Flourishes Background Focus

Today the Flourishes Focus is backgrounds. Leslie has challenged us to focus on the background of a card or project.

I used the Damask background stamp with Memento ink in Red Brick. I stamped a sentiment from Life Lines and die cut it with Spellbinders Nestabilities and inked with the die in place also with Red Brick. I used a piece of the really pretty May Arts Two Tone Solid Peach-what a great match to both the ink and cardstock! I used SU cardstock in Pure Poppy for the scallop rectangle mat and base and a piece of black cardstock which I trimmed the edge with a scallop border punch. I added a Kaiser pearl to each scallop as well as in the center of each felt flower.

Make sure you take a look at the all of the wonderful creations the design team has today!

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Dawn Burnworth

Julie Koerber

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Flourishes Friday Focus

It’s a free for all for the Flourishes Friday Focus today. I decided to use on of my wreaths from the Wreath for all Seasons which I hadn’t inked up yet. The summer wreath is full of beautiful sunflowers-and this is the time to find an abundance of them!

The image is colored with Copics on Flourishes Classic White card stock and accented with Stickles. The image and mat are both cut with Spellbinders round and big scallop Nestabilities. The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye 29th Street Market line. I used my very last piece of this gorgeous purple May Arts Silk Ribbon and fastened the bow with a brad that I think might be Making Memories. I finished off my card with rhinestone squares, set in a diamond orientation, from Basic Grey.

Have a great weekend!

Focus on More

Happy Friday! Today’s Flourishes Friday Focus is being hosted by Christine and it’s Less is More/More is More. While I have seen this done many times I have never done it myself-and it was fun!

Disclaimer: Photographer regrets lousy photos, but light box not at optimum position for the best available lighting…moving on…

I started with a sentiment from Life Lines and cut it out with a rectangle Nestabilities Spellbinder die. I then used another die to cut out the mat. All of the patterned paper is from Memory Box, Sprout.

On my Less is More I lightly sponged around the sentiment with the cardstock still in the die. I wrapped a piece of this lovely crocheted lace (which must be sold out as I can’t find it in the shop) around my background panel and added a few sweet hydrangeas from Prima with a Kaiser pearl in the center.

On my More is More card I did all of the above but I inked my sentiment panel heavier and also inked around the die cut mat behind my sentiment. In addition to the hydrangeas I also added several rolled flowers which I created from scraps of the Sprout paper. The outside of the flowers showed the pattern and way too much of the white was showing on the insides, so I gave them all a few spritz with Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist in Juneberry Wine. It’s gorgeous! I used a Martha Stewart punch and made several leaves also from scraps. I added more pearls around the flowers and in some of the centers as well.

Pretty, but not going in a flat envelope! Make sure you check out the focus today over at Flourishes and play along! You can check out what these other ladies have to show you today too!

Christine

Dawn

Leslie

Laura

Jami - Guest

Have a great weekend!

Flourishes Friday Focus

This week the Flourishes Friday Focus is on Laura and paper piecing – check it out at the Flourishes blog.

Today I decided to use Thank You stamp set. That beautiful tulip was beggin’ to come out for the spring!

The sentiment panel and tulip is stamped multiple times on Flourishes cream cardstock and then the tulip was stamped again on a separate piece of paper colored with Copics. It’s cut out and popped up over one of the stamped images on the main panel. I distressed and inked the edges up with Distress Ink in Brushed Corduroy. The sentiment was stamped separately and cut out with a Spellbinders label die with was threaded with a piece of olive silk ribbon and popped up over the panel. It’s layered on an old pp piece from K & Company and then layered onto a red cardstock base.

And...Flourishes is having a sale! There are several Spellbinder sets on sale as well as these stamp sets being offered at 50% off! Get them while you can because once they're gone, they're gone!

O Christmas Tree

Love Nest

Open to Love

Harlequin

Mardi Gras

Easter Bunnies

Wedding Party

Wedding Essentials

Summer Botanicals

Mixed Greetings

City of David

Lace and Trims

Gigi and Chloe

Make sure you check out all the great cards this week and have a wonderful weekend!

Julie

Stacy

Dawn

Christine

Cindy

Laura

Leslie

Flourishes Friday Focus

Yeah! It’s Friday! The one day I almost enjoy going to work…ok, not really, but there’s a different mind set at work on Friday’s than any other day, and it’s a good one.

Today I am using the cherry image from Cherries and Peaches set from Flourishes. It’s stamped on Flourishes Classic Ivory card stock and colored with Copic markers. After coloring I painted over the cherries and leaves with Twinkling H2O’s in corresponding colors. It just adds a bit of depth and a tiny shimmer to the image. I also used a white gel pen to add highlights to the cherries. I chose to use just solid coordinating cardstock instead of patterned paper. I also pulled out a much neglected corner punch and made photo corners which I embellished with some flat backed pearls. The image a mat are cut out with circle and scallop circle Nestabilities and mounted over a piece of lace from my stash. It’s finished off with a simple button and “cherry” stamped below.

Make sure you check out all the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team! And have a happy Friday!!

Julie

Stacy

Dawn

Christine

Cindy

Laura

Leslie

Flourishes Friday

With Easter fast approaching, the gals at Flourishes thought we’d have a little ‘Easter Parade’ to showcase some fun creations perfect for this time of year. You should know, some of the gals used a set that is on its way to retirement. With a very limited supply, Easter Bunnies is being offered right now at 40% off! So hop on down the bunny trail and take a peek at our Easter offerings!

For today's theme I have chosen to use images from the new set Easter Basket.

The basket image is stamped on Flourishes white card stock and colored with Copics. I stamped all of the other images and cut them out after coloring. I used a knife to make a slit around the edge of the basket so I could slip my goodies in. The large bunny and bag of jelly beans is slightly raised as is the bow on the basket. The jelly bean bag was colored over with a glaze pen to give it some shine and dimension. I also popped up the small polka dot egg and used some glitter on the dots. I added Flower Soft in Shamrock green in the basket for “Easter grass”. I also colored up the tiny chocolate bunny and popped him up on the corner of the sentiment panel. He’s so cute! It’s all layered on Basic Grey pp from the Urban Prairie line and finished off with a vintage Prima Flower. There is also a light sponging of Distress Ink in Tattered Rose around both the image and sentiment panels.

Check out all the great projects from the design team! Have a great weekend!

Julie

Stacy

Dawn

Christine

Cindy

Laura

Leslie