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Another beautiful floral from Marcella Hawley, this peony wreath is full of coloring loving blooms!
Peonies are one of my favorite flowers.  I have several in colors from light pink to burgundy that I support each year and wait patiently for those jumbo blooms to open up.  I just wish they lasted longer! They make a re-blooming lilac now…so maybe it’s just a matter of time!

I began by stamping my image on watercolor paper and then painting it with various re-inkers and a water color brush.   I added a small amount of Lemon Flower Soft to the centers which I then dabbed with a YR23 Copic marker to tone down a bit.  I used a Grand Circle die to cut out the image and a Classic Circles large die for the sentiment, both from Spellbinders.  I sponged around the image and sentiment with the dies in place and I attempted to stitch around the image.  I say attempted because it’s not as straight as it should have been.  I am still getting used to the pedal on my new Singer!   I tend to zoom away, lol! 
All of the patterned paper is from MME A Beautiful Life.  I also used some May Arts Silk Ribbon and a butterfly charm from Pink Paislee.

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DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE MARCH RELEASE? Have you checked out our Pinter-inspiration Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You can also play in our Noon Time Challenges this week! To do that, all you need to do is check in -- on the Flourishes blog Wednesday and Thursday at noon! These fast-paced challenges are designed to spark creativity and give you another chance to win some wonderful goodies! All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! So get those fingers inky and good luck!

Can’t wait until all of our sets are revealed Friday morning? Well, you can pre-order them now if you like what you see on our designers’ blogs! Just click HERE. You’ll also see that we are offering our special New Release Bundle again – 10% off if you purchase all three stamp sets in one bundle!
Now to see lots more sneak peeks and really get you drooling you need to check out all the designers samples below!

Barbara Anders
Cindy Lawrence
Christine Okken
Danielle Kennedy (that’s me!)
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Stacy Morgan
Tammy Hershberger
Sharon Doolittle
Beate Johns
See you back here tomorrow for a new sneak peek!