Viva La Passion!

Hello!

Welcome to the end of the fantastic MTDS Flourishes week! 

Today I made a tag using the gorgeous Passion Flower set

I am totally in love with this set! How about a close up...

 These stamp so beautifully,and lend themselves to so many different styles,as I'm sure you have seen throughout this week

Someone REALLY needs to take more care of their rather shabby window though ;-)

There is some good and bad news about Flourishes in the shop...

Unfortunately Flourishes closed it's wholesale programme at the end of 2013 so we will no longer be able to carry new lines from their range in the Store. We are giving the brand a last hurrah here on the blog this week and we are showcasing a different set each day from the stock we have remaining and if you enter the code FLOURISH25 at checkout you will receive an automatic 25% discount on any Flourishes product.

So a boo and also a yay-go grab what you can for fantastic prices,I know I will be stocking up!

Lou

Flower and Friends

Hi!  Wow, it's Thursday already! Where does the time go? I think I've been wishing the week away so it would be my turn to share my card in this wonderful Flourishes week!

I'm delighted to showcase the gorgeous Flower and Friends stamp set!

This is such a versatile set and one which can be used for so many occasions. The wonderful detail on the stamps is a joy to colour - either as little or as much as you like!

For my card I went with a simple look to convey a very special message.  Here you can see the detail of the flowers - coloured using Distress Markers - with some Glossy Accents to add some shine (although it's hard to see on the pic!)

And here is the full picture.  Simple but effective I think! 

It's a real shame that Flourishes no longer offer their wholesale programme so we can't carry any new lines in our Store.  But now is the time to get a great deal by using the code FLOURISH25 at checkout and get an automatic 25% discount on any Flourishes product.

I hope you are enjoying our Flourishes week and enjoy time spent looking around our gorgeous rebranded store!

Tracyx

Fly Away!

Do you fancy flying away much? Or is it just me!! As we can't fly away to the US and stock up on our favourite stamp brands you can buy them here instead!!  We're showing you lots of different sets this week. This beautiful butterfly is part of the 'Butterfly Moments' set from Flourishes.

If you didn't know-this is an exciting week-as the rebranded and restocked shop is open after a slight reorganisation. It's looking great & as a first week celebration we're all focussing on Flourishes as a design team. 

Unfortunately Flourishes closed its wholesale programme at the end of 2013 so we will no longer be able to carry new lines from their range in the Store. So we are showcasing a different set each day from the stock we have remaining and if you enter the

code FLOURISH25 at checkout you will receive an automatic 25% discount on any Flourishes product.

That's a good deal in anyones book. 

This butterfly would be brilliant stamped twice onto acetate and one of the sides flipped over to create a larger double sided butterflu. The shadow on the card isn't my lighting, it's a grey marker pen used to give the illusion of shadow!

Come back tomorrow and see another beautiful set!

See you soon,

Keren x

Flourishes Week Guest Designer

We have someone new on the blog today - Lynne from Cards from Lynne's Loft is a huge Flourishes fan so we've asked her to join us today as a Guest Designer to bring you an extra dose of inspiration.   If you've not seen Lynne's work before do pop by and say hello on her personal blog.

If you were here yesterday then you'd know that Flourishes unfortunately closed it's wholesale programme at the end of 2013 so we will no longer be able to carry new lines from their range in the Store.   We are showcasing a different set each day from the stock we have remaining and, once the Store is back online, if you enter the code FLOURISH25 at checkout you will receive an automatic 25% discount on any Flourishes product (stamps and dies)

Here's Lynne's inspiration using Botanical Bookplates 2:

"Not sure if it`s possible to make a fussy CAS card but I think I`ve come close lol. I`ve used the beautiful Pansies from Flourishes Bookplates Vol 2.   I`ve coloured the flowers with Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens and cut out with a nestie square.  I used the Spellbinders Lace Doily Motifs die set and cut my card base to fit before placing my image with foam pads. I`ve finished off with some lilac flat back pearls.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set."

A Week of Flourishes

Hi - it's Tara here - on a Saturday for a change - and I was hoping to say - ta-da we are open - but unfortunately there has been a hitch with the shipping rates and as I am sure you all don't want to pay ridiculously high world-wide rates when you are in the UK, I need to wait for a technical fix from our developers.  Support isn't available on the website by phone until Monday so I've got an email request in and as soon as I get an answer the doors will be open so at worst we are 48 hours away.   Sorry to disappoint......

However we had planned a week of inspiration here on the blog featuring one of our brands that you may not all be familiar with - Flourishes.  Unfortunately Flourishes closed it's wholesale programme at the end of 2013 so we will no longer be able to carry new lines from their range in the Store. 

Therefore we are giving the brand a last hurrah here on the blog this week and we are showcasing a different set each day from the stock we have remaining and, once the Store is back online, if you enter the code FLOURISH25 at checkout you will receive an automatic 25% discount on any Flourishes product.

So here is my Flourishes creation for you.  As it is set to be yet another cold and wet weekend in the UK I decided to look ahead and wish for spring....
 

This is a lovely set with 4 floral images and 5 sentiments.  I opted to play with the snowdrops and did a quick watercolour with distress markers and a waterbrush and die cutting it with a large film strip die which I inked with brilliance lightning black.  A little strip of spring-green card behind the image with a sentiment from the set head embossed in white really brings the card to life and makes me long for sunnier skies!

 

As soon as the postage rate issue is fixed, I will get the store open and will add another blog post, a Facebook post and send out a newsletter so you won't miss it!   In the meantime we have a guest blogger tomorrow with more Flourishes inspiration and then the regular DT will be bringing you a Flourishes post each day until Saturday.

Thanks again for your patience - I promise we're almost there!

Tara