Introducing... Chrysanthemum

We are so excited to be back with a new round of beautiful stamps for you this August!  Today's stamp set is a new offering from illustrator Sam Pickard and it showcases the unique blooms of the Chrysanthemum flower that is a staple for fall color and bouquets.  This 4 x 6 set contains several arrangements of single or grouped flowers, a buzzing bee, plus wonderful sentiments around a sunshine theme.  It's sure to bring wonderful cheerfulness to your designs on those crisp Autumn days that are coming. And for even more creative options, we'll have a cut-file available for this set as well on Friday.

So we want to show of some of our Chrysanthemum creations to you today and there's a chance for you to win today's set! All you have to do is find:

  

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  (== you are here!
  
• Christine Okken 
• Cindy Lawrence
• Dina Kowal
• 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!

Along the way this week as you're hopping you'll notice the beautiful goodies from our new 123 Create Kit called Isabella.  Be sure to check it out. It's our way of pulling together all of your design elements so you can create beautiful things!

If you want to see this kit and all it has to offer in the store, just click HERE. And, one more piece of fun news for you! Just in time for release week shopping, Flourishes is sweetening the deal by offering an..... 

Overstock Sale! If you click HERE, you can take a trip to our SALE page where we've added hundreds, yes hundreds of items! Keep in mind, some items are listed at retail prices. It's only when you add the coupon code OVERSTOCK25 that the 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!

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Hey everyone!  You are going to LOVE this new stamp set!  It's so jam packed with not only gorgeous images but some beautiful sentiments too!  Here's what I created using the new Chrysanthemum stamp set...

I began with a piece of Flourishes Classic White Cardstock (yup! I did!) and I stamped each one with a chrysanthemum image using Memento "Rich Cocoa" ink.  I took a few of the Chrysanthemum stamp set sentiments, inked them up with the Rich Cocoa ink again, stamped off on a scrap piece of paper and stamped them on the back ground.  I also created a mini panel using the single Chrysanthemum image as well.

I used the following Copic Collections to colour in my chrysanthemums:

 

I added a touch of simple Gold Metallic String and some gold pearls to each card...

I hope you have a great time hopping along and checking out all of the amazingly talented members of the Design Team.  Your next stop is...  Christine Okken.

Join us back here tomorrow where we'll show you a gorgeous set with a view!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps:  Flourishes (Chrysanthemums)
cardstock:  Flourishes Classic, Bazzill
die cut shapes:  Spellbinders
ink:  Memento, Copic, Ranger
string:  Flourishes
pearls:  Micheals
other:  thread.

Timeless Tuesday ~ Autumn Beauty

Hey hey hey everyone! Welcome to another fabulous Timeless Tuesday Challenge for Flourishes!

This week our lovely hostess is Broni!  And Broni's challenge is to...

...create a card or project using Autumn colours!

I decided to work with some fun yellows, oranges, reds, browns with a splash of light greeny-blue.

I started my card base off by using some Color Made Easy "Sugar Cookie" cardstock from the Sunflower collection.  Then I took my two pieces of patterned paper and stitched then onto a mat of "Festive" from the Tiger Lily cardstock collection. 

Then I wrapped a piece of beautiful burlap ribbon around my card front from the June "123 Create Kit ~ Trial Mix":

I cut a piece of Flourishes Classic White Cardstock using the Spellbinder's Tailor-Made Classic Keyhole Die and I stamped the very ornate urn with all the harvest veggies in it from the A Season of Thanks stamp set using Memento "Black Tuxedo" ink.

I coloured my image using the following Copic Collections:

For the final touch, I added a layer of die cut vellum paper and embossed on my sentiment, also from the A Season of Thanks stamp set.  I added some punched branches, a wrap of Ivory Jute and pretty yellow bow made from "Golden Rod" seam binding. Voila!  An Autumn colour inspired card!

Now... check out what my fellow designers creating using our fabulous challenge this week...

• Allison Cope  ~ you are here!
• Broni Holcombe
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema
• Katie Sims
• Marie Ross, our August guest designer

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your journey checking out all the cool Autumn coloured creations today!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (A Season of Thanks)
cardstock: Flourishes
patterned papers: BasicGrey
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
pearls: Recollections
ink: Memento, Copic
ribbon, jute:  Flourishes
gems: Prima
other: thread.

Thanks "Fur" Everything You Do!

I thought I'd have some fun with some cute Mo Manning images from Mo's Digital Pencil today.  I used all of the Fat Cat images on one card front.  It actually is quite glittery but you can't see any of it!

I love how each kitty turned out so different!  I think my favourite is the little Siamese one! Awwww.... don't ya just wanna scratch her belly???

I also thought I'd incorporate this into this week's DP2 Challenge, "Water, Water.. Everywhere!".  I only a little bit of water, in my gold fish bowl, but I figure it still counts!  LOL!

Have a great Friday everyone!

~ Ally ~

Supplies:
stamps: Digital Pencil by Mo Manning, Flourishes
cardstock: Flourishes
ink: Memento, Copic, Versamark
ribbon: unknown.

Playing with Autumn Colours!

The month of August has rolled in and many of us are beginning to think ahead to Autumn (oh Summer, please stay a little longer!). How about we throw a fun color challenge at you that mixes Summer and Autumn colors together and challenge you to create something with the potential to WIN our August New Releases! Here are the colors:

A lovely teal, a rich rust and a neutral gray. What we love about this challenge is that all of these colors can be found in our Flourishes Color Made Easy Collections. Emerald Coast, Terra Cotta and either Cool Neutrals or Tonal Neutrals, isn't that great? Some of the Flourishes Design Team were blessed to be able to gather together just a few weeks ago in Yellowstone National Park for a wonderful weekend. We realized that there was some beautiful scenery right in front of us that matched the colors of our challenge this month, so we thought we'd show that off to you as well...

 

Beautifully colored mineral Ink Pots in just the right shades! 

Hi everyone.  Ally here!  Isn't Christine's photo above amazing?!!  One day I'm going to see that for my very own eyes.

Here's what I did with our challenge today...

First I made a card base out of Color Made Easy Emerald Coast collection, "Sea Salt".  Then I created matts of "Smoky" from Cool Neutrals, "Burning Ember" from Terra Cotta and finally a layer of "Rain" from the Emerald Coast collection again of which I used my Scor-Pal and embossed some lines on it.  I tied a pretty "Teal Blue" seam binding ribbon and some silver metallic string around my layers.

To create my focal image, I first die cut a piece of Flourishes Classic White Cardstock using the Spellbinder's Perfectly Pierced Classic Window die.  I layered with two fussy cut images from the glorious autumn inspired stamp set, "Autumn Blossoms".  I stamped my simple greeting using Memento "Potter's Clay" ink.

Here's a close up...

I coloured in my blooms using the following Copic Collections:  

(Y15, Y17, YR18, YR61, YR65, YR68, G000, G24, YG93, YG95, E71, E74, E77)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Autumn Color Inspiration!

Now, for some lovely card inspiration with these colors, here's what the Design Team has to show off…

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

THE OFFICIAL RULES:

• Simply create a card using these colors in the graphic above.
• Entries need to be in by Friday August 16th at 5 PM EST.
• Those entries using Flourishes Stamps will be counted twice.
• You must link your creation on our InLinkz Widgit to be counted.
• You must have a link to our challenge in your blog post or gallery post.
• Please DO NOT combine challenges. Only those entries that don't combine will be in the running.
• If you upload to SCS please use the keyword FLLCAUG13.
• We'll announce the winners on Saturday in our Winner's Circle Post here on the blog on Saturday August 17th, so check back then to find out if you are a winner!

Thanks for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing what you create! We'll see you here on Wednesday August 14th when our wonderful August Sneak Peeks start! Enjoy creating with these colors!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Autumn Blossoms)
cardstock: Flourishes
die cut shapes: Flourishes, Cheerylynn Designs
ink: Memento, Copic
ribbon, string: Flourishes
gems: Prima
other: thread.