December Beautiful World Tour

Hey everyone, it's time for the Flourishes Beautiful World Tour again and this month, I'm the host!

If you have arrived from Anne-Elise's blog, then you are in the right place.  If not, please head over to the Flourishes Blog to start from the beginning.

One lucky winner is chosen from the comments each month to WINtheir choice of Flourishes stamp set.  All you need to do is follow the hop and leave comments along the way.  You do not need to comment on every stop, however, the more you comment on, the bigger your chance of winning!

As winter quickly approaches, here in the Great White North, the ground is starting to frost over and soon, everything will be aglisten with snow and ice.  I chose to challenge the Beautiful World girls to create something that shines like the ice we will soon be seeing...

Here is what I came up with this time:

I used two Flourishes stamp sets: Joy Is In The Air and Warm Winter Wishes.  I coloured the snow globe image using Copic Markers and applied Glossy Accents overtop for a nice shiny glass-like finish!  I also applied glossy accents to the background paper to add some extra shine.  The sentiment tag was cut using the Flourishes Tailor-Made Classic Tags Die Set.  I embellished using chipboard snowflakes which I coloured (one using a white acrylic paint dabber, and the other using a blue Copic Marker) and then applied a transparent glitter using Glossy Accents as a dimensional adhesive.

I used the following Flourishes Copic Marker Sets:

Anyway, I really hope you enjoyed your stop here in Canada!

Your next stop on the tour is....

Happy Stamping!

Naomi

November Beautiful World Tour

Hello Beautiful World!  We have a fantastic Beautiful World Tour for you this month that truly showcases some worldly Flourishes glamor!  Betty Wright challenged  the Beautiful World Team to the Beautiful World of Sparkle this month.  Sit back and enjoy each stop on your Beautiful World Tour to see how each designer chose  to add some sparkle to their Flourishes stamped creations.  

One lucky winner is chosen from the comments each month to WIN their choice of Flourishes stamp set.  All you need to do is follow the hop and leave comments along the way.  You do not need to comment on every stop, however, the more you comment on, the bigger your chance of winning!

If you have arrived from Dina's Blog, then you are in the right place.  If this is your first stop on the hop, please head on back to the Flourishes Blog to start from the beginning.

Well, here is what I came up with:

The stunning silhouette image is from the Flourishes stamp set, A Season of Celebrations and the sentiment is from the All That Glitters stamp set.

I stamped the main image using Versafine in Onyx Black and then using heat and stick powder as an adhesive, I covered the image in clear glitter.  I hope you can see it in the photo but, of course, it looks much better in real life.  I then added some Christmas themed patterned paper, some stitching using my Janome Sew Mini, and some buttons and a trinket pin for embellishments.  Finally, I adorned the main image and sentiment with tiny 2mm rhinestones in red and green for some extra sparkle.

Well, I hope you enjoyed your stop here in Vancouver, Canada.

Now off to visit...

Happy Stamping!

Naomi

October Beautiful World Tour

Hello Everyone and welcome to the October Flourishes Beautiful World Tour!! Once again, it's time to get those passports ready, grab a cup of coffee and prepare for take off as once again we prepare to travel the world and be inspired by talented girls from all parts of the globe! 

Did you know that your travels around the Flourishes World gives you the opportunity to WIN?? All we ask is that you do a little globetrotting and stamp our passports (leave us a comment) and you could WIN A FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!! The catch is, you don't know which country is going to be this month's Vacation Spot (chosen blog), so leave a comment on each one by October 31st for your chance to win!!!

This month our hostess is the lovely DINA and our challenge is to CASE each other!!! We've all been inspired by other talented papercrafters at various times and a CASE challenge (Copy And Steal Everything) is one of the best ways to get those creative juices flowing! Come travel with us and see which team member has inspired us to get crafty!

If you've jetted in from Dina's blog, then you have
arrived at the right destination! If you haven't, perhaps you'd like to start your journey back in Florida at the Flourishes Blog so you don't miss all the beautiful inspiration along the way!

Anyway, without further ado, let's get onto my project...

I chose to CASE this lovely card by our DT Coordinator, Kathy Jones:

Here is what I came up with:

I used Flourishes' Autumn Blossoms Stamp set and coloured it with markers from the following Flourishes Copic Collections:

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to visit me, here, in Vancouver, Canada.  Now, it's time to grab your passports and board Flourishes Flight BWT, your next destination is:

Happy Stamping!

Naomi

September Beautiful World Tour

Hello Everyone and welcome to the September Flourishes Beautiful World Tour!!! Once again, it's time to get those passports ready, grab a cup of coffee and prepare for take off as once again we prepare to travel the world and be inspired by talented girls from all parts of the globe! A big thank you to everyone who traveled the globe with us last month and stamped our passports (left comments), we were thrilled to have you join us on the maiden voyage!!

