Beautiful Mountain View

There is something so majestic about seeing mountain wildlife in their element, and today we have an amazing scenic set to show off to you. It's an elk standing ready with a beautiful mountainside in the background - that's the centerpiece of this 4" by 3" set penned by Lauren Pope. Perfect for the guys in your life, this set features one main image as well as three sentiments.

 Another fabulous masculine set if you ask me and I LOVE it. Most of you know that masculine cards are one of my favorites to create so this set was screaming to me all month.  :-)  This is a fun easel fold card with a twist as I added a secret little sentiment tag pocket. How fun is that! 
First I stamped my image from Mountain View onto Classic White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Colored with Copic collections:

I layered the image panel onto some Color Made Easy Rich Browns cardstock. For a little frame behind the image the Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames die was a great idea. The frame was die cut using some of our Color Made Easy Pistachio cardstock then mounted onto dimensionals. Some of the fabric ribbon left over from a 123 create kit Trail Mix and then brads in the corners. Fairly easy peasy.

The sentiment tag you see above is die cut using our Tailor made Classic Bookplate die and some Color Made Easy Terra Cottag Japonica ribbon tied off with some jute twine and one of our wooden buttons. Voila!
 We think it's an impressive and stately image and our Design Team is ready to show it off to you bringing it to life!

 Don't forget to look for: Hidden among the Design Team's blogs today is our Mystery Blogger of the day. Comment on her blog and you could be chosen to win today's set! The more you comment, the better your chances.

• Allison Cope
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Maki Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

If you would like a chance at winning all three of our soon-to-be released August sets…

• You can play in our Colorful Creations Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY August 16th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our August sets can be pre-ordered now, even before you see them all! Take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off when you purchase all three together in a bundle, this discount will be available for only 1 week following the release.
• All sets will be live first thing Friday morning along with the coordinating cut files for this release.
• Come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday for the Winner's Circle where we'll announce all of our winners of this weeks' challenges!

And... as you are hopping and making your wish lists -- don't forget about our... .....

Overstock Sale! If you click HERE, you can take a trip to our SALE page you'll find hundreds of items with prices that will be slashed at the time of check out! Just add the coupon code OVERSTOCK25 and 25% will be deducted from your total. This coupon code will ONLY work on SALE PAGE items. We have inks, paper, embellishments, ribbons and even overstocked stamp sets. On those items with sale prices, you will be able to take an ADDITIONAL 25% off! It's the deal of the season! So click HERE to shop early for the best selection! Join us back here tomorrow for a thankful Autumn set that will bless you!

In Nature

Welcome to Day Two of Flourishes June Releases! We're thrilled to show off more nature-inspired offerings for you today. One of the things that makes summer so special are those tranquil moments spent in the outdoors. Think of those peaceful places of recreation or solitude away from the hectic schedule, celebrating the beauty and restoring power that nature has. Today we bring you...
You can feel the solitude in this beautiful and earthy set penned by Lauren Pope. Whether it's catching the great outdoors by canoe, or sitting by the lake front cabin, this set delivers a serene dose of nature. This 4 by 6" set offers two main images plus three beautifully scripted sentiments. Images are great for nature lovers or even for the men in your life!

My creation today feels almost like cheating when it comes to stamping. hee hee  It was pretty easy since I let the designer paper do most of the work for me. This is one of the sheets in the 1,2,3 create kit today called Trail Mix. There is a perfect spot for a sentiment already framed up for me. The faux  stitching around the sentiment panel was perfect, so I went ahead and added a faux stitched border to tie it together.

The paper has some foilage already designed into the paper, however I added one of the images stamped in forest green ink to tie in the foilage already on the paper. Then some of the ribbon and twine tied off with a wooden button from the kit. Voila! Maybe took 10 mintues to create.
For my second card today I created an easy peasy masculine card. I stamped my image onto classic white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Colored with copic collections:

Once colored simply matted onto some Color Made Easy Emerald Coast paper and layered onto my card base. Some faux stitching around the edges on this card as well. Tied off my Color made Easy Terra Cotta Japonica ribbon with a celery button and voila!
We'll have some beautiful creations to show you with the In Nature set, so take a trip on over to visit the Design Team today to see them, and don't forget about today's…
One of the Design Team Members is today's Mystery Blogger. If you comment on her blog you could be chosen to win today's great set! The more you comment the better your chances!

• Amanda Havon
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Maki Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker

Along the way today you'll be introduced to the beautiful Trail Mix 123 Create Kit for this month too - here's a sneak peek at what's in it...

AND NOW DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

How would you like a chance to win all four of our soon-to-be released June sets?

