Hi everyone. Elena is here with you and I want to share a LO, using some leftovers from the bling. Yes, I do like to chop them and have some unused parts in my stash. So it is a great way to ad them as a final touch to your projects.

 I used FWAB Elise Flourish Antique Brown and added the parts from it on 2 sides of my layers:

and there:

and some pearls that went at the pack too

and placed some pearls on the chipboard:

I hope I have inspired you to add even small pieces of FWAB into your creations

TFW

The first week of May is over with can you believe it? Lots happening at FWAB-
* Don’t forget this months challenge!
* Don’t forget you can upload projects using any FWAB products to the gallery! We love to see what you have been up to.
* The 2013-2014 Design Team call!! You are going to WANT to apply for a position on this team.. BELIEVE ME! I cannot recommend it enough and have been screaming from the roof tops about this fabulous opportunity.

Just a couple of shares for you today.

I recently went to a scrapbooking retreat and my friend Peta showed us how to do this awesome masked background. I just had to add this Jack Vine Black to my page. It really pops against the Dylusions and the kraft base. I altered it a bit by cutting a leaf off here and there and placing it in a different spot on the vine just so I could extend that cluster without hiding any of the leaves on the vine!

This one is an older layout of mine but I just had to share it again with the crazy weather we are having at the moment in Newcastle New South Wales Australia! I have used a Chloe Pearl Flourish Blue and Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack in Blue. The blue flourishes are perfect for water themed projects, they remind me of waves or sprays of water.

Thanks for dropping by today, stay warm and keep creating!
Love Kate x

Hi there FWAB fans,

Do you love embellishments? Addicted to scrapbooking and obsessed with crafting in any way shape or form? Would you like to join the team of an Australian wholesaler/retailer of beautifully designed scrapbooking embellishments and have an endless supply of all things bling?

We have an exciting opportunity for talented scrappers, card makers and off the page artists to join us here at Flourish with a Bling as part of our new design team for 2013/2014. We are looking for artists of all styles, who would be available to create for us for a 1 year term.

 If this sounds like you, then please email us your interest to flourishwithabling@yahoo.com.au  putting ” FWAB DT Call 2013/2014″ in the subject line and we will email off to you all details for the required positions.

 Applications close Friday May 24^th, 2013 and we will announce the Flourish with a Bling Design Team on the FWAB blog on Monday June 3^rd. If you are a successful applicant, we will contact you beforehand with the exciting news inviting you to be a part of our FWAB Design team 2013/2014.

We look forward to hearing from you.

 XX Maggie and the FWAB team

Hello all FWAB fans! We are happy you have visited us and you are welcome to our monthly challenge.

The theme for May is “Buttons and Bling”. I am, Elena , hosting this challenge and I am sure that you have many buttons in your stash. Why not to create something using old, vintage, or new, brand buttons ? Don’t forget to combine it with FWAB bling or any other product and you have a chance to win some awesome goodies from Flourish With A Bling.

So these are the rules:

• create Card, Layout or OTP
• add FWAB
• and buttons

Our Designers have been busy with creating some projects for your inspiration,

so here they are.

The first one is created by me, Elena Olinevich

I used several  FWAB products and placed them over and there on my LO. I started with FWAB Jasmine Laser Flourish Pearl, which I cut into several parts.

The same technique was used on FWAB Kate’s Corner Flourish Silverand to match my color scheme I added FWAB Nicky’s Beach Huts

and more inspiration from our talented designers:

a Gorgeous Layout created by Angella Peardon

Angella used FWAB Jasmine Puffy Flourish White

and added some pearls from FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Pewter

What can I add, Angella, I am speechless, how it is beautiful.

The other fabulous Layout created by Donna O’leary

Donna has succeeded in adding FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Blue onto Boyish Layout. Great job, Donna. I like the way it captures your eyes.

