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

BBB24 - The Beauty of Winged Things

Hello everyone!

Well, it's been a while since I last posted and I'm glad to be back!

It's time for another Bring Back Beautiful Challenge over at Flourishes...this month, the theme is...

The Beauty of Winged Things! Birds, butterflies, even lady bugs -- let your

creativity flow on this challenge aimed at honouring those creatures with wings on your card or creation! 

Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creations on the Flourishes Blog to enter.  If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB24.  You have until July 31st to enter!  As we unveil our challenge for next month, we'll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge!  Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog.  A big welcome to Geri who won last month's Flourishes challenge and joins us this month on the BBB Challenge team!

Anyway, here is what I came up with:

I used Flourishes' Sweet Days of Summer stamp set and stamped the main image using yellow ink.  The butterflies are a separate stamp from the same set.  I cut out the main image using Spellbinders Floral Ovals and sponged using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Pumice Stone.  I added some pearls to the die-cut and mounted it  over some beautiful patterned papers which had been embellished with a seam binding bow, a pearl, and a gorgeous Crystal Trinket Pin.  The sentiment, which is also from Sweet Days of Summer, was stamped in dark grey ink.

Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing all of your beautiful entries!

Please visit the other gals to and see what beautiful creations they came up with this month:


Betty Wright
Iwona Palamountain
Kathy Jones
Geri - Guest Designer

Happy Stamping!

Naomi

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Fit for a Princess with TGF

Hello Everyone!

Just popping in with a quick card to share with you all...

First of all, I'd like to apologize for the photo quality.  As some of you have probably noticed, I haven't been blogging as much as usual.  I've been going through a breakup from a 7 year relationship and my life has been turned upside down!  It's DEFINITELY for the better but, my life has been CRAZY!  On May 7th, not only did I start school, I also found out that I was approved to move into the place I wanted on the 15th....well, with everything going on in my life, I didn't get into the place quite as soon as I had hoped and I just finished moving two days ago and have not yet found and unpacked my camera and photo tent...I still have SO much unpacking to do and I have a school assignment due tomorrow and two midterms next week...YIKES!

Anyway, I should get onto the card....

I used TGF's ADORABLE Princess No. 4.  I'm sure all of you have been in a pinch for a quick card at some time or another and I wanted to show you that you can create a cute quick card using TGF stamps and the Embossing Resist technique.  I don't know about you, but, it seems like half of the time I put into making a card is often spent on colouring the image and this is a great way to get around that!  I simply stamped the image with Versamark, heat embossed it, cut it out with Spellbinders Classic Ovals, and then sponged it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Spun Sugar.

Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Naomi

Ribbon Carousel and TGF Joint Blog Hop!

The Ribbon Carousel Crew is happy to be teaming up the the designers from The Greeting Farm today for blog hop that is sure to impress!

 "The Ribbon Carousel.com crew LOVES ribbon! The only problem has been storage, until now! More than three years, 4 design changes, 4 raw material changes and 5 manufacturers later.....Ribbon Carousel presents to you, the ultimate in ribbon storage systems! It's called the Ribbon Carousel^© because it looks like a carousel AND it spins around like a carousel! This brand New carousel is patent pending!"   

How exciting!  What's and we are excited to work with the fabulous Ribbon carousel Crew today during this FUN blog hop! 

I used the adorable Glimmer Bean from The Greeting Farm and the sentiment is from Sitting Lovely, also from The Greeting Farm.  I embellished using Twine by The Twinery in Caribbean from The Ribbon Carousel.

Now, lets talk about the prizes! 

One lucky blog hopper will win a ribbon carousel and one will win a choice of two 4x6 stamp set in either the clear or rubber line from The Greeting Farm!

There are TWO MORE prizes up for grabs!  We will be giving away a $10 gift certificate on the RIBBON CAROUSELFacebook page and The Greeting Farm will be giving away a 4x6stamp set on OUR Facebook page (winner's choice!)

Here's what you need to do to qualify for the Facebook prizes:

1. Head on over to the RCC Facebook page,look for the post about this blog hop and say hello there!  Be sure to "like" them if you haven't already!

2.Head on over to The Greeting Farm's Facebook pageand say hello there, too!  Be sure to "like" us, too!

3. Come back to the RIBBON CAROUSEL Facebook page and tell us you've done it!

4. Share the post on your Facebook page about this blog hop with a friend for an extra 

    chance to win! 

Lets get hoppin'!

Free Shipping at Paper and Such!

Hi there!

Just popping in with a quick post to let you all know that, in honour of Mother's Day, Paper and Such is offering free shipping in the US through May 13th!  They have tons of fabulous stamps and supplies so, head on over there and take a look!

Anyway, I hope you're having a great week!

Happy Stamping!

Naomi