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Thursday, March 17, 2011

A Banner Day!

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!

  


It's such a cool PAIR of stamps everyone!  I'm so happy they are in my Birthday Collection now.   The Spellbinders Nested Pennants, and Lacey Nested Pennants will be in the Flourishes store as soon as they arrive and you can pre-order them now by clicking on the above links!  It is such a great stamp set to pair with the dies with our illustrator Marcy making it beautiful.

So you probably remember I showed how I made an apron and chef hat for my niece the other day?  Well I put this set to paper for the matching card.  Our niece was turning 2 so you can see two little Birthday Banners. 


I used the very cool Strips and Stripes set to form the long vertical strip, using the Baby Wipe Technique dropping reinkers onto a Baby Wipe and inking the stamp with that as my ink pad.  I also inked the pennants this way too, and the little candles.  I love the variation of color you can get.  I've added the banners on to some pretty satin ribbon and trim with pretty buttons and twine as accent.  


The strip is surrounded by the Fair Isle Borderabilities Petite  cut in half and adhered on each side of the strip.  

And here was the ensemble together.  I love the cheerful yellows :)  

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  (you are here)
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! FLOURISHES BLOG:  We'll draw one lucky name for both sets and announce it tomorrow on the Flourishes blog!


Stamps:  Flourishes - Strips and Stripes, Birthday Pennants;  Ink:  So Saffron, Reinkers in So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie;  Paper:  So Saffron, So Saffron Prints DSP, Very Vanilla;  Accessories:  Grand Calibur, Spellbinders Nested Pennants, Fair Isle Borderabilities Die, Circle Punch, Satin Ribbon, Trim, Twine, Kaiser Pearls, Dimensionals, Baby Wipe, Buttons
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37 comments:

  1. KarinsArtScrapMarch 18, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    beautiful card christine, what lovely those flaggs.
    i like the color you have used.

    greetings karin

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  2. Emily KeatonMarch 18, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    Oh, thanks so much for posting a photo of the apron, chef hat, AND card all together in one place. I love the new sets!!

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  3. Jerri JimenezMarch 18, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    On my goodness, what a beauty and wow, it matches your nieces chef's costume perfectly! Love all the stamps in this month's release, can't wait to see everyone's cards today!

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  4. dpkennedyMarch 18, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    Wow Christine! This is the cutest set! I love your lacy banner card to match too! Wonderful gift set!!

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  5. Betty BMarch 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    I love the card and your use of the banner dies and stamps.

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  6. Mona PendletonMarch 18, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    Such a pretty gift ensemble Christine! Beautiful color combo!

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  7. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Lovely card!

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  8. MarisaMarch 18, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Love the tone on tone on tone card and the candles on the pennants :) the apron is darling too.

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  9. Margie HiguchiMarch 18, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Pretty card and what a great ensemble! THanks for the inspiration :)

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  10. Stacy MorganMarch 18, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Christine this is so fun! Your apron and hat just blow me away with how cute and adorable they are. Your card is a perfect match and such detail. Beautifully done.

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  11. Leslie MillerMarch 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Talk about a cute pair of stamps... your whole ensemble is a darling set! Amazing how well you matched the card to the material. This is so cute, Christine!

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  12. Deborah YoungMarch 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    This is just precious!!!

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  13. ShariMarch 18, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Wowzers! I love the baby wipe technique you did for the strip. Beautiful card.

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  14. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    Terrific card, soft warm colors, and with a kind of vintage look about it.
    Great job.

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  15. AmandaMarch 18, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    I love, love your marbled colors, so much, Christine!! When I saw this lastnight I loved it and I am so glad to be able to get a better look this morning!! Great job!

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  16. Heidi BlankenshipMarch 18, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    Christine, your card is so pretty and I love the soft yellow!! The little ensemble is adorable--love the chef hat!!

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  17. Pam YoungMarch 18, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    Oh my gosh, I can't wait to get ahold of these stamps and pennant dies!! Beautiful card Christine.

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  18. TMarch 18, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    What a great stamp set. Can't wait to see all the samples

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  19. Shannon WhiteMarch 18, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Miss Christine! this is so cheerful and pretty! I love the soft yellows and your stamping technique, just gorgeous. :-)

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  20. Dawn B.March 18, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    This is so awesome. I loved the hat and apron when I saw it the other day and then you create the card to coordinate.. This is really a great gift set Christine..Love it and I am sure she did too...The 2 candles are perfect.

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  21. Holly - Wild Wyoming Art Cafe'March 18, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Darling! Love the way you used the candle stamp!

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  22. Beth PingryMarch 18, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    Very Cheerful! Love the card!

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  23. BarbaraMarch 18, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    What an adorable set, Christine! You've matched the card perfectly to the chef's outfit--just darling!

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  24. LageneMarch 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    Beautiful! Love this set!

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  25. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Love how you used the stamps and die. Gorgeous

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  26. JudyMarch 18, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    Lovely job! The baby wipe technique makes it look great. TFS

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  27. Nana GriffinMarch 18, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Very lovely!

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  28. Nana GriffinMarch 18, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Great ideas!

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  29. jjindpMarch 18, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Way cool ?! Love the banners what neat creations

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  30. Cyndy RogersMarch 18, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    What an adorable set! I'm guessin' your niece just loved it!!!!

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  31. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    Wonderful use of the stamps!

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  32. Carolyn HMarch 18, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    What a wonderful gift set!

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  33. PeggyMarch 18, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    What a neat idea, it makes a wonderful gift set!

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  34. LatishaMarch 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    Hello stranger :)
    Beautiful ensemble!!

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  35. NeeseyMarch 18, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    Amazing job. This is so pretty. I am just in awe a the hat and apron. So very cute.

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  36. ConniecrafterMarch 21, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    Sweet banner card.... I still need to give one a try, lovely inpsiration!

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  37. Betsye RoseMarch 22, 2011 at 4:31 AM

    This is adorable! I love how everything coordinates.

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