It’s the second Wed in the month…so it must be Release Day for Flourishes!

Yes, it happens each and every month like clock work…..the second Wednesday of the month Flourishes releases and unleashes the great artwork that has been in the works and is ready for all of you.  This week is not different.  I have to say that while I have loved all of our releases, I would be hard pressed at this time to say that I was over the moon excited with the releases this month.  Now normally I actually have a card to share with you from our releases, but this month needed to be different….I just wanted to   focus on them each of them in some depth.  Here are the beauties….each unique,, each beautiful and something for every level of stamper!.

My grandfather always grew poppies in his garden every year….I just love them…so many many colors, petals so thin yet bursting with color….and then those wonderful seed pod that had a gazillions seed in each one.  He grew them along with Shasta daises and living in south Louisiana they bloom in May and June and what a  sight it was to behold.  I promise that I will soon but my ink to paper and share my thoughts on these beauties. 

Our Second Stamp Simply Stamp is one that has been in the works for months.  My dear friend Joan Machinchick did this beautiful quote on gratitude and the other beautiful words.  Our talented Marcy Hawley, wife of “hottie husband” Patrick, added the two wonderful tulips….the parrot tulip with all it ruffles and petals just begs for colors and the more simple tulip is just lovely in any color on God’s green earth!  It was a joy for me to hear Sharon’s excitement in her voice when I sent her the final drawings and that we were ready for proof.

Last but by no way least is the wonderful Butterfly Moments and my sister Diane and I developed.  Many years ago I was a fan of an artist named Maryrose  Wampler.  She specialized in butterflies and native plants they loved.  I  own three smaller size prints of her work and always have them grace a part of my home as to assure that I cane see and treasure them daily.  Sharon Doolittle (sewflake) and the quietest of the Flourishes shared the quote used on this set and we just can wait to see the creations that will grace the FLLC gallery soon.  Living in the beautiful panhandle of Florida on the gulf coast we are  treated to a bevy of wonderful butterflies each year….Pensacola is also a stop over of the hummingbirds as they make their way back to the north each year. 

So without further wait….here my friends are this months releases….drop me a note and let me know that you think….or better yet, add these beauties to you Flourishes stamp collection!

 

Please Come For Coffee

A lot of work goes into a set before it can be ready for sale.  Coffee with Friends was no exception.  Since this was to be Sharon Johnson’s first set in the Stamp Simply series, we wanted it to be just right, NO we wanted perfect!  Since she doesn’t draw and doesn’t do graphics we had to work from her concepts and a lot of collaboration goes into this kind of work.  My sister Diane and I work very well together a lot of back and forth working together until we get it right.  So as Sharon’s concepts came in we went to work on developing an idea…..something simple to stamp, something that carried the timeless feel of Flourishes stamps, something new and fresh.  By varying the style of cups we could offer our stampers a wider range of use……and we know that the stampers in Flourish land are VERY creative and sometimes so out of the box.  When Diane sent a refined look and we added the small flourishes’ I knew we had hit the nail on the head…well from this part of Flourishes, the big test would be if Sharon thought the same way.  I am pleased that a resounding Yes was her answer…so our first Stamp Simply set was ready to go to proof!

During this concept stage, I am as much a stamper as creator, communicator and designer….I knew that I wanted to do a card that was traditional blue and white…these little cups just stood up and yelled at me saying “Do me in blue and white”.  Well I have to tell you that by the time I got around to playing  and stamping I had to work thru 3 cards..none just right…but then I thought about all the wonderful times when as a military wife we had coffees with the other wives of our spouses units.  There came the idea to make an invitation, I settled on a small 3 1/2 X 5″ card in brilliant blue…..added a layer of white dotted Swiss paper, edged it with an edging that reminds me of the lace that is put in dish cabinets.  This always says Country, be in contry French, country English,  American Country, well even in Germany I noticed that the ladies had their touches of white  lace lining their cabinets–so to me it’s country in the most wonderful way.

To make the invitation I used my JustRite Monogramer and the little letters with the “kitchen of” ring and spelled out “please come for”; then for my bit of unexpected I used the word Coffee from the set….I think it all works.

So here’s the card for today, Please Come For Coffee……

All that’s left for this southern girl is to polish the silver, iron the white napkins, set the prettiest table you ever saw, then make a pot of wonderful steaming hot coffee just before the ladies arrive.  Would you like to come to coffee?

