BWT - Flowers of Our Country!

Hello Everyone!!  It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's time for another Flourishes Beautiful World Tour!!  If you've arrived here from Dina's Blog then you are in the right place!!  If you've landed here by chance, you've missed all the fun!  Why not start back at the Flourishes Blog so you don't miss any of the gorgeous inspiration the team have for you today! 

This month Naomi has challenged us to make a card using a flower that represents your country.  Well this was a no-brainer for me....of course I was going to choose The Golden Wattle, the National Floral Emblem of Australia!!  This fragrant fluffy golden orb blooms in Winter during July and August, which means it's flowering right now.  :)

I've used a base of green card and layered with chocolate and a piece of Kaisercraft Great Southern Land DP.  Down one side I've added another piece of Great Southern Land DP (and yes, those are wattle flowers on there too!) and matted it with chocolate that has been punched with Woodland Branch border punch.  Over this I've attached a piece of green ribbon.  The Golden Wattle from Flourishes' Bloomin' Aussie Florals stamp set has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto blending card and coloured with Copics (The Daffodil Collection and The Leaf Green Collection).  It's been cut with Large Circle Nestabilities and matted with green card cut with Lacey Circle Nestabilities and then popped up on foam tape.  The sentiment is also from Bloomin' Aussie Florals and has been cut with Flourishes' Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass Die and glued to the bottom of the image panel. To finish I've added a bow and a couple of pearls to the corners.

Stamps - Bloomin' Aussie Florals (Flourishes)
Paper - Blending Card, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Kaisercraft Great Southern Land DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Flourishes Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglas Die Set, Large Circle and Lacey Circle Nestabilities, Woodland Branch Border Punch, Green Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Lemon Pearls, Foam Tape.

This is the last destination on today's Beautiful World Tour.  We hope you've enjoyed today's hop and don't forget to comment for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice!!  :)