Poinsettia and Pine

Welcome to Day Two of our September Releases at Flourishes!  Oh, I just love the smell of pine.  That is one Christmas smell I could have around me all the time.  I even have some kitchen - lotion/soap called Winter Forest in pine fragrance from Williams-Sonoma in the US that I use year round.  

Today's set pairs the beauty of pine with the the Christmas elegance of poinsettias.  A gorgeous duo in these stamps illustrated by Marcella Hawley.  Amanda has challenged us to be inspired by something on Pinterest for our creation today.  Here's my card and then I'll show you the Pinterest photo I pinned.

(photo credit - photo #3)

I love looking at Pinterest.  I've found so many fun ideas there - but I do limit my time on it!  

For the card, I stamped the Bible Verse and some of the smaller elements from the set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto designer paper, giving it this beautiful framed effect.  Then I stamped a second holly/berry/pine combination onto Flourishes Classic Ivory Cardstock, coloured it up with Copic Markers popping it up on the design.  I also added some lined framing around the verse and between the holly and berries with a Copic Multi-liner, with black rhinestones at the corners.  

Isn't the script on the verse gorgeous?  The last touches to make it shine are the gorgeous ribbons, Satin Pleat Edging and some beautiful crushed velvet.  I love the simple elegance to the design.

Here are the Copic Collections I used for the design:

Now we hope you continue on with the Design Team and their wonderful Poinsettia and Pine Creations.

Play along with the Timeless Tuesday Team and the Senior Design Team in the Pinterest Challenge and you could win the entire new release this month.

You can also be eligible to win the entire September Release of FIVE Christmas sets by participating in the Any Which Way Sketch Challenge.  Deadline is this Friday September 14th.  

Later this week on Wednesday and Thursday you also have a chance to win with the Noon-Time Challenges - check out the Flourishes Blog at Noon Central Time for an opportunity to win the sets of the day as well!

And don't forget that these New Release Sets will also have custom made .svg and Silhouette Cut Files made specifically for them and also available Friday!  Check out the FLLC Senior Team and Timeless Tuesday Team...

• Cindy Lawrence
• Christine Okken (you are here)
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Sharon Doolittle
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

• Allison Cope
• Amanda Havon
• Broni Holcombe
• Cindy Haffner
• Denise Marzec
• Maki Jones