 

Stamp set used:  Coffee With Friends-Flourishes

Paper: White and Brilliant Blue, Glossy White (cups)

Ink: Brilliant Blue

Just Rite Monogramers: Little letters, From the Kitchen of Ring

Ribbons: just a dash of May art Navy blue Sheer and white polka dot all from Flourishes.

Thanks for stopping by the Atelier today, hope you enjoyed your visit .

Ciao

 

Just Because….

Often I need something, Just Because ! 

 

 

 

  Today is one on those days…….and just in time Flourishes released this new set Peony, by Marcy Hawley.  This card needed to be a very feminine card, with wonderful fashionable but classic lines…..of course I always like to add in some of the unexpected with the classics…so I have a wonderful shade of PINK,  it’s my Oomph!  And what could be more classic that black and pearls? 

 

So this card has all of those things and I think this card certainly falls into the Stamp Simply concept.

 

From The Atelier

 

 

 

So How did you do that you ask…

I kept my focus very simple….and the card is simple to make.  I stamped the Peony stamp with the Hybrid Palette Glue Pad (clear) and then dusted it with the wonderful new Mica- Oyster from LumenArte.  My work was done! The wonderful pearl look can’t be captured on film, but in person this is a beauty that could steal the show!  These are new in the store at Flourishes and they are wonderful!!

 

I used another classic and feminine touch with the dotted swiss on white.  To get the long line I needed, I placed the folder on the long side of my paper and then moved it down and repeated the embossing process.  I repeated this process for the length that I needed.  I added a scalloped edge.  This I layered over the face of the card, but you’ll notice that I trimmed it and repeated the scalloped edge.  I added one more layer, but this time it is on the inside of my card…yes the Oomph! of this gorgeous shade, and one more slice to add to the scalloped edge. 

 

On the main focus I added another piece of this Oomph! Pink behind my peony layer but kept this layer really small.  A few pearls on the corners, a slice of pink scalloped ribbon, a stamped sentiment, a bow, and it is done.

 

 

Now, I think that’s a wrap, simply stamped, layers of classics, but not over powering and very definitely feminine….. Just Because ! 

 

 

Ciao from the Atelier today….

 

 

Stamp Simply is here!

 

 

 

Flourishes is pleased to announce the release of it’s first set in the Stamp Simply line, called Coffee with Friends, and another beautiful floral drawn by Marcella Hawley, called Peony.  Spring Ephemerals, Flourishes first solid image set also drawn by Marcella Hawley, was released last week.  Here’s a look at all three of June’s releases:

    Coffee with Friends                        Peony                        Spring Ephemerals

 

 

     stamp    simplyTM   is here!   Yes, the day has finally come to unveil the very newest addition to the Flourishes, LLC line. 

   As we talked with Sharon Johnson regarding her joining the Flourishes, LLC ownership, we asked what she would like to bring to the company.  Her immediate comment was “her style of stamping simply, but elegantly”.  She wanted to be a part of creating a set of stamps that stampers of all levels would be able to pick up and stamp beautiful cards that could be simply done or taken to any level beyond. 

   With that in mind, I asked Sharon to identify concepts that she would like to see in this stamp  simplyTM.  That was our beginning of the new line that we share with you today. So here is my first card using the  

stamp  simplyTM premier set Coffee with Friends.

 From The Atelier

  

   So How did you do that you ask…

      I used my new stamp  simply TM Coffee with Friends  Set and did just that …I stamped simply!

 ** The cutest little coffee cups with flourishes on them were stamped on white cardstock in Hybrid Palette Noir ink and then 

 ** I simply colored them in using the greatest new toy in the Atelier…my Twinkling H2Os by LuminArte.  Oh my, I do love those luscious little pots of intense color and glimmer.  They are so easy to use.  Simply add a drop water to the pot then work with a water color brush  or your aquapainter.  Then    allow them to dry.

 ** Next I cut them out and placed small dimensionals on the back.  I had already chosen the color theme for this cardrd..I wanted something feminine, yet with the rich brown of coffee.  I found this all in Basic Grey’s Sultry pad.  It was a match made in heaven. 

 

** My card is 5 ½ ” square.  The layer under the main layer is the brown from the same pad.  The rest of the card is straightforward.  The cups are set off to the side not to interfere with the background paper, the sentiment is from the set and stamped in the same black ink.

**A dash of the wonderful sheer ribbon from the Flourishes store and a small flower with some bling made this card a wrap!

