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Friday, March 18, 2011

Flourishes Speed Challenge

Tonight was Flourishes' March Release Party on SCS. It was a fun time (I won a $10 gift certificate to use in the Flourishes store. Yippee!!), and I'm just loving this release!! During the party, Flourishes revealed their first-ever Speed Challenge. It's a sketch (shown below) and the winner could nab the entire release. I know, right? The catch is that it must be posted to the Flourishes blog within 12 hours of the end of the release party--that's 10 a.m. Central Time on Friday, March 18. It's past my bedtime, but I zoomed to my stamping table and threw this together.
It's not my most polished (and it's too late to get very creative with this sketch! No thinking out of the box here), but I think it will do nicely as one of my birthday thank you notes!

Here's the sketch we were to use:
I'm also playing along with Papertake Weekly (to use 3 of something--I used 3 rhinestones) and Delightful Challenges (show some green).

Thanks for taking a peek at what's making me happy today in the middle of the night. See you again soon!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Flourishes A Year in Flowers, Calendar Set #1; Flourishes Peaches and Cherries (sentiment)
Paper: SU certainly celery CS, MFP CS, BasicGrey Kioshi DP, Canson watercolor paper
Ink: Palette noir black, Ranger tea dye distress ink, various inks for watercoloring
Accessories: Fiskars 2" circle punch, SU scallop circle punch, SU scallop border punch, SU small oval punch, watercolor brush, foam tape,sponge dauber,sheer ribbon, rhinestones
Techniques: watercolor painting, ink distressing
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12 comments:

  1. The Rusty HoeMarch 18, 2011 at 1:07 AM

    It looks great Emily. Even if you did create it in the middle of the night!

    Be blessed,
    Oney

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  2. Crafty Math ChickMarch 18, 2011 at 2:48 AM

    Looks like a winner to me Emily - Good luck, and congrats on the $10 GC, WOO HOO! Love the plaid and the three little rhinestones, like this sketch too!
    ~Meredith

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  3. SmitaMarch 18, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    That's a gorgeous card!! Lovely colors too...

    Hugs,
    Smita

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  4. PamMarch 18, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    Perfect sketch card! Congrats on your win!!
    Pam

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  5. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Well that sounds like a fun challenge.. And your card looks wonderful. I don't think I could create anything that pretty at midnight..

    Hugs, Linda

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  6. MarisaMarch 18, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    Love green and yellow - happy sigh :) Great touch of sponging around the edges and your flowers are wonderfully coloured. Congrats on the Flourishes win :)

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  7. Julie KoerberMarch 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    I think it's absolutely lovely and was so jazzed when at the party you said -- off to print off the sketch! I said... Hhhhmmm... wonder what Ms. Emily will be up to! You didn't disappoint - this is a beautiful card! And now, you have one socked away for the future! :-) Way to go!

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  8. Stacy MorganMarch 18, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Emily this is so pretty. I think you did a great job with the sketch. Thanks for playing in Flourishes Speed Challenge!

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  9. Emily (stampingout on SCS)March 18, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    This card is AMAZING, Emily! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! :)

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  10. BenziMarch 18, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    Wonderful card and congrats on the $10 certificate..that'll be fun.
    Love that dp you used.

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  11. MiriaMarch 19, 2011 at 3:18 AM

    Adorable springy card, Emily. Thank you for joining Papertake Weekly, Miria GDT

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  12. LeslieRahyeMarch 23, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Super card! beautiful flower image!
    Thank you for joining us at Delightful Challenges! I love your Spring Green Card!!

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Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment. I love to read every word!! Wishing you a day filled with bliss, ~Emily