JOY

 Hello and welcome to day 4 of the Flourishes Christmas release.  Today we are showing Peace & Joy.   Wonderful words surrounded by flourishy swirls create an elegant and contemporary look to send Christmas wishes. This set, illustrated by Becky Fleck offers two main images plus two accent stamps to create just the most unique holiday creations. Set measures 4" by 6".

As you can see I made a Christmas wall hanging.  I love making these, they are so much fun.  I colored and cut around the sentiment and adhered it to some paper cut with my Spellbinders dies.  Several supplies are from the Flourishes store.  Supplies: Spellbinders dies/Classic Petal, Ribbon/Satin Finish Cotton in Latte, Blin/Want 2 Scrap Classy Corners, Copic Collection/ Water.

Speaking of cut files, we have some EXCITING news to share! Four out of the five sets released this week have a Silhouette Cameo cut file available as well. AND, for those folks who asked for SVG files so that they could also use our cut files in other digital cutting machines, we say — you asked, we answered! We now have all of our cut files available in an SVG format as well! Just click HERE to visit these files in the Flourishes store! These digital downloads are purchased from the store and upon completion of your order, you’ll receive a link to download your cut files. We think these will add so much fun when creating!

NOW.. onto some more fun news and a few reminders!

Don’t forget, you have a chance to win our entire September Release! Click HERE to play in our Any Which Way Challenge. Click HERE to play in our Dear Santa Noon Time Challenge or HERE to play in our Wild and Wonderful Noon Time Challenge! All three ways could land you all five of our new stamp sets! Entries have to  be in by 5PM EST today!

If you don’t win, you can still be a winner in savings with our special, limited time offer called our New Release Bundle! It’s a bundle of our five new stamp sets and for the next week — it’s 10% off the retail price!

And last, but certainly not least — Starting now, you can download our BRAND NEW 2012 Christmas Catalog! We will have printed copies that you can order starting next week, but if you prefer a digital copy, you’re in luck! For just $5 you can purchase a downloadable PDF with 20 full color pages packed with not only all of our Christmas stamp sets but samples and a handful of tutorials that are perfect for gift giving!

Just click HERE to visit our catalog in the Flourishes store! We hope you have had a blast with us this week, getting into the Christmas spirit a wee bit early. But just think, with all this inspiration floating around, don’t you want to get a jump start on your Christmas cards for this year? We’ll see you back here tomorrow as we draw the latest names to land in our Winner’s Circle! See you then

• Cindy Lawrence
• Christine Okken
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Sharon Doolittle
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

Thanks for stopping by,
Heather

Warmest Wishes

Giddy up fans of Flourishes! Today's sneak peak will have you rustling up some Christmas fun complete with your hat, boots and spurs! That's because the set being unveiled today has a Wild West feel!

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Lace: May Arts Ivory, Kraft Jute, Tailor Made Classic Tags dies, Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG and SM.

Evergreen Collection

Creamy Collection

Flesh Tones 2

Introducing….

Grab your cowboy boots and some holiday cheer and you've got what it takes to make this stamp set come alive in a down home country Christmas! This set, illustrated by Lauren Pope features three scenes from the Wild West, as well as four sentiments. Our smallest sentiment is a perfect fit for our Tailormade Classic Tags die set. Set measures 4" by 6". If you like what you see on today’s designers’ posts, this set is available for pre-order now HERE! All five stamp sets will be live in the Flourishes store first thing Friday morning! Can we get a Yee-haw? ;-)

Our design team lassoed in some fun with this set and has some boot-scootin' creativity to share!

Want to win this set? All you need to do is leave some love in the form of a comment on the blogs below! Why? You need to try to figure out…..



One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win! So what are you waiting for? Head on over and see…..

• Cindy Lawrence
• Christine Okken
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Silke Ledlow
• Sharon Doolittle
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE SEPTEMBER RELEASE? Have you checked out our Any Which Way Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You can also play in this week’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge HERE. Or, try our Noon Time Challenges, which kick off yesterday with the Dear Santa Challenge HERE and will continue at noon today! Our noon time challenges are fast-paced chances to win our full September release! All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! So get those fingers inky and good luck!

See you back here at noon for more Flourishes FUN!

Thanks for stopping by,
Heather

Dear Santa, I've been...

Hello and welcome to day 3 of the release at Flourishes.  Today we are sharing our creations made with the cute new set called Dear Santa. 

Have you been naughty or nice? This 4" by 6" set penned by Marcella Hawley serves up some sweet image to get ready for the jolly man we know as Santa! If you've been nice, you can stamp up a boot full of toys and goodies. If not -- stamp out some coal! This darling set is perfect for the kids of all ages in your life this Christmas season.

Supplies used: Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, Copic Collection Creamy, May Arts Ivory Jute, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Kaiser Pearls.

I played along with the sketch at Mojo Monday.

Cindy Lawrence

Christine Okken

Danielle Kennedy

Heather Jensen

Silke Ledlow

Sharon Doolittle

Stacy Morgan

Tammy Hershberger

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Merry & Bright

Hello again.  First: I want to say thank you to everyone for your sweet comments and warm welcome to the Sr. Design team.  I am truly honored!  It is day two of the release and we have a beautiful set called Poinsettia and Pine.  Pair a beautiful poinsettia branch with some pine and holly and you have one beautiful image perfect to ring in the holiday season! This set, penned by Marcella Hawley offers one large focal image, a small sprig of pine and holly along with four beautifully scripted sentiments -- all packed into a 4" by 6" set.