  Viola!  stamp    simplyTM.  

    I hope you enjoyed this first card, believe me I have more of these up my sleeve.  Be sure to check out all of the design team posts today to see their first cards :  Leslie Miller, Julie Koerber, Linda  Duke, Susan Roberts, Faith Hofrichter

 Thanks for stopping by the Atelier today.

 Ciao from the Atelier today….

PS. Thanks to Latisha, I cased a beautiful card that she sent me last week…it was too pretty not to share in some way.

More Big News at Flourishes & Sneak Peak

 

During the past year, the three flourishes came to know Sharon Johnson in a special way.  As you all know this has grown into us having Sharon become our 4^th Flourish.

  It was Sharon’s dream, and since Flourishes is all about dreams coming true, to develop her own series.  But how to do that, after all she told me she could not even draw a stick…but concepts she had…so we went to work on that….she knew she wanted to call the Series Stamp Simply.  It takes a great deal of time, planning, drawing, talk, changes, more drawing, proofs to get a stamp to the customer.  I think this is going to be a GREAT series…one that you will certainly want to collect each and every one of the….but then Flourishes tries to develop stamps that you will want each and every one of them.  Look at the very bottom….I’ll have a sneak peak for you.  So here is what Sharon has to say.

 

Stamp Simply – The Story Behind the Series

Flourishes Stamp Simply Series debuts on Tuesday, and I couldn’t be more excited!!!  I know a lot of you have questions about our new Stamp Simply Series, so I thought it would be appropriate to explain to you how the series came about, what it actually means to *Stamp Simply* and to let you know what you can expect from the Stamp Simply Series. 

Stamp Simply means, first and foremost, to keep the process simple, but at the same time, make it beautiful!  And that perfectly sums up the way I like to stamp.  I like to keep things simple, but at the same time, I want the end result to be beautiful.  With that thought in mind, the Stamp Simply Series was born.  I wanted to create stamp sets that were easy to use, that had gorgeous images that maintained the Flourishes signature style of timeless and classic beauty, and I also wanted the sets to be able to stand alone – meaning that if you’re in a rush (and aren’t we all), you can just reach for a small Stamp Simply set and know that everything you need to complete a beautiful card is contained in that one set.

Each Stamp Simply set will allow you to create gorgeous cards, very simply, when you keep the Stamp Simply concept in mind.  Those of you who are regular readers have heard me say this time and again – but it bears repeating:  When you use beautiful things, you don’t have to DO much. And this is so, so true.  Beautiful cards are easily achieved with the use of gorgeous images, quality papers, and luscious ribbons.  Really, that’s all it takes.  Start with a simple design, add a bit of your favorite paper, attach your stamped image, add a sentiment and finish it off with a beautiful ribbon or other embellishment.  Simple, beautiful, done!!!

I also promise you that as far as those simple designs go, I will be regularly posting with the Stamp Simply sets, offering you a wide range of designs to choose from.  And to assist you even further, I have created a Stamp Simply tab at the top of this page.  Here I will provide a concise index of Stamp Simply samples for your reference.  I think it will serve as a quick and handy reference tool for you.

And a question I have been asked a lot of recent is whether I am drawing the Stamp Simply sets.  No, I am not.  I can not draw.  I am not an artist.  But I am filled with ideas — so many, many ideas — and that’s where it all begins.  The original concept for a stamp set is transferred into rough drawings, sketches, photos, and the written word  – whatever it takes — to communicate the concept to the artist.  Flourishes uses both artists and calligraphers to create our final stamp sets, and these personal touches are what set the Flourishes images apart from the rest.  Each and every Flourishes stamp set is a labor of love, a collaboration of many, many women, with many hands laid upon it before it is complete and final.  Truly, a melding together of many hearts and minds, giving us the best of all worlds.

And as for the artist behind our first Stamp Simply set –  once the overall  style, shapes, sentiments, etc. were decided, the actual artwork was a collaboration between Jan Marie Caruso (Flourish #1) and her sister,  Diane Roche.  Diane is a self-taught glass artist who is very computer savvy and uses the computer to her advantage in turning out awesome pieces of glass art.  Diane is the only licensed glass artist for Louisiana State University and last year Diane was the designer chosen to create the art for the Breast Cancer Campaign in the State of Louisiana.   After the main images were drawn, the detail work was pulled from some of Flourishes previous images – Lace Heart and our Flourishes Logo – and some detail was drawn by Diane.  I couldn’t be more pleased with our first Stamp Simply set, and I thank these talented ladies immensely for their work and effort in bringing our first Stamp Simply set to life!!!

