Wow...how many days to Christmas?!!!!!!!

Hi again everyone,

hope I havn't frightened you to death by the title! I know it's not long to Christmas though. Something else that I know is that you are really going to love the 12 Bears of Christmas download available from Friday. The images are so cute they are a real pleasure to work with.

Take a look at the card created by the lovely Sheena, it truly is one of the most sophisticated cards I have ever seen created! You might just guess I love, love, love this card!

When you see how easily Sheena takes us through step by step to make up the card you will be thrilled to use the same techniques time after time.

I personally have learnt so much from this very talented lady I know, like me, that your going to be so pleased to add these tips and hints to your crafting skills.

Materials used; 12 Bears of Christmas download.

Acetate

Rangers Walnut Distress Ink

Ribbon

FSC05 Flower & Flower Soft Blog Hop and Challenge!

We have a fun blog hop and a new challenge for you today!

This week’s challenge (FSC05) – is Flowers & Flower Soft! (make a floral themed project)

  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 project using Flower Soft and post it in the Splitcoast Gallery using the keyword FSC05. Both prize winners will be chosen and announced on the Flower Soft blog on October 6th. The winner of the Splitcoast Gallery challenge will have their project featured on the Flower Soft Blog on October 8th!!!

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

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 winner!) :

Moments in Time Stamp set Little Friend
Polar White
Ultra Fine Strawberry Flower Soft
Flower Soft Glue

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

****Next on the hop is: Jeanne Streiff

Jeanne Streiff
Vicki Garrett
Gini Cagle
Linda Beeson
Dina Kowal
Cibele Glazer
Deb Felts
Debbie Seyer

Have a great day!!!

Spookily Cute!

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!

Happy Stamping!

~Vicki~~

(FSC03) Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge Featured Stamper!

This week's Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge Featured Stamper is Lori Tecler!

Look at the stunning card she created with a pop of Autumn Flower Soft! Congratulations Lori!

 

Have a great day!

Jeanne

Whooo! There's Gold and Silver in them thar hills!

Wow!

It's been worse than waiting for Christmas! I've so looked forward to telling everyone about two new additions to our Diamond Range. It really has felt like a new arrival in the family, which of course is exactly what it is, two new members to add to our team!

What I've loved about using them is that there are so many ways you can instantly brighten any projects you may be working on. Don't just think Christmas, Gold and Silver Diamond Range Flower Soft can be used for way more than that, take a look at just what we are doing in this weeks Flower Soft Friday.

You will be delighted at how the Silver instantly brightens the Lavender Baskets and Barrows topper to make this stunning card.

Anyone getting a card like this would be instantly cheered up.

Tune in to http://www.flower-soft.tv/ to see the demos and examples of cards that will hopefully inspire and encourage.

Materials used;

Flower Soft Baskets and Barrows topper

Flower Soft Diamond Range Silver

Flower Soft Diamond Range Gold

Flower Soft Elegant Wishes Sentiments

Flower Soft Glue

Lilac aperture card (use stencil from Display Globes to get oval)

2 Silk flowers
Silver card-frame cut from Spellbinders
Nestabilities Petite Scalloped Ovals Large

Foam pads

Blog Hop, Challenge Winner and New Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge!

The winner of the (9/15/10) blog hop is Gretchen Belknap

and

The winner of the (9/15/10) FSC03 Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge is: ltecler

You both win:

Moments in Time Stamp set Little Friend
Polar White
Ultra Fine Strawberry Flower Soft
Flower Soft Glue

FSC04 Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge!

The challenge this week is Furry Critters!
Please use the keyword FSC04 and flowersoft (one word) with your uploads in the Splitcoast gallery.

The prize this week:

Recipes for Happy Families CD ROM

Entries must use Flower Soft on their project to be eligible to win. Entries will be accepted for the challenge until 6:00am CT on Sept 29th.

I used this cute little Angel Dog from Impression Obsession.

