A Flower of a Different Color...

Today I am sharing a card I was asked to design for someone I recently met to give to his girlfriend for their anniversary.  I believe it was their first anniversary but you all know how my old brain works (or doesn't) these days. Hee  Anyway... he informed me she had recently fallen in love with hydrangeas.  Cool!! I LOVE these flowers!!  But... when I was trying to decide what COLOR to make them I was stuck.  Well duhhh... I didn't think to ask which SHE preferred.  But you all also know how much "I" love purple!!!  Soooo... yep... you guessed it... she got a purple one.  And I threw in a couple blue just for good measure.

But seriously... have you LOOKED at hydrangeas??? Do you realize how MANY DIFFERENT colors they come in??? I decided to see what I would come up with if I just did a search for them on Google.  Maybe it would show more of one color than another and well... sure... THAT would be what I'd use.  Oy vey!!! Even Google can't decide!! LOL  So I decided to go with the ones that I see most often and that, my friends, is why I decided on two colors.  Oh ya... and that simple thing called.. "what Tina loves!"... PURPLE!!  LOL

My card base is Pure Luxury Vibrant Violet.  I added some Fresh Asparagus for a bit of contrast and then layered it up with more Violet and some of that fabulous Gina K Patterned Paper Pack, "Parisian Garden"... love these papers!!!  My image is stamped on white and I cut it out before applying it with Pop Dots.  I added a paper doily for a little more dimension and some Prima Pearls to the mix before adding my ribbon and bow treatment.

I REALLY enjoyed coloring this bunch of flowers but I must say now I have the urge to do even more of them in ALL the colors that hydrangeas grow in.  They remind me of lilac bushes.  Oy... yet another flower I can smear with purples.. hee!

I hope you are having a great Saturday and that your weekend is a relaxing one... Lord knows I sure need it!!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! *HUGS*



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Shades of Yellow...

Do you love yellow??? I do and I was more than happy to create this lovely yellow flower from Tiffany Doodles for the latest Color Me Creative Challenge.  I have to admit... when I picked out the image I wanted to color, I had totally forgotten I NEEDED to use yellow for the challenge... if I had remembered, I KNOW I would have used a much larger flower.  But even so, the mushrooms were also colored with a yellow Copic so I guess ultimately, there's more yellow than meets the eye.  :-)

My card began with Pure Luxury Lemon Drop card stock.  I added a layer of DP that I found in my stash along with a few strips of some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Tape... love that stuff!

My image is colored with Copic markers and I added a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Antique Linen, around the edges to tone down the white.  A little ribbon and Websters Sparkler finish off my card.

Hop on over to CMC and join in on the challenge!  Who knows, you could be our next guest designer!!!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  *HUGS*






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