Do you know that your travels around the Flourishes World gives you the opportunity to WIN?? All we ask is that you do a little globetrotting and stamp our passports (leave us a comment) and you could WIN A FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!!!! The catch is, you don't know which country is going to be this month's Vacation Spot (chosen blog), so leave a comment on each one by September 30th for your chance to win!!!!

This month the hostess is Anne-Elise and we've been challenged to Remember our Friends! Where would we be without our friends? We laugh together and share our dreams, and when things are hard, we want to be there for them or be a shoulder to cry on when they grieve. Today we remember those friends with Sympathy, Missing You, Thinking of You or even Thank-you cards and perhaps we'll even have a special story to tell you about those friends that have inspired us along the way.

If you've jetted in from the Flourishes Blog, then you have arrived at the right destination! If you haven't, perhaps you'd like to start your journey back in Florida at the Flourishes Blog so you don't miss all the beautiful inspiration along the way!

I decided to make a thank you card to show a friend that their kind gesture will not go forgotten.  As summer is coming to an end, I wanted to feature a favourite summer treat by using the Flourishes Wild For Watermelon set.  I just LOVE the fabulous images and the adorable and punny sentiments!

The image was coloured with Copics from the following Copic Collections from Flourishes:

I used fellow teamie, Iwona Palamountain's, Sketchbook Saturday Sketch #14 as inspiration:

Well, I hope you enjoyed your stop in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, it's time to grab your passports and board Flourishes Flight BWT, your next destination is.........

Happy Stamping!

Naomi

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

August Beautiful World Tour

Hello Everyone and welcome to the first Flourishes Beautiful World Tour!!! Those of you who have been following Flourishes for a while will know that the first Monday of the month used to be the Bring Back Beautiful Challenge. As we celebrate Flourishes' 5th Birthday, there have been some changes and one of those is our team! No longer are we a challenge team, instead we FOUR new members to the team - Sasha, Dina, Anne-Elise and Meredith - (WELCOME girls, we are excited to have you join us!!) and each month, travel the world with us and be inspired by talented girls from all parts of the globe!!! We are now represented by Australia, United States, Canada, Finland, England and Germany and each month one of the girls will be hosting the hop on the Flourishes blog, sharing a little about their creation and maybe even a little about their corner of the world!

So.....what does this mean for YOU?? Instead of being challenged to create and play along, all we ask is you do a little globetrotting and stamp our passports (leave us a comment) and you could WIN A FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!!! Yes, you heard right, leave a comment and have the chance to win!! The catch is, you don't know which country is going to be this week's vacation spot (chosen blog) so leave a comment on each one by AUGUST 31st for your chance to win!!

If you've jetted in from Australia from Iwona's blog then you have arrived at the right destination. If you haven't, perhaps you'd like to start your journey back in Florida at the Flourishes Blog so you don't miss any of the inspiration along the way!!

This month, the hostess is Kathy in Australia and she asked that we create something inspired by a song!

Maybe it had something to do with the live reggae music I could hear from the park across the street from my place, but, I was inspired by the Bob Marley song, Three Little Birds (every little thing is gonna be alright).  It definitely isn't a Canadian song but, with the sun shining here in the Vancouver, Canada area, I was reminded of the carefree summers I had as a child.  Summer seemed endless back then, and I don't even know how many days we spent down at the lake, fishing off the wharf.  

Here is what I created:

I used the Sweet Days of Summer stamp set by Flourishes stamping it in dark grey ink.  This set is FULL of beautiful silhouette images and  I just love this peaceful image of a little boy fishing at the lake.  The patterned papers are from the MME Lost & Found Two - Breeze 6x6 Paper Pad.  I stitched the two pieces together using my Janome Sew Mini.  The main image was cut out using Spellbinders Classic Ovals and the mat was cut out using Spellbinders Labels 18.  The die-cuts were sponged with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Tumbled Glass.  It was a bit too bright, so, I sponged over-top of that with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Old Paper which muted the colour a bit.  Finally, I embellished with a couple of vintage buttons and some twine.

Well, I hope you enjoyed your last stop at Beautiful British Columbia, Canada....now, it's time for you to head on back to the Flourishes Blog.

Happy Travels!

Naomi

The Craft's Meow July New Release Blog Hop!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to July new release blog hop with The Craft's Meow!

