Friday, August 26, 2011

Flourishes Birthday Bash!

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Welcome to day 2 of Flourishes Birthday Blog Hop Celebration! Just in case you missed it, Flourishes is now officially 4 YEARS OLD and we are busy lighting the candles on our cake with three days full of creative inspiration and chances to win a bounty of blog candy! Want to help us celebrate?

HOW CAN YOU WIN? THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS!

  • Leave a comment on this post
  • Leave a comment on the designers' posts that are on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday’s hops!
  • Play in our Flourishes Birthday Celebration Card Challenge!
  • Play in our Flourishes Favorite Card Challenge! (link to Wednesday’s post on the FLLC blog)

HOW TO PLAY IN OUR FLOURISHES BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CHALLENGE!

  • Simply make a birthday card using Flourishes stamps!
  • Entries need to be in by Thursday, September 1st by 5 PM EST
  • You must link your creation on this post using our inlinkz widget in order to qualify
  • You must have a link to our challenge in your blog or gallery post
  • Please DO NOT combine challenges, while we love challenge chasers, we want to give those that follow the rules a chance at a prize valued at more than $60.
  • If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword FLLCBDAY2
  • We’ll announce the winners next Friday, September 2nd right here!
  • To enter the Birthday Bash Challenge you must link up on Thursday’s post here.

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For my birthday card I used the large flower from the Sunflowers set and the birthday sentiment from Kids Play. I stamped the image twice coloring both and using the center and top petals from the second image and the leaf to pop up over the first bottom image. I also colored a third petal with the ladybug and popped it up even further. All of the paper is from the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl paper pad. A little lace and a few buttons finish off. This is one of my favorite images and I really enjoy coloring it!

Speaking of candy, what do you win if you comment or play today? Take a peek!!! We’ll be giving 7 of these prize packs away! That’s right, SEVEN!
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Who wouldn't want to win all that polymer perfection?? What are you waiting for! Let's get hopping!

Julie

Danielle (that’s me!)

Christine

Cindy

Barbara

HAPPY HOPPING!

76 comments:

Jacqueline Smith said...

Love the sunflowers and the detail using the 3-D effect. Really love the colors now that fall is approaching.

Valarie (vampme3) said...

Beautiful card! Love the way you layered the sunflower!

Lori said...

wonderful card. I am always partial to daisies and sunflowers. They always seem to be smiling.

Ujjwal said...

That sunflower stamp is my favorite! love the way you layered it and gave it so much dimension!

Yogi said...

very pretty and fresh looking.

Naomi said...

Oh my gosh..this is SO beautiful! Love the patchwork background, buttons, and that fabulous 3D sunflower! This is one of my favourite sets and I never thought of making it 3D like that...now it seems so obvious, lol...brilliant idea!

ecpiercy said...

Danielle, what a great card! I love the sunflower set, and the colors are just right!

Karen W said...

Beautiful card, fabulous papers and color for this and great layout!

Madeleine Barnett said...

Great card Danielle, I love that sunflower stamp

pmm said...

What a pretty, summery card! Makes me think of being out on the farm... love how you popped up the petals!

DottyA Cards & Things said...

That big Sunflower stamp is just beautiful, you did a lovely job coloring too!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow your card is so gorgeous. Love your shading and the pop-up part. Perfect combination of image and DP. I love the little cluster of buttons there too. Beautiful job and TFS.
Beth Greco

Theresa's Studio said...

Love the sunflower and your treatment of the stamp...great background and colors. Lovely lace!

Theresa's Studio said...

Love the sunflower and your treatment of the stamp...great background and colors. Lovely lace!

stampqueen said...

Very bright and cheery - love the old lave trim!!

Lin said...

I love your sunflower backed by these happy papers, Danielle! Thanks for the inspiration!

Dawn B. said...

Eeks I love that paper. It is perfect for this set. Your card is beautiful Danielle. Great job.

Heide said...

I have to put this sunflower on my wish list, every time I see it I just love it. What a gorgeous card.

Debbie D. said...

So very pretty...love the sunflower image with that cute little ladybug.

Ellie Knol said...

Love the colors you've used! Going to get out my favourite Flourishes stamp just now! I'd like to win one of those grabbags!

Amanda said...

Danielle, this is gorgeous!! I need to take some Copic classes from you, because your Sunflower is perfection! :)

Dee said...

A simply georgeous card!! love this sunflower stamp.

Cheryl W. said...

This is such a happy card. Love the bright colors. Happy Birthday, Flourishes!

Rosemary said...

gorgeous sunflower... beautiful card!!

petra,s cards said...

wauwww verry stunning love the sunny clours !!!
xx petra

Carla S. said...

Beautiful card, Danielle! I love the warm sunny colors and the wonderfully colored sunflower!

Betty Benton said...

