Oh boy, there's a lot going on here! I have a double challenge card, blog candy and another idea for the Versamarker! I hope you're ready! Flourishes is getting ready for some amazing prices on their Just Rite products during December and to kick it off I have a card to share using the Just Rite Oval stamper and some Just Rite blog Candy! In fact the entire design team has Just Rite Blog Candy...but I'll get to that later. Let's move on to my card!
I combined this week's sketch and colour challenges on SCS to create this card. These colours are the colours in Basic Grey's Ambrosia designer paper so although I wouldn't have put these colours together on my own...I do love them together! I started by stamping the small vine image from Flourishes' "Birds and Vine" set in my old Pumkin Patch spectrum pad. I really wanted the birds to pop out, but I sort of cringed at the thought of cutting them out, so I pulled out my Versamarker, and coloured in the birds and dotted the little floral sprays. I poured Irridescent Ice embossing powder over it and heated it up. The colour on the birds got richer and brighter and very sparkly!
I did the sentiment with my Just Right Harmony Classic Oval and the Brayton font set. I love being able to make my own sentiments! The worst part is that you can mispell them....would you believe my first run at "Blessings" came out "Blessins"? Go ahead and laugh...but just you wait til you have to spell it backwards!!!
I stamped the border in Basic Grey ink and the word in Really Rust. I punched them out with my SU oval punches...which match up very well with the size of the stamps! I popped the words up with dimensionals and stamped the edge of the vine around it to add some interest.
The ribbon I picked up at the dollar store and the corner gems are by Darice.
Recipe: Stamps: Bird and Vine(Flourishes), Just Right Classic Oval stamp, Brayton font set Paper: Really Rust, Very Vanilla, Going Grey, Basic Grey "Ambrosia" designer papers Ink: Pumpkin Patch spectrum pad, Basic Grey, Really Rust Accessories: Oval punches (SU), gems (Darice), Versamarker, Irridescent Ice ep, ribbon (Dollarama)
Finished card size: Standard A2, 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", horizontal top fold
Now for some Blog Candy! As we kick off the holiday season, everything at Flourishes is Just Rite! We want to make it easy for you to add to your wish list or buy for that special stamping buddy in your life! So, starting December 1st, everything Just Rite in the Flourishes store will be 25% off. In order to build some excitement, the Flourishes Design team will be showing you all the fun ways you can use these products and we will be giving away some goodies of our own! Be sure to check the Flourishes Newsletter to check the winner’s list on November 30th!
Courtesy of Flourishes, I am offering the Harmony Classic Oval Stamper 1 ensemble! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite holiday tradition is! I will leave comments open until midnight Friday (Nov 28), and I will draw a winner then.
If you want to double, triple or quadruple your chances of winning...make sure you visit all the design team members' blogs for more blog candy opportunities!
FAith-Sunday
Susan-Monday
Cindy- Tuesday
Flourishes Newsletter-Thursday
Latisha-Friday
Julie-Saturday
Sunday winner's round up on the Flourishes blog!
Best of luck to you, and have a fabulous day!