I guess I was really feeling the color pink for this one.  I colored the image and cut it out using various Spellbinder Dies.  If you look at the berries you can see I added a little bit of Stickles for just that little extra something.  The ribbon is Sheer May Arts Satin Scalloped Edge in Pink.    As always I used Flourishes Classic White Cardstock which is fabulous for coloring with Copics.  I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

These are the Copic Collections I used

Evergreen Collection

Leaf Green Collection

Lenten Rose Collection

Poppy Collection

Sunflower Collection

• Cindy Lawrence
• Christine Okken
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Sharon Doolittle
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

Timeless Tuesday Team:

Cindy 

Makiko
Amanda
Denise
Allison
Broni
Linda

The good news? If you like what you see on our designers' blogs today, you can pre-order our Trimmed with Love set (along with the other four sets as well) and if you purchase all five sets, you can take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off all our new sets when you purchase it in the bundle.

The set our designers will peek tomorrow is a true classic -- think timeless beauty! You'll have to join us tomorrow to see for yourself!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone.  I have some exciting news and the reason I have been quiet the last week. If you visit me often you will know that I have been with Flourishes for 2 years come December and have worked my way up through the various teams during that time.  Well the other day I was asked to be on the Sr. Design team.  I was honored to be asked and said yes!    My sweet blog friend and past fellow Timeless Tuesday team member Silke just moved up to the Sr. team in the spring and now I will be joining her and the rest of the sweet and amazingly talented ladies of the Flourishes Family.  Woohoo!  With that said, it is on to the release week details....

Hi all and welcome to day one of Flourishes Sneak Peeks for its Christmas release! We are starting early because we have FIVE new sets to unveil and want to make sure you see all of them in their full glory! Get ready for a fun and festive week ahead! There is definitely something for everyone on tap this week.Today, we start with a classic Christmas image and we know that it will be a favorite for years to come!

I colored and cut out the beautifully decorated Christmas tree and added dimensional adhesive.  It is a rather large image so it did not fit on an A2 card.  This is a 5x5 square card.  I used some pretty Fancy That  bling from Nina Brackett that you can find in the Flourishes store HERE.  The cardstock is Flourishes Classic White and several of the Flourishes Copic collections were used and link listed below.

Gerber Daisy Collection

Evergreen Collection

Sunflower Collection

Poppy Collection

Water Collection

Introducing....

A beautifully adorned Christmas tree perfect for the season - that is what you get with this offering from Marcella Hawley called Trimmed With Love! Decked to perfection, this set features not only a main focal image but a mistletoe wreath, perfect for tags or packages, a handful of sentiments to adorn your cards or creations plus a trio of greetings designed to fit our Tailor-made Classic Tags Dies.

Want to win this set? All you need to do is leave some love in the form of a comment on the blogs below! Why? You need to try to figure out…..

One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win! So what are you waiting for? Head on over to see the beautiful creations the ladies whipped up, comment and earn a chance to win this stunning set!

• Cindy Lawrence
• Christine Okken
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Sharon Doolittle
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE SEPTEMBER RELEASE? Have you checked out our Any Which Way Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! Play along in tomorrow's Timeless Tuesday challenge -- which is sure to be a fun one! You can also play in our Noon Time Challenges, which kick off Wednesday and Thursday at noon! Our noon time challenges are fast-paced chances to win our full September release! All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! So get those fingers inky and good luck!

The good news? If you like what you see on our designers' blogs today, you can pre-order our Trimmed with Love set (along with the other four sets as well) and if you purchase all five sets, you can take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off all our new sets when you purchase it in the bundle.

The set our designers will peek tomorrow is a true classic -- think timeless beauty! You'll have to join us tomorrow to see for yourself!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

September

Hello again and welcome to another Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge.  This week is our hostess and she is asking that we make a mini card that is no bigger than 4x3. This was definitely a challenge for me as  I already have problems getting everything to fit on a regular sized card.  In the end I was happy with the result and it fits in the palm of my hand.

I used Year in Flowers 3 and Flourishes Classic White cardstock.  The image is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

Lenten Rose Collection

Leaf Green Collection

Design Team:

Cindy 

Makiko
Amanda
Denise
Allison
Broni
Linda Lucus ( Guest Desinger)

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Cutie Pie

Hello my sweet blog friends.  Are you having a good weekend so far?  I have a card to share with you that I created for the newest colors at CR84FN.  For the next 2 weeks we are using Lavender, Peach, and a Neutral.

I am going to let you in on a little secret.  When I originally colored this cutie I had used a color on her cheeks that turned out a little too purple.  It looked like someone had punched her in the cheeks and they bruised.  It killed me to put that on my blog so I went back and cut out just around her head and recolored it just the way I had intended it to be then glued it on.  Ha!  I don't think you can tell from straight on but you can in the photo below that is taken at an angel.  I was not about to throw away all that hard work or tear off the whole image either.  So this was my bad aid for my boo boo.  What do you think?

I love these pretty colors.  My only gripe...there is little to no purple patterned paper.  WHY?  I love purple and it is never in any of the paper packs.  My Minds Eye needs a whole pack of purple papers and I would be one happy girl.

CR84FN

I played along at MFT using their Wednesday Sketch.

Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT/Natural, Grapesicle
Patterned Papers: MME
Stamps: MFT/ Pure innocence: Picture Purfect
Dies: MFT Die-namics/ Hibiscus, Mini Tabs foursome, Double Scallop Border

Make sure you stop by the rest of the design team's blogs:
Mona
Deborah
Sue
Andrea

Shannon
Pauline

Thanks so much for looking,
Heather