Flourishes Christmas in July!

Flourishes is having a fun Christmas in July sale and from now until July 31st all Flourishes’ Christmas stamps are on sale for 20% off.  No code necessary.  Flourishes will automatically discount the stamps for you! 

For my Christmas card I used Vintage Postcard and created a shaker card.  I used the instructions from the SCS tutorial here.  I began by stamping my image twice, first in black ink then a second time with embossing ink and embossed with gold.  I cut the center out of the gold embossed image and used the frame to adhere my acetate to.  I colored the other image with Copics and used that as the background.  I filled the center with Martha Stewart iridescent glitter flakes and some silver microbead mix from Judikins before adhering it with dimensional adhesive tape to the frame.
 
The background mat was made using the Spellbinders die Fleur De Lis rectangles.   I cut it out of a piece a patterned paper with stylized snowflakes on it from MME.  The sentiment was stamped on a banner die cut from the Ribbon Banner set which I then ran a gold leaf pen around the edge to tie it into the frame.    The card base is cardstock that looks like parchment which I’ve had in my stash for ages. 
Below you can see the acetate and see how the front is popped up from the back and the glitter inside.

Did you see Cindy’s gorgeous creation here? You can go to the Flourishes blog and get the links to all of this weeks Christmas creations.
Christine also has a Christmas creation to share so make sure you head on over and check it out!
Happy Friday!

February Release Challenge

Happy Friday! The Winter Thaw Challenge kicks off this months Flourishes release.

To enter, simply be inspired by the photo above. Use the same floral or colors -- it's up to you how you are creatively inspired! Link your project up here and if you upload to SCS, please use the key word FLLCFEB11. Use Flourishes stamps if you have them, but if you don't please play anyway! The winner will receive our entire February release. You have until February 11th at 5 PM Eastern time to submit.

I used both the same floral and colors. I just love the Calendar Flowers and the Crocus image is from A Year in Flowers 1 stamp set.

The image was stamped on watercolor paper and painted with Stampin Up re-inkers. I sponged around the image with the die in place and added lots of glitter to the crocus and leaves. I almost added snow…but I think I’ve had enough! The paper is from 29th Street Market by My Minds Eye. I used a Websters Pages Vintage sparkler on the center of my bow and the sentiment flag is from Lil’ Inker Designs and the sentiment is from the set Humming Along.

Stop by and visit all of the DT ladies to get some more inspiration!

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Dawn Burnworth

Julie Koerber

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Barbara Anders

And there’s a sale!

Starting February 3rd, Flourishes will be hosting a progressive sale called our Gambler's Sale. Each week, we will drop prices until the stamp sets listed below are out of stock. We will start at 10% off and each Thursday, will drop prices by 5% until they reach up to 50% off. Quantities are limited and there will be no backorders on any of the stamp sets facing retirement. So, get these sets before they are history!

Have a wonderful weekend!