I used a mix of Ultra Fine Toffee and Black Flower Soft on the dog.
Here’s a closer look:

Stamps: E7581 Angel Dog, WP17 Sentiments II  - Impression Obsession
Paper: Simply Smooth White, Prismatics Black, Tawny Light, Baby Pink Light - DiscountCardstock.com
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Ranger Distress Brushed Corduroy
Other supplies: Ultra Fine Toffee , Raspberry Fizz and Black Flower Soft, Copic markers, adhesives from 3L, sponge, Nestabilities Spellbinders, PK Glitz Glitter

Have a great day!

Jeanne 

Just a little dab will do wonders!

There are so many really great Flower Soft products to use the Flower Soft with. Great, pre-colored toppers, rubber stamp images and downloadable projects.  Everyone of these make for the perfect project to add touches of Flower Soft too.  BUT...you aren't limited to just those products.  Be on the lookout for every way that Flower Soft can be used to bring an added accent.

My example uses very simple elements on a card. 

First of all, I had punched a border from yellow cardstock.  The scallop punch has an embossed edge to it.  I just ran a line of the Flower Soft Tacky Glue along one of the embossed scallops and then added some Citrus Crush Ultra Fine Flower Soft. 

The little mommy duck with her little ducklings are from a piece of patterned paper by October Afternoon.  I put a little dash of the same Ultra Fine Flower soft on the wings of the two ducklings. 

The card would have been complete without the Flower Soft, but just look at the fun element that it added.  An element that the recipient of the card will be taken with, for sure.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

TOGETHER – DUCKS IN A ROW card

Materials:
Tacky Glue
Citrus Crush Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Stamps and Patterned papers – Ducks in a Row/October Afternoon
Oval punch – McGill
Border punches – EK Success and Fiskars
Glitter Brads – Doodlebug
Machine Sewing
Rhinestone – Mark Richards, Inc.
Black Versafine stamp pad
Colorbox stamp pad – Clearsnap
Sandpaper

(FSC02) Sprinkle Challenge Featured Stamper and a New Contest!

This week's Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge Featured Stamper is Joanne Travis!

Look at the beautiful card she created for the challenge using Ultra Fine Raspberry Fizz Flower Soft! She really made the little flowers pop with just a touch of texture. Congratulations Joanne!

We have something new starting today. Every week 6 people will be chosen randomly to win a prize from everyone (old and new) who are registered at Flower Soft TV. So if you are not registered get over there and sign up. For those of you who haven't been there yet,  Flower Soft TV is a free website that features a fabulous new video episode each Friday using Flower Soft products. 

This week's winners will each get a pack of Autumn Window Toppers!

Have a great day!

Jeanne

Blog Hop and Challenge!

Ready for a hop? How about a challenge too?

This week’s challenge (FSC03) – is Fall Fun! Make a card using either Fall colors or a Fall theme.

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 FSC03. Both prize winners will be chosen and announced on the Flower Soft blog on September 22nd. The winner of the Splitcoast Gallery challenge will have their card featured on the Flower Soft Blog on September 24th!!!

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

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 Little Friend
Polar White
Ultra Fine Strawberry Flower Soft
Flower Soft Glue

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

****Next on the hop is: Jeanne Streiff


Jeanne Streiff
Vicki Garrett
Gini Cagle
Linda Beeson
Dina Kowal
Cibele Glazer
Deb Felts
Debbie Seyer

Have a great day!!!

Autumn/Fall Scenic Windows

Hi everyone, it's nearly Flower Soft Friday!

This week we are making amazing 3D type cards from the beautifully printed Autumn scenes viewed through your open window!

You'll find that they fit so many occassions that you will be constantly making them up, e.g. Fathers Day, husbands, brothers etc through to Get Well or simply "Thinking of you". As well as being such good value,

(you get 4 designs twice in each pack) the art work is inspirational.

Very easy to decoupage/paper tole so if you've never tried this technique then now is the time to have a go. The

pieces are all numbered in order of layering so it really couldn't be easier.

The simplicity of it will amaze you, as well as the stunning results created by you to your finished masterpiece.