Hope you’ll check back in on Tuesday to see the first Stamp Simply set!!!

Thanks so much for stopping in today!!!

Sharon Johnson (notimetostamp)

 

Here is my Sneak Peak for you of what you might expect to find on Tuesday!

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow I have another sneak peak for you, yes Marcy Hawley has been busy for Flourishes again…and oh are going to love that one too.

 

Ciao from the Atelier today….

Flourishes Announces New Design Team

Are you Ready to Meet the new Team?  They are:

            Susan Roberts        Faith Hofrichter        Julie Koerber       

                              Linda Duke        Leslie Miller

That is one great line up of talent from stampland!  Each and every one of these ladies is individually very gifted and talented, but put them together and we will see great things happen.

Leslie Miller, is staying on as the Flourishes Senior Designer.  She start with Flourishes when we first opened our doors almost a year ago.  We are honored to have this very talented lady as a special part of this team.  To celebrate this event she will be giving away some blog candy tomorrow, so visit her blog, Running With Scissors, tomorrow and see what she has in store…You’re gonna like it!

  Get to know these ladies at little better by visiting the Flourishes Newsletter today for their full introductions.

New Set Released Today

To make this day even more special we are releasing a very special set that Marcelly Hawley has drawn for us.  It is a new type of stamp for Flourishes, in being a silhouette and solid type images.  These Spring Ephemeral  Collection 1, give a fresh look to our flower range.  This type of stamps lends itself so a variety of inks and methods of stamping and promises to give your creations an entire new look.

Here is a look at the set Spring Ephemeral  , Collection 1

 

Now isn’t this pretty???

From The Atelier

Want to see what I made with it today???      OK here it is.

   Oh My I really like this set and how this card turned out.  It was a very simple card to make.

So How did you do that you ask…

My “Nesties” circles and scallops did the hardest part of this card….and that wasn’t hard.  I used white cardstock and charcoal grey .  I really like the look of the celery green.  My images were stamped with Hybrid Palette Inks in Charcoal.  I did make a mask of the large flower using the Eclipse tape from Flourishes.  That artist tool is one I can hardly live without anymore.  I keep my mask of the images I make up and store them in the case along with the stamp for future usage.

The rest of the card is very simple.  the card base is Certainly Celery, by SU and is a 5 inch square card.  A strip of white and tiny layer of black make this card pop.  The ribbons are all from Flourishes and I love the fact that all of them in the color family match.  The small black is 3/8″ and is the very same as the 1″ satin ribbon that we carry.  Very Pretty.  The Green organza add a light touch and the polka dot keep this card from being too format.  Of course the sentiment,” Je ‘taime”, “I love you” is wonderful and is from our Open to Love set….yes it is a clean new look of Love!

 

Thanks for stopping in the Atelier today, I ‘m glad you did.

Ciao from the Atelier today….

 

A Special Veteran Sauleted

This is Veterans Day in America.  It is our day to remember and celebrate the Veterans that have so lovingly defended our freedom as well as freedom around the world.  Today I want to salute one very special veteran –My Mon..Devota F Broussard Pye.  I mean Sgt Dee Broussard (Pye).

  One night without telling their parents my mom and her best friend drove together from lower Louisiana–the bayou country, up to New Orleans to join the military and serve.  And serve they did.  “Aunt Laisie”, as she was know to all of us for all of her life, was mom’s best friend.  These two tiny dynamos (less that 5 feet tall) faked the height test by putting cardboard in their shoes.  It was just one of the stories that they would laugh about when they got together as we grew up.  My mom served as a WAC–the Women’s Army Corps.  She served in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia.  She brought home her scrapbooks of her time during the war.  These were the first scrapbooks that I ever saw. As children we were allowed to look but not to touch. Mom would show us the pictures she wanted us to see and as we grew older we saw pictures that portrayed the horrors of war.

  In the mid 1950’s my parents took us on a road trip to Washington DC for a very  special reunion for my mom.  It was the 10th anniversary of her unit’s return to the USA.  I remember the parties and the laughter and the teary moments they all had.  I think it was the last time that they all gathered.  But my mom and many of them remained in contact until they all began to pass on.  At Christmas, Mom always is joyful to hear from one of these old friends and tearful when she receives a note from a child that one of her friends has died.

