Monday, July 1, 2013

BWT - Citrus in July

Hello Everyone and welcome to the July Beautiful World Tour!!  If you've jetted in from Meredith's Blog then you are in the right place, if not you may want to start back at the Flourishes Blog!  Today our hostess is Sasha and she's challenged us to use Citrus colours in our projects!  I know it's Summer in many parts of the world and that it is Citrus season for them, but did you know that although it is Winter here in Australia, that it is Citrus time here too??  It's usually around the beginning of May (late Autumn here) that the mandarins start popping up in stores and then citrus fruits continue through Winter.  Keep in mind, in our part of the world it never snows and even in the middle of winter most of the trees are green!  :)

I've used the Flourishes Garden Gate stamp set for my Citrus themed card being inspired by the colours of Lemons, Limes and Oranges!  I've used a base of Old Olive and layered with yellow, white and Summer Breeze DP.  Across this is another piece of Old Olive punched with Woodland Branch border punch and topped with more Summer Breeze DP.  Around this I've added a piece of Solid Wrinkled White ribbon.  I've stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black on blending card and coloured with a variety of Copic markers from the Olive GreenBurnt Orange, Daffodil, Cool Neutrals and Terra Cotta Collections.  I've cut this into a square and matted with Old Olive and yellow cut with Fleur De Lis Squares Nestabilities.  I've added a small pearl flourish to the top corner, a double bow to the ribbon and stamped the sentiment from Garden Gate, cut with Classic Oval Large Nestabilities and popped it up on foam tape.

Stamps - Garden Gate (Flourishes)
Paper - Old Olive, White, Yellow, Blending Card, Kasiercraft Summer Breeze DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares, Large Oval Nestabilities, Solide Wrinkled White Ribbon, Bow Easy, MS Woodland Branch Border Punch, Pearl Flourish, Foam Tape.

The next stop on today's Beautiful World Tour is........Aleksandra in Slovenia!!

27 comments:

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

Gorgeous as always, my friend! I've been eyeing this set :)

Anne-Elise said...

Gorgeous card, Kathy! Love your beautiful frame and the pretty background papers! Love this set too and you colored your image beautifully! Hugs

Colleen said...

Stunning card

Mary Ann said...

WOW!Beautiful card!!!Love your coloring,AWESOME!!!

Mojca said...

Oh really gorgeous card, such pretty colouring. Hugs! Mojca

Kris B said...

So gorgeous! Lovely coloring, and I love the die cut frame and border! Great colors and patterns! TFS

Bridget said...

What a beautiful summery scene in citrus colours, Kathy - love the intricate SB frame and the pretty dp as a backround!

Karen W said...

Very pretty card, I love the colors!

Sasha said...

Such a beautiful display of citrus colours, Kathy! I love those pretty papers and your beautifully coloured image on the lovely SB frame xx

Canonbury creations said...

A beautiful summer scene and your layout is gorgeous! Love the mix of BP's.
Val x

Marisa said...

Fabulously coloured as always and just love the frame around the image and the paper you used.

Jean Bullock said...

This is such a charming card. The layers, die cut and stamping and coloring are wonderful. Great job.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card. Love the colors.

Joan V said...

Kathy, what a lovely card. I didn't know that you didn't get snow. Thanks for the inspiration. Love that image, too.

Sue D said...

Very pretty card. I like the citrus colors the the die framing the image.

Helen said...

Gorgeous!! Love this image inside the Fleur de Lis die. The colours are really great - lovely and citrus-y!

lisa808 said...

Very pretty card. I really need to use my Fleur de Lis squares more often. tfs.

Judy Inukai said...

Beautiful card. I love the garden gate scene and all the fabulous layering. The fleur square is one of my favorites dies. Great use of it here.

Connie MacFarlane said...

Very pretty card Kathy! Love the way you have used those great citrus colours.

Heather Rogers said...

This is beautiful Kathy! I love the fancy square die behind your image and pretty pearl bling. :)

Sabrina said...

I just love this image! Your card is absolutely beautiful!!

zehra said...

Pretty and gorgeous card

Janis said...

What a lovely card...I want to walk right through that enchanting garden gate!!!

TLady said...

OOOoooooOOOOooo! ONE of my FAVORITE FLOURISHES STAMPS!!!! (Which I HAVE!) :) TOTALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!:) :)

Renee said...

Gosh this is absolutely gorgeous! I'm not even close to how good you are! Someday I'll be able to color :)

Heather said...

What a beautiful scene! And you colored it so beautifully. I think that spellbinders die is my absolute favorite. It adds such elegance to any card.

Queen-of-Cards said...

beautiful card!!

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