Hoppin' with Flower Soft! New Product Release

This week the Flower Soft Team is hopping to showcase the newest Flower Soft Products! 

If you've been hopping already you've arrived from Linda B's Blog.

I have to be honest; i'm not sure all the details of the Hop as I'm prescheduling this post. As you're reading this, I'm enjoying a stamping weekend with my best girls!

For my card I used this adorable Moments in Time Rubber Stamped image It's called the Gift

I coloured with my Touch Twin Markers I had a colour map prepared, but forgot to photograph it....

Colours used

Scarf: PB72, PB183, PB 185

Skin: BR 107, R139

Coat: BG5, 3, 1

Boots and Shorts: CG7, 5, 3

Dog and Hair: YR21, Y36, Y141

For Flower Soft, I used the new Ruby, Ultrafine White and Ultrafine Black. Gotta Run, I'm going to miss my train.......................eeeeek

Now off to Debbie's Blog.

Country Village

Make sure you take a peek at my Flower soft design team sidebar today to follow the links for some sweet autumn projects! The Design Team has prepared some pretty samples for you!

For this card, I used the Country Village  Card kits. These kits are neat because you can use this one with the Spellbinders Standard large circles. I used three of the cutouts from the kit, to give this card some added dimension. The Ribbon and Bow Embellishments, as well at the sentiments are also included in this fun kit!

I sprinkled some Autumn Flower Soft on the pretty fall flowers! Complimentary Designer Paper is from K&Co. I cut a Lacy Circle Mat and embossed with a Paisley Sizzix Embossing Folder.

Have a wonderful day!

FSC36 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Well, not really looking like Christmas yet............please, no snow for awhile!!!! But it is beginning to look like I need to be getting a head start on some of my Christmas Projects. I've been working on a fun little boxed album with the My Minds Eye Lost and Found Christmas Collection, but I'm not quite finished yet, so I've decided to show you a fun little project that i've completed with some fun pieces of the collection.

Before I get started on telling you about this project, If you want to play along with the Flower Soft Challenge, you can find ALL the details HERE.  I have to apologize for the photographs. I wasn't getting a good result in my lightbox last night, so I tried this outside. I have some ideas about how I might improve the quality of shooting glass bulbs, but I'll experiment with that another day. I love the kit, which includes 9 of the yummiest Christmas papers I've ever seen and a sheet of Die Cut Tags, one of which I've used as a Focal Point for my ornament.

Are you wondering how I did this? It's actually quite quick and easy. To suspend the Die Cut Tag in the Ball, I cut a circle that is about an inch and a half larger out of acetate. I then glued the die cut to the lower third of the acetate circle. I punched a tiny hole in the top center of the acetate and after filling the ball with Gold Flower Soft I placed some fine thread through the punched hole and threaded it up through the center of the fitting, wrapping it around several times to secure it.

I fashioned the embellishment for the outside of the bulb by creating a Rosette with my Tim Holtz Mini paper rosettes die with this paper. and secured the rosette to some Wide Ribbon. The little Santa Brad just tops off the rosette nicely I think! As I said, quick and easy. Probably the most time consuming part of this project, is getting the image centred in the ball.

With a view like this, how can I think about Christmas Cards!

Before I share my project with you for today, I wanted to share the pretty view that we enjoyed on the lake last evening as we shared an AMAZING dinner with good friends. 

As the sun started to set, the colours descended from the clouds; the most amazing hues of Mauves, Pinks and tangerine.

The reflections of colour on the water were equally beautiful.

As we enjoyed a relatively warm weekend and dinner on the deck, it got me thinking that I needed to really relish this moment, because before we know it, the water will freeze over and we'll be looking at a dusting of snow on the lake and a rather gray horizon line. It can get quite pretty out on the lake in the winter, but doesn't compare to the autumn sunsets; another reason why autumn is my favourite season.

With the change of the seasons, it's a good indicator that it's time to get a start on my Christmas Stamping

I created this card with  this lovely new Spellbinders Vintage Christmas card kit. 

