Star of Bethlehem

Well dear stamping friends, the sneaks are over and we're taking the lid off Flourishes' October Release! Are you ready to see all three of these sets in their full glory? Well, they are all live, right now, in the Flourishes store HERE!

Now on to our final offering, one that is a gorgeous display of botanical beauty!

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Named after the stars that lit the way for the birth of Jesus, this beautiful star-shaped flower embraces a meaning of purity, hope and happiness. Illustrated by Marcella Hawley, this set offers a beautiful and sweet scented way to ring in the Christmas season. This 4 by 6" set also offers four scripted sentiments perfect for your seasonal creations!

Flourishes is also unveiling something else...... just in time for Christmas!

You'll want to grab a copy for sure! This full-color 20 page catalog features dozens of sample ideas, photos of all of Flourishes Christmas stamp sets plus three fun-filled, step-by-step tutorials designed to help with your holiday gift giving! Just click HERE to see our new catalog in the Flourishes store!

While you're hopping about and seeing all the beautiful things our design team created using the Star of Bethlehem set, don't forget to try to figure out.....

Hidden among the Design Team’s blogs today is our Mystery Blogger of the day. Comment on her blog and you could be chosen to win today’s set! The more you comment, the better your chances of winning!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Heather Jensen
Julie Koerber
Maki Jones
Silke Ledlow
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Do you want to win Flourishes' October Release?

• If you would like a chance at winning all three of our October sets…you can play in our Christmas with a Twist Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is TODAY October 11th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our October sets can be ordered now and if you order all three, you can save a bundle with our New Release Bundle and get 10% off when you purchase all three sets together.This discount will only be available through October 18th, so you have to act fast! 
• Every one of our new sets has a coordinating cut file to go with them! So click HERE to see the Winter Berries file, HERE for the Star of Bethlehem and HERE for the Handmade Snowflakes Silhouette Cut file! These cut files make creating so much fun!
• And, don't forget to come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday, October 12th for the Winner’s Circle where we’ll announce all of our winners of this weeks’ challenges!

I used the sketch at The Sweet Stop for my design.

Thank you so much for joining us! The design team had a blast showing off these new designs -- hope you did too!

Heather

Life is a Journey

Hello my sweet blog friends.  I have one last card to share for the month of September.  I picked up a new embossing folder from my local big box craft store the other day, and was excited to use it on my card today.

Flourishes has some wonderful 123 Create Kits.  You have three essential elements in one kit –paper, ribbon and embellishments all color coordinated to make card making easy! This kit, called Isabella features a 6 X 6" Bo Bunny Isabella paper pad, 1 yard of grey ruched ribbon, 2 yards of pink grosgrain ribbon, 1 yard of smoke ruffle trim, 2 yards of silver cording, 8 antique silver brads, crystal clear buttons, and 1 yard of pink sheer ribbon.  What a bounty of card-making fun!

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I played along with the Sweet Shop sketch challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Giving Thanks

Hello, I hope you all had a great weekend.  I went back to work on Tuesday and this year I am at the high school instead of the elementary school.  It has been under major construction for several years now and is in its final stage.  We don't have plumbing on our side of the school and the air conditioning is having a hard time keeping up with the high 90 degree temps we have been having, plus all the openings from construction and workers going in and out is leaving the school super HOT.  I have been wearing shorts or capri pants every day, not sure it looks professional but at this point I am not worried about that.  I have to take a nice walk each time I need to use the restroom too!  The high school is the largest in the state of Iowa with 2,000 or more kids enrolled, I still have not found my way around the building yet. 

I used the sketch over at Sweet Stop for my inspiration.  

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Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Enjoy your special day

I had a little fun crafty time on Monday and made this sweet butterfly card.  I am always in need of Birthday cards so that is what I went for first.  When I sat down to create this card I knew I wanted to use some of my horribly neglected PTI dies.  I ended up with a combination of PTI and MFT products.  Although I will not be ordering from PTI anymore due to poor customer service and extremely delayed shipping, I will continue to use what I have spent my hard earned money on.  I had pretty much abandoned all things PTI over the last couple months and have been having a crafty good time spending my money at MFT.  I just ordered the VIP kit last night and I already received notification that it has been sent!  Now that is what I call AMAZING customer service.

I used a pretty border die and tab from MFT and the sweet butterflies and doily are PTI.  That amazing felt is also found in the MFT store along with the Natural colored cardstock that is my NEW favorite and the Blossom twine.

I played along with the Sweet Stop sketch and there is a "spin" that you must include dies or punches.  I am pretty sure I have that covered here.  :)

Thanks so much for looking,
Heather

Happy 4th of July

I finally had some fun crafty time just for myself today and I loved it!  I pulled out my PTI Vintage Picnic set and stamped away.  The 4th of July is right around the corner and I needed to get crackin'.

My BFF and I are going to see Magic Mike tonight.  I am not a big movie goer but this one sure has got me interested.  I am off to dry my hair and paint my face on.  I will let you know how it was! ( We were disappointed in how the story line ended.  It left you asking a lot of questions, and if I had it to do over again I would wait until it came out on video.)

I used various patterned papers from My Minds Eye.  I keep a scrap basket sitting by my desk and I always go for that first.  Lucky for me I found all I needed in my scrap bin.  I colored my image and used some Stickles glitter for the stars.  The die is from MFT.

I used the cute sketch at Sweet Stop sketches for a little inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather