A Birthday Bash!

Happy 4th Birthday to Flourishes!  A company I love very much :)  

Welcome to day 3 of Flourishes Birthday Blog Hop Celebration! Just in case you missed it,  Flourishes  is now officially 4 YEARS OLD  and we are busy lighting the candles on our cake with three days full of creative inspiration and chances to win a bounty of blog candy! 

This worked well to be on the Birthday theme, because on Wednesday my Brother turned 40...a milestone for him and we celebrated with a party at a steak house here called The Keg.  YUM.   I wanted to make a special and masculine card for him.  

So I pulled out some beautiful Flourishes sets, A Guiding Light and Antique Map and created this nautical and manly card.  I stamped the lighthouse scene on Flourishes Classic White Cardstock and then went to town coloring it with Copics (list of colors at the bottom).  I also used the Antique Map stamp on Sahara Sand background layer using Pumice Stone Ranger ink - it works well for more of an aged look because the ink stays wet longer and you can sponge it more.  I also overstamped the compass from this set onto the main image.  Adding the sentiment from the Tag Lines set onto a 3/4 inch circle.  

The designer paper is Yacht Club from Websters, and I added some pretty fancy brads from Basic Grey - Manilla.   as well as some beautiful ribbons, Red Yacht and a beautiful blue creme stripe.  

Now...do you want to help us celebrate?  

HOW CAN YOU WIN? THERE ARE  SO MANY WAYS!

• Leave a comment on this post on the FLLC Blog
• Leave a comment on the designers' posts that are on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday’s hops!
• Play in our Flourishes Birthday Celebration Card Challenge!
• Play in our Flourishes Favorite Card Challenge! 

HOW TO PLAY IN OUR FLOURISHES BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CHALLENGE!

• Simply make a birthday card using Flourishes stamps!
• Entries need to be in by Thursday, September 1st by 5 PM EST
• You must link your creation on this post using our inlinkz widget in order to qualify
• You must have a link to our challenge in your blog or gallery post
• Please DO NOT combine challenges, while we love challenge chasers, we want to give those that follow the rules a chance at a prize valued at more than $60.
• If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword FLLCBDAY2
• We’ll announce the winners next Friday, September 2nd on the FLLC Blog!

Speaking of candy, what do you win if you comment or play today? Take a peek!!! We’ll be giving 7 of these prize packs away! That’s right, SEVEN! 

Here's who is playing today in the Birthday Celebration!

Christine (you are here)
Julie (also has extra blog candy!)
Barbara
Danielle
Cindy

Recipe:  Stamps:  Flourishes - Tag Lines, A Guiding Light, Antique Map;  Ink;  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Pumice Stone;  Paper:  Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Sahara Sand, Flourishes Classic White, Webster's Yacht Club DP;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Mega Deckled Rectangles, Circle Punch, Sewing Machine, Sponge, Ribbons, Basic Grey Brads, Dimensionals, Copic Markers (Flourishes Delphinium Collection, Warm Neutrals Collection, Fields Collection, R27, R29, Y00, Flesh Tones 1 Collection, E50, E53, B70