Introducing....
This beautiful set drawn by Flourishes' artist Marcella Hawley offers an Irish blessing complete with clover, a claddagh and beautiful sentiments that are perfect for friends far and wide. It's drawn in Marcella's classic style and really is like no other set out there!
So, when I started creating, I knew I had to grab the claddagh image. When this set arrived in my hands, I actually did some research on this Irish symbol and discovered it means Love, Friendship and Loyalty. Isn't that beautiful?
Moving on to the card! I knew I wanted it to be a simple and classic layout to match this one of a kind image....
After stamping my image in Memento ink a few times, I colored with Copic markers - R24, R27, Y23, and YR0000. And then, the cutting began! Here's a peek at how it all stacked up so to speak!
The tag is a part of the Spellbinder's Fancy Tags set. I cut out one from gold and the other, I embossed in white and then, using the embossed line as a guide -- cut it out to mat it on my tag. Add some bling and... almost done! Add some decorative paper, an embossed piece of card stock, and some satin ribbon! Here's a peek at the inside with my sweet and simple sentiment!
And that, my friends, is it! A not to difficult creation perfect to let a friend know just how special he/she is! Want to see what good fortune the rest of the Flourishes design team is wishing for all of you? Hop on over and see....Laura Fredrickson
Christine Okken
Latisha Yoast
Stacy Morgan
Cindy Lawrence
Leslie Miller
And, of course, if you would like to win this set, all you need to do is leave a comment over on the Flourishes Newsletter to be in the running!
And, we'd love it if you joined us tonight for Flourishes Power Hour Release Party! It's a blast! There is fun, chat and freebies starting tonight at 9 PM Central in our Member Company Forum on SCS. One more thing! The clock is ticking on our 'What's Your Cup of Tea?' challenge! The contest closes today at 5 Pm Eastern. You still have time to WIN all four of our new release sets! Just click HERE to find out all the details!
See you tonight at our Release Party!
12 comments:
Julie this is pure elegance! Such a gorgeous card!! Lovin' this set.
Just beautiful, Julie! Love how you popped up the image, and the gold cardstock is the perfect accent! :)
This made up into a fantastic card.Love the Irish image and it's meaning. Mom
Thanks for your research on this image...this card is perfectly elegant especially because of the simplicity!!
Such an elegant card! Love this new stamp set.
All your new release cards have been beautiful, but this last one is especially so. My maiden name is O'Neill and you've captured the beauty of the claddagh perfectly!
Very pretty indeed......love it very much....
Love your card! The layering knocks it up a level. Very pretty!
This is so clean and cool! I love how you focused on the image!
This is so striking Julie. The layering really makes it shine. I so wanted to work with the cladagh too...I just ran out of time before the release. But I believe there's more stamping in my future :)
Very clever to use this image in the Fancy Tag! Love how you popped up the pieces. Very rich and vibrant, cool design. Really a striking card!
Fabulous Julie! Love the popped up heart and the red and black make a fun transition from the sea of green!
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