One more awesome Layout created by Emilia van den Heuvel

Emilia has managed to combine some colorful flourishes on her beautiful page. She used FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Red, FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Olive Green,

then she added FWAB Jasmine Puffy Flourish Lilac. and finally she cut some parts from FWAB Grace Pearl Flourish Teal and FWAB Grace Pearl Flourish Mango.

  I like the way Emilia made her page look bright and colorful.

   and an exquisite OTP project by Rachel Moses

  How creative it is, Rae. I am in love with your box. Rachel used FWAB Bella Rhinestone Flourishes Black 

and added some pearls from FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Purple and FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Pink

  Upload your creations into the **Elena Olinevich’s May Buttons and Bling Challenge** folder in the FWAB Gallery by midnight May 31th and you can win this awesome prize pack full of FWAB goodies.

  We can not wait to see your beautiful projects

Good luck and have a crafty inspiration

Hi everyone!!

First of all, I just want to say a BIG MASSIVE thank you to everyone who submitted entries for my challenge!

They are all such delightful projects and I really enjoyed watching the lovely bright additions to the gallery pop up during the month!

So after much deliberation (it was really tough!!) I have finally come to a decision…

* Cue the drumroll… *

And the winner is…

Congratulations Pam!  

I absolutely fell for Pam’s super cute layout “Egg’stra Special Easter”.  I loved the use of grass from Trent’s Fence, the cute Taylah’s Toadstools amongst the grass clumps with the colourful eggs laying about.  And the stunning use of the Teal Jasmine Laser Flourish as the base of a single layered flower is so pretty in the bottom corner of the photograph like that!  Lovely composition and use of colour too, Pam!  Well done!!!

Please contact Maggie at flourishwithabling@yahoo.com.au to claim your (calorie free!) prize.

Don’t forget to check back here soon for our new May Challenge and yet another chance to win some fabulous FWAB goodies!!

Thanks again everyone!!!

Cheers,
Chantal
xo

Hello. Elena here with you and today I want to share with you a Layout featuring a funny photo of my DD.

  I used many layers and fibers, and wanted to add some accents that is why I used FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Purple

  I cut it into several parts and placed them under the photo

 and placed some pearls that come in the pack on the chipboard

Have a fabulous day!

Elena

Hi there FWAB fans, I hope you had a fabulous weekend whatever you got up to and that you managed to fit in a little bit of scrapbooking. Perhaps you were inspired by our very talented design team and the amazing creations they came up with for our very first Design Team Blog Hop!

Thank you to each and every one of you that hopped along to each members blog and left a comment, were you a winner? I know a few of our team were also offering up goodies along the way so I hope you were one of the lucky ones.

A big thank you to all those who left a comment on our FWAB blog to go into the draw to win this fabulous FWAB Mega Blig pack….it’s always great to read your feedback and lovely comments.

Now for the draw……the winner of the FWAB DT Blog hop is…….

A very big congrats Lauren! If could you please email me your address to flourishwithabling@yahoo.com.au I will post your FWAB Mega Bling pack out to you this week.

Thank you everyone once again for joining in and we hope you enjoyed our very first DT Blog Hop.

Happy Scrapping,

Maggie and the FWAB team

 We are so excited to welcome you all to Flourish with a Blings very first Design Team Blog Hop!

We have lots of scrappy inspiration for you along the way from our amazingly talented design team who will be showcasing some of their very favourite FWAB designs for you. You are all in for a real treat!

Now what is a Blog Hop without a fabulous prize up for grabs!

So what do you need to do for a chance to win this fabulous FWAB prize pack??

Rules -

1) Please hop along to each and every blog  on the hop and leave a comment –  we all like feeling the love and you never know who might have a prize up for grabs along the way

2) At the end of the hop, come back to us here at FWAB and let us know which FWAB product used on  the hop you liked the best! It’s that easy! (To leave a comment on this post you need to click on the blog hop heading at the top of the page and scroll down  to after the post where you will see the comment box)

 Of course if you don’t already “Like” us on facebook  so you can keep up to date on all things FWAB as well as competitions along the way, then please do  and

if you didn’t already know, FWAB are also on Pinterest so don’t forget to take a peek and “follow” us there too.

