Flourishes Focus; Finishing Touches

Can I share a secret? Ever since Flourishes introduced their Finishing Touches embellishment line, I have been having a love affair with them. I sometimes have to hold myself back to two of them. They are a fabulous elite line of "hardware"; so beautiful, elegant, and versatile. I have two cards to share with you, but since I can hardly share all the potential of these little gems, you'll gain more inspiration when you visit the design teams' blogs, as they will definitely be finishing touches on your blog surfing today!

On my first card I used one of the Beautiful Brads and I set my sentiment in a Mini Message. I can't believe it hadn't occured to me to pair Basic Grey's "Lemonade" series paper with Live Love Lemons before...what a perfect match! I stamped the image on Classic White in Memento Tuxedo Black. The lemons were coloured with Copic Markers, specifically the Buttercup and Evergreen Collections. I added a pink shadow using the Hollyhock Collection and the Pastels kit. The belly border was punched with a Martha Stewart punch and it's wrapped with the gorgeous May Art's "Maize" sheer polka dot ribbon. Through the ribbon I tied some gold cord and suspended the sentiment in the Mini Message frame. I used gold, but they are also available in Silver and Antique Copper. To balance and finish the card, I added a flourished Beautiful Brad in the corner and that was that!

I cut into my new Savannah paper pack by 7 Gypsies for this card! Beautiful paper...it was touch to actually "cut" it! The inner portion is all from one piece cut to 4" x 5 1/4". Then I cut it lengthwise and widthwise, and turned over two of the pieces to reveal a complimentary solid paper! Perfect! Falling Leaves came to my rescue along with an old Kaleidacolour pad, appropriately named "Autumn Leaves". I stamped the leaves randomly on the solid side then pieced the card together. The luxurious May Arts reversable satin ribbon in Brown/gold is wrapped around the seam, and the flowers are layered using a Finishing Floral brad in Antique Copper for the flower centre. The sentiment was stamped on vellum to give it full attention without losing the beautiful designer paper images. Here's a close up of the flower:

Are you ready for more? The design team is all geared up and ready to WOW you with more ideas and inspiration. I'm sure you'll agree they've truly added the perfect Finishing Touches to their creations!

Julie Koerber

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Faith Hofrichter

Leslie Miller

Latisha Yoast

Stacy Morgan

Well, that's it for me! Have a fabulous Flourishes Friday and a wonderful weekend too!

Finishing Touches-- Day 2!

If you liked yesterday's peeks at our new Finishing Touches line - wait until you see what we have in store for you today!

Who doesn't love elegant ribbon? And who doesn't love ways to dress up a card? Well, today's peek offers the best of both - a way to show off your ribbon with style!

Introducing....
These ribbon slides come in 9 different, elegant designs! Since we know you'll want them all, we've packaged them so you get 3 of each style for a total of 18 beautiful slides in this kit! Each kit is organized according to metal color and is available in gold, silver or antique copper! While threading 1/4" - 1/2" ribbon through will give you a wrinkle free look, we happen to love what these slides look like on our 1" satin ribbon creating elegant gathers in an already luscious ribbon!

Or, if you look at Stacy Morgan's creation, you don't even have to thread the ribbon all the way through. Look what she did!

Want to see what some other members of our team cooked up today with these Stunning Slides? Check out...

Christine
Latisha
Julie

Tomorrow, we'll be back with our final peak along with a special treat courtesy of the fabulous Laura Fredrickson! She's the hostess for our Flourishes Focus. This tutorial will have you seeing your cards in "clearly" creative ways! ;-)

Introducing....

A whole new line of "fine jewelry" for your card creations! It's not unusual that a stamp company known for its elegant images would turn around and give you the best of the best when it comes to beautiful embellishments!

So, we introduce to you our brand new embellishment line called.....

We call them finishing touches because they are like the cherry on the top of a sundae. They are embellishments that will surely add that extra "wow" factor and a touch of class to your cards or projects. Because a stamper's style is constantly changing, we have you covered with three different metal colors ~ gold, silver and antique copper! While we can't share the whole line with you today, we will be giving you plenty of eye candy over the next few days courtesy of our fabulous design team!

Today, the team is showcasing our new kits called...
The Beautiful Brad Kit features 36 brad elements. There are medallions, square architectural elements, filligree flowers, flourish and floral brad elements paired with matching mini brads to secure them to your creations. Each kit comes in its own metal color ~gold, silver or copper. Buy one -- or buy them all!

The second kit offers 6 large Finishing Floral brads that measure up to 1" wide for a bold yet refined statement! This kit also is arranged according to metal color and is featured in gold, silver and copper finishes.

Like what you see? Wait until you see what the design team crafted with our new Finishing Touches! Be sure to visit...

Leslie
Laura
Stacy
Julie

By week's end you will have seen all five of our new kits which will be available in the Flourishes store on Friday!

Thanks for stopping by!