Blessings

I used this cute little lamb from the new set at Flourishes called Easter Wishes.  I love this pretty pale purple cardstock and wish that you could find more patterned papers with this color.  It just does not exist!  Do you have any special plans this weekend?  Not much going on here, just going to the gym each day, a little grocery shopping and hopefully some time in my craft room.  Whatever you are doing, I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

I used the sketch at Deconstructed Sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Happy Birthday to You

Light the candles, cue the music and get ready for a little bit of birthday fun! It will SOON be a very special lady's birthday and so we rallied the troops to send some birthday wishes her way a little early! On Monday, February 25th, Jan Marie Caruso, the fearless and creative force behind Flourishes will be another year older -- what a wonderful thing to celebrate! Happy Birthday Jan Marie!  

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

 Here's the scoop, there's a way YOU can help Jan celebrate and win some Flourishes stamps as well! HOW? We just love creative challenges here at Flourishes and so, why not usher in another one! One randomly drawn winner will get a $25 gift certificate to the Flourishes store, just for playing along!  WELL! One extra note? Jan may be the head of this company but one thing she doesn't get a ton of is happy mail from customers using her stamps? Let's change that for her birthday and flood her with some creative "love" by sending her your Berry Sweet Birthday Blog Hop creations! Here's her address so you can pop them in the mail! Jan Marie Caruso 4140 Lyric Lane Pensacola, FL 32514 I know she would love to see "in real life" what beautiful work you all do and I know it would bring a huge smile to her face! So, join us in singing her a special little birthday song! Be sure to check out all the fun and festive wishes and grab some great ideas for birthday cards along the way!  

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Allison Cope
• Broni Holcombe
• Cindy Haffner
• Maki Jones
• Aleksandra Mihelič
• Dina Kowal
• Iwona Palamountain
• Kathy Jones
• Meredith MacRitchie
• Sasha-Marie Holmes
• Deborah Anton
• Amanda Havon

  Thanks for stopping by and helping us with Jan Marie a wonderful and fabulous BIRTHDAY on Monday!

Heather

Count Your Buttons (and blessings)

 Hello there!  I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend so far.  I had some time in my craft room this afternoon and decided to use my new PI girl that I ordered from the last MFT release.  Isn't she cute as a button?

She was so fun to color, I tried my hand at adding some pleats to her top and the striped pants were made using some patterned paper.  I hand cut around her and popped her up on one of the doily die-namics dies.  I ordered one of the new Doodle Garden girls too, I will have to color her up soon and post it.

I used the current MFTWSC sketch for my design.

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

HELLO...I miss you

Hi all! Gosh, this week flew by and by the sounds of it, you like the newest offerings from Flourishes! Well, if we are right, you'll be happy to know that each and every one of our new sets is now LIVE in the Flourishes store! Easter Wishes, Old Fashioned Florals and today's new set that the design team is giving you a peek of called Inside and Out Hello!

Introducing...

Give the inside and outside of your cards a dash of pizazz with this fun new set from Becky Fleck! Inside and Out Hello is the perfect little sentiment set for all occasion creations! There are so many mix and match sentiments packed on this 4" by 3" set! Not to mention -- this set is a PERFECT companion to all of the other Inside and Out sets in this collection! Just like we mentioned, you can get all three new sets now -- just click HERE to see them in the store! Or... would you like to try to win today's set? Just leave some love in the form of a comment on all of our designers' blogs and try to guess....

We don't know which one is the mystery blogger and which one will draw a name from their posts to win this beautiful new set!Before we get to the link list with all of our designers and let you go and see their beautiful eye candy - a few announcements! First, it's hot off the presses!!

This gorgeous, full color, high gloss catalog is here for the taking! What's inside? Only all of Flourishes stamp sets for you to peek at, more than 60 samples to inspire you in your own stamping spaces, and five step-by-step tutorials just for you! There's even a few peeks at some stamp sets that haven't even been released yet! So click HERE and get your copy today!

Another new item in the store? Silhouette and Cut files for our brand new set called Easter Wishes! Just click HERE to see the SVG version and click HERE for the Silhouette Studio file!

Do you want to see what gorgeous creations our designers created with our new Inside & Out Hello set? Hop on over and see....

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan

 

DO YOU WANT TO WIN FLOURISHES' FEBRUARY RELEASE?

If you want a chance to win all three soon-to-be released sets, you can always play in the Pick 1 Challenge! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR ENTRIES -- YOU HAVE UNTIL 5 PM EST!! There will be multiple winners here! OR, play along with the gals for this week’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules! If you can't wait -- don't forget about our New Release Bundle a special that gives you 10% off when you purchase all three together in a bundle.

