Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are doing well in these troubling times.
Common sense and justice and change in our thinking must prevail if we all want to go back to our normal times, just saying.
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Well, we are just starting Summer and, up here in the MidWest, we are feeling it.
The theme for the Month of July over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is SUMMER/WINTER. We have friends all over the world and that means that for some of us it's Summer but for some it's Winter.
I created these cards depicting some beautiful Summer flowers.
I have this very old Flourishes set called "A Year In Flowers" (2013), it has a flower for every month of the year. Since Summer officially starts June 20th., I picked these two flowers for June and July.
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I stamped these roses with Stampin' Up! markers on Strathmore Watercolor paper and colored them using a damp brush, then fussy cut them. The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Go Wild" (on sale now), the pattern paper is from my Lili of the Valley stash.
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This is the INSIDE of this card.
Patter paper from Lili of the Valley, sentiment from a Flourishes set, I forgot the name but it's from 2009-2010.
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My Twofer.
Another Summer Flower from this set is the Tiger Lily for the month of July.
Stamped in Spiced Marmalade for the flowers and Old Olive for the stems and colored with Prismacolor pencils.
The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Poppies" also on sale now.
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This is the INSIDE of this card.
The sentiment and the flower basket are from "Around the Harbor" (Flourishes)
I want to play along with the following challenges.
Anything Goes Coloring Challenge.
Summer +A Sentiment.
I hope you are inspired to come and play along with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE , stop by and check out my teammates' awesome creations.
Remember to use flowers as your main image and please remember to read our rules.
Thank you for visiting me today.
Stay healthy and safe.
XO
Maria.
13 comments:
Both cards are so colorful and pretty ! What a nice set to have that you have a flower for every month of the year ! Love it !!
The Tiger Lilly was another one of my mother`s garden flowers .
Happy 4th !
What pretty June and July cards. The stamping and water colouring of the flowers look beautiful and what fabulous designs, both of them x.
beautiful cards. Thanks for joining Aud Sentiments challenge. Elaine
Each has it's beauty and style. Love the Tiger Lily for summer!
Bet that stamp set for the Monrhs is something else! They're not small either what a great find! The tiger lily is a hit for sure!
Oh, my goodness, fabulous cards with some beautiful stamps! You did a perfect job bending those sentiments. I just love these, Maria!
What beautiful colors!! I like that you made two cards. Your decoration of the inside is gorgeous!
Wow two stunning cards here Maria and I love the vibrant colours too mf ;) hugs Viv xx
Both watercoloring and pencilcoloring are awesome, Maria! Love the different die cut layers you used for your layouts! Two beautiful cards!
Just perfect for the Challenge!
Great project!
Fabulous that you have shared this with us here at Colour Crazy.
Good luck and we hope you will come back again! Jackie DT Member xxx
Beautiful job coloring the flowers, Maria, and then designing such fabulous cards to show them off.
Gorgeous summer flowers Maria and I love the orange! So beautiful and bright!
so pretty..love the sunny, summery look.
xx Karen
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