Terra Cotta and added a paper doily underneath my panels.

Scored the edges of the stripped designer paper from Echo Park Beautiful Life collection. A few hints of sparkle and a few of the My Minds Eye Oxford enamel dots. Voila!
Here is a close up of the flower pots as I tried for the first time the technique using the blender pen refill and some textures of a wash cloth. I do like how this looks although maybe should of done a bit more of it. I am still learning... ;-)

Be sure to check out the creations from the design team:

THE OFFICIAL RULES:

Simply create a card using these colors in the graphic above
Entries need to be in by Friday August 16th at 5 PM EST
Those entries using Flourishes Stamps will be counted twice
You must link your creation on our InLinkz Widgit to be counted
You must have a link to our challenge in your blog post or gallery post
Please DO NOT combine challenges. Only those entries that don't combine will be in the running
If you upload to SCS please use the keyword FLLCAUG13
We'll announce the winners on Saturday in our Winner's Circle Post here on the blog on Saturday August 17th, so check back then to find out if you are a winner!

Thanks for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing what you create! We'll see you here on Wednesday August 14th when our wonderful August Sneak Peeks start!

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Celebrate and Decorate

Happy Thursday! Today is my first post over on the CardMaker Blog with this beautiful Cork Board Frame I made using Feminine Charm from Flourishes. Head on over to the CardMaker Blog for the full tutorial and picture today! Thanks for stopping in.

**Don't forget my Exciting News Blog Candy Post found HERE**