Introducing... Pinwheels & Popsicles!

Hasn't this been a fun July Release? I know you've enjoyed it as much as we have in bringing it to you, but it's not over quite yet! We're so excited to bring you one more stamp set, and it's a fantastic new Birthday and Celebration set today! We think it's the cutest thing ever, and we know when you see it you'll agree!  

Introducing.... 

  

Light it up and help those in your life to wish big! This set is perfect to send a little note of celebration in an envelope. From "cool" images to "sweet" sentiments, Pinwheels and Popsicles illustrated by Marcella Hawley is the perfect birthday stamp set! Set measures 4" by 6" and offers five main images and seven fun-filled coordinating sentiments.

  

Let us show this set off to you with the Senior Design Team, and remember today is your last chance to find out who is the Mystery Blogger in the Design Team. Comment on that Design Team Member's Blog and you could win today's set!

For my project today, I needed a last minute card and gift bag for the two gifts for my son's teachers.  So I went to the dollar store and grabbed two bright, polka dot gift bags to put their gifts in.

I started off by making two mini tags for the gift bags so I could make sure the right teacher, got the right gift.

I made two mini card bases, approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4, using Flourishes Classic White Cardstock.  Then I stamped the cute little popsicle image from the new Pinwheels & Popsicles stamp set using my favourite ink, "Tuxedo Black" ink by Memento. 

I created a quick mask and placed it over my popsicle image, I masked the edges of each card and then stamped the cute gingham back ground from the Berry Sweet Frames stamp set right over top.  For one mini card I used Memento "Rose Bud" and for the other "Lilac Posies". Next I stamped my popsicle image onto some fun green paper, fussy cut each one out and adhered it to my mini card.  I tied each card on using some Metallic Silver String.

Next I wanted to make two very simple cards to tuck inside each gift bag.

First I made a A2 card base using Flourishes Classic White Cardstock. I embossed 3/4 of each card front using the a double sided embossing folder.

Then I die cut two Classic Large Ovals using Spellbinder dies, and stamped the adorable row of Chinese lanterns from the new Pinwheels & Popsicles stamp set using my favourite black ink again.

I popped each oval back inside the die and airbrushed the sky using Copics.  I didn't bother to mask off my lanterns since I knew I was going to paper piece them with patterned paper.

Next I stamped each lantern twice on to scraps of fun and bright patterned papers.  I fussy cut each lamp out and adhered it to the correct image.

Then I took some more scraps of the same patterned papers and cut out banners to drape below my ovals.

Finally I die cut two banners, Copic airbrushing each one in a corresponding colour and stamped the fun sentiment on them.

Viola... my gifts were finally done!!

I used the following Copic Collections for my project today:

B21, B23, Y15 and RV14.

 

Thanks for joining me today!  Now... off you go and check out all the other stunning creations using this awesome summery party stamp set!

• Allison Cope  -- you are here!
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Heather Jensen
• Jan Marie Caruso
• 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 four of our now released July sets…

• You can play in our It's Sketchy Challenge– there will be multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is TODAY at 5 PM EST. OR, play along with the gals for this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules!
• All four of our July sets are NOW AVAILABLE and you can check them out HERE. Take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off when you purchase all four together in a bundle. And, for even more creative options here's the coordinating cut files for this release. Thank you for joining us for this month's New Releases and all the great fun! We can't wait to see what you create with this month's sets!
• Join us back here on the Flourishes Blog tomorrow for the Winner's Circle where we'll announce all of our winners of this weeks' challenges!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Pinwheels & Popsicles, Sweet Berry Frames)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic White Cardstock
patterned papers: Echo Park
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
embossing folder: Spellbinders.