Timeless Tuesday & a Sneak Peek... Holiday Topiaries

 

Welcome to Day 2 of our fabulous September release week! Today both of our Friends of Flourishes Team and our Design Team will be showcasing a wonderful new stamp set created by our beloved artist Marcella Hawley. Marcella has packed this beautiful 4x6 stamp set called "Holiday Topiaries" with an array of beautiful holiday decorated greenery and 3 seasonal sentiments to match their holiday vibe. This sweet holiday stamp set will surely make an appearance on your homemade cards, handmade gifts, tags and more this season!

Howdy again!  I hope you're having a blast this week with our 2 new fabulous holiday stamp sets... and we still have three more sets to come!  Hooray!

Our hostess, Katie, for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week is challenging us to...

"Make a Good Impression" 

Incorporate dry embossing somewhere on your card or project. 

It could be an embossing folder, stencils, or even a household item for your embossing...

just make sure you "Make a Good Impression"! 

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I could resist pulling out my embossing folder with the mini snowflakes to build a scene with the super cute "Holiday Topiaries" stamp set.

I created a simple A2 card base from Flourishes Classic White Cardstock and added a piece of "Patch" green cardstock from the the Color Made Easy ~ Pistachio collection to the card front.

Then I embossed and sanded my back ground and then I cut two curved panels to act as my ground and added my sweet little holiday topiary on top using foam adhesive and the stitched panel to a red cardstock mat.

To colour my topiary, I used the following Copic Collections:

To add that touch of sparkle to match my red glitter ribbon and White Floral Venice Lace at the top of my card, I added some Glossy Accents to my berries and some Stickles to my leaves.  I also tied a tiny Silver Metallic String bow to add to the base of my topiary pot.

Don't forget...

  

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, so comment away!

• Allison Cope
• Broni Holcombe
• Cheryl Lea
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Deborah Anton
• Heather Jensen
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Katie Sims
• Maki Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker
• Kathy Roney, our September guest designer

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

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

• You can play in our Get in Shape Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY September 13th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All five of our September 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 five sets 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!
• If you play along with this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge, you could WIN the ENTIRE new release!  Yup... that's all FIVE stamp sets!!!  Yeehaw!

Good luck and happy stamping!!!
~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Holiday Topiaries)
cardstock:  Flourishes  (Classic White, Pistachio Collection)
patterned papers: BasicGrey
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
metallic string, lace: Flourishes
holly leaves:  Bazzill Basics
glitter ribbon,: Micheals
embossing folder:  Crafts-Too
gems:  Hero Arts
other:  thread.