Along side all of this creativity we then put Sheena in the mix! What this lady doesn't know about inking

really isn't woth worrying about. Combined with the excuisite printed toppers you will be further inspired to

see what Sheena does to give even more depth, dimension and a unique look to your finished project.

Tune in this coming Friday to this weeks http://www.flower-soft.tv/ to be entertained and inspired.

Sit back relax and enjoy.

Blessings on you and yours until next week.

Lots of love, Noreen.

Materials used;

Flower Soft Autumn Scenic Windows

Flower Soft Glue

Autumn Flower Soft

Sweet Pea Flower Soft

Flower Soft Raspberry Fizz Ultra Fine

Flower Soft Sage Green Ultra Fine

Foam pads

Basic card.

It's not to early to start your Christmas Cards

I received an early Christmas present in my DT package a few weeks ago! It's the Cute Christmas CD. What fun this CD is! With many toppers, scenes and images, the sky's the limit in terms of creating.

If you enjoy Paper Tole, the CD is perfect for you as well, because there are multi layered image that are pre printed just for that purpose. I love the dimension that I can get in my creations with this technique and these beautiful cards work up quite quickly. You can find the Cute Christmas CD HERE

Supplies:

Cute Christmas CD-Flower Soft
Ultrafine Strawberry, Polar White, Ultrafine Toffee
Paper: Bazzil Burgandy CS, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses
Brads SU!

Sprinkle Challenge Featured Stamper!

Have you been to the Flower Soft Member Company Forum on splitcoaststampers.com? Each week (Wednesdays) there is a new Flower Soft Sprinkle Challenge posted (every week it will be something different!). The Sprinkle Challenge winner for the week is featured here on the Flower Soft Blog!!!

Our first Sprinkle Challenge winner is Elaine Sousa (AKA ChaosMom on SCS)!!!

You can find Elaine's fabulous gallery --> HERE

Take a look at Elaine's gorgeous card using Autumn, Ultra Fine Sage & Ultra Fine Citrus Crush Flower Soft. I just love the way she added the "leaves" at the base of the card!

We have another game we play over in the Flower Soft Forum every Friday. It's called Flower Soft Friday. All you need to do is watch the latest episode ( Programme 2 Hedgerow Friends) of Flower Soft TV and answer some fun questions to win a prize!!! Come on over and play with us!

Have a great day!

Jeanne

Hedgerow Friends

Hi everyone,

hope you are all fit and well as we are! I know I keep saying it but I'm still fascinated at how many different interpretations can come out of one image. The design team are really doing an awesome job!

Talking about awesome jobs, I hope everyone saw the Hedgerow Friends topper featured on the front page of this months Card Maker magazine. Fantastic work Jeannie!

We were so proud to see the sweet little thing!!!!

I'm always impressed to look on all of our Design Teams web sites, it is amazing how you all interpret our toppers, Flower Soft and Ultra Fine.

One of the cards made on this weeks www.flower-soft .tv is a very simple, but really cute one.

I know everyone loves them but they really do come alive with the addition of the Nut Brown Flower Soft.

Why not take time to "smell the flowers" as the card says, put your feet up, relax and enjoy the programme.

Stay well until next time,

lots of love, Noreen.

Materials used;

Hedgerow Friends Flower Soft toppers-Picking flowers

Nut Brown Flower Soft

Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft

Sage agreen Ultra Fine

Flower Soft glue

4x4"inch white base card

Gold peel off stickers

Sentiment

Foam pads (pop dots)

Patterened paper for base.

Flower Soft Blog Hop Winner!!!

Have you seen the new Flower Soft Member Co. on Splitcoast? We have some fun discussions going on about Flower Soft products, tips and tricks and a new challenge every week. Come join us for a new challenge today!

You can find the new forum--> HERE

The winner of the Flower Soft Blog Hop is Jenny Johns!!!

Jenny wins:

Moments in Time Stamp set Man of the Match
Ultra Fine Toffee Flower Soft
Ultra Fine Sage Flower Soft
Flower Soft Glue

 

Jenny please contact me by email --> HERE to with your mailing info and phone number to collect your prize!!!

