Forget Me Not Notes

Welcome to our last day of March Sneak Peeks at Flourishes!  Today's set, Forget-Me-Not Notes is a beauty!  Dainty, sweet and meaningful.  It's perfect for journals, cards, special stationary...making that sweet little Forget-Me-Not flower shine.  

I have a couple of projects to show you today so it's a longer post with lots of pictures.  

I began with a pretty card focussing on this lovely forget me not bouquet.  I used the same colours that are in our Pre-Release Challenge this month because they work so perfectly with these little blooms.  I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Flourishes Classic White card stock, and then  coloured up the blooms with some copics.  

I love the windowed design, I've been very fond of it lately, so I overlayed an embossed layer of True Blue Cardstock that I had clear embossed the smaller corner blossoms on.  Then a little sunflower seam binding bow to match the bow in the image, and some pretty white crochet lace and gems.  

Now this next project is more sentimental than it is polished, but I love it :)

This is a special journal I've made for our family.  At the Church where my husband and I work as Youth Pastors, we are blessed to be in an environment where after 7 years on staff you earn a sabbatical, four months of time off, plus you can add your vacation in there too.  Due to some scheduling we had to wait till our 8th year, but we've finally arrived at our sabbatical time.  We're so excited, and it means a lot to us.  Youth ministry is a very intense pace of life, while also trying to raise 3 kids of your own, two of which are teens, so we really want to treasure this time.  I made this special journal for us as a family to recount our sabbatical together.  Some of you might have heard of Ann Vosskamp who wrote the book 1000 Gifts.  In it she talks about how choosing to count 1000 things she was grateful for changed her life, and has changed her relationship with God and her world.  This is that sort of journal.  Ann Vosskamp has a list of items to look for gratitude in each day  - for instance today March 15th is "3 gifts given away", and as you look for them in your life, and name them you see how MUCH you have to be grateful for.  

I made 3 sections in the journal.  The first will be for listing our gratitude items, the second will be for a trip we're taking with the kids in a few weeks, and the third for our summer vacation plans with them too.  All special times I want us to recount as a family and be grateful for.  

So I love all the pieces that this set provides to make a journal perfectly like this one.  I want us to see God's hand in the great to the small, and be grateful.  

It's simple and useful, but perfect for what we're going to need it for, so I thought I'd share it with you.  

You can get all three new sets now — just click HERE to see them in the store! Or… would you like to try to win today’s set? Just leave some love in the form of a comment on all of our designers’ blogs and try to guess….

We don’t know which one is the mystery blogger and which one will draw a name from their posts to win this beautiful new set!Before we get to the link list, there is another new item to the store -- Silhouette and Cut files for our brand new set called Tulips for Friends! Just click HERE to see the SVG version and click HERE for the Silhouette Studio file! We just love the perfect cuts and mats you can create, just with one simple cut and your electric cutting machine! Fun stuff! Do you want to see what gorgeous creations our designers created with our new Forget-Me-Not Notes set? Hop on over and see….

• Amanda Havon
• Christine Okken (you are here)
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Theresa Raus

 

DO YOU WANT TO WIN FLOURISHES’ MARCH RELEASE?

If you want a chance to win all three soon-to-be released sets, you can always play in the Colorful Creations Challenge! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR ENTRIES — YOU HAVE UNTIL 5 PM EST!! There will be multiple winners here! OR, play along with the gals for this week’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules! If you can’t wait — don’t forget about our New Release Bundle a special that gives you 10% off when you purchase all three together in a bundle HERE.

We’ll see you back at the Flourishes Blog tomorrow as we dip into our lucky hat and draw some winners’ names! See you back here tomorrow at noon for our WINNER’S CIRCLE POST! 

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Forget Me Not Notes