We’ll see you back here tomorrow as we dip into our lucky hat and draw some winner's names! See you back here tomorrow at noon for our WINNER'S CIRCLE POST! Will your name be one of the lucky ones? See you back here then to find out!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Easter Wishes

Hi all and welcome to day 2 of Flourishes Sneaks for February! We hope you enjoyed yesterday's sneak of some gorgeous florals -- Old Fashioned Florals! It might be the day of LOVE (Happy Valentine's Day!!) but today's sneak is all about sending off sweet Easter Wishes. This new set features classic imagery and religious sentiments perfect for the season!

Introducing...

Three lovely vignettes designed to usher in beautiful well wishes for a blessed Easter. This set, illustrated by Marcella Hawley, offers a breath of spring with three main images and six beautifully scripted sentiments. If you like what you see, you can pre-order this set now HERE or.... do you want to try to win this set? All you need to do is try to figure out.....

Simply leave a comment on our designers' blogs! We don't know which one is the mystery blogger and which one will draw a name from their posts to win this beautiful new set! Do you want to see what gorgeous creations our designers created with Easter in mind? Just hop on over to see...

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan

 

DO YOU WANT TO WIN FLOURISHES' FEBRUARY RELEASE?

If you want a chance to win all three soon-to-be released sets, you can always play in the Pick 1 Challenge! There will be multiple winners here! OR, play along with the gals for this week’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules! If you can't wait -- don't forget about our New Release Bundle a special that gives you 10% off when you purchase all three together in a bundle. All sets will be live first thing Friday morning along with the coordinating cut files for this release. So, be sure to stick with us this week as we unveil a whole new host of paper crafting goodies!

We’ll see you back here tomorrow as we unveil these new sets and show you one more that will add fun sentiments to both the inside and outside of your creations! See you back here then!

I decided to use the sketch at Deconstructed Sketch  for my card today.

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Feel Better Soon

Hi all and welcome to day 1 of Flourishes Sneaks for February! We have some fun planned this week and can't wait for you to join in! Today's peek is one that mixes beautiful florals with one very classy custom die Flourishes released not too long ago. What do you get when you pair a beautiful paper pierced die with stunning florals? Gorgeous creations for sure!

Introducing...

Designed to be used with our Perfectly Pierced Victorian Ovals, this set illustrated by Marcella Hawley adds an old fashioned charm. Fuschia, Four O'Clocks and Apple Blossoms adorn these oval centers with mix and match sentiments perfect for all occasions. If you like what you see, you can pre-order this set now HERE or.... do you want to try to win this set? All you need to do is try to figure out.....

Simply leave a comment on our designers' blogs! We don't know which one is the mystery blogger and which one will draw a name from their posts to win this beautiful new set! Do you want to see what beautiful things our designers created with this new set? Head on over and see....

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

If you want a chance to win all three of our soon-to-be released sets, you can always play in our Pick 1 Challenge! There will be multiple winners here! OR, play along with the gals for this week’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules! Also, if you like what you see on our designers’ blogs today, you can pre-order this set (along with the other two sets as well). You can also take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off when you purchase all three together in a bundle. All sets will be live first thing Friday morning along with the coordinating cut files for this release. So, be sure to stick with us this week as we unveil a whole new host of paper crafting goodies!

Suppllies Used:

InLinkz.com

We’ll see you back here tomorrow for another new release sneak peek! This one is perfect to send sweet Easter Wishes to those you love!

Heather

Bear Hugs and a funny story

Hello!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I had some time late yesterday afternoon to make a card using my new MFT goodies.  I colored this darling Pure Innocence, Bear Hugs cutie.  When I went to Archivers Friday night, they had the new Theresa Collins papers, so I picked up a couple of them.  Love the colors in this pack!

I have taken a photo from the side so you can see how I popped her up off the oval using some pop dots.  So, on to the funny story...I was making this new Hybrid Heirloom Rose and I was putting it together using my hot glue gun, I rolled the center and was holding it in place while it dried when I noticed that my hair was hanging in the glue!  So the end of my hair had dried hot glue!  I was so busy trying to get the glue out of my hair that the center of the flower didn't look as good as I wanted so I ripped it off and tried again.  Then, I burned my finger!  Yes, I know, I wasn't having luck with that rolled flower at all.  I set down the hot glue gun and didn't notice that my good paintbrush was sitting under the glue gun and it dripped glue all over it.  It was stuck to my craft mat!  Ugh!  I got most of the glue off and it did come out of my hair.  Needless to say, I chucked that rolled center and went with a center from another flower die set using my Zip Dry glue instead of my hot glue gun.  SOLD!

I always add a close up photo of my image.  It is smaller in size because if I make it as big as the other photos, it looks awkward.  You can always click on it to make it bigger and see more detail.

I used the MFTWSC sketch and turned it vertically which worked better for my little girl.

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com


Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather