It's a Birthday Blog Hop!

Let’s light the candles and strike up the music, the owner of Flourishes – Jan Marie Caruso – is celebrating a birthday and we’re helping her by getting the party started! Why not leave some love on the Flourishes blog HERE and while you are there, start to hop on through the Flourishes team members who are honoring her special day! Happy Birthday Jan Marie!  Why not pop on over to her BLOG and wish her a Happy Birthday too!!  :)

To celebrate Jan Marie's day, I've chosen the roses from A Year in Flowers 2 and the sentiment from Fanciful Flourishes.  The roses were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (Y21, Y35, Y38, G20, G21, G24, G28).  It was cut out with Large Circle Nestabilities and matted with Lacey Circle Nestabilites which were popped up over a matt of brown bazzill cut with Labels 8 Nestabilities.  The sentiment is also stamped in Memento and punched out with an oval punch.  Added a border using the Arch Lattice punch, a bit of yellow satin ribbon and finished with a couple of Kaisercraft Snow Pearls.

Stamps - A Year in Flowers 2, Fanciful Flourishes (Flourishes)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Yellow, White, Aqua, Brown Bazzill, October Afternoon Thrift Shop DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Large Circle, Lacey Circle and Labels 8 Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch, Yellow Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

For lots of beautiful inspiration, follow the Blog Hop listed below!!

Barbara Anders 
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber 
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Betty Wright Cindy Haffner
Dee Jackson
Maki Jones
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
Beate Johns
Cindy Coutts
Heather Jensen
Kathy Jones (that's me)
Yvonne Hagane 

This also works for this week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC106) to create a Birthday Card!!!

That's all from me today, enjoy the hop and hope you are inspired to stamp!!  :)