A few weeks ago, Congressman Jeff Miller from Pensacola organized a Freedom Flight of 100 Pensacola  World War II veterans.  My mom was the only woman aboard the veterans flight.  They were flown to Washington, DC on a specially chartered aircraft.  They were escorted by guardians, each a volunteer, that helped these aging veterans have a trip they will always remember.  The aircraft was staffed with doctors, nurses, and military medics who had just returned from duty in Iraq, and all the  things necessary to support this flight.  The youngest WWII veteran is 81 and the oldest is 96.  My mom is 86 years young. We all helped with mom’s preparations and she was off.  And what a day she had.  All were treated to special visits to the World War II Monument, the Marine Corps Monument, The Vietnam Wall, and a high light for mom, a visit to the Monument for Military Women, plus many other high points of DC. Mom meet Senator Bob Dole, a fellow WWII veteran.  Mom and the oldest male veteran were chosen to lay a wreath at the WWII Memorial   Then they headed home.

And what a homecoming these Veterans received when they arrived home to Pensacola. As they came thru the airport their families were there, dressed in red white and blue, waving flags, carrying flowers, and waving banners and photos. A Navy band began to play patriotic music as the veterans walked, or were pushed in their wheel chairs, through a double corridor of Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard  and proud young service members of all of our country’s branches of service dressed in uniform. Together they   formed an honor guard that spanned the airport.  Each stood at perfect attention and saluted these veterans as they passed by and were meet by their proud families.  And this daughter cried.  I cried out of pride,  I cried out of love,  I cried out of joy.  I cried, -  proud that I am an American.  Proud of the service that so many has given for all of us.

These are some of the picutres of that day….We were caught up in the sheer excitement of the event and often forgot to take photos.  Mom lays wreath with oldest male veteran.  Two of my sisters greeting mom…yes, she reconginzed her picture as a young WAC.  The last photo is four genrations ..all female, meeting mom on her return.

We Remember, We Are Proud, We Are Americans, We are Free, and Freedom is Not Free.  Please take a moment to remember our Veterans.

God Bless America and all of our service members, past and present.  May God be with them and their families!

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PS…I want to give special thanks to Congressman Jeff Miller, his wonderful secretary, and everyone that helped make this Freedom Flight a fabulous trip.  It is long overdue that America pays tribute to our service members.  Bravo–Job Well Done–

JustRite Monogram Blog Candy

Good news!!! The JustRite folks just launched their new Blog!!!  Congrats to JustRite!!!

And, in celebration, they are offering some FABULOUS BLOG CANDY — would anyone out there like to try to win a JustRite Monogram Stamper and Accessories?????  Check it out at the JustRite Blog — and good luck everyone!!!!  The drawing will be on Monday morning, so you have plenty of time to sign up yet!!!

Flourishes is a very proud to carry this fun and versatile  product line.  Visit their new blog and have a chance at winning your own JustRite Monogramer, now that could make for a good weekend !

This weekend is a great time for us as we take time to remember just why we have this day to celebrate….Freedom is never FREE.

Wonderful Memorial Day Weekend wishes to you all!!!

 PS….In my post yesterday I talked about Eclispe tape and forgot to mention that WE carry in the FLLC webstore!  What was I thinking.

 

From The Past–TODAY !

Yesterday I shared this picture from the past and told you that I would be back tonight to share the how-to.

So a look a Yesterday-From the Past

From The Atelier

Now Today–A creation or Recreation!

Well, not being one to make the same thing twice I CASED myself…keeping the elements, coloring mediums, basic card stocks , ribbons and similar flowers.  What I changed were the actual stamps, this time substituting a single flower from SU–Natural Beauty, I think.

So How did you do that you ask…

  **** After decided on the image I began the work of masking and stamping.  The masking is an important step, allowing me to push some images to the back and some forward, so to speak.

***Masking–I used Eclispe Tape and stamped the daisy image four times.  Then cutting my white card stock to 4 1/4 ” , I stamped my tallest flower.  At this point I have not used my mask that I have stamped and cut from the Eclispe tape, simply the first three flowers.

Now I will begin to cover the flowers and stems that I have already stamped with the mask.  By doing so, I will protect the images from being over stamped and giving us the illusion that one of the flowers is forward and one flower behind as seen in the next photo.