Wonderful dimensional effect on the sunflower! Such a happy card!

Davi said...

What a delightful card Danielle!! I love the way you pieced the sunflower,,, made for wonderful dimension and the pretty dps and embellies are perfect with it :)

Marian said...

i love that you popped up the Sunflower!

Tammy Hershberger said...

This is SO beautiful, Danielle! LOVE the sunshiney colors!

Allison Cope said...

So bright and cheery... I love it! Gorgeous design and details Danielle!

Janet said...

THis is one of my favorite sets---welll can I really say that? I say that about almost every one! LOL

I do love how you've colored it today. Just lovely!

Sandy M said...

Gorgeous sunflower card

Karen said...

I like the way you colored the sunflower. Flourishes has so many awesome stamps.

zehra said...

Lovely layers, beautiful card

Steph Lee (Arty Carty) said...

Flourishes has so many beautiful stamps and I love this sunflower one you used and how you popped it up. Thanks for sharing.

Cindy Holshouser said...

What a beautiful fall card. Love the sunflower.

Leslie Miller said...

I just love this fabulous country-looking creation! Great papers, layering, coloring, design with the buttons -- all of it -- FABULOUS!

Unknown said...

Such a FANTASTIC & BEAUTIFUL CARD! That lady bug is a lovely touch as well as the buttons and lace. LOVE the dimension you got on the sunflower.

Linda Carson said...

It's picture perfect! Beautiful coloring, colors, style, textures and I like it too!

Cammie said...

Papers and design are the perfect complements for the focal point. Lovely country freshness.

Tanya said...

This is totally beautiful! I love that image, it's already on my wish list!

Angel said...

Beautiful!!!! Love the dp, the lace, everything! Awesome!

ChristineCreations said...

Such a gorgeous multi-layered design Danielle! Love that stunning lace trim and the buttons too!

Benzi said...

What a gorgeous, layered flower and sweet ladybug. Beautiful card!

lisa808 said...

Gorgeous sunflower!

Kathy said...

Beautiful sunflower card! Pretty colors! Blessings!

Kathy

Judy W. said...

Beautiful card! Love the cheerful colors and the way you layered the flower!

szbacn1 said...

Sunflowers are one of my favorites and yours is no exception!!! Thanks for sharing!

Nancy said...

Oh My....what a gorgeous sunflower card. Your coloring is beautiful!!!

Charlotte said...

Great card! Love your sunflower, and that wonderful trim!

Sue D said...

Very pretty--I like how you popped up parts of the sunflower.

Katie said...

Fabulous card. I love this sunflower and how you popped it up. Thank you for sharing.

Katie B.

Bernie said...

Absolutely gorgeous, your coloring is Amazing!!! Love the lace and papers.
Blessings Bernie

Ravengirl said...

This is very sweet! It makes me want those sets just that much more!

Teri C said...

Love the colors you chose and all the detailed work!

KimCreate said...

such a hppy and well put-together card. I love it!
Kim

Makalah said...

You know - I have that stamp set, but would have never thought to pair it with orange like that! Neat idea!

Jo said...

Very nice!!

Theresa said...

This is just beautiful! Love your paper choices. Fabulous cut on the flower.

Heather said...

This is really pretty! And I love, love, love your dimensional sunflower!

Kim160 said...

Beautiful card. I love the colours. Thanks for sharing.

Marie said...

Great layout and coloring. I love how the image is partly below the circle.

Jodi said...

Love love love it! The sunflower is gorgeous & how cute is the little lady bug! The gingham paper & crochet trim are a perfect match for the flower.

Barbara said...

Stunning, Danielle! Love the dimension you got with that extra layer!

Grace said...

OH this is so pretty! I am in love with this set and so want to get it! Love your patchwork bg and pretty lace! Happy Birthday to Flourishes!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card. Pretty colors and i love sun flowers. Mary l Schreiber

Barbara said...

this is just darling! Love the lace.

iPhone Application Developer said...

Yay!! You are the bomb, Tracy! I love these boxes and never thought to download the tutorial or considered it might not be there one day. Now, I am definitely going to save this to my own files, just in case;) Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Janet L. said...

Your card is stunning. I love the patchwork background of such pretty colors and patterns, the pop-up sunflower and the lace. You surely hit the mark on this one!!

Olga V. said...

What a lovely card - the sunflower is just jumping off of the card, looks totally real! Thank you for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Love the sunflower and lace! The colors go together so beautifully! Happy 4th Birthday!

Shari B. said...

What a pretty card! The paper choices are perfect for a late summer birthday. I absolutely love the dimension on your card!

Candy's Creations Blog said...

Beautiful and the lace just sets it off!

Sherry said...

very pretty!! love that stamp!

stampqueen said...

Glad to hear you got power back - take care!!!