Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge #222


Hi everybody and Happy Tuesday!  It's time for another Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  This week  Deborah is our hostess and the theme is "Summer Days"!  Create a card or project that reminds you of summer days, incorporating the light and breezy feel of sheer ribbon.  Here in Georgia, just about everywhere you look you can see a hydrangea somewhere.  I have a Nikko Blue Hydrangea right outside my craft room window and I cannot wait until it blooms...it is covered with buds now!


  So, I decided to use Flourishes' Hydrangea stamp set and a bit of white sheer ribbon for my card.  The image is colored with Copics and fussy cut. I'll give you a little tip when coloring tiny clusters of flowers like these...I colored them all the same light color at first, then went in with a much darker blue and colored the areas in between the flowers .  It made it much easier to then highlight some of the other blossoms with some of the medium tones and the darker background blue makes the other blossoms really pop.  I also went back with a white gel pen and colored the centers to give it a little more contrast.  I took a close up picture so you could see the detail on this gorgeous stamp!


The bit of glitter that you see is from my new Atyou Spica pen in clear finish.  I LOVE the subtle glitter effect it gives.  I used a Spellbinders die to stamp my sentiment on (also from the Hydrangea set) and a few patterned papers in gray tones so my hydrangea blooms would really stand out.  Also, new for me is the little bling flourish that I have been squirreling away for a special occasion.  I was so excited to use it on this card! I hope this inspires you to create something summery for the challenge this week.  You can see all of the details by going here.  Come on and play along.....you may even win a prize!  Also, make sure you check out the other design team members' blogs below....no doubt there are many beautiful summery cards waiting to inspire you!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll come back again soon!  :)


Katie

Supplies:  Hydrangea Stamp set, Classic White Card Stock, Memento ink in Tuxedo Black, Markers from the Copic Color Collections- Hydrangea, Green Grass, Delphinium, Evergreen, Leaf, Olive.


15 comments:

  1. WOW Katie! Your purpleish blue Hydrangea looks amazing. When I lived in AL there were Hydrangeas in every yard. :)

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  2. Gah! Is this not gorgeous!!! Sister, is this pinned, uploaded? Mercy, I love every inch!

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  3. Absolutely stunning, Katie! These are my favorite flowers~! Just a gorgeous card with superb coloring and shading~!

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  4. Your flowers and card are gorgeous!

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  5. Gorgeous card! Thanks for the wonderful coloring tips.

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  6. What a beautiful card for summer, Katie! I love my hydrangeas too!! Your coloring is perfect!! Beautiful card!

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  7. WOWSAH... that's one incredibly beautiful card Katie! Hydrangeas were one of my Dad's favs so we always had some gorgeous blue blooms during summertime! Incredibly beautiful card this week... I am in awe!!!

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  8. Gorgeous!! Those hydrangea's really pop!! Perfect coloring and perfect for summer! I'm in TN so I totally get the Hydrangea blooms everywhere! :)

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  9. You've picked my favorite flower Katie girl. I have four bushes along the front of my house. They were always my favorites at Grandma's so I had to have my own. I have purple/blue like these and a rich pink. Your coloring has totally captured the look of them and that scrummy bow, doily, and bling just dress the blooms up beautifully. Another stunning card. Hugs!

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  10. Thank you for the tip. Your flowers are beautiful.

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  11. Gorgeous colors and coloring. What a stunning card!!

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  12. Katie, this is absolutely gorgeous! Your coloring on that beautiful hydrangea is stunning. :-)

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  13. Just gorgeous! I love the swirls and the flowers. SO pretty!

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  14. Beautiful card.. I love the rhinestone swirls - they add that certain touch.. thanks for sharing.

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  15. Pretty, pretty, pretty Katie. This is a gorgeous card. I love that sweet sentiment (very true as you know) and that flower is wonderfully colored and detailed with Spica and white gel pen. Lovely work. Hugz!

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