Need a little challenge?

Well folks, in just a few days, Flourishes will be taking the lid off it's April release and I can't wait for you to see what they have in store. It's so great, I know you'll want to get in on their Release Week Challenge! It's a challenge that could have you walking away with all three of our soon-to-be released stamp sets!

HOW TO PLAY: Let's see some signs of spring in your creations for this challenge! Use a little robin egg blue, some green grass and a dash of daffodil. Use this color combo and you'll be in the running to win the entire new release bundle! Use the keyword FLLCAPR11 if you upload to Splitcoaststampers. You have until next Friday, April 15th at 5 PM EST to enter. The winner will be announced Saturday as a part of Flourishes' Winner's Circle post, on the Flourishes blog! Don't forget, in order to be in the running, you have to have a direct link to your creation HERE using their inlinkz widget!

On to my creation! Ok, I have a confession. It's not like I love breaking the rules... but I just really wanted to use some of my BasicGrey Hello Luscious paper. So, instead of going heavy on the daffodil -- I just used yellow to put it in the centers of my clematis. It's there... I promise!

For this creation, I used one of Flourishes old kits (sold out) called Hello Luscious. I loved all the papers and in fact, I even used one of the distressed solid papers to stamp my image on. After stamping the image from the Butterflies and Blossoms set with Memento Black ink, I colored it up with Copic markers and used a few of the Copic Collections grouped by Flourishes - Peony, Spring Green, and the Sunflower. The rest is simple! Add a little punched border, a little paper piercing, some fun raspberry colored crochet lace and a dainty little silver ribbon slide. I also stamped a sentiment from the set in the lower right corner and intentionally paper pierced around it. Not a lot to this card, but you know, sometimes that's a great thing!

Need a little inspiration to get those creative juices flowing? Just check out the fabulous creations from our senior design team!

• Barbara Anders
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Leslie Miller
• Stacy Morgan

Flourishes is kicking off a brand new kit Monday and so, the paper is about to fly in my craft room so I can share some samples with you then! I'll see you back here soon!