• You can always play in our Textures of Nature Challenge – there will be multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is Friday at 5 PM EST. OR, play along with the gals for this week's Timeless Tuesday Open Sesame Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules!
• Also, if you like what you see on our designers' blogs today, you can pre-order this set (along with the other three sets as well). You can also take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off when you purchase all four together in a bundle. All sets will be live first thing Friday morning along with the coordinating cut files for this release. So, be sure to come back and join us each day this week as we unveil a whole new host of paper crafting fun!

Thank you 1,2,3

Hi all and welcome to the grand finale of Flourishes' December release! If you've been following our sneaks this week, we are happy to report, they are no longer sneaks! All three of our new sets are now live RIGHT HERE in the Flourishes store! We even have our New Release Bundle -- it's a deal where you get 10% off all our new sets when you purchase it in the bundle. What fun! The set we are unveiling today is part of a continuing collection of sentiments aimed at being a "go to" when it comes to offering someone a bit of thanks! It's the latest set in our "Inside & Out" collection!

Give the inside and outside of your cards a dash of pizazz with this fun new set from Becky Fleck! Inside and Out Thank You is the perfect little sentiment set for all the different ways to tell someone Thank You! There are so many mix and match sentiments packed on this 4" by 3" set! If you like this set, you might like our others called Inside & Out Just Because or Inside & Out Happy! Be sure to check them out as well.

My creation is a little on the darker side for me as these papers in the 123 Create kit are awesome. I stamped the sentiment onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. I die cut out our Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass and before I took the die off the paper I used a blade and cut out the center so that I had just the frame left for my sentiment. Stamped the rest of my sentiment onto the small die in the set. Doubled up my ribbon from the kit with the stripped for the base and the black trim over the top that I tied off with some krate twine and one of the buttons. Voila!

Would you like to try 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 who is the…

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! Before we get to the link list of talented ladies - we do have some fun news to share! First up, we have two new Silhouette and SVG cut files that coordinate with our new Garden Dreams and Winter Blossoms stamp sets! See?
   

Some of the ladies on our line up will be creating with out brand new 123 Create Kit called Vintage Finds. It's a gorgeous pack of paper and trinkets designed to bring that dash of shabby chic to your cards and creations! Here's a peek at what's inside our latest kit! Just click HERE to check out this beauty in the Flourishes store!

 And... while you're hopping over to the store, if you've been following our Gambler's Sale - you should know that ALL items on our Sale Page are now listed at....   That's 45% off retail! These bargains are too good to pass up! Stock up on papers, embellishments or ribbon because you won't be able to get these goodies for prices much lower! Be sure to visit our SALE PAGE! And now, to the moment you've all been waiting for! Hop on over to see our fabulous design team and the gorgeous creations they fashioned using our brand new and ever-so-versatile set that's full of gratitude!

• Cindy Lawrence
• Christine Okken
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE DECEMBER RELEASE? Have you checked out our Let's Hop Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You have until THIS AFTERNOON --- Friday, December 14th at 5 PM EST --- to play along! Winners will be announced Saturday(tomorrow) in our Winner’s Circle blog post! Word on the street is, there might be more than one winner chosen for the Let's Hop Challenge! So get those fingers inky and good luck! Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see if YOUR NAME lands in our Winner's Circle! See you then!  

Botanical Bookplates Vol 2

Welcome to day 2 of Flourishes April Release. Have you enjoy all the creations so far? Such a variety to feast your eyes on. Today we have a few things to show you. First is the set today which is Botanical Bookplates Vol. 2. Last month we showed you the first installement of the Botanical Bookplates with our matching Tailor-made Classic Bookplate Template die. Then we have our new 1,2,3 Create kit called Howdy Doody. What a fun name. This set is springy and fresh. We have a limited supply so don't miss your chance, once they are gone they are gone.
My first card is using the Howdy Doody kit. I really love the springy feel to this paper pack and the embelishments are perfect. This is a very simple creation with two of the ribbons and the jewels in the set. My flowers are colored using Copic Collection Gerber Daisy . This turned out just as I imagined so I am more than thrilled. ha! Here I made one using one of the large flowers in Botanical Bookplates Vol 2. I really like the shape of this card Using Spellbinders Grand Labels One and Classic Circles. Added a few pearls and my sentiment on a tag and voila!
Be sure to check out the creations from the design team today:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon
Jan Marie
Friends of Flourishes Design Team:
Beate
Heather
Amanda
Mona
A few reminders about our New Release:
**Motherly Love challenge: Yur chance to win the entire new release by playing in our Motherly Love challenge.
**Mystery Blogger: By commenting on each of the Design Teams blog post today you might be our mystery blogger and win the set of the day
**New Release Bundle: Buy all 4 April New Stamp sets at a discount of 10% as this is a limited time offer
**Noon Challenge: Bookworm challenge at noon is your chance to win our entire new release.**The New 1,2,3 Create Kit called Howdy Doody is availalbe in limited supply.

