Tulips for Friends

Welcome to day 1 of Flourishes' Release Week fun! Today, we have a bouquet that is ripe for the picking and these flowers have a bit of a spring flair! Are you ready for the first peek?  I know you're going to love....

A beautiful single tulip or a bouquet poised and ready to deliver to someone special - that's what you get with this gorgeous set -- Tulips for Friends --- illustrated by Marcella Hawley.

I decided to go a little vintage-old world feel with this pretty single tulip bloom.  The Silhouette Cut File that will be available with this set is perfect for this beautiful effect.  One of my best friends from college loves purple tulips, so I was thinking of her when I made this.  I surrounded the bloom by lots of cream and texture, Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock, the Perfectly Pierced Hourglass Die, Spellbinders Exquisite Circles die, Fireflies Embossing folder, and some gorgeous velvet and lace (this link in white - out of stock at the moment in cream).  In real life, these purple colours match a little more closely.  

I wanted to do something a little more soft and dreamy for the sentiment, so I inked the words in VersaMark ink, embossed with clear embossing powder and then used an Aqua Marker in purple (on sale :)  and watercolored around the sentiment to take advantage of the resist technique.  Such a lovely sentiment don't you think?  Here's the Copic's I used.  

Would you like to win this set? All you need to do is leave some love in the form of a comment on the blogs below! Why? You need to try to figure out who is the…

One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win! Before we get to the link list of talented ladies, you should know that if you like what you see on our designer's blogs, you can pre-order Tulips for Friends now right HERE! You can also order all three of our new releases as a part of our New Release Bundle! Click HERE to save 10% on our entire March release when you purchase all three sets in a bundle. Ok, it's time to head on over and see the fresh picked beauties that our ever-so-talented design team created with our new Tulips for Friends set!

• Amanda Havon
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan

THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO WIN OUR MARCH RELEASE!

If you want a chance to win all three of our brand new sets, you can still play in our Colorful Creations Challenge – there will be a trio of winners here! BUT, you have to act fast — the deadline to enter is 5PM EST Friday, March 15th! You can also play in this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge and win as well. Just click on the links for the official rules! Coming up tomorrow -- we'll share one final set in a wildly popular Flourishes collection! It's a collection designed to keep the insides and outsides of your cards -- looking creative and sharp! So, stay tuned!