Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Flourishes Sneak Peek - Timeless Tuesday FTTC228



Welcome to Day 1 of the Flourishes July Reveal Week!  Yeehaw!  Are you as excited as I am about seeing what Flourishes has to offer this month?!  We are simply giddy about introducing our first of FOUR new stamp sets this month.  Don't forget, you'll have many instances to WIN some of our new stamp sets for your very own! And this, our first new stamp set....


 
 

 
...are as though they are fresh clipped from the garden.  These breathtaking Dahlias would be a prize on any card or creation. Illustrated by Marcella Hawley, this 4 by 6" set features two gorgeous main images plus five all occasion sentiments, perfect for all kinds of creations.

AND...here's one way to win this gorgeous new stamp set for your collection...
 
 


You need to find out who today's Mystery Blogger is!  Hidden among the Design Team is one Designer who has this set to give away. Comment on that blog and you could win today's beautiful Dahlias stamp set!

Now...on to our challenge...

I am excited to be your hostess this week for this gorgeous sneaky peek and my challenge to see clearly on it.  In other words, use acetate in your project or card! :) That's right, time to dust off those unused clear sheets of "paper" to create something fabulous!

 
For my project, I created a card using the acetate as its cover to highlight the image on the inside.  I cut my base layer for a 5.5"x5.5" size card and trimmed the top for just enough to fold over to act like the connection between the acetate and the card.  I used my scallop die to make that connection and adhered the acetate to that cut. Here is a side view:





You can see that I have stamped my image on the inside panel with Memento Tuxedo Black, but I also stamped it again and colored it in with my Copics using the following collections in addition to a few single colors:



 
 


Once the image was colored, I cut it out to pop it up over the stamped image on the inside panel.  I used some patterned paper from MME The Sweetest Thing for the chevron background over some basic black cardstock.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto the acetate using black Staz On ink and the card was finished with some black seam binding ribbon and self adhesive rhinestones.  Here is a closer look of the cut out image on the inside:



Today we have both our Flourishes Finest Design Team AND our Friends of Flourishes Team sharing their "Seeing Clearly" inspirations with you!  Take a moment and leave some love on all of our designers' blogs for your chance to win this gorgeous new stamp set.


Have fun hopping along and good luck!
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32 comments:

  1. This is drop dead GORGEOUSNESS!!!! At first I didn't realize there was acetate. How amazing is this!!! I love it ♥

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  2. Gorgeous card. Lovely and girlie. Thank you.

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  3. Beautiful images and gorgeous card!

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  4. Marcella does a fabulous job on the flowers, your card is gorgeous and I love the acetate idea. Can't wait to play!!

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  5. Great card! Lovely design. Thanks for a great challenge this week!

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  6. Wow, this is gorgeous! Love how you used the acetate for your card front! Beautiful coloring!

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  7. This is beautiful! I love the dimension here Deborah~

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  8. Beautiful card Deborah! Love the soft colours you used for this great new stamp set and the pretty way that you added the acetate front.

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  9. The acetate softens this lovely pastel card. Aanother wonderful stamp set from Flourishes.

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  10. Deborah, first thank you for the awesome challenge....I have not done a lot with acetate so it was fun to try something new! Secondly, you rocked this card for sure! Love the acetate card front with scallop detail across the top! Your softly colored image is perfect!

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  11. The hinge was a brilliant idea. Looks great.

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  12. This reminds me of breakfast at Tiffany's for some reason. Your scalloped top is awesome and wonderful coloring Deb.

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  13. Deborah, this challenge was fantastic! I had so much fun making my card for it! And, I LOVE your card! It looks a bit like the window of a flower shop with the cute scalloped border. The soft colors on the image are beautiful, too. Have a wonderful week!

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  14. Love the dimension and the colouring of your card. It's pretty!

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  15. Lovely soft colors! I like your acetate card cover protecting the image, stamping the sentiment on it and how you dressed it up. Very pretty card!

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  16. Beautiful card! Love the acetate front! I've never used acetate, but it is now on my shopping list! The image is colored perfectly! TFS

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  17. Love your card!Very Pretty!!!Awesome Design!!!

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  18. Fabulous card, love the dahlia image.

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  19. Beautiful card and great challenge!

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  20. Beautiful, you make me want to run and do an acetate card right now!!

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  21. Deborah, thanks for a great challenge. There are some really fun ways to use acetate here from the team. Your card is so beautiful.

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  22. A TOTALLY FUN CARD!!!!!!! Makes me feel I'm in a FLOWER SHOP!!!!!!!;) SUPER JOB DEBORAH!!!!!!;)

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  23. So pretty! Love the soft colors with that pop of black. And the rhinestones are THE perfect finishing touch.

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  24. I love the soft pastels combined with the black - very beautiful.

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  25. Very pretty--love the scallop top and ribbon.

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  26. Very pretty...love the soft colours and the acetate cover.

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  27. What a beautiful card! I love the acetate cover on the card and the scalloped border!

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  28. Absolutely stunning Deborah! I love the text on the front to overlap your beautiful back ground! Gorgeous card this week!

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