Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Flourishes DECEMBER Sneak Peak Day 1!!!

Hi all and welcome to day one of Flourishes' sneak peeks for December!

This release is full of floral fancy and today is no exception. When this set was just in the concept form, illustrator Marcella Hawley came to us with images from her own home. She not only loves to draw botanical images and dream about botanicals but she loves bringing them to life in her own garden. It's really quite incredible. She pitched this concept based on what she loves to do in the winter months, dream about spring! And so, we bring you.....

 
When winter hits, dreams of being in the garden begin with open sketch books, seed catalogs and garden journals - planning, plotting and envisioning sprouts and buds emerging from the soil. This set, illustrated by Marcella Hawley features three vivid vignettes honoring these garden dreams. Also features three beautifully scripted sentiments. Set measures 4" by 6"

If you like what you see, you can pre-order this set right now by clicking HERE!!!

Here is my take on it.....




WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN THIS SET??? All you need to do is leave some love in the form of a comment on the blogs below! Why? You need to try to figure out who is the…


One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win! So what are you waiting for? Head on over to see all the fun-filled way our designers have put their garden dreams on paper!

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE DECEMBER RELEASE? Have you checked out our Let's Hop Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You have until Friday, December 14th at 5 PM EST and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! Word on the street is, there might be more than one winner chosen for the Let's Hop Challenge! So get those fingers inky and good luck!

The good news? If you like what you see on our designers’ blogs today, you can pre-order this set (along with the other two sets as well) and if you purchase all three sets, you can take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off all our new sets when you purchase it in the bundle. What fun! All sets will be live first thing Friday morning along with the coordinating cut files for this release. So, be sure to stick with us this week as we unveil a whole new host of paper crafting goodies!

We’ll see you back here tomorrow for another new release sneak peek! This one is part of a continuing collection that honors the first blooms of the season! Yes, that was your hint! See you then!

                                                                 Hugs, ~Silke~

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30 comments:

Dianne Guilinger said...

so very pretty! love the flower button on the bow!

Tammy Hershberger said...

Beautiful card, Silke! Love that pretty green with the golden polka dot paper!

Mary Ann said...

AWESOME!Beautiful card,love the stamp...

Joan V said...

Lovely card, as usual, Silke. I love your creativity. So many great details to this card. Thanks for the inspiration.

Tricia said...

Those dies just set everything off so nicely! And the green ribbon brings thoughts of spring!!!

Connie MacFarlane said...

Gorgeous as always Silke! Love this new image and your soft colouring, perfectly set off with the new Victorian Oval die.

Sparkly Engineer said...

This is a pretty card for sure. I like the new image and the way you used the polka dots to high light it with the white.

Sue D said...

Lovely card--I like the score lines and the paper piercing.

JoanneO said...

Very pretty card. Love how you put it together. This is my kind of card!

Wanda Cullen said...

Silke, this is gorgeous! Love that pierced oval die!

Allison Cope said...

Fabulous card Silke! Love that sweet bow!

Marisa said...

Ahhhh yes....thoughts of spring :) Love it! Loving the polka dotted strips and lovely flower brad on the bow.

Julie Koerber said...

Just darling Silke! I love those polka dots that make your image pop and tie everything together -- too cute and fun!

Anonymous said...

Silke, did you ever have fun highlighting the topsy turvy plant pots Marcella prepared for inking! Thanks for the giggles and grins. Snowing here so all your work to showcase Flourishes Garden Dreams did bring the garden graph paper and seed cattys closer to mind following all funeral tasks this weekend.
Keep Looking UP!

Cindi said...

This is so pretty! I love the colors and the scoring adds a great touch.

Pattie J. said...

Love the elegance in design with your image, and the wonderful watercolor effect on the image. Then your accents brings you into the dream discovery of the image. You then want to pick the button flower....I love it...thanks for sharing.

Karen W said...

Very pretty, this set can be used for almost anything!! Great card!

Ravengirl said...

This is a fabulous sketch! Love the image standing strong on the CAS design!

Unknown said...

I love how you use white on your cards with just a splash of colour here and there. Beautiful. Cheers.

TLady said...

WONDERFUL JOB SILKE!!!!!!!!!! LOVE this image!!!!!!!!!! AND the way you framed it with the dies!!!!!!!! IT'S PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Cindi said...

Love the clean look of your cards. Another great job

Amanda said...

Oh Silke - another one of your beauties! This is just lovely and makes one want to get planting something beautiful.
Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

So pretty! Love the polka dots and the green ribbon with this. Nice way to accent behind your focal image. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beth Greco

Rosemary said...

so very pretty!!

Stacy Morgan said...

This is super cute and perfect for spring!!!

Diane said...

Beautiful set and a beautiful card...it is so pretty!!

zehra said...

Awesome card, love the scoring and the ribbon

Nancy said...

What a beautiful card Silke,
I love all the detail you put into this but kept it simple but Elegant!!!

stampqueen said...

Great card - love the greens and oranges!!

Heather Rogers said...

Totally LOVE this. The green and orange are so pretty. :)

Hugs~

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