ChristineCreations

I love this image of the sailboat out in the water. I colored it with copics and popped up a second layer of the cloud.

I was going for a very nautical feel, so I used this pretty paper from Prism as my base (Island Mist Dark), added some cream and red accents, and did some fancy wavy piercing to give the feel of the waves. I also wanted to keep that long horizontal feel to the design too.

Sail over to the rest of the Senior Design Team to see what they have created today with this pretty set.

Cindy Lawrence, Faith Hofrichter, Julie Koerber, Latisha Yoast, Laura Fredrickson, Leslie Miller, Stacy Morgan

To win this set today see the Flourishes Newsletter.

And join us tonight at 8 pm MTN at the SCS forum for the Release Party! Fun, games, conversation, the new releases and lots of chances to win!

And here is Julie and I on Tuesday night when I met her in person for the first time! She keeps all of us Flourishes girls together as our fearless Design Team leader. What a sweetheart she is, and it was so fun to spend some time with she and her beautiful family. They were wonderful hosts. You can tell I'm looking a little road weary in the picture and Julie's hair is blowing a little in the wind, but we had a great time! I feel blessed to know her!

Recipe: Stamps: Flourishes - Beach Life, Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, White Craft; Paper: Prism Island Mist Dark & Vanilla Cream, Flourishes Classic White Copic paper, Riding Hood Red; Accessories: Big Shot, Large Labels, Kraft Corduroy Brads, Vanilla/RHR Striped ribbon, Twine, Dimensionals, piercer, Copic markers.

Whew! Home again....you might not have known it but we've been away the past 9 days visiting family and friends...travelling 3679 km (or 2281 miles) across the US Midwest! I even had the blessing of spending some time with my friend Julie along the way, what a treasure! (more on that tomorrow) :)

It's Day Two of fabulous Sneak Peeks from Flourishes. It's another amazing set created by Marcella that is stunningly illustrated.

Whenever we've gone to the beach, one of our fun pass-times is to wander along the sand and waters edge looking for shells. Doesn't everyone do that? We have many good memories from trips...and some shells taken home to remember them by.

So I tried to recreate that feeling of us walking along the beach edge with the water lapping up against us finding sand dollars.


Some of these sand dollars are stamped on Confetti Cream and the edges sponged. I also stamped one on cardstock vellum with white Stazon and gave it a bit of a curled around look. Some sponging on the beach and some curled waves with a little ribbon, twine and a Finishing Touches Ribbon slide complete it.

See the other DT girls Summery Seaside Creations by visiting their blogs today:

Cindy Lawrence
Faith Hofrichter
Julie Koerber
Latisha Yoast
Laura Fredrickson
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan

Want to win this set today? See the Flourishes Newsletter

Night everyone! I'm off to my long lost bed!

Recipe: Stamps: Flourishes - Seashells; Ink: Close to Cocoa, White Stazon, Baja Breeze; Paper: Cardstock Vellum, Soft Sky, Kraft, Confetti Cream, Urban Prairie DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Sponge, Dimensionals, Gold Brads, Modern Label Punch, Soft Sky DS Ribbon, Gold Ribbon Slides (Finishing Touches), Twine

This set has so many gorgeous elements in it. On this card I stamped and masked the berries, leaves and blossoms on Flourishes Watercolor paper. I watercolored with reinkers and SW Markers (first the reinkers, then the SW markers for finishing definition). Cut out with the Deckled Rectangle Nestabilities.




Don't you love the scoring along the bottom? I ran scorelines with my Scor It along the bottom half running from corner to corner, then added *buttons* with my 1/2 inch circle punch. Accents are Pewter Kaiser pearls, and the gorgeous silk ribbon (did you know there are new silk ribbons in the store??? Serious YUM)

Alright now the Strawberry Basket


I've had this cute cute paper from K & Co kicking around for a while just waiting for the perfect time to use it...this was it!

I colored these gorgeous berries in the basket with the new Copic Poppy Collection from Flourishes. As well as colors from Flesh Tones I and II for the basket. I created the highlights for the berries with my colorless blender, and the strawberry tops were from the Fields Collection.

And look at that pretty frame! I'm so excited, I used my new Frameabilities :) for the frame and accent piece. I love how the definition turned out. Don't they look yummy??

Check out the other fabulous Senior Design Team Girls sneak peeks today:

Cindy Lawrence
Faith Hofrichter
Julie Koerber
Latisha Yoast
Laura Fredrickson
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan

Recipes:

Berry Sweet: Stamps: Flourishes - Strawberries; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Paper: Riding Hood Red, Flourishes Watercolor Paper, Rhubarb Tart (Memory Box) DSP; Accessories: Scor It, 1/2 circle punch, Big Shot, Deckled Rectangle Nestabilties, Oval Punches, Silk Ribbon, Pewter Kaiser Pearls, Reinkers, Stampin' Write Markers, Aqua Painter

Strawberry Basket: Stamps: Flourishes - Strawberries; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, So Saffron; Paper: So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Flourishes Copic Paper, Big Shot, Frameabilities - Foliage Frame, Fancy Scallop Pierceabilities, Flourishes - Copic Collections (Poppy, Fields, Colorless Blender, Flesh Tones I & II), Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Button, Dimensionals