You simply use your coordinating Nestabilitie to cut out the fabulous preprinted images and away you go~! For this card I used Scalloped Ovals. 

Isn't the Designer Paper Pretty? It's from My Mind's Eye-Lost and Found Christmas Collection. I used Glitter Boughs and  Glitter Peace

A little touch of Flower Soft - in this case, Ultrafine Strawberryadds a touch of dimension.

The Sweet Brad in the middle of the vintage lace is from the MME Lost & Found Christmas Decorative Brad Collection. There are a LOT of fun fun pieces in this and you'll see some in future projects!

Hope you all have an AMAZING week and I'll be back soon with another creation!

Vicki

Wedding Elegance

I was asked to create a wedding card for a friend. I wanted something with a romantic feel, so I paired up a topper from Flower Softs Die Cut Dimension Wildflowers with Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime Designer Paper.

I decided to decorate the interior of the card as well, since this is for a very special occasion. The Wishing you Happiness Stamp is from Our Craft Lounge Say it Big Set. The Sentiment on the inside is from a retired SU set.  Hope you have a great week! I can't believe how quickly Summer is coming to an end and we're getting ready for back to School here this week!

See you later this week with some special surprises!

Happy Stamping!

Flower Soft Sponsor's Bugaboo Stamps!

Please Scroll down for my C4C Challenge!

This week, Flowersoft is sponsoring the Bugaboo Stamps Challenge Blog. I've had the Opportunity to work with Jody's images before as part of the Totally Stampalicious Design Team
However, this image, Ava Flower is a digital image that is exclusive to Bugaboo Digital Stamps

I used this fun Upcyle DP, Which I picked up at Outlines Rubber Stamps, who also happen to carry Flowersoft! In terms of Flowersoft, I alternated on the flower Petals Between Baby Pink and Peony Pink. I also added some Lemon Yellow To the centre of the flower prior to topping it off with a pearl! Ava is coloured in Copics of Course, with some White Gel Pen highlights! Follow the Links on my sidebar to the Flowersoft Website to find the colours I've listed.

The Happy Birthday Sentiment is from the Back2Basics Stamps set from the {Stamps} of Life. I believe that was the first set that Stephanie Released and I still come back to it quite often!

Anyhow, if you'd like to play along with the Catch the Bug Challenge, you can find all the details HERE

Happy Stamping!

Flower Soft Challenge # 27 Sweet Treats!

Our Challenge this week is to create a "sweet treat" project using Flower Soft Products. That is anything food related! I had a blast making this fun Easter Centrepiece for my table! It's hard to believe that Easter is just 4 days away.........guess it's time to run out for some Chocolate. I NEVER buy my Easter chocolate too early because I just love Chocolate tooo much.........the Easter Eggs that you see in my sample, where temporarily borrowed from my friend Kim. After taking the picture, they got safely deposited back on her area of the stamping table............ I do have to say that she shared and well, they were yummy!





I used the Easter Fun Paper Crafting Kit to make the piece that is the focal point of my fun Easter Bucket. This Kit contains 8 fun sheets of 3D cut outs covering 4 fabulous Easter designs all specifically created to work with the Flower Soft® display globes. Simply follow the number guide to cut out each element, then using foam pads or silicone glue to create height, layer up each element onto the main image.



In addition to using the Kit, I added a wee touch of Polar White Flowersoft to the Bunny to fluff him up a little. With the weather we've been having this week here in Ontario, he could use a little extra fur!!! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....!

Make sure you check out the Flowersoft Forum on Splitcoaststampers to play along and link up your creation~

Flower Soft Toppers-Country Village

Another Quick and Easy Card for you today. I just love the Flowersoft Card Toppers. You can create fun cards so quickly with these fun toppers.



For this card, I used the Flowersoft-Country-Village Cottage Toppers. I did cut it down a bit to match the sketch I used for the card and I inked the edges with some caramel ink to soften them down a bit. DP is from Basic Grey and For the Flowersoft accent, I used Marigold and Spring Mix.