 

If you look closely I have followed the arrangement of the flowers in the first card.  However the image that I am using today is a much larger image, therefore I had to reduce the number of flowers.  In Yesterday’s card the image had 15 flowers.  The human eve is most comfortable seeing things in sequences of threes…so I choose to use nine flowers for the card today.

So What colors did I use ???   

****  Now came the fun time of selecting the colors…and again staying true to my first colors I chose to use the flowers in the exact same hues and using the Prisma colored pencils that I had used in the first.  So here is what my color selection is for the card.

These colors were then colored in lightly on the outline of the images somewhat following the lines of the flowers in the first card. This can be seen here:

As you can see I have outlined each of the flowers in the colors that I intend the flowers to be.  I do this so as I work I won’t get confused and get the wrong color on the wrong image…for me it a plan I stick too …if you look closely on the two lowest flowers in the bottom middle and the row up on the right I had already made a mistake.. Oh how I hate to do that when I am really on my way to a finished project. 

****The Fun–the coloring.  For me I find that it is best if I work in one family at the time.  This time I chose the brighest red and very lightly used small overlapping circles to color in my first flower, and then the second red flower.  The next trick up my sleeve is that I then use a color that is a close neighbor to the first color used and then color in over the red and in this case it was a shade of orange.  Both of these will be my primary coloring I will get to finish the details after all of the flowers are colored.  As you can see from the next photo,  I have laid in more colors…this piece is begining to come alive, don’t you think?

You may notice that in the above photo I have yesterday’s card next to the image I am working on.  This is something that I find helpful when working on these kinds of projects…..I don;t want to stray from the point and confuse you too much.  I will follow the same  rules about coloring each of the flowers using the orange and overlaping it with yellow, then on the yellow flowers using yellow and overlapping with the orange…now this is something that takes a little practice but I find it well worth the time.

You may have also noticed that I have lightly added some color to the stems..this again is to keep my  images in prospective, some appearing in the foreground and some behind.

*** In this next photo you will see that I have colored all of the flowers.  The white ones are colored…yes colored because I used a soft grey to give them some definition and allow them to pop if you will. 

The black background for this card was colored in using my black Copic marker which I did not have for the first card.  It was very much easier and gave a nice smooth and dark background.  With this step done I needed to progress to making my card base.

****For the card base I use SU basic black, then a sheet of green BG paper and a black and white similar to the first card, but I choose a slightly larger scale design to give the bottom of the card more presence.  I cut strips of black and red card stock to add the black line at the mid point and the red line to anchor the entire image at the very bottom of the card.

The next was easy, after attaching all of the cardstock to the base it was time to emblish with my ribbons, green and a black and white sheer, both available from FLLC webstore.

So are you ready to see both Yesterday and Today together?  Good because I am more that ready to share them with you.

Viola!

I hope you have enjoyed today’s visit.  I appreciate you stopping in.

So from the Atelier.

Ciao from the Atelier today….

From the Past

I am not being nostalgic today.  I simply wanted something to denote a new category of cards that I am sharing….from the past.  Today I had great fun with a friend and local stamper, Karen stopped by for us to have some play time.  We ended up playing around with different mediums with the same image and some techniques on coloring and shading.  I pulled out some card “from the past” that I had done using different mediums and I came across this one and thought that I would share it with you today.  It is one of my favorites.  I have to admit that this was from our pre Flourishes days so this stamp is from Stampendous and I still love it today.  The stamp has  poppy stems, so this card was made by stamping and masking using Eclipse tape until I came up with this pleasing arrangement.  Tomorrow I will take more time and prepare the actual process of actually how this card was made.  so without further to do here is the card

From The Atelier today–well yesterday !

          

                     

 

So How did you do that you ask…

It’s  one colorful card….all done on a piece of white card stock, colored with Prisma colored pencils, the background colored in black.  Then it was cut out and place on a green cardstock stamped with the linen backgound by SU.  A piece of DP on the bottom m favorite green ribbon and black and white polka dot sheer ribbon simply tied with a not and underscored with a hint of  Poppy red card stock on the bottom and all set on a black card base.

Don’t forget that tomorrow I will show you just how I did the card so I hope you will stop back by to visit.

By the way, Julie Koerber at Out To Impress used the very same stamp from Stampeddous today so you may want to visit her’s as well.

I hope you enjoyed this ” From the Past”.

Ciao from the Atelier today….