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Yesterday, Flourishes released the first in our new Simply/Sophisticated series with the introduction of Mixed Greetings.  As with our previous line of Stamp Simply this series will continue to be a vehicle to make elegant cards easily and quickly! 

Leslie Miller, a Flourishes Design Team Charter member, came up with the wonderful concept of this set.  My sister, Diane Roche, took over and finished this classic and timeless set that we are very proud to have as part of the Flourishes stamp offerings.

This is the first card I made with the set and oh was it fun and easy.  The card was made for my hubby Mike’s older sister (she hates me to say that!).  She took quiet a tumble on Sunday at church breaking several bones and is in the hospital.  Gloria is a very feminine lady and I think this card will be just what the doctor ordered and hopefully bring a smile to her face.

I stamped on Vanilla cardstock using Hybrid Palette Burn Umber Ink.  Then I colored in using my blender pen to soften the colors. The focal image is done using one of the bowls from the set and the flower topper.  The sentiment is from Flourishes Many Sentiments and is also stamped in the same ink…..keeping this all very simple.   The coloring of the image was again kept to a minimum, using only three colors.–Orchid Opulence, Certainly Celery, and Old Olive and my blender pen.  The paper is from Memory Box-

Here is an up close look at the image.

I wanted a soft and feminine look so was very careful to use a light hand with the coloring.  The second layer of solid paper is just perfect to show off the pretty pearls in the corner with out over whelming the image.  The ribbon treatment was also kept simple.

Please visit our designers blogs today and remember when you buy let us know which designer inspired you and we willnpay her a real tip!  Check the blogs for the codes by designer name on the Flourishes Newsletter. 

 Julie    Faith     Leslie     Linda        Susan  our Guest Designer…the ever creative Barb 

as well as the other two Flourishes  Nancy and SharonD

Also the special bundle purchase of this month’s three releases is 10% off until the 17th of September.  You’ll have some extra $ for other nice goodies!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Mixed Greetings and Many Sentiments-Fllc

Paper: Very Vanilla, Orchid Opulence, Memory Box-Sprout collection

Pearls: FLLC-Latte

Inks: Hybrid Palette Burnt Umber and Chartreuse, SU Orchid Opulence, Certainly Celery, Old Olive and Dove Blender

Ribbon-source unknown.

Thanks for looking in on the Atelier today and I hope that you liked what you saw.

Ciao,