See you next week with more Flowersoft creations!

Flower Soft Blog Hop!

We have a special blog hop today! The Flower Soft team will be showing you some new products that were recently released at CHA. Lots of fluffy goodness along this hop!

One lucky blog hopper who comments on all the blogs will win a $50 Flower Soft gift certificate!!!

The blog hop will remain open until Tuesday February 22nd. The winner will be announced on the Flower Soft blog on February 23rd.

Today I am sharing the sweetest card toppers ever-Easter Fun.
I love the vintagy look of this image in particular.........had me giggling from the get go! It reminds me of those little kewpie babies from the 50's.



This shot shows you the huge dimension that you can get with this kit! I added some Meadow Flowersoft to the grass and a touch of Lemon to the little chickie suit.

If you've been hopping already, you've arrived from my good friend Jeanne's blog. I still can't believe that I haven't caught up with her very much since her return from CHA.....going to have to get to having a chat soon! I miss her much!

Next stop is Dina's Blog. I know that her project will be to die for........anything she lays her talented hands to, takes my breath away!

If you get lost along the way please visit the Flower Soft blog where there will be a complete list of the Flower Soft Hop participants.

Flower Soft Challenge #10 It's Kids Stuff!

What do you think of this sweet image? This is one of the latest release from Flower Soft Charlie's Ark Collection.It's called I Love You. Our Challenge this week is to create a card or project that would be suitable for a child. In order to get the details of this weeks Soft Sprinkle Challenge, please be sure to visit the Flower Soft Forum on Splitcoast Stampers



I coloured my image with Copics (Of course!) I'm not quite sure of what the DP is, because I swapped some paper with my best friend Jax, but it is a gorgeous line!



I used Polar White and one of the latest colours Silver around the heart. Isn't it pretty? I am loving all the new colours of Flower Soft. Make sure that Check out the FS DT blogs to see who's playing along this week!!!

Happy Stamping!

Spookily Cute with Flower Soft!

Happy Monday! Hope that you all had a fabulous weekend! Today, I've got a quick but cute card for you, using the Halloween Scare Bear Downloads! I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind being spooked by this sweet little fellow! In this package of downloads, there is so much cute stuff! The Bears, accessories and some sweet sweet paper!!! If you need to make quick Halloween projects, then these downloads are super quick and easy!




I added some Ultrafine Toffee to the little bear. For the Border that separates the two background pieces, I used some double sided Tacky tape and Violet Flower Soft.

Have a great week and don't forget to tune in Wednesday for our fun Blog Hop!

Flower Soft September Blog Hop and a Challenge for you

Ready for a hop? How about a challenge too?

This week’s challenge – Use your favorite color (or colors) of Flower Soft!!!

We’ll be giving away TWO prize packages! One prize package will be given away on the blog hop and another will be chosen among people who make a card using Flower Soft and post it in the Splitcoast Gallery using the keyword FSC01. Both prize winners will be chosen and announced on the Flower Soft blog on September 8^th. The winner of the Splitcoast Gallery challenge will have their card featured on the Flower Soft Blog on September 10^th!!!

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be a prize winner chosen randomly among the blogs. The prizes (one set for Splitcoast players and one set for the blog hop!) :

Moments in Time Stamp set Man of the Match

Ultra Fine Toffee Flower Soft

Ultra Fine Sage Flower Soft

Flower Soft Glue

The prize winner will be announced on the Flower Soft Blog on Wednesday September 8^th. Good luck!

If you didn’t start at the beginning of the hop please go to the beginning at the Flower Soft Blog.

For my simple creation, I used some images and printable designer paper from the Recipes for a Happy Families CD Rom.

I love the simplicity of creating with these pre printed images. As far as my favourite colour of Flower Soft, I love them all, but I am partial to the Ultrafine Strawberry and the Polar White. I used a little Strawberry on the Bear's Bows and Rimmed the edge of the Nestie Floral Cut out with Polar White. The card looked a little bare under the image, so I added wee zig zagged stitching for some contrast!

