May 31 2008
Flourishes’ New Spring Ephemerals + Introducing New Design Team + Blog Candy Alert
Today Flourishes introduces Spring Ephemerals. We welcome these ethereal beauties into our gardens each year as the warming earth and longer days coax their fresh green sprouts above the ground. What a show they put on in color and form! The blooms of Spring seem all the more magical for the grayness of the days that precede them.
Flourishes’ Spring Ephemerals are silhouette stamps. The bleeding hearts in my card to the left are something I look forward to with great anticipation every year. I’ve placed them in the garden at dawn by stamping in black on a brayered background. The other foliage in my stamped panel is forget-me-not. It looks exactly like forget-me-not, but if you use your imagination it can serve as a nondescript garden foliage or even as leafy tree branches.
I took some liberties with the checkered lily in this card. I colored the leaves with a marker and stamped on my white panel. The blooms were colored with a pink marker and stamped on a patterned sheet from my BasicGrey Sultry 6×6 paper pad. All the papers used on this card are Sultry, one of my new favorites. I cut the blooms out and glued them in place. Although my blooms sport polka dots which look great with the yummy chocolate May Arts ribbon, there is the suggestion of checks and I was surprised by how much they actually resemble checkered lilies.
Other details: The papers on the first card are glossy white and Old Olive textured cardstock. Its sentiment is from Flourishes’ Many Sentiments.
The second card is on a Purely Pomegranate base and the sentiment is from Flourishes’ Siberian Iris set.
Flourishes would also like to take this opportunity to thank the designers who’ve been doing their stamps and other products justice for the past six months. We’ve been inspired by the works of Tracy Durcan, Dee Jackson, Janine Tinklenberg, Lisa Sommerville, Kelly Sampson, Natasha Trupp and our guest designers, Sharon Harnist and Lisa Silver. I’ve been so honored to work with these ladies!
We usher in a new team today and I know you’re going to be delighted with the samples they have to share with you! Please welcome Linda Duke, Julie Koerber, Susan Roberts and Faith Hofrichter. I’m still here, too, along with Sharon Johnson, the newest Flourish/design team coordinator/Jill of all trades. We have some great times to look forward to!
And while I’m on the subject of great times…I’ll have something pretty great to share with you tomorrow, June 2nd. Yes, it’s sweet…sweet like candy…a really BIG piece of candy. In fact, it’s a whole box of candy. I’ll see you here tomorrow, okay? Have a great day!
Oh my Leslie! These are both so wonderful. Love the shadowy Forget Me Nots. And all the beautiful mixtures of patterns on the second one is just, “WOW”! Love those “checkered” lilies, too! I’m so thrilled and honored to be on the Flourishes DT with you!!
Two totally fabulous cards, Leslie!!! LOVE the pink/green and the brayered b/g — fabulously done!!! And the card with Sultry is wonderful — that sheet on the bottom is my FAV sheet in that pack — you have used it, and the checkered lily stamp just gorgeously!!!
Love these cards.. Wow as always.
Happy Sunday!
I love your bleeding heart card, it is beautiful. My DD Julie is joining the DT and is very excited, I can see why as the team does georgous work. Look forward to many return visits. Pat
Both very chic and sophisticated looking cards. Love that brayered background and the new Flourishes images.
Beautiful cards - I love the bleeding heart stamp and how you used it on a brayered background to reflect the dawn. Wow! Congrats to the new DT!
OH! These cards are amazing! I love them!!!! I’m so honored to be serving on a design team with you!
Gorgeous cards leslie!
Your cards are gorgeous! The first one takes me back to when I first started stamping and learning to brayer. It’s such an effective technique that I should use more often. And I love your combination of patterned papers on the second card; it’s beautiful!
I love the Just Because card. I think it’s unique in that though there are many patterns and colors involved it still doesn’t overwhelm you by being too busy. Nice card!
Denise
Wow Leslie - both of your cards are absolutely stunning. The flowers at dawn is a real show stopper!!!! Can’t wait to get to know you better on this DT - I truly admire your work –you are a real artist!!
Both of your cards are just beautiful Leslie!!!!!
gorgeous Leslie!! Wow!
ooooo the olive/lavender/peach card is lovely! awesome blending of the colors and beautiful images!
What an awesome new team plus you and Sharon. Doesn’t get much better
Love Flourishes new stamps and Basic Grey DP too. Your cards are gorgeous as always. Thanks again for the Inspiration 
such a pretty bg on the first, looks great with your stamping. The pattern on the flowers in the second is so pretty, neat papers and design!
Absolutely beautiful. I especially love the black images stamped on your brayered background.
