Monday, October 11, 2010

Rejoice!

When Flourishes opened it's virtual doors in 2007, Rejoice was one of the first Christmas stamp set offerings! It featured an angel, some beautifully scripted words and the word Rejoice that was beautifully drawn. While the set has been retired, part of the set - the word Rejoice--is making a comeback! It's a single stamp and is one that is sure to make clean and classy Christmas cards for years to come!!

See what I mean?


Rejoice Word Web




On to my creation(s)!

This first card is a brand new card. My mission was to create a kind of antique look. I stamped it on a piece of decorative paper from the Annalee collection using Versamark ink. I embossed with gold detail embossing powder and then began to color! I used Copics and picked up Y21, to shade, R27 and R59 for the berries and word Rejoice and then YG95 and YG99 for my leaves. Pretty easy peasy!

For the background, I knew I wanted a kind of regal feel, so I used gold embossing powder again with the Vintage Wallpaper background stamp. After that... mat it up, add some gold leaf edging, some bling for the corner and a gold ribbon and... done! You can see the background stamp here in a closeup!

This next shot shows the card I made today... plus one I made a few weeks ago that's a really clean and simple card. It just goes to show how versatile this stamp is! For the deets on the red and white card, just click HERE. It may be Release Week at Flourishes but this single stamp is available NOW here! If you'd like to see how the Design Team used this oldie but goodie to create elegant Christmas creations, head on over and see.....

  • Christine Okken
  • Danielle Kennedy
  • Dawn Burnworth
  • Laura Fredrickson
  • Leslie Miller
  • Stacy Morgan
  • Jan Marie Caruso

  • If you'd like a shot at winning this stamp, head on over to the Flourishes blog and just leave a comment on today's post! FYI: WEDNESDAY Flourishes kicks off the sneak peeks for their 2010 Christmas Release! You won't want to miss a second of the fun!

    26 comments:

    Peachy Wessels said...

    I love your antique look, very pretty! This is a beautiful stamp, so how can you go wrong with either color choice?

    Glenda said...

    Both are just beautiful! I'm slowly collecting all the stamps, but budget requirements limit me. I do so love Flourishes. I love all the gold you added to the gold card. It is so amazing!

    Emily Keaton said...

    GORGEOUS!! Wow, that IS one classy sentiment. Love what you did with it :)

    Stacy Morgan said...

    Julie this is rich and elegant! The gold embossing is awesome. Hey you got your CC done and didn't even know it. hee hee Fantastic card.

    Yogi said...

    very pretty. Love the vintage feel and colors to the first one. The white one is clean and simple, very nice.

    ChristineCreations said...

    Oh Julie, this is absolutely stunning...all that gold is gorgeous! You do such beautiful work with this stamp set!

    Theresa's Studio said...

    So regal...beautiful.

    Amanda said...

    HOLY CANNOLI!! The antique Rejoice card is Beautiful!! I love your style and your card!! Elegance is here! I also love your CAS card, I love those cards because they just shine :)

    Janine said...

    How gorgeous!!!

    Charlette said...

    Wow these cards are jusst fabulous!
    I really love the first card with the gold embossing. Wonderful work. TFS

    Heather Rogers said...

    WOW girl! You really worked that gold embossing powder. This is stunning. Very elegant and regal. :)

    Leslie Miller said...

    Gasp! These are the Rejoice cards to end all Rejoice cards! Gorgeous, Julie!

    dpkennedy said...

    Oh Julie! Your antique version is stunning! Love the cas one too, but the gold embossing is just gorgeous!

    annesatx said...

    I love, love, love the gold-embossed version! And the CAS version is incredible, too. With a stamp this gorgeous, both styles are perfect!

    Dawn B. said...

    Beautiful job Julie.. I think you accomplished your task.. Great embossing and gold ribbon..

    Silke Ledlow said...

    Julie...this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Love both ideas, but the gold embossing took my breath away!!! You know I need this Set now :)!!! Hugs ~S~

    Oma said...

    Both cards are stunning but I think I like the 2nd card best.

    Jerri Jimenez said...

    Both cards are totally gorgeous Julie, I love this stamp!

    Betty said...

    So very elegant.

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    Stampvanwinkle said...

    Julie, Your cards are just beautiful.

    momof5sons said...

    Julie, that gold card is so you... elegant! Fun to see you do a CAS card too. Love these!

    Linda Bandow said...

    WOW! Love 'em both. TFS

    Lisa H. said...

    THUD! yes, this is one stunning card!

    Laura (scrapnextras) said...

    WOW! I love the vintage look! Beautifully done!

    Sharon Basel said...

    This is absolutely gorgeous - quite elegant and a beautiful showcase for this new stamp.