Introducing... Old Tea Rose!

Welcome to Day 2 of Flourishes Sneak Peeks for May!   Those April showers have brought May flowers and we're bringing a beautiful flower to you today too, it's a brand new set from a brand new illustrator for Flourishes!  We'd like to introduce...

It's a gorgeous new set that celebrates the majestic rose.  Artistically drawn by our new artist Sam Pickard, this old tea rose just begs to be colored with style. This elegant floral features three accent images, including a stately looking butterfly and five beautifully scripted sentiments - all on a 4 by 6" set. This set will also have a Silhouette Cut file available as well for wonderful creative options.  You can find out more about our new Illustrator Sam Pickard HERE.

You'll want to see all beautiful inspiration that the Design Team has for you with this set, and you'll want to be sure to comment because...

One of our Design Team Members is the Mystery Blogger of the day, and commenting on her blog puts you in the running to win you today's Old Tea Rose Stamp Set!   You'll have to comment to find out who it is!

Want to see all the beautiful things you can create with this gorgeous flower? We love it so much we've invited some extra friends to the party.  Head on over and see…..

• Allison Cope
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Maki Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• and BBB Team Member Dina Kowal

Now for more fun offerings...following on the heels of last month's wonderful 123 Create Kit we bring you...

A gorgeous new kit called Prairie Chic ready for spring and summer creating.  You'll see it along the way as you visit some of Design Team today and the week ahead.  We do all the coordinating for you with beautiful papers, ribbons and embellishments.

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

If you want a chance to win all four of our soon-to-be released May sets, you can always play in our Colorful Creations Challenge – there will be multiple winners there! OR, play along with the gals for this week’s Timeless Tuesday 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 stick with us this week as we unveil a whole new host of paper crafting fun!

Well I'm honoured to be joining the Senior Design Team this week to showcase all the stunning new may stamp releases! And today we're showing off the new "Old Tea Rose" stamp set...

Tea Rose

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I began by making a card base using the Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock and an inner mat using the "Tangy Taffy" colour of the Candy Pink Cardstock pack.  Then I created a back ground from the Flourishes Classic Kraft Cardstock.  I took some Memento "Desert Sand" ink and stamped some leaves and butterflies all over the kraft.

Next I cut a diagonal piece of Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock and stamped my tea rose and rose hip images from the Old Tea Rose stamp set using Memento "Desert Sand" ink again.  I began to colour...
 

For my image I used the following Copic Collections:

I used my Copic airbrush with my Copic Sketch markers with the brush tips in to create the "splatter" around my rose.  I love using this technique!  I even stamped a few of the lovely sentiments using the Memento "Desert Sand" ink in the back ground.

And here's a little peek at the inside of my card.  I tried to match some of the details of the front of my card.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to comment for your chance to WIN the entire May release!

Don't forget to play along with our Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week OR our Pre-Release Challenge to WIN some STAMPS!

~ Ally ~

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Old Tea Rose)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic Kraft and Ivory, Flourishes (Tangy Taffy)
die cut shapes:  Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Ranger, Copic
ribbon: unknown
gems: KaiserCraft
other: thread.