Noteworthy Flourish

When I saw Carolyn King's yellow card... I fell in love with the simple layout. I chose to use Fresh Fig, Sweet Sugarplum and Pear Pizzazz on my card.

I used the Flourish Thinlits to create the border and flower. Once I die-cut the Fig flower, I adhered it to a piece of Sugarplum and then cut around the flower with scissors.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Pear Pizzazz
Paper - Fresh Fig, Sweet Sugarplum, Sweet Sugarplum DSP, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Die Brush, Flourish Thinlits, Basic Rhinestones

Avant Phrases

 

I needed some cheerful Get Well cards.... so when I saw Chris Slogar's cards on Pinterest, I just knew I could create something similar with it.  Thanks so much Chris for giving me the inspiration to sponge daub a darker color on the flowers to get a two-tone effect. Thanks for your inspiration too!

Now, with each flower, I inked the stamp in the lighter color. ie: Peekaboo Peach, Powder Pink, Daffodil Delight and Perfect Plum. I then took a sponge dauber (used a separate dauber for each color), and inked them in Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry and Fresh Fig... then sponged it in the center of the flowers before stamping the image on the paper. I added the stamens in Basic Black and the stems and leaves in Pear Pizzazz.

Each has coordinating DSP and ribbons to make each stand out and be a bit different from the others.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Avant Garden, Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Peekaboo Peach, Powder Pink, Daffodil Delight, Perfect Plum,Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry, Fresh Fig, Pear Pizzazz, Memento
Paper - Fresh Fig, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight DSP, Peekaboo Peach DSP, Perfect Plum DSP, Flirty Flamingo DSP
Accessories - Dimensionals, Peekaboo Peach Ruched Ribbon, Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon, Daffodil Delight Stitched Ribbon, Fresh Fig Finely Woven Ribbon

Avant Flourish

This card is a little out of my comfort zone with it only being black and white for a birthday card. I'm more for color to celebrate a birthday, BUT.... I believe my niece will love the color choice as well as the design.

I used the 'Inside the Lines' DSP (Designer Series Paper) for the background. You could color this background... as it would give a 'pop' of color and create a whole different card. I chose to keep it just B/W.

The flower is from the 'Flourishing Phrases' stamp set, and YES.... I did use scissors to cut it out.

The sentiment is from the 'Avant Garden' stamp set.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Flourishing Phrases, Avant Garden
Ink - Memento
Paper - Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Inside the Lines DSP
Accessories - scissors, dimensionals

Dog Sympathy

I have made similar cards with this design of a dog's paw print. Since this was needed for two households, I wanted to make them a bit different. I used different ribbon and stamps on each.

Their furry friend will definitely be missed. May Dux be happily enjoying heaven with other furry friends!

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Better Together, Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Early Espresso
Paper - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
Accessories - Full Heart Punch, Circles Collection Framelits, Big Shot, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon

Cherry Blossoms

When I saw the leaves stamp in the Falling Flowers stamp set... I felt they would work great as branches of a tree. With the addition of the flowers in that same stamp set ----I've turned it into a Cherry Blossom tree!

Cherry Blossoms remind me of the the coming spring and everything being in bloom....as well as thoughts of love. So I felt it perfect for a Valentine's Day card for my hubby!
I love him so very much!

I embossed the leaves in white, as well as the sentiment. I added the blossoms with glue dots.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Versamark, Pink Pirouette
Paper - Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, May Flowers Framelits, glue dots, White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool

Floral Phrases

The Detailed Floral Thinlits, Flourishing Phrases stamp set and the Stitched Ribbon. Beautiful!  I am experiencing a bit of trouble with getting the pieces out after running the thinlits through my Big Shot. Maybe I just need a shim (extra piece of paper in my sandwich before running it through the Big Shot). =)

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Stamp Set - Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Smoky Slate
Paper - Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Detailed Floral Thinlits, Die Brush, Precision Plate, Smoky Slate Stitched Ribbon, Rhinestone, glue dot

Flourishing Birthday

I used the color combo - Pool Party, Basic Black and Whisper White. I wanted something feminine yet something that said December... which I think the color Pool Party is a frosty flower.

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Supplies Used
Stamp Sets - Flourishing Phrases, Birthday Banners
Ink - Memento
Paper - Whisper White(thick), Basic Black
Accessories - Flourish Thinlits, Big Shot, Big Shot Die Brush, Precision Plate, glue dots. rhinestones

Time For Flowers

For my hubby on our anniversary! Celebrating 14 years! I love you honey!

I utilized 3 different stamp sets for this card: Falling Flowers for the black vine and red flowers; Time of Year for the banner 'Always'; and Flourishing Phrases for the words 'I Love You'.

I love how it all came together so easily. I was not going to add the flowers...as the vine is pretty on it's own, but with the added flowers it just steps it up with the wow factor!

I pray that we are blessed with many more years together!

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Stamp Sets - Falling Flowers, Time of Year, Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Real Red, Memento
Paper - Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Bunch of Banners Framelits, May Flowers Framelits, dimensionals, rhinestones

Phrase Affection

The new Floral Affections TIEF (Texture Impressions Embossing Folders) make creating elegant card easy!

With one swipe through the Big Shot... you have your embossed front...all that needs to be added is the sentiment and a few pearls!

I think my new favorite color is Sweet Sugarplum...such a lovely shade of purple.

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Stamp Set - Flourishing Phrases
Ink - Sweet Sugarplum
Paper - Sweet Sugarplum, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Accessories - Big Shot, Floral Affections TIEF, Basic Pearls

Phrase Flourish

In need of a "Get Well" card... I made several to have on hand should I need some in the future. Sometimes it's hard to come up with a design on such short notice -- does that ever happen to you?  I got some inspiration from Pinterest using the 'Flourishing Phrases' stamp set from Stampin' Up! I decided not to use the matching framelits on these cards... just wanted to use the stamp set.

I wanted to incorporate the matching DSP for the 3 new In-Color that I used... Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum.  I'm loving that Sweet Sugarplum color!

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Flourishing Phrases

Ink - Versamark

Paper - Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach, Whisper White

Accessories - White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Circles Collection Framelits, Big Shot