Fun with All Kinds of Flourishes!

I've been having a ball creating lots of fun cards using my Flourishes stamps.  Here are a few cards from the past week or so...

 Flourishes stamps:  Calla Lilies

 Flourishes stamps:  Bloomin' Aussie Florals, Bee My Honey, Lace Edges 
 Flourishes stamps:  Snow Day

 Flourishes stamps:  Moments in Time, Old Tea Rose

Flourishes stamps:  Pinwheels and Popsicles

Flourishes stamps:  Cowboy Christmas

Hope you enjoyed my little card gallery today!

~ Ally ~


Timeless Tuesday ~ Fun with Backgrounds!


Hello fellow stamp lovers!  It's Tuesday... time for my favourite day of the week.... it's Timeless Tuesday Challenge time!!!  Hooray!

This week we actually have a guest hostess!  Welcome to Angel Rivera this week!

This week Angel is challenging us to... 
create your own back ground paper using stamps!
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Let me tell ya... this challenge has so many cool possibilities!!  It literally took me 20 minutes just to decide on what stamp set to use.  Finally I chose a stamp set I have used in a while, Bloomin' Aussie Florals.  I couldn't resist using the beautiful Stuart Desert Rose image from this collection to create my back ground!

To begin, I cut a piece of 5x6 piece of Flourishes Classic White Cardstock.  Then I took my rose image and some Memento "Black Tuxedo" ink and stamped the image all over the white cardstock.  I made sure to rotate my image as I stamped.

Then I cut the wavy lines using a die, separating the cardstock into 3 pieces.


Then I took the 2 outer panels and began to colour them using the following Copic Collections:

I started off by masking off 3 stamped images at a time and air brushing my back ground using the shade of purple Copic.  Then I coloured the roses and their leaves.  I added a subtle hint of grey Copic to the inner panel edges too.

Once it was coloured, I backed it with a piece of dark Bonquet purple cardstock from the "Crocus" Color Made Easy paper collection.  I added some fabulous Festive Fushia seam binding ribbon, Silver Metallic String and a Sunflower Light button.

Now... check out what my fellow designers creating using Angel's fun challenge this week...
Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your journey checking out all the cool back grounds today!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Bloomin' Aussie Florals)
cardstock: Flourishes
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
ribbon, string, button:  Flourishes.

You're Gunna FLIP!!!!

Hello all! This is an exciting day for Flourishes -- it's the first day folks can shop and qualify for the next fun-filled, money saving club we call..... 

FLIP NEW LOGO - 
Otherwise known as the Flourishes Loyalty Incentive Program! How do you become a member? Starting TODAY, the next time you go shopping in the Flourishes online boutique and spend $100 on a single purchase (not including taxes or shipping), you will receive this beautiful stamp set called Happy Thoughts! It was penned by artist Sam Pickard and the fabulous sentiments were the creative genius of Dina Kowal! Keep in mind, you can't purchase this set -- the only way you can get your hands on this lovely floral spray of Hydrangeas and these beautifully scripted sentiments is to become a FLIP member! 
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AND.... that beautiful stamp set is only just the beginning! When you become a FLIP member, it's your pass to BIG SAVINGS!

MEMBER BENEFITS

On the first of every month, for one day only, we’ll have a sale you will FLIP over! ONLY members are able to cash in on this sale: 15% off nearly everything in the store! (Sale does not apply to gift certificates, Silhouette Cameo Machines or Copic Markers). A day or two before the sale, you’ll receive an email with a special “members only” coupon code to use on the first of the month. Just insert this code in the coupon code box at the time of check out, hit “apply” and 15% will automatically be taken off your entire order! This promotion expires July 31st, 2014. Customers receive benefits only from the time they qualify. So, unfortunately, you can’t make up for lost time. One more reason why you should become a FLIP member soon! Now it wouldn't be fair if we showed you this gorgeous set and didn't show you amazing samples thanks to our team of fabulous designers! Hop on over and see what these ever-so-talented ladies created using this exclusive set!
I did a little bit of experimenting with this fabulous new FLIP image!   I couldn't resist pulling out my Copic Airbrush and going a little... WiLd!


I die cut my image on Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, leaving my die still on my image, I airbrushed Copic YR04, Y19 and Y38 right across my flowers.

Then I took my Copic Blender Pen and pushed all the colour out of all the flowers and stems of the image.  I think the way it left them with a slight hint of colour and patchy is cool!   Then I added a splash of dark grey Copic speckle across the image.

As my final touch I added the beautiful sentiment on the front along with some beautiful "Mango Orange" Seam Binding Ribbon, gold metallic string and a Sunflower Light Button too!

Remember, the only way to get your hands on this beautiful new set called Happy Thoughts is to become a FLIP member. When you qualify, this stamp set is our gift to you! Coming soon, we'll be adding a Silhouette Cut File to the store, just for this set! Fun stuff! Before we go, be sure to tune back in tomorrow! The Senior Design Team will be focusing on one set that's been a Flourishes Favorite for quite some time. You won't want to miss all the creativity coming your way .... just in time for some weekend creativity. See you back here then!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Happy Thoughts ~ FLIP)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic White
patterned papers: Authentique
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
ribbon:  Flourishes
gold string: Flourishes
gems: unknown

Timeless Tuesday ~ Something Old, New, Borrowed & Blue

Hey everyone!  Happy Tuesday!  And that means it's time for Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge!!!  Hooray!!

I’m your hostess for this week’s challenge.  It’s July and we’re right in the throws of wedding season so this week, your challenge is to create a card or project where you use something “Old, New, Borrowed & Blue“:
  • OLD – use something older from your product stash (paper, embellishments, etc.)
  • NEW - the newest stamp that your just acquired
  • BORROWED – scraplift or CASE a “design” from our Flourishes Gallery (*PLEASE link & credit the project inspiration piece from our gallery.)
  • BLUE – add something blue on it!
**PS:  Your creation does NOT have to be a wedding themed project!**
Here is the card that I came up with using our “Old, New, Borrowed & Blue” theme…
I began by die cutting a circle from Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock.  I stamped my fairy image from the new “Garden Fairies” stamp set (my “newest” stamp!).  I borrowed my design from a card created by the lovely Christine Okken called “Watercoloured Tea Rose” (my “borrowed” design) from the Flourishes Gallery.
Then I coloured my image using the following Copic Collections:

Here is a close up of my little fairy.  I added some fine clear glitter to her wings and the dandelion too!  For her wings, I stamped them twice and fussy cut them out and added some foam adhesive behind the ends to pop them up.
My patterned papers are an older line of BasicGrey (my “old” item) and I used blue ink on my image (my “blue” item).
I decided to decorate the inside of my card too!  I used the same image from the new “Garden Fairies” stamp set again using orange ink.  I also stamped a sweet little sentiment from the same collection using Memento “Lulu Lavender” ink.

Thanks for checking out the Timeless Tuesday Challenge today!  Please be sure to check out some wonderful inspiration from our extremely talented team:
I hope you'll join us for our challenge this week!  Don't forget to leave some comments for my fellow designers.  Have a great Tuesday!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Garden Fairies)
cardstock: Bazzill, Flourishes Classic Ivory
patterned papers: BasicGrey
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
glitter: Martha Stewart
string: Flourishes
gems: Doodlebug
other: thread.

 
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