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Flourishes in the Spotlight!

Posted by: Julie Koerber | October 28th, 2011

Hi all and T.G.I.F! It’s a free-for-all Flourishes Friday so you’ll have to make the rounds to see what fun creations our fabulous design team whipped up for your viewing pleasure this week!

To get those creative juices flowing, we do have a fun and easy little project to share, just in time to get you thinking about the holiday season! Paper Creations Magazine featured one of Flourishes’ sets A Gift For You in one of it’s on-line bonus projects. Here’s a peek at the project made by yours truly….

And HERE is where you can find this project on line! Enjoy, and while you are out and about hopping around, be sure to stop on over and see our ever-so-talented designers and what fun they created for you this week!

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to tune back in this Sunday when Amanda Havon joins us one last time with another beautiful and brilliant work of stamping art! See you then!

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It’s a Free for All Friday!

Posted by: Julie Koerber | September 23rd, 2011

Hi all and TGIF!!! It’s Flourishes FRIDAY! And, today the gals have another look at some of the stamp sets released last week! I will say that the clock is ticking for you to get your hands on the New Release Bundle. It ends at the close of today! What’s in the bundle? Only all three of Flourishes’ newly released sets for September at 10% off the retail price! You can click HERE to check it out.

While you’re at it, you’ll want to make the rounds to all the Flourishes gal’s blogs today to see what they cooked up using the new sets! Hop on over and see…..

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

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to tune back in on Sunday when Joan Bardee joins us again for another project in the Limelight! We’ll see you all back here soon!

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It’s a free for all!

Posted by: Julie Koerber | July 22nd, 2011

Hi all and TGIF!!! It’s Flourishes FRIDAY! And, today the gals have another look at some of the stamp sets released last week! I will say that TODAY is the last day if you would like to get in on the New Release Bundle — which is all four newly released sets for July at 10% off the regular price. You can click HERE to check it out.

While you’re at it, you’ll want to make the rounds to all the Flourishes gal’s blogs today to see what they cooked up using the new sets! Hop on over and see…..

Barbara Anders
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to tune back in on Sunday when Dina Kowal steps in the Limelight again! We’ll see you all back here soon!

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Got Copics?

Posted by: Cindy Lawrence | May 27th, 2011

Hello Stampers~

Have you bit the bullet and purchased some Copic markers for yourself yet? Did you see that Flourishes has a bunch of wonderful new Copic marker collections to supplement their already fabulous selection? I LOVE the collections that Flourishes carries…makes it easy-peasy to shade your images!

For my card above I used the following collections: Creamy, Copper, Blue Jean, Cool Neutrals, Green Grass, and Poppy.

Here’s a close-up of the colored image from the What a Catch stamp set:

On the hat I used the Copper Copic Collection, and added some fun stripes with the Copic Colorless Blender. You can also add polka dots and other fun textures using the Blender. Experiment and see what you come up with!

The blue nailheads on either side of the image are actually Copper Nailheads. I colored them using the B97 Copic marker from the Blue Jeans collection. I then colored them twill ribbon using the B95 Copic marker from that same collection. The twill ribbon used to be ivory, but you could really use any light color as your base. I love being able to match my ribbons and embellishments exactly with just a swipe of a Copic marker…so cool!

Here’s a previous card that I made in which I colored both the pearls and the crystal stick pin with Copic markers.

If you haven’t tried using your Copic markers to change the color of your ribbons or other embellishments, I highly recommend that you give it a try. Have fun experimenting!

Next, you’ll want to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to see what they’ve created with Flourishes new Copic marker collections.

Thanks for stopping by the Flourishes blog today!

~Cindy

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Flourishes Friday

Posted by: Dawn Burnworth | January 28th, 2011

Welcome to Flourishes’ Friday Focus. This week we have a guest designer joining us! Over on Splitcoaststampers, Stacy does an amazing job finding all kinds of customer creations for our Weekly “Check It Out” Favorites Thread. As I was checking them out, I noticed one stamper had created a monthly card to send to her friends. That stamper is joining us this week. I would like to welcome Cheryl Scrivens as our guest this week. Cheryl told me that she was given the Year Of Flowers 1,2 and 3 stamp sets last year as a gift and she decided to share her talents each month with 3 dear friends.

With the first calendar page Cheryl gave her friends a stand as seen here. She then created a calendar each month and sent it to them. She also sends along a sentiment stamped on a piece of cardstock so that after the month is over they can use it to cover the calendar part. Cheryl chose the A Year In Flowers 2. The ribbon is the May Arts Silk Deep Rose available at Flourishes.

I thought this was such a great idea for my family back home. Each month I will create a card using these stamp sets and the CALENDAR that Flourishes offers for FREE. I used the A Year In Flowers 1. I stamped my image onto Flourishes Classic White Cardstock. I printed my calendar out using Julie’s directions found HERE. I also used the May Arts Crocheted Ribbon on my card. The embellishments are the Basic Grey Rhinestone and the Corner Flourishes Pearls.

Some of the Flourishes gals also were inspired this week by calendars. So hop on over and see…