 

Have a great day!

Jeanne

Getting Sticky With Flower Soft

Happy Labour Day! This is the weekend that marks the end of the summer for me. I can't believe that Autumn is coming on so quickly, but the chill was in the air here for sure!!! Autumn is my favourite season, but I'll miss the balmy summer days for sure.

I discovered a neat alternative to using glue for flower soft application. I have been using double sided tape for many years to add glittery strips to my card. I do this when I want to create a very even border. I decided to give it a whirl with my Lilac Flower Soft the other day and it worked like a dream! After laying the tape down, I applied the flower soft. I then took a piece of scrap paper, placed it over the area and used it to apply pressure to the tape strip! I like the look I achieved and the convenience of creating a straight border so quickly!

Don't forget that Flower Soft is now a member company on Splitcoaststampers. Be sure to pop into our forums and say hello!

Happy Stamping!

--Vicki~~

Supplies: Image: Simply Betty Stamps, Sentiment: The Stamps of Life
Paper: Imaginisce
Lilac Flower Soft-Misc Brads

Talk about colors!

We have been talking about colors this week, colors of Flower Soft that is.  And who would guess that Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft could look so neat?

The little vase and plant stamps are by PaperTrey, Inc.  The patterned paper is also by PaperTrey, Inc and the cardstock base on the card is Core Impressions by Core'dinations. It already has that great embossed design in it.  All I did was ink the vase and stamp that and then stamped those long plants to look like they are inside the vase BUT...can you see how cool that Toffee Brown Ultra Fine Flower Soft looks dabbed on the little puffs on the plant?

Here is a close-up! That Flower Soft makes the entire card, don't you think? Those plants just should be fuzzy and there isn't a better or easier way to get that look then Flower Soft. For this, all that was needed were little drops of the Tacky Glue and then I sprinkled the Flower Soft onto the glue dots. I like to shake the paper around a bit and to gently tap the Flower Soft into the glue to make sure I get a whole lot of it sticking to the glue as it dries.

Don't forget, you can still do the blog hop from Wednesday, there is a whole lot of goodness to see.

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

Flower Soft Blog Hop and Challenge!!!

Ready for a hop? How about a challenge too?

This week’s hop 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 keywords FSC01 and flowersoft (one word). Both prize winners will be chosen and announced on the Flower Soft blog on September 8th. The winner of the Splitcoast Gallery challenge will have their card featured on the Flower Soft Blog on September 10th!!!

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 8th.
Good luck!

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

This week’s sketch is sponsored by Flower Soft!!! so go and enter for a chance for an additional prize! Please post a direct link —> HERE featuring your CPS 182 inspired sketch by Saturday September 4th at 8pm CST to be entered into this week’s prize drawing.

Before I give you the hop list I'm very please to announce that we have some new girls on the Flower Soft Team!!! I think you'll love them as much as we do. 

Dina Kowal , Deb Felts and Cibele Glazer! Woo hoo!!!

The blog hop list!!!!

You're here - Flower Soft Blog

Jeanne Streiff

Dina Kowal

Vicki Garrett

Debbie Seyer

Deb Felts

Gini Cagle

Linda Beeson 

Cibele Glazer

Have a great day!!!

Tricks and Treats!

Fun and spiders don't very often come up in the same sentence with me (if at all!)

I'm O.K. with spiders as long as they keep their distance!

That all changed with the help of Sheena in making this bewitching card. What a

wealth of information that lady really is!

Not only are we learning new techniques, but the way these techniques are described

are simply explained for us to do on our own.

If that's not enough, you're then able to get your download to re-create this card time after time!

Trick or Treat?

The tricks are explained to you and the treat will be yours when you proudly send out your masterpiece.

Materials list;

Flower Soft download Haunted House.
Flower Soft wires
Flower Soft glue.
Black Flower Soft.

Black ultra fine glitter (optional)

Rangers distress inks.

Water brush.

Acetete.

Foam pads (poppy dots)

Sanding block.

Black marker pen.

Happy haunting! Lots of love,

Noreen.