Want even more inspiration? Do you like video tutorials? Make sure and visit Flower Soft TV!

If you've been hoppin already, you've just arrived from Dina's Blog

****Next on the hop is the very talented Debbie Seyer

And if you haven't started hopping yet, the hop starts at the Flower Soft Blog




Good Luck and I hope you'll play along with us this week~

Another New Way to use Flower Soft

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend! I've used flower soft for flowers of course.....for feathers and fur, sand and snow!!! This week, I decided to use Flower Soft just to add some fun texture to this Halloween Card!!! There's absolutely no stamping required with this fun and funky card. I essentially filled in a Rub On (Boo) with Ultrafine Sage Card Soft.

You could recreate a similar card by hand drawing the lettering, printing a large sized font onto your cardstock, or using some jumbo letter stamps. I really liked the outcome of this card.

The Sketch I used this week is from The CPS Sketch Blog! Flower Soft is Sponsoring Sketch #77. You have until July 31st to load up your creations to get the opportunity to win some fun Prizes from Flower Soft. Click HERE for details and to upload your creation

Supplies
Halloween Rub On's Tangerine Tango Cardstock - Stampin' Up!
Ultrafine Sage Flower Soft

Thinking of you-Flower Soft Coordinates with Spellbinders!

Good Morning! I want to share another sample with the Toppers that coordinate with the Nestabilities Dies. I don't have the Scalloped Hearts, but the nice thing is that you can cut them out!



I wanted to have a vintage theme to this card, so I paired the (Teddy Happy Birthday) downloadable topper with some Basic Grey Infuse Paper. The Lace, Pearls and small roses contribute to the victorian look of the card. I added some Ultrafine Toffee to one Bear. Additional Accents of Sweet Pea Flower Soft Complete the card!

Hope you have a wonderful week

Vicki

Flower Soft Launches new Toppers today!

Flower Soft is launching toppers that coordinate with some of the Spellbinders dis today! If you head on over to Flower Soft TV, you can view a program featuring the new toppers.

Also, head over to the Flower Soft blog to see some great samples and to enter for blog candy with that will have 3 winners. Each will win a Topper download, the coordinating Flower Soft that was used on the samples and a glue. You can also get the links to the DT that are playing along with this launch over there! I am hoping to have some time to play with them this weekend and post something on my regular spot on the Flower Soft Blog on Monday.

I have to say that for just having surgery yesterday, I am feeling WAY better than expected and think I'll be up and around soon!

Happy Stamping!

Flower Soft Hop and some Sweet Treats!

Today the Flower Soft DT is featuring Topper Projects for your perusal and inspiration! If you've been hopping already, you've arrived from Gini's Blog. I'm the last stop on the hippity hop, but to start over...........it all begins at the Flower Soft Blog. Make sure that you leave some love at all the stops because one Lucky winner will be chosen from one blog to win this super sweet prize package! Comments will stay open for until 6:00 pm June 29th. The winner will be
announced on the Flower Soft blog on June 30th.




Did you know there is a new episode of Flower Soft TV every Friday?
To register for announcements, contests and specials at Flower Soft TV go to
http://www.flower-soft.tv/#information.html and then click green "REGISTER"
button.



For my project, I used the Cute Christmas Festive Teddies Toppers. Oh my gosh! These are so much fun! You get Six Toppers, plus 4 sheets of pop up additions to bring super duper dimension to your projects! As you can see with my card, you can pop off the main image, or with my tag, use the popper individually to make your own project!



On my card and tag, I used Polar White Flower Soft. It glistens just like real snow! I also used Ultrafine Sand and on the card, I used some Ultrafine Strawberry for the Scarf and hat. Designer Paper is from Basic Grey and I used some rub ons that I had kicking around for the sentiments!

It's never to early to start your Christmas Projects!

Happy Stamping!