February Flourishes Releases - Small Words of Loving and Kindnes & Endearing Rose

The Friends of Flourishes Design Team is sharing projects
we've created with the latest release stamp sets:

Small Words of Loving and Kindness and Endearing Rose.

Small Words of Loving and Kindness

Endearing Rose

Here are my cards:

These cards use a set called Small Words of Loving and Kindness.  This set includes the 11 sentiments that you can see above.  I think this set will be indispensable.  You can make a wide variety of cards with these small sized sentiments.  I made three cards with this fabulous set, some washi tape and some card stock.  It went pretty quick too!

This card uses a set called Endearing Rose.  I reverted back to a technique I haven't used in ages.  I stamped the single rose image, expertly drawn by Beverly Cole, on vellum. Next up, I grabbed my Copic Markers and colored on the back of the vellum.  Several layers and die cut embellishments later, I had a finished card. 

Here's the Friends of Flourishes Design Team list so you can see more of our projects : Davi Reid, Gloria Lee, Kren Kurts, Shirley Quarry, Toni Storie and Vickie Yeakley.

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Washi Tape Cards -Details - Stamps: Small Words of Loving and Kindness (Flourishes); Paper: White; Ink: Espresso Truffle; Accessories: Corner rounder, gold cording, washi tape, gold paint pen, dimensional adhesive, liquid glue. 

Endearing Rose Card - Details - Stamps: Endearing Rose (Flourishes), Small Words of Loving and Kindness (Flourishes); Paper: Watercolor paper, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Vellum; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Copic Markers, Oval dies, Antique Frame die, sponge dauber, dimensional adhesive.

February Flourishes Releases - Florentine Frame & My Funny Valentine

The Friends of Flourishes Design Team is sharing projects
we've created with the latest release stamp sets:

Florentine Frames and My Funny Valentine.

Florentine Frame

My Funny Valentine

Here are my cards:

My card for Florentine Frame uses the frame to set off some patterned paper perfect for any affectionate card.  I masked off the sentiment and only inked up the first line for a straightforward and meaningful sentiment.  It's simple, but it carries the message.

What a fun set!  I had a great time coloring this gal. I grabbed a silver gel pen to highlight the fringe on the heart and match the silver cording I used to attach the "my funny valentine" sentiment.  An overlay of vellum tones down my patterned paper and a simple design allow the sweetheart to be front and center.

Here's the Friends of Flourishes Design Team list so you can see more of our projects : Davi Reid, Gloria Lee, Kren Kurts, Shirley Quarry, Toni Storie, Vickie Yeakley. 

Don't forget to like us on Facebook. Thanks for stopping by!

Framed I Love You Card Details - Stamps: Florentine Frame (Flourishes); Paper: White, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso; Ink: Espresso Truffle; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, heart shaped rhinestones, adhesive backed rhinestones, Copic Marker, dimensional adhesive.

My Funny Valentine Card Details - Stamps: My Funny Valentine (Flourishes); Paper: Bright Red (Flourishes), Black, White, patterned paper; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic Markers, Double Dot Border Die, paper snips, silver gel pen, hole punch, silver cording, glue dots.

Friends of Flourishes & Watercolor

Hello and Happy Saturday!  This week, Gloria has chosen the theme for the Friends of Flourishes challenge.  She picked water coloring as our focus for this week. It's not my strong suit, but I really enjoyed myself.  I can see trying this technique again. It was quite relaxing to paint the sunflower. 

Today's card features Year of Flowers 2 and the beautiful sunflower in the top corner of the stamp set.  Beverly Cole has masterfully illustrated this set which includes four gorgeous florals. I embossed my image in gold and then went to work painting it up.  Lastly, I die cut it and stamped the flower name in the bottom left hand corner.

Did you know that Facebook has a Flourishes page that you can follow and enjoy? Here is the link for you. Now, it's time to visit the Friends of Flourishes and see what they have created with beautiful water colors:  Davi, Gloria, Kren, Shirley, Toni, Vickie.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Details - Stamps: Year of Flowers 2 (Flourishes); Paper: Watercolor Paper, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate; Ink: Versamark, Soft Suede, Vintage Photo, Crushed Olive, Wild Honey; Accessories: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Botanical Swirl, dimensional adhesive, paintbrush, spray bottle, gold embossing powder and a heat tool.

