From the Desk of....

Well Flourishes Fans..today you are going to swoooooon over this Sneak Peek!  This month's sets are  completely gorgeous!  And I had so much fun with them!

This From the Desk Of... set really captures a beautiful elegance, sweet simplicity, and romance to me.... so I put together a little Feminine and Vintage Desk Set to show you.  I was going for a little ethereal effect - soft and dreamy.   All of this pictures can be clicked on for a larger view if you'd like.

The trio combines a special card, a Desk Set box and smaller note cards for the box.  

Above is the card.  I stamped the gorgeous floral and desk image onto Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock with Memento Ink and then colored with my Prismacolor pencils, OMS and also a blending pencil.  Sometimes I combine the two blending styles.  I punched the bottom of the card with my new Martha Stewart Quilt Border punch and then added some scoring lines and this gorgeous velvet crocheted ribbon and pearls.  Very simple and classic, but doesn't that image just stand on it's own?   

Inside is this verse:  

So sweet isn't it?  

Now the box....I have to say I feel so very blessed  - I constructed this box with my brand new Grand Calibur Die cutting machine courtesy of Spellbinders!  Wooo Hoooo!  I used the Grand Labels 4 to cut out the shape of the box, the designer paper and emboss....that machine is wonderful!  So easy to crank, so great for embossing, so smooth!  You'll be seeing much more of it in my designing future :)

This is the top view of the box.  I used textured paper and old SU Designer paper in Pink Pirouette.  Adding the focal image on a smaller Labels 4 Nestie.   And then scrunching some Ivory Crochet Trim on the top of the box.  Here's a close up below of the top of the box.   Isn't it pretty how the box shape and the focal image mirror each other?

The really girly ribbons and pearls are great accents for this romantic style!

Here is the side view of the box.  To create the side walls I cut two  1 3/4 inch strips of 12 x 12 cardstock, scoring along the length of the strip at 1/2 inch folding at the score line, and then cutting tiny slits every 1/2 inch or so on the tiny scored section to make a flexible wall.  The slitted section gets pasted down to the bottom of the box with Score Tape.  

Now you can see how the box hinges and opens....I've lined the bottom of the box with Designer paper to give it that finished look so you don't see the cut lines. 

And now the little note card...simple but pretty...

Simple stamping in Pretty in Pink and pierced and accented like the main card design.  Ah romance....isn't it lovely?  

Now you will be so inspired in visiting the rest of the Design Team's Blogs and seeing their beautiful creations with this set....

Barbara Anders

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Julie Koerber 
• Leslie Miller
• Stacy Morgan

and joining us today....
Sharon Doolittle
Jan Marie Caruso

A few important Release Week Details worth reading about ....

1.  You can enter to win this set today at the Flourishes Blog!

2.  You can enter to win the whole release by playing in our Winter Thaw Challenge details HERE

3.  Don't forget about our Power Hour Release Party Thursday night at the Splitcoaststampers Flourishes Forum...(and in my time zone - 8 - 9 pm MTN Time) please count this as your invitation to be there it's so much fun!  

4.  Have you heard about the Flourishes Gambler's Sale going on right now?  Prices on the sale items have been dropped another 5% today ...snatch up these deals before it's too late!  Remember, once they are gone they're gone forever!