Flourishes & Spellbinders Blog Hop

We don’t need to tell you that tags and labels are two of the trendiest items to hit the card making market in a long time! And, to help you add style and pizzazz to your creations, Flourishes has teamed up with Spellbinders Paper Arts to make sure you have the perfect set of stamps to match a darling set of tag style dies. Wonderfully whimsical and reminiscent of Grandma’s calico prints, Flourishes “charming” set offers three labels that coordinate perfectly with Spellbinders Grommet Tags (S4-322). Designed by Becky Fleck, you'll also find 6 beautiful sentiments and 4 accent stamps to dress up your labels! Pair that with Flourishes Country Charm Borders and you have the perfect set to make darling note cards in minutes. Flourishes coordinating Country Charm Borders set features five border strips that match the labels set to a tee. What fun!

Country Charm Labels Stamp Set

Country Charm Borders Stamp Set

Because Flourishes knew this set was a match made in heaven with Spellbinder's Grommet Tags, both design teams are joining forces for a fun-filled show and tell blog hop! Make sure to hop on over and see the amazing project's created by the Designers linked below.

**Just a quick note to pass on--Blogger was having some issues yesterday and today and was down for several hours so some of us designers are joining in late for the blog hop. Please be sure to check back with each designer so you don't miss any of their beautiful design they created to share. ;-)

Using both Country Charms Labels and Country Charms Borders from Flourishes and S4-322 Grommet Tags from Spellbinders™ I designed a pretty Spring card to share with you. I love the sentiments in the Country Charms Labels stamp set! For the sentiment I used Tuxedo Black ink and for the tag stamp I used Spring Pansy Ink. Then I used the Grand Calibur™ and S4-322 Grommet Tags to cut/emboss the tag shape. I used S5-025 Labels Seventeen to create the fancy label shape for the background. I created little tissue paper flowers for embellishments using S4-312 Blossom Three die template from Spellbinders™. I added a Purple Rhinestone to the center from Want2Scrap™ and edged the flowers with Diamond Stickles.I added Swirls, Finesse Silver Rhinestones and 72 Count - Purple Rhinestones from Want2Scrap™ and some hand tinted seam binding for a bow.I used one of the borders from Country Charms Borders stamp set along the top and bottom of the card with Spring Pansy Ink.

Here are the Designers links mentioned above.

Barbara Anders

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Danielle Kennedy

Dawn Burnworth

Julie Koerber

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Heidi Blankenship You are Here ;-)

Beth Pingry

Margie Higuchi

Holly Simoni

AJ Otto

Latisha Yoast

Kazan Clark

Terre Fry

Becca Feeken

Julie Overby

Linda Duke

Sherry Cheever

Christine Emberson

Gloria Stengel

Judy Hayes

Michelle Woerner

Tina McDonald

Tonya Dirk

Windy Robinson

Thanks for visiting today, if you like what you see, both the Country Charms Labels and Country Charms Borders are available now -- just click the links to see, and happy stamping!

Supplies
Stamps: Flourishes Country Charms Labels and Country Charms Borders
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White, Orchid Cascata Felt
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Magic Spring Violet
Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, S4-322 Grommet Tags, S4-312 Blossom Three #1, S5-025 Labels Seventeen #4
Accessories: Want2Scrap™ Swirls, Finesse - Silver Rhinestones, 72 Count - Purple Rhinestones; Ranger Diamond Stickles; Beacon Adhesives™ Zip Dry™; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ 3D Squares; Hand Tinted Seam Binding

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I hope you enjoy the blog hop and have a Fantastic weekend!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Simply Sunday - Cheers Card

Good morning and Welcome to Simply Sunday! To find out all of the details about Simply Sunday please see my sidebar.
Supplies
Stamps: Flourishes Birthday Pennants (sentiment), Strips and Stripes (border)
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White, Posh Citrus Lime Dungaree
Ink: Ranger Distress Inks Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters, Spun Sugar; Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Want2Scrap Turquoise Baby Bling; Prima green Flower; Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry; Corner Punch; White Button, Green Thread

Please take a little time to visit the blogs for Simply Sunday
Heidi Blankenship you are here ;-)
Karen Taylor
Terre Fry

On a more personal note I want to share some exciting news with all of you! So many things have been going on and I haven't had a chance to tell you yet but I am the newest Design Team Member for Discount Cardstock!! I am so honored and excited to join the Discount Cardstock DT and I will be joining a Fantastic and very talented group of ladies!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Wonderful Sunday and Happy 1st Day of Spring!! Woo-hoo bring on the warmer weather!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Spellbinders and Flourishes Blog Hop - Birthday Pennants

When Flourishes first laid eyes on two of the brand new die sets fresh off the production line at Spellbinders, we just knew that we needed a stamp set to coordinate with these funky and fresh dies Are you ready to take a peek?This fun set just screams celebration and offers 6 different pennants and flags all designed to coordinate perfectly with Spellbinders Nested Pennants (S5-028)& Spellbinders Lacey Nested Pennants (S5-029). There are also 9 sentiments and 8 accents in the set that you can use to deck out your pennant shapes in fun and different ways! Want a little more to coordinate with your cards? How about our new Strips and Stripes background set? This set offers three strips to use together as one background or separate as three different strips that coordinate with our Birthday Pennants set! Since the set was just released last night, we can show you it in its entirety now!Because we just knew this set was a match made in heaven with the Spellbinder's Pennant Dies, we asked some of their ever-so-talented designers to join the Flourishes team for a little show and tell! Make sure to hop on over and see....