Using Non-Square or Non-Rectangle Shapes

Yesterday was the Ways To Use It challenge and we were askedto make projects that weren't square or rectangle in shape. I knew that this My Favorite Things die was the right tool for the job.

My favorite color is purple so I opted for some purple Converse!  I'm sure that they come in every color in the rainbow. 

The hardest part of this card is keeping track of those tiny die cut eyelets.  Other than that, it was easy-peasy.  I traced the negative of the die cut and trimmed out a back side for my little gift card. A single score and some Scor-tape finish the project. 

I could have left the back off and looped some coding through one of the eyelets to make a tag.  Maybe next time, I will try that. 

Thank you for stopping by!  Happy Friday to you! 

Details - Stamps: Be Original (MFT), Paper:Lavender Lace, Whisper White, Ink:  Brilliant Blue, Real Red; Accessories: All Star High Top die (MFT), glue pen, Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, paper snips. 

Friends of Flourishes & Flowers

Hello and Happy Saturday!  This week, Davi has chosen the theme for the Friends of Flourishes challenge.  She picked Flowers as our focus for this week. I'm a sucker when it comes to florals and Flourishes has the best! Today, you will be treated to a beautiful Flourishes floral in the clean and simple style.

 My card for today features Camellia Love with multiple Camellia images and multiple sentiment in beautiful fonts. No water coloring for me this week.  I just grabbed a few markers and colored up several of the same image to visually break up my card.  I hope you like it!

Did you know that Facebook has a Flourishes page that you can follow and enjoy? Here is the link for you. Now, it's time to visit the Friends of Flourishes and see what they have created in my favorite crafting style:  Davi, Gloria, Kren, Shirley, Toni, Vickie.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Details - Stamps: Camellia Love (Flourishes); Paper: Whisper White, Blush Blossom; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Woodgrain embossing folder, washi tape, Copic Markers, ProMarkers, paper snips, dimensional adhesive, Scor-tape.

Friends of Flourishes & Thinking of You

Hello and Happy Saturday!  This week, Vickie has chosen the theme for the Friends of Flourishes challenge.  She picked Thinking of You as our focus for this week. Today, you will be treated to a beautiful Flourishes floral and a newly released sentiment.

Today's card features the California Poppy from the Flourishes set called Year of Flowers 2.  I repeated the poppy multiple times and embossed in silver.  I did a touch of water coloring on my focal layer and then traced a wonky rectangle with my silver paint pen. Finally, I stamped a simple but meaningful sentiment from the newly released set called Small Words of Loving and Kindness.

Did you know that Facebook has  Flourishes page that you can follow and enjoy? Here is the link for you. Now, it's time to visit the Friends of Flourishes and see what they have created in my favorite crafting style:  Davi, Gloria, Kren, Shirley, Toni, Vickie.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Details - Stamps: Year of Flowers 2 (Flourishes), Small Words of Loving and Kindness (Flourishes); Paper: Ivory (Flourishes), Calypso Coral, Watercolor paper; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Dried Marigold, Versamark Ink; Accessories: Silver embossing powder, heat tool, Spellbinders Wonky Rectangle dies, stampin' dimensionals, Scor-tape, zig painty pen.

Scor-Pal More Than One Score - Anything Goes

Hello Crafty Friends!  It's February and the Scor-Pal team is back from the holiday break.  It's time again for another "More Than One Score" challenge. This month's theme is another anything goes theme.  By definition, it's a wide open challenge and you can use this opportunity to make whatever you are needing at this time.  Be sure to check out what the other design team members on the Scor-Pal Team have created. 

I love my Scor-Pal for simple scored accents.  While this isn't a super fancy fold card, I think that multiple scored lines around my image and sentiment pack a powerful punch.  My only other embellishments are three little sequins.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Details - Stamps: Winter Birds (Flourishes); Paper: Snow Storm Smooth, Whisper White, Blue Jean Collection (Flourishes); Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, liquid glue, stampin' dimensionals, Copic Markers, sequins, Linen& Canvas Impression plate.