Feb 23 2008
Late Breaking News!
There’s a birthday celebration in the works and you’re invited to join in! Monday, February 25th, is Jan Marie Caruso’s birthday. She’s one of the Flourishes ladies and a very generous soul — she’s celebrating by giving away all these presents:
*Xyron 900
*Nestabilities-Classic Standard Circles
*Nestabilities-Classic Scallop Circles-LG
*A pair of Fiskars scissors engraved with Flourishes, LLC
*Various Flourishes stamp sets
*Lots of smaller gifts throughout the 24 hour period
Is that amazing? Oh, my goodness! Just look at all those chances to win!
All you have to do is upload any card or project to your Splitcoast gallery made with Flourishes, LLC stamps using the keywords: fllcjanmariesbirthday. It will be important that you type the keyword exactly as shown to enable Jan to find your card or project. If you have a blog, but no gallery, you can still play. Just post a link in this thread in the Flourishes forum on SCS and Jan will make sure you’re entered in the drawings.
Random drawings will take place thoughout the day and winners of the smaller prizes will be announced on the spot. Winners of the BIG prizes will be announced on Tuesday.
I hope you can join the fun and help Jan celebrate another great year of life! Enjoy, and good luck!
Card details:
Stamps: Mardi Gras
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, BasicGrey Two Scoops designer paper
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Basic Black
Accessories: Ribbon, fibers, Scotch Brand dimensional mounting tape

LOVE your out of the box umbrella — how cool!!! YES — let the good times roll!!!!
This is so gorgeous! Such a unique image. The colors are awsome and that fiber is such a lovely touch!
Wonderful use of the that mardi gras image and sentiment. Nice use of black to set off the other layers. Those fibers add a very festive touch. Linda
Beautiful card! and that party sounds like somthing NOT to be missed!
Leslie ~ What a beautiful card! Your use of the Flourishes stamps is so creative and inspirational….Thanks for the heads up on Jan Marie’s B’day
Your card is just filled with wonderful Flourished Celebrating! TFS
Love your birthday celebration card, Leslie!! The colors, papers, and fibers are so lovely together!! Wonderful!!
What a cute stamp! I love the pastel colors and the way you did the bottom bow!!! VERY COOL!!!
Fun stamp, and love the fibers with the ribbon, gives it a more festive feel!
Gorgeous Mardi Gras card Leslie, LOVE the pretty fibers and paper. Jennifer
This is pretty AND cool. I like how you made the amethyst stamp match by shading with pink and gold. And the black sentiment topping the silhouette image.
This is awesome Leslie. Love the umbrella reaching right out of the box. And the fibers are just perfect for Mardi Gras! What a beautiful and fun card all at the same time.
This is beautiful Leslie! Love the Mardi Gras theme - very awesome! And, the out of the box umbrella is really amazing! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
What a FUN image to work with!! I’m thinking about jazz/dance/partying music as I keyboard!! Wooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooo!!
~Bev
Oh those fibers add just the right touch, Leslie!