Flourishes Release Day - with PRIZES!!

Hi all! We sincerely hope you've enjoyed all the sneak peeks this week! Today, we get to take the lid off the entire release AND share some fun things that are also in the Flourishes store as well! Are you ready? We are so excited we can hardly stand it! For starters -- all the stamp sets that we have shown off this week are now in the Flourishes store HERE! Remember, you can take advantage too of the New Release Bundle and save 10% when you purchase all four sets in a bundle! Today, all the designers are showing off a set that was inspired by the Land Down Under! Yes, Flourishes fans -- we are talking about Australia! Our own Kathy Jones, who hails from Australia, helped develop this set concept, which has two beautiful botanicals as the centerpiece of the set! We also have heard from many folks (Australians and Canadians alike) that they wish we offered a set that spelled greetings an a way that they were accustomed to - words like "colour," "favourite," "neighbour," and more! So, we put our thinking caps on and today, we introduce you to....

Take a trip to the land "Down Under" to see a pair of beautiful botanicals alive in this island continent. In this set called Bloomin' Aussie Florals, Artist Marcella Hawley brings the Golden Wattle and Sturt's Desert Rose to life with these illustrations and pairs them with true Aussie sentiments!

My card uses the gorgeous Sturt's Desert Rose image in a bit of a unique way.  You see, they don't typically come in blue; but I decided that they should! *grin*  I used a couple of Flourishes Color Made Easy Collections:

They matched up perfectly with Echo Park's For the Record 2 Documented patterned papers.  I am a real sucker for tiny floral patterns.  I stamped the image on Classic White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and colored it with the Copic Marker Collections shown in the Color Made Easy Collections.  How easy is that?!  I did add some pretty Flower Soft to the flower centers for a bit of added texture.  I also added pretty green pearls and a sweet Pistachio button, which is brand new to the Flourishes store.  Yes, Flourishes now has BUTTONS to match the Color Made Easy Collections!  Woot!

Rather than cut my image out by hand (blech), I used this...

A Silhouette Cameo Cut File to coordinate with this set! You'll find the new file HERE. And, if you click HERE, you will see the file in an .SVG format, to make it compatible with other digital cutting machines! We also have a cut file for the set we peeked yesterday called Stitched for You. You'll find the Silhouette file HERE and the SVG file HERE! I am LOVING the time it saves me!

You might think that this is the end of the excitement, but NO! We have more! Fresh off the manufacturing line comes a whole new line of custom dies! (Bet you were wondering about those gorgeous die-cut shapes on my card up there, eh?)  These aren't just any shapes. They are special! Why? Because in addition to being nested template dies custom created by Spellbinders Paper Arts exclusively for Flourishes, these dies all offer pierced accents! Say goodbye to piercing templates - these dies do it for you in one step! They are all a part of the fabulous Perfectly Pierced Collection.  Here's a peek!  The first one is the one I used on my card today.

Perfectly Pierced Classic Windows

Perfectly Pierced Victorian Ovals

Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass

Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames

You'll see the rest of the designers using these dies in their posts today as well.  I know we'll get asked if stamp sets are on the way to coordinate with these beauties and the answer is undoubtedly - YES! We just knew that you didn't need a coordinating stamp set to use these dies.   We wanted YOU to enjoy them NOW! :-)

So, do you want to win some goodies or what?  We'll have not one, not two, not three, not four but FIVE ways to win today. All you need to do is figure out...

And guess what -- today there will be FIVE mystery bloggers!  So, the more love you leave in the form of a comment on these blogs below, the better your chances of winning!! We'll be giving away today's set - Bloomin' Aussie Florals plus we'll be giving away one each of our four new die sets!  Now, those are some AWESOME prizes!  So get hopping and amp up your chance to WIN!

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence <---You are here!
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Sharon Doolittle
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

The winner will be announced tomorrow on the Flourishes blog.  Remember:  We have the Be Progressive Challenge that closes today at 5PM EST -- still time to enter to win our entire new release! Plus, we have our daily mystery bloggers.  Be sure to check back to see if your name lands in the Winner's Circle.  Thanks for stopping by this week and joining us for all the fun! Happy Stamping!

~Cindy

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