Out To Impress

Thursday, October 18, 2012

It's a Free for All!

Hi all! Just as in release week’s past — the week after release the Flourishes' design team hosts a free for all — where they pick up their favorite sets of the release and play with any or all! So, get ready for a feast for the eyes today! And, TODAY is the very last day to take advantage of the October New Release Bundle — when you can get all five sets for 10% off the retail price. Just click HERE to see the bundle in the store!

On to my creation!

For my card, I knew I wanted to take that darling apron from the Fresh Baked set and do a little paper piecing. So, I grabbed the oldie but goodie paper called Olivia and stamped a few times on coordinating papers. I should say, before I did this, I actually used my Silhouette Cameo and the Fresh Baked Silhouette Cut file and cut out my image first. And then, stamped the apron and wooden spoon on Flourishes Classic White using Rich Cocoa ink. Then.... I let the paper piecing fun begin!The little wooden spoon was colored up with Copic markers (see the supplies list below to see the collections I used). From there, I used a Spellbinders Classic Circles Lg die, a Blossoms die and then started the fun by matting it all up. While the dies were still on the shape of paper, I did sponge on some Spun Sugar ink. Add some fun seam binding ribbon, some stitching, lace and .... ta da! All done!

Here's a close up of that fun apron!

And then, on the inside, I stamped another image from the set using Spun Sugar ink just for funsies!

And that, my friends is it! Just a fun and easy creation to send to a friend. I figure this would be a good congratulations card -- with that sentiment "How Sweet It Is!", a good card to attach to some baked goodies -- the sky is the limit!

Now be sure to hop on over and see what the design team has in store!

That's it from me this Friday. I hope you have fun plans for the weekend! Mine includes some girl time, some kid time, some time watching my DS play football and then... some time to kick my feet up. What could be better? Hope life treats you well this weekend in your neck of the woods! :-)

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Have a bewitching Halloween!

Hi all and happy Thursday! Today, I have a sweet treat for you -- because the Impression Obsession Design Team is ushering in a little Halloween Challenge to get you in the mood for the 'night of fright!'! All you need to do is grab your IO stamps and have some Halloween fun! Want more info on the challenge? Just head on over to the IO Blog HERE for more!

On to my creation! For starters, I have to say that my layout this week was influenced by this week's Mojo Monday! You can check out the fabulous sketch HERE.

I just love the little kitty and pumpkin that I used for my main image! It's called Cat in the Jack and is one of those cute images by Gary Robertson! I love the name too! I stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then colored it up with Copic Markers and used these markers - YR09, YR04, YR01, C00, C03, C05, Y38. I also shaded around the one side of the pumpkin with those grey shades as well. And... one of the funnest things? I added glitter to the inside of the pumpkin to make it sparkle and shine! See?

I also added a couple little extras - I don't know if you can see it but in real life - but I used Orange Vivid ink and stamped the Cover-A-Card Thick Chevron as a background on the orange piece of paper. I used on the bottom.

I also used the sentiment called Boo Eyes. on the little shape above my pumpkin and added some white gel pen and sparkle to the "O"s. Fun stuff! Mat it all up using a mix of decorative paper (Bo Bunny, The Paper Studio and Crate Paper), a little zig-zag stitching, a few different ribbons and a little bit of bling and.... done!

Here's a close up of the fun sentiment!

And that, my friends, is it! Want to see what the rest of the Impression Obsession gals did to serve up some bewitching creativity? Just head on over and see.......

Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Jeanne Streiff
Julie Koerber ---- you are here!
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you join us by creating and scaring up some Halloween fun! Remember, if you play along - there's a $25 gift certificate to the IO store on the line! Fun stuff! I'll see you back here soon with some more card making fun! Have a fabulous day!

Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Flourishes October Release is HERE!

Hi all! We hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s peeks and we are excited to say that all of the stamp sets that we’ve been showing off this week are in the Flourishes Store HERE! And, instead of calling this last set a "peek" let's just show it to you in its full glory!

Introducing.... SENTIMENTAL FAVORITES!

For a little while now, Flourishes has gotten requests to bring back an all occasion stamp set that can fit the bill for a variety of different kinds of cards. And that's what Sentimental Favorites is all about! From Happy Birthday and Thank You creations to sympathy cards and notes of Congrats, this set has all the sentiments you need packed in a 4" by 6" set. It will, no doubt, be a "go to" with all those beautifully scripted words!

