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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.