Sunday Morning Flourishes

Hello again, I'm back with another Flourishes card that I kept very simple and sweet.

Remember those cool shaped cards that were all the rage a few years ago? Yep, I decided to go "retro" and make one and just have fun with it.

I picked Flourishes Garden Picks stamp set and stamped it on Flourishes Classic White cardstock. I colored the flowers in very softly with my Copics, then fussy cut it out and set it aside. I stamped Flourishes Love and Lace as my circular background, in Memento Desert Sand on Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock I diecut out into a circle. I matted the diecut circle with Spellbinders Picot Circles die, using a very light and soft pink cardstock, to give it a lacy and feminine feel.
I attached my base to my top half and I cut out a scalloped circle shape in a soft pink cardstock, attaching it to my base for decoration. Then I added a fancy tag shape so that my top could have a "catch point" so my card wouldn't flop closed. Then I stamped the flower images in Memento Desert Sand on the fancy tag piece, adding my sentiment in the middle. I finished off my card with some pearls and swirl bling, keeping it very simple and not fussy.

I hope this card inspires you to try another retro card shape or style!

As promised I am also announcing my blog candy winner from Flourishes Release Week! The winner is: Liz Williams!!! Liz, please email me at : havonfamily@yahoo.com to claim your prize!!

Challenge Blog Link Up List For This Card:

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Favorite Color Combo - (Pink & Creams)
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Cut It Up! - Summer Time Memories - (Picked Flowers in a Jar)
Fussy and Fancy - Pink & Cream w/ Lots of Bling
Morgan's Art - Add 3 Of Something - (3 or more Pearls and Bling)
Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes


Thank you for joining me and I will see you soon with another Flourishes card!
~ Amanda

Timeless Tuesday: Purple and Blue!

Good morning and welcome back to another Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge! This week our hostess is Denise , and she is challenging us to: Use Purple and Blue!! Ok, I don't use much purple and blue, so using both together in a card was a welcomed new challenge for me :)

I used Flourishes "Garden Picks" from this month's release, stamped on the "Garden Picks" cut file for my Silhouette Cameo from Flourishes. I seriously LOVE my Cameo! I colored my bouquet in with Letraset Aqua Markers that are both light fast and give a true depth of color. I popped my image up on popdots before attaching it to my paper doily. To give my card some interest I used a few punches, some pearls and kept it all simple.

Please visit the rest of the team to gather more Flourishes Timeless Tuesday inspirations!

Cindy

Broni 
Denise
Ally 

Maki

Sasha Homes - August's Guest Designer

Thank you for visiting and please have a great day!

Flourishes Noontime Challenge: A Bit Of Texture!

Good afternoon, it's time for my favorite part of Release Week, Noontime Challenges! Today Flourishes Noontime Challenge is: 

 A Tad Bit Of Texture! This challenge is all about giving your card or creation a little texture! Add an embossed design? Share a little glitter? How about Crystal Effects or a few sanded edges? This challenge is all about those little extras that give a card POP! When uploading to SCS, please use keyword: FLLCAUGRW1.

Here is my card for today's challenge.

I used Flourishes new stamp set "Garden Picks" that I watercolored in with Flourishes Letraset Aqua Markers, cut it out and popped it up on popdots. For my texture I added a fabric embellishment strip on top of a paper lace doily, and pearls to dress it up. I framed it all up with a card base made of some Spellbinder diecuts, cut from Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock.

For more Flourishes Noontime Inspirations please visit the rest of the design teams blogs!

Tammy Hershberger
Cindy Haffner

Silke Ledlow

Danielle Kennedy

Heather Jensen

Makiko Jones