Tuesday, June 11, 2013

FLOURISHES SNEAK PEEK'S BEGIN TODAY.......

Hi all and welcome to the FLOURISHES JUNE RELEASE sneak peeks!!!

You'll have the opportunity to WIN OUR ENTIRE JUNE RELEASE just by playing along! For the remainder of this week we will be sharing our newest stamp sets with you! Aren't you excited?!  Since Sneak Peek Day 1 overlaps with the Timeless Tuesday Challenge, we have some amazing projects showcasing our newest beautiful floral stamp set by Marcella Hawley today...

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This stunning new stamp set features a glorious spray of wildflowers along with some wonderfully heartfelt sentiments. It will be a 'must-have' on your shopping list this week!




For this challenge, create a card or project that moves or opens in a non-traditional manner and please link it to the FTTC224 blog post!!!In other words, create a card that doesn't just open normally. Maybe it has a third panel like a tri-fold card or it has a greeting tag that pops up when you pull a ribbon!

There are lots of fun tutorials you can try out....here are just a few examples of some great card tutorials that will fit perfectly for this week's challenge ~ Center Step Card Circle Side Step Card Concertina Fold Card Criss Cross Card Diamond Fold Card Easel Card Lever Card Pop-Up Stage Card Slider Card.

Today we have both our Flourishes Finest Design Team AND our Friends of Flourishes Team sharing their "Open Sesame" inspirations with you! Take a moment and leave some love on all of our designers blogs.

HERE IS ANOTHER WAY YOU COULD WIN......


You need to find out who today's Mystery Blogger is?!?! Hidden among the Design Team is one Designer who has this set to give away. Comment on the blogs and you could win today's beautiful Picking Wildflowers Set!

PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE CHALLENGE RULES!!!

HOW TO PLAY: Everyone can PLAY and anyone can WIN! Here's how you can win…
  • Create a new card or paper-crafted project fitting the challenge. Flourishes stamps are not required, but if you've got them, why not use them?
  • Why not use Flourishes stamps on your creation?!? You will receive two ballots towards our weekly prize if you use our stamps! Hooray!
  • Include a link back to this challenge in your blog post or gallery upload.
  • Please clarify in your blog post, how your creation specifically meets our challenge.
  • If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword FTTC224.
  • One random winner will be picked from all of the entries.
  • Deadline to enter is next Monday at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Just in case I've forgotten something...swing by the Flourishes Blog to catch up on all the details and don't forget to check out all the new goodies we have in the Flourishes Store as well!!! Have fun hopping!!!

                                                            Hugs, ~Silke~

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32 comments:

Tosha Leyendekker said...

This is beautiful Silke!! Love how you hid the wildflowers on the inside for a lovely surprise of color!! Love the scored kraft with the splash of red also!!

Rosy Newlun said...

Stunning double gate fold card Silke! I am loving the deep, rich reds you chose to color the poppies, tying the red ink with it on the front of the card, and the graceful doily on the front of the card. Awesome use of embellishments, too!

loulou said...

Beautiful card. Love the kraft and red together and the deep red poppies.

jonim52 said...

Lovely card! love the image!

@JoyceCasaldi said...

Stunning coloring!

ijere said...

Amazing...www.unn.edu.ng

Katie Sims said...

Oooo, it's like Christmas! Your sentiment is beautiful on the outside of your card, but THEN..Love the gorgeous bouquet on the inside! I have never thought to do that before, what a great idea! Oh, and your coloring is fab! :)

Tricia said...

What pretty sentiments!

Judy Rozema said...

How delightful! Love the beautiful bouquet inside~!

Connie MacFarlane said...

Gorgeous card Silke! Love the way you coloured the beautiful hidden image.

Becky said...

This is gorgeous Silke. Beautiful coloring of these gorgeous flowers.

Julie Koerber said...

What a fun thing to open! You have the showy/beautiful image on the inside like a surprise waiting to be revealed -- absolutely beautiful!

Sabrina said...

Very lovely card!!

ChristineCreations said...

Oh I love how pretty it is inside and out! What a lovely surprise to open it up and see that beautiful bouquet!

Allison Cope said...

I totally love that you put your large bouquet image on the inside! It's like a little present on the inside of your card. Stunning Silke! Love your embossed details!

Deborah Anton said...

Stunning gate fold card Silke! I love the doily focal point to be opened up to some gorgeous coloring of those flowers! Awesome!

Heather Rogers said...

So very pretty Silke! I like the embossed lines for texture and pretty red Poppies on the inside. :)

Petti said...

this is beautiful card!

Lynne said...

Lovely design, beautiful coloring, tailored yet shows beautiful flowers. A keeper.

Donna Jones said...

Great design, love the inside out layout and use of Kraft card :-)

Stacy Morgan said...

Very pretty Silke, I like that when you open it up the beautiful flowers make you smile.

Susie said...

OMGoodness, what a beautiful surprise! Very nice Silke!

Sue D said...

So beautiful! I like the doily and your fabulous coloring.

Diane said...

Wow...what a stunning surprise when the card is opened....whomever would receive this, would be loving it, that's for sure!!

jonim52 said...

Gorgeous card!

Kris B said...

Gorgeous! Love the image on the inside of the card! Beautiful colors! TFS

Heather said...

What a gorgeous sentiment. And although the outside is gorgeous, I think this is the first time I've thought the inside of a card was more beautiful than the outside. : ) Awesome job!

Unknown said...

This is fantastic! It is my first one to see this fold for the challenge and I love how you designed the front and inside! Beautiful work, my friend :):)

Anke said...

Ein Traum von einer Karte, ich mag die Farbkombi auch total gerne.

Liebe Grüße
von Anke

Alica said...

Great card! Love how you used the main image inside and the sentiment on the top

Broni said...

This is gorgeous, Silke! I love all the texture and the simple, yet beautiful color combo!!

Jenny Gropp said...

I love the kraft front and the big burst of color upon opening! Beautiful Silke!

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