The Beauty of a Flower

As April showers bring May flowers… that’s what this month’s Bring Back Beautiful is setting it’s sights on — FLOWERS! Let’s show off those beautiful blossoms. This month’s challenge is being hosted by ‘yours truly’. And, on top of using one of my favorite floral vignettes from the set From the Desk of – I’m also using the brand new 1,2,3 Create Kit called Gabrielle! This kit has some gorgeous shades of blue and coral. If you haven’t checked it out — just click HERE to see just what you may be missing!  Fellow DT members Barbara and Stacy are also showing off this kit as well, so hop on over to see!

HOW TO PLAY: Simply be inspired by some of those gorgeous botanicals that every stamper loves! Link up your BBB Challenge creation here on this post using the inlinkz widget below. If you upload to SCS, please use the Keyword BBB10. You have until May 31st to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will recieve a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

Before we get to the True Beauties for this month, be sure to come back to this link list and check out all the beautiful creations our challenge team whipped up with the beauty of a flower! 

• Beate Johns
• Cindy Coutts
• Heather Jensen – will be uploading later. Please send prayers, power is out because of last week’s Tornados in the south.
• Kathy Jones
• Laura Fredrickson
• Julie Koerber

I can’t tell you how impressed we were seeing all the different ways you could make beautiful creations with a feel of spring!  Meet this month’s TRUE BEAUTIES….

 Several of the BBB team members chose this beauty from Elizabeth Lincoln. Her coloring is phenominal and layout divine! She used the Sweet Violets and Seeds of Friendship sets from Flourishes.

 Claudia made more than a few of us gasp this this delightful and beautiful design! She used Flourishes new set Orchids!

Jenny turned a few heads — not only with her beautiful coloring — but her beautiful layout! She used the FLLC set Lenten Rose!

And the soft colors Linda used to color up her Siberian Iris made us swoon! Linda used our Siberian Iris set — just beautiful!

Thank you ladies!  If you haven’t won in month’s past and you would like a Bring Back Beautiful Winner Blog Button, feel free to email me at  flourishes@bresnan.net and I’ll send you one right away!  Thanks so much for playing everyone! We can’t wait to see your spring time inspired beauties!!!” We can’t wait to see what the rest of you create this month!

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