Well today is another Flourishes Friday as well as another one of those banner shopping days as bargain hunters scurry out to snap up bargains to brag about for the New Year. Well before you get away, I wanted to share with you the card I made for a secret swap amongst all the Flourishes Design Team and Friends of Flourishes. I’ve had a secret to keep and now I can reveal to my swap recipient that I mailed my card off to was Sharon Doolittle!! I was trying to be a little bit sneaky and change up my style a little bit. On this card I relied on the design paper a little bit more than I normally do, but the velvet ribbon and layers might have been a dead giveaway ‘snort’!
Of course I had to decorate the inside and it almost killed me not to write anything inside!
Below is the card that I received in the swap. I was doing a little happy dance at the mailbox when I saw who the card was from (he – he) my swapper wrote a note fully disclosing her identity – her postmark gave it away too. If you haven’t guessed yet, it was none other than Julie Koerber! Want to see all the cards? Jump over HERE to the Flourishes Newsletter and you can see everyone that particpated.
Well, you all got a little bit of a rest over the Christmas break and we’re ready to get back into the challenge mode, so keep on reading about the next stage of the Festive Flourishes Challenge! 
We’ve hit the end of the road for the Festive Flourishes Friday and this one is New To YOU! Help us usher in the new year with either a card to celebrate 2009 or celebrate something new that you just got your hands on! If you use new goodies, be sure to tell us which product/tool you used for your creation. Link your card HERE or upload your card to SCS using the keyword FFFC4. Of course, we’d love it if you added the FLLC keyword too so that your work will show up in the SCS Flourishes gallery! Remember, you can join our challenge at any time and, if you make up past challenges and complete all four – your name will be thrown into the hat for a free stamp set of your choice! Next week the Friends of Flourishes team will reveal their New To You cards and we’ll also pick the winner of our drawing. So get those entries in before Thursday at 11:59 PM! Thanks for playing and… HAPPY NEW YEAR!
What a beautiful card Becca!! Yours as well as Julie’s card. You did a good job trying to hide your identity, if you had used satin ribbon it would have been a dead give away lol. So fun!
Stunning, Becca. I love all the special touches you add to your cards.
This is truly a work of art! I only need the card and a frame! Thanks for sharing, but I am sure I can’t do it as pretty as you do! I enjoy your site so very much. Linda Crowder
Absolutely stunning card Becca, I also like the one you received. Such an inspiration to us all. Thanks so much
Your card is just stunning. Love the DP, layers, and how you used your nestibilities. I will have to give this a try. So beautiful.
Both cards are breathtakingly beautiful Becca, thank you so much for sharing them with us. As Linda states above, your card is truly a work of art!
I agree with the others…your cards are a real work of art! Both cards are gorgeous…TFS
Becca, WOW!!!! Your card is so gorgeous and dimensional!!!!! Love the colors and all you special attention to details!!!!! Great work!!!
Love the card you received. Julie colors beautifully and her elegant design is wonderful!!!
Blessings to you!!!!
Love the velvet and gold accents!
Becca your card you made is gorgeous! I love the paper you used, and that ribbon is devine! Stunning work! The inside of the card is just as beautiful too!
Hugs~ Kim
Beautiful as usual becca! I hope you had a nice Christmas. Here’s wishing you a Happy New Year!!
Love the DP and how you used the frame and then tied the ribbon around the edge. The velvet ribbon with the pearls is so lush. Stunning card!!
Just beautiful, stunning cards…love your work,
Karen
Beautiful card Becca…as usual. ;) Could you please let me know what you used to create the rectangular frame with the punched corners? Looks like the rectangle Nestie with the oval inside, but I can’t quite figure out how you achieved the corner-punched edges WITH the embossing…share?? Thanks!
Becca,
Another beautiful card. (as always)
I just love the frame, and the way you used
the ribbon with it.
~~Diane~~
Hi Becca, I just found your blog and I am soooo excited. Your work is spectacular. Little pieces of artwork. And so elegant. I am hooked!!!! I strive to be as talented as you are.
BECCA!!! Beautiful!! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas… We did!!
Everyone left today and tomorrow both my sons’ girlfriends come for a continued celebration!!
Have a great day girlfriend!!
Just beautiful Becca! Such richness and beauty!
Blessings on the rest of this Christmas to you and yours!
Becca,
Beautiful Card , I absolutely love it. I like how you used some DSP to frame in the sentiment.
Lisa
SO beautiful! I love how you framed the sentiment!!
Hope you had a lovely Christmas!!
(((HUGS)))
kimberly
Oh my – Becca – your card is just gorgeous!!! Love the window you created!!! So festive looking!!!
Love the card Julie has sent you – simply gorgeous too!!!
Whoo Hoo!!! I have a Becca original, what a beauty it is too. The colors, the ribbons and embellishments are terrific. No I could not figure out whom is was from until I read the postmark. What a beautiful framed sentiment.
Beautiful Becca, I love the dp and your rich colors. Wonderful card! Happy New Year early! :0)
What an adorable card! You are so talented! Merry Christmas, Becca.
I have been peaking at your work for awhile now. I am amazed at the absolutely stunning and creative cards you create. I was a SU demo until I had a great personal crisis in our family, but still stamp and want to share it with friends again. When people think rubber stamps, the card at the top of this blog would certainly not be the first thing that comes to mind–it is waaayyy tooooo beautiful. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous work and uplifting spiritual messages. Even the name ‘Amazing Paper Grace’ is a true reflection of your creativity. Simply beautiful. I wish you lived nearby, I could see us being stamping buddies and chatting. God’s blessings in the new year to you, your family and friends.
Stay well,
AnnMarie
Becca, this card is fabulous inside AND out! I’m still looking for that lovely punch that you’ve used on the inside–you enabler! ;-D
Good evening, Becca, another stunning card- so simple yet quite opulent the way you have composed it with the papers and that ribbon- oh that ribbon is so lovely. Your friend’s card is quite lovely too.
Becca both cards are gorgeous. What fun this was.
Your card is simply exquisite, Becca! Sharon must have been doing handsprings when she received it! Julie’s card is so beautifully elegant, too. That Julie! She’s like an open book. Her sweetness comes through no matter how hard she tries to hide it!
Gorgeous Becca! Love the ribbon around the frame and the fabulous colours and papers! You were on the recieving end of a Julie original…gorgeous as well, you lucky girl! Sounds like lots of fun stuff happening for you…can’t wait to hear it all!
Gorgeous as always! I totaly adore your layering of Nesties!!
Wow!!!! BEAUTIFUL card!! Just love it, thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!!