Now to make it fair for everyone, fans of old and new, only 1 entry per person is offered so that everyone has the same chance going into the draw to win the  fab FWAB Mega Bling prize pack above .

The hop will finish next Friday the 19th April at 8am and the winner will be drawn on the Monday after just to make sure we have enough time to tally up all the entries.

Now for the fun bloggy part of the hop -

First up we have the fabulous Amanda Reddicliffe – head on over to Amanda’s blog to see what amazing creation she has come up with!

If ever you get lost along the way, just come back here for the full list of participants -

FWAB – ***You are here*** 

Amanda Reddicliffe – AUS – ***Up next***

Angella Peardon - AUS

Catherine Lane – South Africa

Elena Olinevich – Belarus

Emilia van den Heuvel - Netherlands

Ilene Tell – USA

Jennifer Hodge - AUS

Kate McCulloch - AUS

Natalie Elphinstone - AUS

Sandi Smith - Canada

Sonia Thomason - AUS

FWAB

Happy Hopping and enjoy!

XX Maggie and the FWAB team

Hello everyone!  Chantal with you here and I’m so stoked to be hosting the challenge this month!

For the month of April, I’ve set a super fun challenge for you here at Flourish with a Bling…

The requirements are:
1. Easter theme
2. At least one FWAB item
3. Use the provided image for your inspiration…

Layouts, Cards & OTP welcome!

Here’s some design team examples for you now…

Chantal Vandenberg (me!)…

Here I have used FWAB Jasmine Puffy Flourish – Hot Pink, FWAB Jasmine Puffy Flourish – Orange and FWAB Adhesive Pearls in Red and Olive Green.

I’ve used black gel pen to outline around the FWAB to make it really POP!

The inspiration photo inspired the following in my layout;
- Colour palette
- Brightness
- Green splodgey background (like the grass)
- The photos with painted eggs
- The positioning of the photos (like the group of eggs)
- The doodled scallops around each photo was inspired by the shapes of the eggs

Now for Natalie Elphinstone’s challenge layout sample…

Isn’t this lovely?  I love Natalie’s style.  Natalie has used FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Olive Green and  FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Blue on her layout.

Look how pretty those butterflies look layered over the bling flourishes!

Natalie has been inspired by the colour palette and the composition of the photo.

And last but not least, here is Amanda Reddicliffe’s challenge layout example…

Loving those splatters!  So inspiring, Amanda!

Amanda has used FWAB Jasmine Puffy Flourish – Orange as well as a assortment of FWAB Adhesive Pearls on her layout.

Look at that funky stamping there!

Amanda has been inspired by the colour palette and the coloured dye on the eggs.

Inspired yet?!  Well check out the prize pack you could win by playing along…

Upload your creations into the ”Chantal Vandenberg’s April Easter 2013 Challenge”  folder in the FWAB gallery by midnight 30th April 2013  and you could win this fabulous prize pack from Flourish with a Bling!

We look forward to seeing your entries!

Have fun and good luck!!!

Hi there everyone!! Hope you all had a fabulous Easter and I have to apologise for the delay in announcing the winner but I really needed to spend at least two days away with hubby especially as it is the first time he’s home in four months. Right, back to work and back to reality! First of all, I just want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who submitted entries for this challenge. They are all such beautiful projects but alas, we can only have one winner and so without further ado…the winner is Tania!!! Here is Tania’s gorgeous layout

Congratulations Tania!! Please contact Maggie at flourishwithabling@yahoo.com.au to claim your prize.

Don’t forget to check in on our April challenge and another chance to win some fabulous FWAB goodies!!

Hugs
Cathy