If you have arrived here from Jessica Fick's Blog, then you are in the right place!  If not, please head on  over to The Craft's Meow Blog to start from the beginning!
Over the last several days, you've had the chance to win each new set being revealed...but, if you haven't won, yet, fear not!  
If you complete today's blog hop and comment on each blog along the way, you will be eligible to win all 6 new sets!
The deadline to comment is tomorrow Sunday, July 22nd at 9pm PDT.
Ok, so onto my project...

For my project today, I decided to use Sweet Taste of Summer and Summertime with Fibi & Lilly which is July's free gift with $50 purchase!  

These sets are both just SO adorable! They were both designed by Mabelle R-O and they coordinate beautifully!

The little girl and sentiment are from Sweet Taste of Summer, while the sandcastles, sun, and starfish are from Summertime with Fibi & Lilly.

Anyway, I have had SO much fun playing with all of the new stamps from this release which are now available for purchase, here!

It really has been a WONDERFUL month to guest design for TCM!

I hope you've enjoyed stopping by my blog!

Now, please head on over to Elizabeta Kushner's Blog to see what she's cooked up!

Happy Stamping

Naomi

The Craft's Meow Preview Day 4!

Hi there!
I'm back today to preview the last set from The Craft's Meow's July release!

If you have arrived from the lovely Jessica Fick's blog, then you are in the right place!  If not, please head on over to The Craft's Meow Blog to start the hop from the beginning!
Today we have another set, called Summertime with Fibi & Lilly, designed by the wonderful Mabelle R-O and even better, yet, this set is July's gift with $50 purchase!
Here is what I came up with:

If you would like a chance to win this gorgeous stamp set, all you have to do is leave a comment HERE on The Craft's Meow Blog before 9pm Pacific tonight, July 20th.

I hope you enjoyed this stop on the hop...now please head on over to the very talented Elizabeta Kushner's Blog to see what she cooked up!

Happy Stamping!Naomi

The Craft's Meow Preview Day 3!

Hello Again!

I'm back again, today with Day 3 of previews with The Craft's Meow!

If you have arrived from the lovely Jessica Fick's blog, then you are in the right place!  If not, please head on over to The Craft's Meow Blog to start the hop from the beginning!
**Eek!  My post went up a few hours late, today!  My apologies!**
We have a BEAUTIFUL set designed by the super-talented Nina B. called Love Dwells Here to share with you, today.
Here is what I came up with:

My layout was inspired by this sketch by the ever-so-talented Iwona Palamountain:

Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #62

If you would like a chance to win this gorgeous stamp set, all you have to do is leave a comment HERE on The Craft's Meow Blog before 9pm Pacific tonight, July 19th.

I hope you enjoyed this stop on the hop...now please head on over to the very talented Elizabeta Kushner's Blog to see what she cooked up!

Happy Stamping!Naomi

The Craft's Meow Preview Day 2!

Hey There!

Welcome to Day 2 of previews with The Craft's Meow!

If you have arrived from the lovely Jessica Fick's blog, then you are in the right place!  If not, please head on over to The Craft's Meow Blog to start the hop from the beginning!
Today, I got to play with some ADORABLE new stamp sets that I think you're going to LOVE!
First up, is Sweet Taste of Summer which was designed by the uber-talented Mabelle R-O.
Here is what I came up with:

The second set is called One Scoop or Two and was designed by the fabulous Amy Wanford!

Here's what I created using that set:

If you would like a chance to win one of these gorgeous stamp sets, all you have to do is leave a comment HERE on The Craft's Meow Blog before 9pm Pacific tonight, July 18th.

I hope you enjoyed this stop on the hop...now please head on over to the very talented Elizabeta Kushner's Blog to see what she cooked up!

Happy Stamping!Naomi

The Craft's Meow Preview Day 1!

Hey everyone!

I have some VERY exciting news!  As was announced on The Craft's Meow Blog this past Friday, I am their guest designer for the month of July!

If you have arrived from the lovely Jessica Fick's blog, then you are in the right place!  If not, please head on over to The Craft's Meow Blog to start the hop from the beginning!
This month, we have some FABULOUS new releases that I cannot wait to share with you!
The first set that we are previewing was designed by Elizabeta Kushner and is called Ladies & Gents.  It pairs lovely images with some beautiful and versatile sentiments:

The second set we are previewing today was designed by Karen Baker and is called Hope Blooms.  It is a gorgeous set which features floral images and some encouraging sentiments:

If you would like a chance to win one of these gorgeous stamp sets, all you have to do is leave a comment HERE on The Craft's Meow Blog before 9pm Pacific tonight, July 17th.

I hope you enjoyed this stop on the hop...now please head on over to the very talented Elizabeta Kushner's Blog to see what she cooked up!

Happy Stamping!Naomi
Supplies:
Ladies & Gents:

InLinkz.com

Hope Blooms:

InLinkz.com