WCMD Sneaky Peek!

In honor of World Card Making Day on Saturday, October 1st, we're kicking things off one day early in a wild and wacky fashion! Have we got a challenge for you! It's all about that inner kid and why we love card making in general - we get to be creative!

So, think like a kid and share your favorite animated character.
Find a picture of that character and then, be inspired by the colors for one fun-filled color challenge! Mine is below!

We'll take entries through next Thursday, October 6th at 5PM EST. The winner of this challenge gets a fun-filled prize pack with 5 Flourishes stamp sets of our choice.

Once you're done with your creation, simply
link up on this post using our Inlinkz widget. If you upload to
Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword FLLCWCMD11.

And now for my inspiration…Perry the Platypus from the Phineas and Ferb cartoon. I love that cartoon! I never thought in my adult life I would be watching cartoons, but with two boys I think I see them more now then I did when I was a kid!

I chose the What a Catch stamp set for my color combo. I thought it worked perfectly for a masculine card.

My image is stamped on Flourishes classic white card stock and colored with Copics. I’d love to tell you the names of all the patterned paper I used, but it was all scraps and I don’t remember. I just love the map paper though, and wanted to make sure Paradise Bay showed! Who doesn’t want to fish in paradise?! I do know that the blue dot is an embossed cardstock from Bazzill. I snipped a piece of a feather and tucked it under a button and twine to mimic a fly, and added a fish charm to my sentiment.

We have lots of fun inspiration photos and great samples to share, so make sure you visit the design team ladies below!

Barbara Anders
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Jan Marie Caruso
Julie Koerber
Stacy Morgan
Tammy Hershberger
Sharon Doolittle

A challenge for a good cause!

On this World Cardmaking Day, We're joining Splitcoast Stampers by giving folks 'Hope they can Cling to!' Whether the stamps you use cling to acrylic or wood, they hold the power to convey hope and lift the spirits of anyone who sees what you create with them. That is the inspiration for SCS's “Hope You Can Cling To” stamping campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All this month, SCS is partnering with the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center for a
month long card drive to benefit those affected by breast cancer. The campaign kicks off TODAY! You can read up on the card drive HERE. To honor this heartfelt drive, Flourishes decided to offer up one heck of a challenge!

Today’s card does not use any stamps! Not one! I know?! I used a template that I have from a old Stampington magazine issue and made a little girls dress. I made a breast cancer ribbon from a narrow light pink ribbon that I dyed dark pink with a Copic marker. I used more of it to trim the sleeves and dress bottom. The lace at the bottom I created with a Martha Stewart border punch. I added flat backed pearls and a tiny rose and voila! Very simple and oh so sweet.

Here's the Challenge: Since women come in all shapes and sizes -- let's honor that! There are tall and skinny, round and shapely, even a little boxy. So, let's ditch the A-2 sized cards (4-1/4" by 5-1/2")and get creative. Anything goes! If you do that AND use ribbon, you'll get two entries! If you use a non-standard shape card, use ribbon and use the color pink, you'll have three chances to win! Let's see what you can create! When uploading to SCS, please use the keyword: FLLCWCMD10. You have until October 31st to enter and will have a shot at winning a goody bag which includes our Fight Like a Girl set supporting breast cancer survivors!

In honor of World Cardmaking Day, through Saturday everything in the Flourishes store will be 10% off!! Just use the promo code WCMD10 to take 10% off anything and everything in the store! Copy the code in the coupon code box at the time of check out, hit the “apply” button and this will give you a discount off your total bill! Happy Stamping and Happy Shopping!!

Hop on over to these wonderful blogs to see the fantastic inspiration these ladies have to share!

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Dawn Burnworth

Julie Koerber

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Laura Fredrickson