Aug 13 2008
Flourishes-”Summer on the Patio” and Welcome
Welcome to Barb Schram who has joined Flourishes as a guest designer! Barb is so talented and it will be such fun having her on the team! You can read her bio on the Flourishes Newsletter. AND even more happening at Flourishes… Today is the release of 3 new stamp sets! On this card I’ve used one of them. It is called “Summer on the Patio” . And it was SO MUCH FUN!!!
I first stamped the pitcher and the floral bouquet. Masking these I then stamped the table. Both glasses and the large pink flower were stamped on a separate piece of card stock, cutout and popped up on dimensionals. The designer paper is Memory Box’s “Sprout”. I cut out around part of the leaf design on the paper and then tucked the main image panel behind it.
These images are so fast and easy to color. I used SU! markers. A touch of sparkle was added to the flowers with a Spica pen. It gives such a pretty shimmer with indirect lighting.
The hardest part about this set was trying to decide which stamp to use first! Just look at all these wonderful images… 35 to be exact!!!
Now I have to tell you when I first saw the image of the pitcher I was so excited. I decided that that little sprig shown in the water is mint. That would make this a pitcher of Velvet Mint Water. (Some may say it is a pitcher of lemonade. I say it just shows the versatility of the image! lol)
I had never heard of Velvet Mint Water until just a few weeks ago when my friend Nan taught me all about it on her blog. Nan even grows her own mint and is a quilter and chef extraordinaire. Really she is. She has even published books.. on both subjects. (I think I’ve mentioned this before, but she was on the Emeril cooking show. I’m so impressed with myself that I know her and that she calls me her friend. lol)
You can see Nan’s recipe for Velvet Mint Water on her blog Pots And Pins. Nan enjoys her summers on the patio! And now you can, too, with Flourishes fabulous new “Summer on the Patio” stamp set! hehe Be sure to stop by the other Flourishes’ designers’ blogs Barb, Faith, Julie, Leslie and Linda and see what they have done with today’s new releases.
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Stamps: Flourishes “Summer on the Patio”
Papers: SU! Whisper White, Barely Banana, Basic Black; Memory Box “Sprout” DP
Inks: Versafine “Onyx Black”; SU! Classic Garden Green, Barely Banana and Markers Bordering Blue, Barely Banana, YoYo Yellow, Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Pixie Pink, Only Orange; Spica Pen “Twinkling Like Stars!” 04 Orange
Accessories: May Arts Ribbon; Circle Punches
What a beautiful card and such a neat stamp set! The velvet mint water looks refreshing too!
Oh what fun, awesome details, fab job.
FANTASTIC card!!! Love how you put all the pieces together to make an adorable scene! The cutting out/around is a great idea and looks wonderful!! Thanks to for sharing Nan’s website with us!
Just FABULOUS, Susan! Oh, my! LOVE all the elements you put together for this card. So pretty! Mmmmmmm…the mint water sounds so cool and refreshing, too. Thank you!
WOW! THe mint water is fabulous! And so is your card! LOVE that new set! Thanks so much for the warm welcome, Susan! What fun it is working with all the Flourish designers!
Hi Susan - this is such a wow card! Your coloring is just great. As far as mint water is concerned….it sounds so refreshing. Yuo can also add some simple syrup, lime and rum and make a mojito!!
Awesome Susan! I love the mint you added and your patio scene is perfect! I ordered this set last night right away! SUper cute!
Fantastic!!!! I love this set!
Susan, this is beautiful. I love the coloring, dimension and how you framed the image with the cutout leaf. Superb!
oooh - fabulous card, Susan! I love the way the focal image is tucked behind the leaf cut out. quite clever, I say! the layout is superb for the images you chose to highlight. wow-always amazed at your talent
Stunning card!!! I really like this set! You get soooooo much with it too!
That water recipe sounds very refreshing! Since we have summer all year in Florida I’ll have to give that a try.
Susan, what a gorgeous card!!! Love your beautiful table scene. The masking and popped up images give such gorgeous dimension — so striking!!! Your little tag is adorable as is the leafy border — how cool!!! And that pitcher of fresh mint water — oh, it looks sooo yummy and refreshing — just like your card!!! Wonderful work — and a beautiful post!!! TFS!!!
It is all in the attention to details, and you really add the detail. How the images pop, the sparkle in the flowers, to the cut leaves with top layers “tucked” behind….You sure it is not a mint julep??LOL
Awesome card Susan. I really like that mint sprig in the pitcher.
Beautiful Susan!! What an awesome set…wow….so many stamps!
Thanks for the link to Nan’s blog…that looks sooooooo refreshing!
Susan, your card is just stunning! I love how you added the 3-D elements to the card! Sooooo pretty!
Gorgeous! Love the coloring and the dimension with the cut-out and layered images! Fabulous set, too!! Thanks for sharing your friend, Nan’s, blog…just took a peak and think there are some Whoopie Pies in my near future!
Susan, I love this card! The design is beautiful and the colors work so well with your mint water! I have to admit though that before reading the text and just looking at the pictures I was doing a second take thinking you were preparing a pitcher of mint julips . . . LOL! This set is on my “to buy” list, I love it! Oh, and thanks for Sharing Nan’s blog, I’ve got to go take a peek.
Susan, this is such a cool card and I love how you used these stamps to make such a refreshing scene! Great job, gf!
Pinky
I love this card and how you cut the leaves out of the DP, the image is beautiful! and your coloring is fabulous! I like the little raised flower too! Very, very pretty and thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh — you created the most beautiful table scene! I love the colors and the cut-out leaves on the dp — just fantastic!
Very pretty card! Looks like a nice evening outside!
I know, I spent two hours downloading the catalog and was soooo happy to find my pre-ordered box had come when we got home! *MINE* hasn’t come yet. But yes, I LOVE it.
What a pretty little scene you created, Susan!! I just love the ribbon treatment, too, and how clever to cut the dp and tuck the cs inside….love, love, love it!!!
Thank you! Thank you! I’m blushing!! Well, I’m really just overheated from this stinkin’ hot weather! I loved reading all those kind words about me…you did go on a bit too much but I thank you from the bottom of my black, pea-sized heart! I can’t believe that your granddaughters are going to be 4 years old! Wasn’t it just a few months ago that they were here and they were babies?!?! I’m so envious! You are going to have such a good week with them - I want to hear all about it - every bit so I can live vicariously!! Just remind them not to drink the lake water…I happen to know that some of the “youth” peed it in last week! Nan
Wow…so refreshing and inviting!! I love all of your popped images, and how you’ve trimmed around those leaves and tucked your focal image under!! Awesome, Susan!!