Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Craft's Meow June Release Preview Day 4: Fancy Flourishes

The Craft's Meow

Welcome to another day of our June releases at The Craft's Meow!  Today we're featuring a Nina B set called Fancy Flourishes and I know you're going to love this one!  It includes the gorgeous flourish I'll show you in a second, plus some smaller motifs in the same style, and two sentiments.  This set will be our free set this month with a $50.00 purchase.  Here's my first card:


Didn't I tell you you'd love this flourish?  Here I let it take center stage, stamping it on some ivory cardstock, along with one of the sentiments, and then just added a store-bought rose and colored in the letters.  I thought this My Mind's Eye paper was the perfect background, as it has swirls and flourishes in a much more subtle manner.


For my second card, I stamped the same flourish twice on white cardstock, to be more in the background for this vellum flower I made, using the last of some thick beautiful pink vellum and Spellbinder's Rose Creations dies.  I wanted an equally flourished sentiment, so I chose this one from our Lark Additions set, sprinkled some pearls, and added it to a pink card base.  Wouldn't this design work nicely for a wedding card, using the bride's wedding colors? (Edited to add:) I'd also like to enter this card into the Moxie Fab World's Birthday Card Challenge, since this was created within a month of the challenge.  

Please visit The Craft's Meow blog to see what my team-mates did with this lovely stamp set.  Leave a comment there by 8:00 PM PST tonight for a chance to win it!  Lisa will be giving away a set to one lucky commenter at The Craft's Meow Blog!  And please come back again tomorrow for our traditional blog hop featuring all of our 4 new sets this month (with a chance to win them ALL)! 

17 comments:

Barb said...

Lin, I love the yellow and black card, but that pink and green combo has me swooning! Your vellum flower is stunning - wow!

Maureen Chandler said...

These cards are lovely and that flourish is perfect for so many different applications. I especially like the green with the pink flower. Thanks so much for sharing and for the chance to win!

Betty said...

love how you used the flourish - both card are gorgeous - don't know which one i like best - will just pin both.

Pam W Merwin said...

Lin, both of these cards are absolutely beautiful! You are making me start another wish list for The Craft's Meow :) Absolutely love your yellow and black combination and the sweet softness of the pink and green. As always, thanks for your inspiration :)

joy said...

Oh, Lin - I LOVE that second card with the vellum flower. Just beautiful!!

Jackie said...

I love flourishes but am never quite sure what to do with them. I love what YOU did with them, and that pink vellum flower is fabulous.

Anonymous said...

BEAUTIFUL cards! I am IN LOVE with that gorgeous pink vellum flower! What a fabbie idea to use vellum. Have a happy day Lin!

Sue McRae said...

Such pretty cards Lin! The pink vellum flower is amazing...love it paired with that fresh spring green.

Iris said...

Classy looking cards. Love the roses.

jintyoo7 said...

Oh my gosh, Lin! The yellow and black card is stunning, and the vellum flower is just magnificent :)

McStamper said...

Love your cards. The flourish is my favorite of the new stamps.

stampingandstitching said...

Oh these are both gorgeous, Lin! Love them! Your vellum flower looks stunning!

newbie85 said...

GORGEOUS cards!! Love what you did with the flourish stamp! The pink pearls and beautiful large pink flower on the green flourish is beautiful on the happiness card. And the yellow rose on the black flourish on the Thanks card really looks nice! Love these new stamp sets!

Helen L said...

Exquisitely beautiful Linn!! Such a perfect color combination!!

Anonymous said...

Both are just beautiful Lin. I love how different the swirl is in different colors or just black. Love your flowers too!

LauraJane:) said...

Don't know how I missed this LOVELY!! Your flower looks so soft in vellum:)

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Lin! Thanks for linking this up to the Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)