Beautiful; liberties and all!
I’m so glad you’re still on the DT!
Gorgeous artwork!
Your cards are brilliant! I love this new set. Congrats to the new design team!
Beautiful creations with your new silhouette stamps, Leslie!! Both of these are amazingly beautiful!! It looks like a fabulous new team as well!!
awesome card, I just love that paisley paper
beautiful cards! and beautiful gifts!!! thanks for the opportunity!!!
Oh my, this new set is going to be wonderful to work with. Must have. You do such great work. Thanks to Flourishes for the goodies !!!!!!
Very elegant cards. Is it a coincidence that your header looks almost like all the stamps in this set? You do very nice work.
I take pictures of my flowers too and am in the process of making stamps with them.
I love to check out the lovely projects on your blog each week. They are really always beautiful.
Thanks!
Wow, wow and wow! I love all the creations I’ve seen made with these monogrammers. What an awesome product.
Monograms highlight handsome cards and envelopes anytime. Grand revealing of new elegant product and creative winsome display Flourishes! Keep Looking UP!
You do such beautiful work!!! Thanks so much for the chance to win such sweet candy!!!
Michelle Adams
What beautiful flowers in this set and you used them so beautifully.
FAbulous! I love the gorgeous background on the first and the fun detailing on the second! Gorgeous as always! Congrats on the senior designer position…Flourishes is so lucky to have you! You always make me drool over your creativity!
absolutely love the cards and the stamps!
Two beautiful cards - love the colors and stamps - the DP on the 2nd one is gorgeous!
Just beautiful. Now I have to get some Sultry paper
These are just beautiful! Love the silhouette images on the brayered background-they are so elegant. Christine aka whim6915
Wow! These cards are fab. Looking forward to getting this stamp set soon.
Wow! Beautiful cards, and what great blog candy, thanks for a chance to win!
Congratulations!!!! Your cards are so beautiful and they fit it so nicely with the Flouishes stamps, it’s no surprise you were chosen!
Wow! What a beautiful site you have-love the latest, bleeding heart…..just all so pretty, thanks for filling my head with more ideas.
Shari
Both cards are gorgeous Leslie, you do such beautiful work!!
I’m just in love with this Sultry paper too! But, my word, those tulips! They’re too gorgeous.
Both of these cards are just gorgeous. Such beautiful stamps and papers. First time visitor to your ‘blog’ and I’ll be make for more inspiration. Thanks - Sue
wow what GREAT FANTASTIC blog candy! yippee!
Now this is exciting! How generous…I hope this is my lucky day!
Awesome cards!
Oh my goodness!!! This is incredible. I hope Iam a winner!! Cynthia
Very very pretty and what generous packages to give out!!!
Hi Leslie! Gorgeous cards! I’m in love with these spring flowers!
Thank you for your kind mention… I truly enjoyed being counted amoung the Flourishes team. What an honour!
Congratulations to a wonderful new team!
Hugs,
lise
OHHH Pick me! I absolutely adore these!!!
Dear Leslie, Am glad I found your blog. Love your cards. Must check out the Flourishes web site and order again. Congratulations on joining the team.
Shirley Lee
Gorgeous cards!!! I would love to win the blog candy!!
Great giveaway. I love these. Your cards are great. I know why you are on dts.
HOLY MOLY girl, these are FABULOUS cards - I totally love them! Everytime I think you can’t wow me again - you do!!! Totally gorgeous Lesli - just beautiful! Of course they picked you, you are uber talented! Congrats!
*STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
Your cards are so pretty. Hope someday I can come close to making cards as lovely as you do.
I just recently discovered monograms and I love them. Your cards and ideas are great also. I would love some candy, too. Keep up the good work.
Your cards are just beautiful! What fantastic stamps. I really like how versatile these are!
Hope I’m leaving comment on the correct post because those stamps are fabulous
Wow - what a GREAT giveaway and what beautiful samples! I’ve been drooling over these monogram sets - now I’ll have to check out the Flourishes website. Thank you! ~v
These are gorgeous - especially love those bleeding hearts! And WOW - I could NEVER pull off that second card - so many different patterns going on, but you make it work perfectly! Love it!
The cards are so pretty. Thanks for sharing your talent and the candy!
glorious designs Leslie!!!
And speaking of that Bleeding Heart image! What a wonderful way to use it against the gorgeous brayered background! And the other card is such a fantastic, balanced design, expertly combining the different designer paper patterns and embellishments. I could only hope to CASE such a complex layout. And I learned something too. I’ve never heard of a Checkered Lily, so I did a google search on it. What a different and fascinating flower! Linda