Flourishes Sneak Peek... Winter Berries!

Hello all and welcome to day one of Flourishes sneak peeks for October! The clock is ticking to get those cards and creations done before the holidays hit. We're happy to report Flourishes has a handful of new sets guaranteed to help you shine this Christmas! Our first set is one that delivers an elegant flair!

Flourishes has taken the beautiful Cotoneaster plant and gave it a holiday flair with this new 4" by 6" set illustrated by Sam Pickard. The long and lean berry spray will add a dash of elegance and pop to all of your holiday cards and creations. We've paired this lovely image with six scripted sentiments crafted by the talented Dina Kowal.

Welcome to our first peek for October everyone!  You are going to love this new stamp set, especially for making some of those handmade holiday cards this year.

Today I chose to take my card in a vintage holiday type direction.  I love mixing all kinds of patterned papers with my stamping projects so I pulled out some fabulous Graphic45 papers and went to town!  

I started off my card using Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock for my card base, greeting banner and my stamped image.  After layering and stitching my patterned papers, I matted them with a quick piece of our Classic Black Cardstock.

I wrapped my patterned paper layer with a frilly piece of Satin Pleated Black Ribbon and added a pretty little bow in "Chocolate Brown" Seam Binding Ribbon.  Believe it or not... they actually go together quite nicely!

I stamped both my berry image and my greeting from the new "Winter Berries" stamp set using Memento "Black Tuxedo" ink and then coloured them using the following Copic Collections:

Thanks for joining me today!  The Design Team created some wonderful creations showing off these beautiful winter berries. While you're hopping and looking at their cards, don't forget to try to figure out....

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 of winning.

Allison Cope -- you are here!
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Heather Jensen
Julie Koerber
Maki Jones
Silke Ledlow
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Do you want to win Flourishes' October Release?

• If you would like a chance at winning all three of our soon-to-be released October sets…you can play in our Christmas with a Twist Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY October 11th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our October 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 sets together in a bundle. This discount will only be available through October 18th, so you have to act fast! 
• Keep in mind, all of these sets will be live first thing Friday morning in the Flourishes store along with the coordinating cut files for this release. 
• And, don't forget to come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday, October 12th for the Winner’s Circle where we’ll announce all of our winners of this weeks’ challenges!

Be sure to stop on by tomorrow when we share a set that will have you longing for those days when the snow starts to fly!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps:  Flourishes (Winter Berries)
cardstock:   Flourishes Classic Ivory & Black
patterned papers:  Graphic 45 (Typography)
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink:   Memento, Copic Markers
ribbon:  Flourishes
other: thread.