Barbara Anders

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Danielle Kennedy

Dawn Burnworth

Julie Koerber

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Jan Marie Caruso

Heidi Blankenship

Beth Pingry

Margie Higuchi

Holly Simoni

Mona Pendleton

AJ Otto

Latisha Yoast

Deborah Young

Kazan Clark

Terre Fry

Would you like to win these sets? Just leave a comment here on this post! We'll draw one lucky name for both sets and announce it tomorrow on the Flourishes blog! Here is the card that I designed using the Birthday Pennants stamp set from Flourishes.I used the Grand Calibur™, S5-028 Nested Pennants and S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants to cut/emboss the pennant shapes. I stamped the floral print stamp using Tuxedo Black ink and edges the pennants with Dusk Blue ink. I layered the pennants and used 3D Foam Squares from SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ to add some dimension. Next I stamped the sentiment and hand cut them and inked the edges with Tuxedo Black ink and Silver Stickles.I added a banner across the top with a beautiful Finesse Swirl Black Rhinestones from Want2Scrap. I stamped a border with the accent stamps from Birthday Pennants along the top and bottom of the card and added a few more black rhinestones. I tied hand tinted crinkle seam binding in between each pennant piece.I used the Grand Calibur™ and LF-168 Grand Labels Large to create the shape card. I used 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue™ from Beacon Adhesives™ to adhere all the paper pieces. I also added a little sparkle with Silver Stickles.

Supplies
Stamps: Flourishes Birthday Pennants
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White; WorldWin Black; Prima Reflections, Melody
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Martha Stewart Dusk Blue
Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, LF-168 Grand Large Labels, S5-028 Nested Pennants, S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants
Accessories: Want2Scrap Finesse Swirl Black Rhinestone, Black Rhinestones; Beacon Adhesives™ 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue™; Hand Tinted Crinkle Seam Binding; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ 3D Foam Squares; Ranger Silver Stickles

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop and Have a Fantastic Friday!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Flourishes - Spellbinders - NEW Release Beauty Within Stamp Set

What do you get when you mix the beauty of stained glass images with the fabulous shapes of Spellbinders™ Nestabilities? A fabulous new set from Flourishes called Beauty Within. This stamp set was designed to take the guess work out of cutting and trimming an elegant shape. With the help of Labels 11 and Labels 13, you can color to your heart’s content and then trim your image perfectly with these beautiful dies. This set, designed by artist Becky Fleck, will be released first thing Friday morning and is available now for pre-order! Would you like to win this set? Simply leave a comment on the Flourishes Blog and you’ll be in the running! Winners will be announced Saturday at 12 PM CST on the Flourishes Blog.

Some of the Spellbinders’ Designers have teamed up the Flourishes Design Team to show you the beautiful potential of Beauty Within!

Here is a link list to all of the Designers.

Julie Koerber

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Danielle Kennedy

Dawn Burnworth

Laura Fredrickson

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Sharon Doolittle

Terre Fry

Beth Pingry

Margie Higuchi

Holly Simoni

Heidi Blankenship **You are here! :)

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts Blog

Here is the card that I designed using the NEW Release Beauty Within from Flourishes. Talk about an absolutely BEAUTIFUL stamp set!! The images of the roses and iris are so pretty and the sentiments are fantastic too! I started by stamping the image of the stained glass roses onto white cardstock using black ink. This image matches perfectly with Labels Eleven S4-246 (Die #5) die template from Spellbinders™. Then I lined up the die template with the stamped image and used some tape to hold the template in place. I cut/embossed with the Wizard™ creating an elegant diecut shape. Next I colored the image using Copic markers. In the picture you can see I didn't color and do all of the shading in the center of all of the roses. I left some of them because I stamped the image of the roses a couple more times, colored the centers and cut then out for layering. Once I had all of the piece colored and cut out then I layered them and applied Glossy Accents from Ranger.I used the Wizard™ and Labels Eleven S4-246 Die #6 from Spellbinders™ to create a black mat and Floral Accent S4-199 to create white flourishes along the sides and I also added some tiny pearls.I stamped the sentiment onto white cardstock and then cut/embossed using the Wizard™ and Fancy Tags S4-235 die template from Spellbinders™. I added some dimension to the tag using 3D Foam Squares from SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ and then I added some pink velvet ribbon and pearls. I also stamped the image of the smaller rose from the Beauty Within stamp set, colored with Copics, cut out the image and added it to the tag.Here is a close-up of the roses. I love the look that is achieved by layering the rose petals.I also used the Flourish Impressabilities™ I2-1009 on the pink shimmer paper.

Supplies~

Stamps~Flourishes-Beauty Within
Paper~WorldWin-Black; Neenah-Solar White; The Paper Company-Pink Shimmer
Ink~Tsukineko-Memento Tuxedo Black
Other~Spellbinders™-Wizard™, Labels Eleven S4-246 Die #5, #6, Fancy Tags S4-235; Floral Accent S4-199, Flourish Impressabilities™ I2-1009; Copic Markers-Y00, Y15, Y38, YR04, R81, R85, G24, YG63; Ranger-Glossy Accents; Joann's-Pearls, Pink Velvet Ribbon; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™-3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner® (33')

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I would love to hear what you think about the NEW Beauty Within stamp set from Flourishes!! I hope you have a Fantastic Friday!!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi