Hello Stampers~
It's Flourishes release day...yahoo! All three of Flourishes' new sets for January are now available for you to order in the Flourishes store!
Today's set, Love, Sweet Love, offers a sweet way to honor your Valentine. From a cookie bouquet to a beautiful box of chocolates, to a basket of flowers complete with a darling, heart-adorned love note, this set, illustrated by Marcella Hawley, is sure to warm your heart. This 4 by 6" set even comes with 3 beautifully scripted sentiments to tell your love just how you feel.
I chose to go with a classic Valentine look for today's card, which is 5-1/4" square. I adore the sweet cookie bouquet image and uniquely fabulous sentiments in the Love Sweet Love stamp set. The Spellbinders Doily Heart Circle die is a wonderful compliment to the images in this set. I embossed the background, added a pretty heart border, some red rhinestones and a pretty Sheer Red Line Edge Ribbon bow. The pretty polka dot patterned paper from Kaiser's Miss Nelly pack finish the look off perfectly!
I colored the image in with the following Copic marker collections:
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!
Julie Koerber
Cindy Lawrence <---You are here!
Christine Okken
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Stacy Morgan
Tammy Hershberger
Sharon Doolittle
Heather Jensen
Beate Johns
Cindy Haffner
Mona Pendleton
Jan Marie Caruso
DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE JANUARY RELEASE? Have you checked out Flourishes' New Year Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You can also play in the Noon Time Challenges! Check out yesterday’s noon time challenge – The Year of the Dragon Challenge. Or, how about the 2-0-1-2 Challenge HERE? All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST.
It sure has been a fun release week, don't you think?! I know I've had a blast! Good luck to YOU in winning one or ALL of this month's sets!
Have a FANTASTIC Friday, friends! Thanks so much for spending a part of your day with me! :-)
Hugs,
~Cindy
This is so very pretty!!!! Just gorgeous!!!
Posted by: Ann Kranitz | January 18, 2012 at 05:21 PM
Gorgeous valentine card, lovely embossing.
Posted by: Rebekka | January 14, 2012 at 01:29 PM
very pretty!!!
Posted by: Sherry Lowmaster | January 13, 2012 at 10:58 PM
Love that rich red cardstock, and all the little heart details in the die-cut and border are fabulous, Cindy! Darling card!
Posted by: Tammy Hershberger | January 13, 2012 at 09:31 PM
So pretty Cindy! The embossed background adds wonderful texture!
Posted by: Mona Pendleton | January 13, 2012 at 09:11 PM
What a pretty traditional valentine. This is a great new image and you showcased it so beautifully. Great coloring. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
Posted by: Trisha | January 13, 2012 at 07:24 PM
Cindy,
Very pretty, I like how you split the sentiment.
Posted by: Colleen | January 13, 2012 at 07:17 PM
Fun stamp. Love the little touch of bling on the sentiment circle.
Posted by: Alaine | January 13, 2012 at 05:15 PM
Love that image colored in pink and red, Cindy! Fabulous design all around!
Posted by: Barbara | January 13, 2012 at 04:39 PM
Gorgeous card, love the new sets.
Posted by: Mary L Schreiber | January 13, 2012 at 01:47 PM
Classic Valentine that is AWESOME! this really is darling Cindy, makes me want to hug the card. Love the hearts SB you used. Beautiful!
Posted by: Stacy aka Twinshappy | January 13, 2012 at 01:18 PM
A cookie bouquet? What a great idea! So sweet and yummy. :)
Posted by: Emily Keaton | January 13, 2012 at 12:52 PM
gorgeous as ususal! :)
Posted by: Margaret Peltier | January 13, 2012 at 12:40 PM
Beautiful card Cindy and I'm loving the new release. Hugs ... Carole
Posted by: Carole | January 13, 2012 at 11:11 AM
The perfect spellbinders die and punch! Love that little heart button and that teeny tiny bow!
Posted by: ChristineCreations | January 13, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Very sweet!
Posted by: Candy S. | January 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM
wow, this is beautiful! I love that heart/circle die. The image is beautiful, and loving the font.
Posted by: Tanya Phillips | January 13, 2012 at 11:01 AM
absolute sweetness!!
Posted by: Rosemary D | January 13, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Such a happy image. Beautiful card and perfect die choice.
Posted by: lisa808 | January 13, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I'm loving this one! Great coloring, colors...fantastic!
Posted by: Denise~Paper Ponderings | January 13, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Lovely card--the spellbinder's die is perfect.
Posted by: Sue D | January 13, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Beautiful card, Cindy! Love the color combo and embossed background! Wonderfully colored image!
Posted by: Carla Suto | January 13, 2012 at 09:31 AM
What an adorable card, love the die set it just sets of the stamped image. Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Diane | January 13, 2012 at 09:08 AM
Beautiful card, Cindy! I love that you used this image, the way you layered it and the texture you added.
Hugs and smiles
Posted by: Beate | January 13, 2012 at 08:48 AM
Great card!!!!
Posted by: Tera | January 13, 2012 at 08:14 AM
Very sweet! Love the embossing!
Posted by: peggysue | January 13, 2012 at 08:02 AM
A perfectly lovely Valentine...great design.
Posted by: Theresa P | January 13, 2012 at 07:53 AM
This is so pretty Cindy. Your coloring is fantastic as usual..:)
Posted by: Dawn Burnworth | January 13, 2012 at 07:36 AM
Another very pretty one!! Great card.
Posted by: Beth Greco | January 13, 2012 at 07:23 AM
Beautiful card...Beautiful new stamp set...love the colors, and the heart die!!
Posted by: Diane Hover | January 13, 2012 at 06:47 AM
Gorgeous card, love the heart nestabilities.. great colors...
Posted by: Corinne | January 13, 2012 at 06:33 AM
OMGoodness Miss Cindy! This is Just Fabulous! Love Love Love the new set and your Gorgeous coloring! Such a Sweet Valentine image and card! Love the embossing and all the Darling Heart details! 8-)
Hugs
Shannon
Posted by: Shannon White | January 13, 2012 at 06:12 AM
Adorable, what a darling card and the heart die is so perfect for this. The entire set is fabulous!!
Posted by: Karen Wallace | January 13, 2012 at 05:24 AM
Wow, that heart doily really makes the image pop! Lovely work! :)
Posted by: Stephanie | January 13, 2012 at 05:20 AM
whowwwww i just love it those lovely image in combinations whit the red and rose colours!!! and the gorgeous spelbinder is perfect!!!
xx petra
Posted by: petra | January 13, 2012 at 03:07 AM
STUNNING card, Cindy! Love the simple colour combo and that AWESOME LO! The new set is GORGEOUS, too!
Hugs,
Naomi
Posted by: Naomi | January 13, 2012 at 02:20 AM
that's a fun stamp. nice card
Posted by: yogi | January 13, 2012 at 02:15 AM