On to my creation!

Since this is a sentiment set, I reached for an oldie but goodie for my card. I have to say, I kind of cheated with this card! :-) Since I stamp with my mom a lot - instead of dragging my stamp room with me to her house, I often stamp off a handful of images, she brews the coffee and we color! So, this is an image I literally colored up probably 6 months ago and then grabbed when I saw this sentiment set. I mean... what's more "happy" than a window box full of tulips in bloom? I thought it was perfect.

I stamped my image on Flourishes Classic White card stock using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. And then, I grabbed my Copic markers to color it all up (see my Supplies Used list to see the color combos I used). I thought the My Mind's Eye Fiddlesticks Wood Grain paper was just perfect for this image. Mat it all up thanks to the Spellbinders Beaded Squares die, a pennant sentiment using the new Sentimental Favorites set and you're almost done! I added a cotton linen ribbon bow and colored up a little bling with a pink Copic marker to match and... done! Oh yes... I did sand the embossed die shape and then added some stitching to the outside of my card front.

Here's a close up! You can see I did add some glitter glue to the flowers to bring a little sparkle!

And that, my friends, is it! Would you like to win the new Sentimental Favorites stamp set? All you need to do is guess….

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…..

Some fun news and a few reminders!

Don’t forget, you have a chance to win Flourishes' entire October Release! Have you checked out the Think Pink Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! Play along in this week’s Timeless Tuesday challenge! You can also play in the Noon Time Challenges, which kicked off yesterday with the Inside and Out Challenge. And, the Go Natural Challenge too! 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!

Have you checked out our New Release Bundle? It gives you 10% off all our new sets when you purchase it in the bundle!

And... another exciting bit of news! Three out of the five sets released 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, Flourishes now has cut files available in an SVG format as well! Just click HERE to visit these files in the Flourishes store!

And FINALLY.... have you missed Flourishes' FREE SHIPPING with all domestic orders over $75 program? Well, they are bringing it back... just for YOU! That's right! Now, any order you place over $75 (excluding our 40 packs of Classic card stock or clear boxes), will include free shipping! That's one heck of a deal!That's enough news and excitement for one post. If you want to see all the new sets in their full glory -- just click HERE to visit the Flourishes store! I hope you have had a blast seeing all the new goodies this week. I'll be back with more creativity soon! :-)

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Sneak Peak Day 4: Naturally Merry!

Hi all! It's day 4 -- yes -- day 4 of Flourishes’ Sneak Peeks for October! And, today's sneak peek puts a natural spin on the holidays! It's one that gives a classy and outdoorsy feel to any Christmas creation!

Introducing….

Send out Christmas wishes with a natural and earthy flair. This beautiful set called Naturally Merry, illustrated by Marcella Hawley, offers an elegant sugar pine cone and a sprig of holly. Pair these beauties with three elegant Christmas expressions and you have the making of a gorgeous set perfect for the holidays. Set measures 4" by 6".

On to my creation!

I just love the way this border of holly berries looks so very classy! So, I stamped onto Flourishes Classic Ivory using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. And then, I grabbed my Copic Markers (see the Supplies Used for the colors I chose). I cut this to a strip and then added some paper piercing as well. On a piece of kraft paper, I stamped the Christmas Music background using Rich Cocoa Memento ink and then outlined with a gold leaf pen. The sentiment was stamped on a snippet of paper from the Songbird Collection. What's also fun? The red ribbon and the red card stock are both part of the Poppy Color Made Easy Collection. It's a perfect match to the Copic Poppy Collection that I used, I love that! Add the Beaded Squares die to mat my sentiment and... ta da!

Here's a close up so you can see that gorgeous holly berry image!

And, you can see I color coordinated my rhinestone brad thanks to Copic markers as well. I just colored the jewel up to be a perfect match! And that, my friends, is it! Want to win this beauty? 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 who is the…

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE OCTOBER RELEASE? Have you checked out our Think Pink Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! Play along in this week’s Timeless Tuesday challenge! You can also play in our Noon Time Challenges, which kicked off yesterday with the Inside and Out Challenge. And, there will be a second noon time challenge today to check out! 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 this 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. What fun! All sets will be live first thing Friday morning!

Be sure to tune back in today at noon for another Noon Time Challenge! And then, coming up tomorrow, a set that will surely be a "go to" set for all occasion creations! See you back here soon!