I’ve been off the computer - we are on vacation - taking a river cruise through Germany and Austria.  Just wanted to pop in and tell you we’ll be back in a week and I’ll be back on line! 

Well, I looked at the date of my last post and realized it has been awhile since my last post!  I’ve been busy creating some things to submit for publication.  As soon as I finish those I will be back in business.

It’s Christmas Eve and time to announce my blog candy!!! In celebration of reaching 10,000 hits I am giving away this great package of goodies…..

The winner will receive the Cake Decorating 101 set from flourishes - this set contains 34 stamps!    There are all sorts of cute little pieces to use to decorate a cake.  To get you started stamping, I’ve also included a Palette Inkpad in Burnt Umber.  I love this ink - it works so well on polymer stamps.   And to finish it off, how about a bottle of stamp cleaner developed specifically to clean clear stamps?  

What do you need to do to win this candy?  Just respond to this post by answering the following question….

I wish someone would make a stamp/stamp set of…….

The candy countdown ends friday morning, December 28, 9 am CST and I will announce the winner later that day, chosen by random number selection. 

Good Luck!

Well, I’ve already gone gray, but my hairdresser fixes that every 6 weeks!  No, this going gray is the “Ways to Use It” challenge this past week on SCS.  I’m so glad SU came out with this darker shade of gray - sometimes you just don’t want to use black. 

Here are the details:

Supplies:

• Paper:  Blush, gray
• Ink:  Versamark, Palette Noir, Mauve Mist
• Other:  Pearl Ex, Swiffer

Instructions:

• Make a card in Blush Blossom
• Stamp “Dream” im Palette Noir on a piece of blush and sponge with Mauve Mist.  Stamp Dragonfly with versamark, brush pearl-ex (flamingo pink) on the image and swiffer the excess pearl-ex off.
• Cut several 1  1/2 inch strips of gray paper and miter cut the corners.  Stamp floral images with versamark randomly on the strips, brush with white pearl-ex and a very little bit of flamingo pink pearl ex.  Swiffer off the excess.
• Attach card as shown.

Today’s post is to give support to GinaK and her new “stamps for a cause” stamp for the Make a Wish Foundation. GinaK will give $7.00 of each set sold to this wonderful organization. We here at Flourishes take today to offer our support to Gina in her efforts to give back to the community. I’ve found stampers overall to be extremely generous and giving people and Gina epitomizes this character and generosity. Thanks Gina, for all your wonderful work.

Please click on over to Gina’s site, make a purchase for this great organization and tell her the ladies at Flourishes sent you.

This card was made combining the Make a Wish Set and the Flourishes Cake Decorating set to create one cake image. The cake and pedestal are from Flourishes, the shooting star, star background and sentiment are from GinaK. The colors were pulled from the colors found on the Basic Grey designer paper.

In yesterday’s mail I received a package from the “Elegant ATC Swap” I participated in. The swap was hosted by Kelly - aka Littlekel90 at SCS. These ATC’s are just so pretty. Thanks to everyone who participated and created these elegant cards!

So, what do you do with the ATC’s that you receive? It seems a shame to just file them away in a binder, so what I have done is included some in my scrapbooks, in a personal journal and I’ve even used several to place on a card front as the focal image for a card. Tell me what other uses there are for these great mini works of art…