Free for all Friday

**Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop post Below this post**


Over on Flourishes Blog today it is a free for all Friday. I am going to show you another creation i made using the new set released last week called He Is Risen. I have also used the new 1,2,3 Create Kit called Bonjour with my creation. This cross is just gorgeous, Marcella did another fabulous design job with this set. I just love it. The cross is colored with copic collections



Very simple yet beautiful Easter card. Don't forget that the New Release Bundle Savings ends very soon. Don't miss your chance at these beautiful sets with a discount. The 123 Create Kit Bonjour is going fast so don't miss out on this beautiful kit either. Now check out the beautiful creations from the Design Team:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon
Jan Marie

Introducing He Is Risen

Today is release day which means all the stamp sets are shown and ready to purchase. Today we are shoiwng our creations of He Is Risen. Such a beautiful cross don't you think? My creation is matted white on white as I really love how that looks. I took my Spellbinders Classic Oval and created a window after I stamped the cross out. I then cut out the window and matted it up on dimensionals with my sentiment on the inside base layer. The flowers are colored using Copic Collections Buttercup and Creamy. Added a few pearls and voila!

Release Reminders:

• You have a chance to win our entire release by playing in our Black, White Plus One pre-challenge.
• We have our Mystery Blogger don't forget. By commenting on each of the DT blogs you might be the Mystery Blogger.

• Our New Release Bundle is available for the 10% discount for a limited time only when purchasing all three new releases.
• 1,2,3 Create Kit called Bonjour is available while supplies last.

Now for the creations from the Design Team today:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon
Jan Marie
Beate

Introducing Calla Lilies

Today is day 1 of Flourishes sneak peeks for the February Release. Some beautiful creations are coming your way the next few days so get ready! My creation is also using the NEW 1,2,3 Create Kit called Bonjour.

The Calla Lilies were a great match with the softness of the pinks and greens. I used the pastel copics to color my flowers and added a little bit of fairy dust glitter when it was all pulled together.
Release Reminders:

• You have a chance to win our entire release by playing in our Black, White Plus One pre-challenge.
• We have our Mystery Blogger don't forget. By commenting on each of the DT blogs you might be the Mystery Blogger.

• Our New Release Bundle is available for the 10% discount for a limited time only when purchasing all three new releases.
• 1,2,3 Create Kit called Bonjour is available while supplies last.
• Be sure to check for the Flourishes Noon Challenge. Another chance to win some new goodies!

Now for the creations from the Design Team today:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon
Jan Marie

Flourishes 1,2,3 Create Kits

Since I had a the December 25th kit and needed another Christmas card I created with that today. This is about as masculine as I can get on a Christmas card. This wreath is still one of my all time favorite Flourishes sets. Unfortunately it is retired, sorry! I know teasing and tempting you with a retired set! Several copic collections were used to color this. Added a bit of sparkle at the very end.


Be sure to check out the creations from the Design Team:
Barbara Anders
Julie Koerber
Christine Okken
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Stacy Morgan
Tammy Hershberger
Sharon Doolittle
Heather Jensen
Release Reminders:
**10% savings when you purchase the New Release Bundle.
**Mystery Blogger. Comment on each Design Team members Blog post for the day you could be our Mystery Blogger and win the set of the day.
**Pre-Release Challenge Feminine Flair, your chance to win our entire release

Flourishes Free for all Friday

Happy Friday! This week sure has gone by fast and the weekend will probably go by even faster at the rate I am going. Today is Flourishes Free for All Friday. Plan on showing you a few things however I wanted to remind you about the New Release Bundle savings, as that is ending shortly. This is your chance to save a few dollars and recieve the entire new release.
For my creation I used A Season of Thanks and pulled the corn image out to color up. We have some yummy new ribbons and trims in at the store if you haven't checked it out lately. I have to use what I have before I order more, or atleast till I can't hold out any longer. hee hee Hey I even used yellow, more like a currant color I would say however I like how it turned out even so. LOL

Next Is a gift set that I made using our latest 1,2,3 Create kit called Garden Girl. There are only a few left so make sure you get it before its gone. The colors in this set are awesome!
Here is the bag with all the contents inside. I used Tag lines for the sentiment on the front.

This is the altered $1 notepad that I bought. They are easy peasy, just remove the magnet off the back and adhere it to some cardstock that you measure to fold and make a little book like cover. Then decorate and I added some little flowers to this that are not included in the kit. The sentiment on the journal is from the set Life Lines.

This is the tote and two of the cards in the bag. Makes for a beautiful gift and yes this was given out already to someone at DH work that was retiring. She bought my cards every month, so this was a going away gift for her.

Be sure to check out the beautiful creations from the DT:

Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Jan Marie
We have a fun filled weekend planned with soccer games and football games. Hope you have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping in today.