Running With Scissors…

Well, here we are again at Flourishes’ Pre-Release Challenge, a forerunner to next week’s previews of the new stamp sets!  January’s challenge is all about love, love, love.  It makes us happy, silly, sweet, shy.  It breaks our hearts and makes the world go ’round.  It’s a many-splendored thing.  When you prepare for this challenge, think [...]

Today I have a fall leaf spray made with the Fall Flowers set from FireCracker Designs.  The leaves are colored with Prismacolor markers on watercolor paper and, because I’ve had several requests to do so, I’m including a coloring tutorial with this card.  First of all, I’d like to stress that I’m not an expert [...]

Hello!  I have a quick and easy card to share today, made for a baby shower I’m attending this Saturday.  They’re having a little girl, but I’m sure she’ll see plenty of pink on Saturday so I used a yellow and white combo, which is one of my favorites for baby cards. The stamps are [...]

Two years ago this month, Flourishes opened the doors of their lovely boutique and invited the world to a whole new opportunity of creative expression.  Now, we’d like to invite you to help us celebrate.  Today, the design team is expressing their creativity to honor Flourishes’ special day, and we’d like you to join us!  Here’s how: Simply make a birthday creation of your own – [...]

Hello, friends!  I’m so happy it’s Friday, especially this week because I’m on vacation as of 5:00 pm.  It also means it’s Friday Focus time for the Flourishes team, and I had an awfully lot of fun with this one!  Latisha suggested we pull out our Spellbinders dies and share some creative ways in which [...]

Hello, again!  Today I’m sharing an easy as pie citrus cake, made with the soon to be released Life, Love & Lemons.  This set is so much fun, and you’re certainly not locked into lemons with the citrus slice.  However, you can create some beautiful designs with the lemon specific stamps in this set.  You’ll want to [...]

Perhaps you know from previous posts how much I love my Kitchen Sink Stamps.  I have a new set called Lilies, and today I’ve made a card with it. You can go many different directions in size, style, and color with the stamps in this set, as with all KSS sets.  Today, I felt like [...]

Today, it was Latisha’s idea that the Flourishes Design Team should challenge themselves to make cards featuring bows and no designer paper.  Well, I’ve been making a lot of bows lately but it seems I don’t get by without the designer paper too often these days.  I thought this was a great idea!  Latisha has prepared [...]

Hello!  I’m glad you could drop in for another One Stamp Wednesday, the day I dedicate to Post Office-friendly, no extra postage required cards.  Today I focused on bling without bulk and made a gem-studded boho flower — almost like jewelry for your card.  With the rhinestones set into the cardstock, rather than sitting on [...]

 This is a simple but cheery little card I made because I had all these Bud Basics flowers stamped out for practicing with my Prismacolor markers.  I stamped them when I first got the markers, gradually colored a few, and finally figured it was about time I turned some of them into cards.  I have others colored [...]