Monday, September 10, 2012

Sneak Peek Day 2: Poinsettia and Pine!

Hi all! And.... welcome to day two of Flourishes' sneak peek week! It's also full of fun because the Timeless Tuesday gals are ushering in a challenge and if you play, you could win Flourishes entire September Release (a $90 value!)! So get ready... today all the gals will be showing off a brand new set called.... 

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, Poinsettia and Pine, 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. By the looks of it, we know this one will be a hit! :-)

On to the challenge and my creation! The Timeless Tuesday gals are challenging you to A Pinterest Christmas!! All you have to do is find your Christmas inspiration photo on Pinterest, link it up to your blog and show off your Pinterest inspired creation! (By the way, did you know Flourishes has its own Pinterest Page with boards upon boards of inspiration? Check it out HERE!) 

I chose this photo on Pinterest, because I love the look of pink poinsettias and thought this variety was just too pretty for words! So... here's my inspiration... 


And, here's my creation....

I started by stamping the poinsettia on Classic White Card Stock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. And then... I colored it up with Copic markers (see links below for the color collections that I used). Cut using a Spellbinders Classic Circles die and.. you're almost done! I grabbed some decorative paper from my scrap bin and then... added some lace and some red seam binding ribbon and... ta da! 

Here's a close up for you!


And that, my friends, is it! I hope you play along and in the mean time, be sure to visit the rest of the designers for some more Pinter-inspiration! 
And be sure to hop on over and see what the Design Team has whipped up as well using our new Poinsettia and Pine!
As you make the rounds, you'll notice that some of the gals are using Flourishes new 123 Create Kit called Rejoice -- perfect for Christmas card making! It's full of lush ribbon, color coordinated trims, bling and a handful of coordinating snowflake charms -- all for $20!  Check it out!


Thanks for stopping by everyone! The Flourishes fun continues all week, so be sure to check back! ;-)

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Sneak Peeks Day 1: Trimmed with Love!

Hi all and welcome to day one of Flourishes' Sneak Peeks for its Christmas release! The DT is starting the sneaks 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 are starting with a classic Christmas image and we know that it will be a favorite for years to come!

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. 

On to my creation!


I started by stamping the tree using Rich Cocoa Memento ink on Flourishes Classic White and then, cut it out using Spellbinders Labels Twenty One. Color it all up with Copics (see below for colors) and then mat it all up! As you can see, I did use Flourishes Tailormade Classic Tags die for my little sentiment that I attached to a seam binding bow. I attached it with a little bit of gold cording. Add some stitching, some piercing, some Champagne colored pearls and almost done! I wanted to add a more antique feel -- so while both of my dies were still on my image, I outlined the inner part of the die with the lighter markers in the Sunflower Copic Collections. I like the antiqued edge it gave it! 

And, here's a close up! You can see (kind of) that I added a little sparkle thanks to some glitter glue!


And that, my friends is it!  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!
 
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!


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Thursday, September 6, 2012

The Any Which Way Challenge!

Hi all! The countdown has officially begun for the unveiling of Flourishes' Christmas collection! Yes folks, Flourishes is releasing their stamps for Christmas a whole month earlier than they normally do! And, to get ready for release, the design team loves to issue a challenge the week before to give you a chance to win Flourishes' entire release! This one will be worth playing in because there are FIVE new stamp sets! What fun, right? So, let's unveil our challenge!

   

HOW TO PLAY: This challenge is going to be super duper easy peasy. Why? All you need to do is use the sketch above -- any which way! Flip it on its side, flip it upside down, it doesn't matter! Please remember, entries must be in by  September 14th at 5PM EST to be eligible. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the key word FLLCSEPT12. And, don’t forget to link up your creation over on the Flourishes' Blog using the Inlinks widget. Use Flourishes stamps if you have them — Flourishes entries will be counted twice! But, if you don’t have Flourishes, play along anyway, you could WIN some!

On to my creation!

I decided to keep my sketch vertical and used the Garden Picks stamp set for my image. I have to say, I just love the thought of hand-picked herbs fresh from the garden and Marcella did a fabulous job illustrating this set. I stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black on Flourishes Classic White. From there, I colored it up with Copic Markers and used the collections below. The paper is actually some older paper from Memory Box that Flourishes used to carry. It just went perfectly with the color scheme I was using. Add some bling and some fun seam binding ribbon and... ta da! Fini!

Here's a close up so that you can see the way I colored this up....



Need some inspiration? The design team has some fun and creative eye candy for you!  So, hop on over and see….
Thanks for stopping by! And, mark your calendar — the sneaks start next MONDAY! Have a fabulous and creative weekend!

~Julie
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Getting Sentimental!

Hi all and happy Thursday! I'm back joining the rest of the Impression Obsession gals to usher in a fun-filled challenge that's all about words! All you have to do to play along is use your favorite IO quote or saying! Just that simple! You can hop on over to the Impression Obsession Blog HERE for all the official rules and details! 

On to my creation! 

I started with my sentiment! It's called Beautiful Life. Since it was a larger sentiment, I decided to let my stamped images - THESE butterflies called Butterfly Trio - serve almost more like embellishments. I just think they are too sweet! I stamped them first on my sentiment strip and then on my decorative paper (so I would still have the antennae.) Then, I stamped the butterflies again on white card stock and colored them up with Copic Markers. I used YR01, YR04, YR07, YR09, E37, E31, C01, C03, C05 and C07. I added a little sparkle with glitter glue and some white thanks to a white gel pen. I cut them out and popped them all up. You can see I also added some grey shading underneath the wings to help them pop. I also used THIS die as a border to my card.  And... one more little pointer... it is just a little subtle design.. but I used the Cover-A-Card called Thin Chevron over my decorative paper to give it a little more "oomph!" 

Here's a closeup!  

And that.. my friends.. is it! Hope you decide to play along! If you need a little extra inspiration, just hop on over and see these fine ladies!

DANIELA DOBSON
DINA KOWAL
JEANNE STREIFF
JENNY GROPP
JULIE KOERBER
KITTIE CARACCIOLO -- our new DT Member! :-)
LAURA FULCHER
VICKI GARRETT

And, some new fun to share. IO is branching out a little more on social media. You can find them on Twitter HERE, on Pinterest HERE or.... on Facebook HERE! Fun ways to find out what Impression Obsession is up to! :-)

Thanks for stopping by! See you back here soon!


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