Last week we encouraged you to help us usher in the new year with a card to celebrate 2009 or to celebrate something new that you just got your hands on! We’re back for another Flourishes Challenge and this one is called New to You. This week all the Friends of Flourishes are revealing their New to You Cards. A lucky winner will find out very soon, in the meantime here’s the card I want to share!
Yep, I’m blinging it out in gold again. How else to welcome in a New Year that’s sure to be golden?
For this card my base is Gold Linen Weave paper followed by gold foil and gold dotted paper from The Paper Company. On acetate I stamped and painted the wine and champagne glass from the Flourishes – You are Invited set. I stamped "Welcome" from the Flourishes – Figs and Pomegranates set, and New Year 2009 from the Flourishes – Holiday Greeting set. The sentiment and gold background are cut with Spellbinders – Labels Two die cuts. Lastly I tied on gold ribbon and embellished with a unique wired bead found in the beading section at Michaels.
Be sure you hop around and see what the other Friends of Flourishes have done with the New to You challenge.
Betty Wright
Christine Okken
Dee Jackson
Silke Ledlow
Kimberly Crawford
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Flourishes – You are Invited, Figs and Pomegranates, Holiday Greetings
Paper: Gold Linen Weave – The Paper Company, Dotted Gold – The Paper Company, Gold Foil – HL
Ink: Versamark and gold embossing powder, Black Stazon
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Two, Pearlescent Acrylic Paint, Acetate, Ribbon, Gold Wired Bead
Be sure to check back this afternoon some time to see who has won the blog candy!
"Do you have Copic markers but aren’t quite sure how to really use them? If you’ve been wanting to go through Copic Certification here’s your formal invite! Flourishes LLC is sponsoring it’s own day long Copic Certification class in sunny Pensacola, Florida on Monday, February 23rd. Space is limited so if you are interested,click on http://www.copicmarker.com/articles/events, and email the instructor, Marianne Walker, to officially sign up. The cost of the class is $120 and does include some goodies for you to take home with you! After the class, the ladies of Flourishes will be hosting an event so that you can mix and mingle with fellow stampers! Hope to see you there!"
GORGEOUS CARD for the New Year!!! Love the Gold – it’s so festive!!!
Oh, Becca, this is soooooooo beautiful. I need to go run and grab a coffee, come back, put up my feet, and stare some more–be right back…
Oh WOW! I found you through the Spellbinders Anniversary list — and this card really drew me in! I love the paper and now have to go “google” The Paper Company to try to find the gold linen weave!
Thank you — I’ll be a new “blogee”!
You cards are so beautiful. I just love the work you do. Thank you so much for sharing. I am so glad you give us a how-to on all the cards. I would be lost without the info.
Becca,
WOW!!!!!
What you did with the bow…..Amazing!
~~Diane~~
So elegant. The gold is beautiful! Great use of acetate! I bought some acetate to make cards but it was too thin so this is a great idea to use it up.
What a jaw dropper! Perfect card for the New Year, and I just love the little wiry circle thing you tied the bow through…how’d you do that?
beautiful card – I love the gold.
Becca,
Wow, that is absolutely gorgeous! I love the wired gold bead thing. I never thought to browse the bead section at Michael’s. Great Idea!
Lisa A.
Gorgeous intro to the New Year Becca! Love the gold!
Your technique is way above and beyond anyone else’s. It blows me away! I enjoy spending time with your everyday, and wish you and yours a Happy New Year!
Beautiful card!! I love your blog and seeing the amazing cards you make.
I just found your blog and bookmarked it. I love the new years card. I intend to CASE it and use for the future, lol. I didn’t reply for the blog candy as I already have those spellbinder dies already. I look forward to reading more of your blog and getting great ideas for my cards to give to people.
Lorri
Becca,
Beautiful card! I especially love the paper. Can you give me a link to the website for The Paper Company?
TIA,
Judi
Gorgeous, Becca!!!!! Love the colors and all your wonderful details. The wire beading piece is WOW!!!!! with the bow!!!!! Beautifully done!!!!!
Becca! This is awesome! I love the feeling of champagne in the colors of the papers too…total showstopper!
So pretty, just love that gold for the base, neat idea to stamp the glasses on the acetate, and just love that bead embellishment with the ribbon!
That card is awesome – you so impress me – your a star!
This is such a beautiful card – I am amazed at your awesome talent!
Stunning, Becca! So very elegant!
Another stunner!!! I LOVE that gold paper! Have to find some!
Wow!!! Such beautiful results & super sensational in gold. Great creativity Becca! Your big fan, America
another beautiful card
hugs
Norine
Oh my word, Becca, that ribbon treatment is amazing!!
Beautiful! Well, beautiful doesn’t seem to quite cut it. I need a dictionary to find more words that can adequately describe your work!! :)
Gorgeous, and the embellishment on the ribbon is stunning.
This card is just gorgeous!! Congrats to the winner as well, I’m sure she is SO excited!!! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with all of us!
Stunning! I love that gold embossed paper, and what a funky little wire bead!! Too fun!
hugs, Jami
BEAUTIFUL card Becca! I so love it! the gold is gorgeous! I wish I lived closer b/c i definitely would be at the Copic Cert. class!
Hugs~ Kim
Oh, this is so pretty! Love all the gold.
This is so beautiful! I love your card!
Always so imaginative and creative!!!
This card is so stunning. I just had to see in person for myself that beautiful bead you used. I looked in Michael’s a long time before I found them, got one in Silver too. I’ve saved this card to CASE, hope you don’t mind. You always have such a way with everything. I love your blog.
Lee
Yur card looks so great again, so glamurous. I love the wired bead you have used as embelishment.
Phantastic card!
Hello Dear Becca!! This is so beautiful!! I am really behind on my Google Reader. I hope it’s not too late to wish some one Happy New Year. I hope you have the most wonderful 2009! I am looking forward to the new year and what ever great things it brings. And of course more of your gorgeous creations to oooohh and aaahhh over!!
I’m with Beth!!! Fabulous!! Now where’s my coffee.
Viv xx