Monday, September 6, 2010

Beautifully Rustic!

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Hi all... it's time for Flourishes' Bring Back Beautiful Challenge for September! Mark your calendars because we'll be ushering in a new challenge... every first Monday of the month! This challenge that kicks off today asks YOU to try to capture the feel of fall! As the leaves start to change colors to usher in fall, Flourishes wants to see your rustic beauty! Want to use a little distressing? How about just shades of rust on your creation? It's up to YOU! You can click HERE for all the official BBB02 details! You'll also see some fabulous eye candy from what Flourishes calls.... their first ever "True Beauties!"

On to my creation! I am not great at distressing on cards -- I dabble in it a little here and there but nothing major! ;-) I decided to take this challenge and turn instead to rustic colors!


I used a mix of the new Basic Grey Curio paper (on it's way soon to the Flourishes Store!!) and the Victorian pack from 7 Gypsies. From there, I picked up the Gerber Daisies set -- this is one of my go-to stamp sets. I just love coloring up these flowers -- in all shades! I wanted this version to look almost washed out when it ended up on my card. I used the Falling Leaves and Evergreen Copic Collections grouped by Flourishes and blended the flowers with YR000. Score the edges (with my favorite new Score Buddy!), add the sentiment thanks to a few oval punches, add a few brads, some fun ribbon, an understated border punch and... voila... all ready to go!!

Want to catch a glimpse of the rustic beauty delivered by the rest of the "Beauty Girls?" Be sure to click on over and see.....

Beate Johns
Becca Feeken
Cindy Coutts
Kathy Jones
Michelle Woerner
Yvonne Hagane

So get rustic and get creative! We'd love to see how you Bring Back Beautiful in your own creations! See you back here soon!


18 comments:

Kathy Jones said...

Oooooooh....GORGEOUS!!! I just adore these daisies and they look spectacular in the rust colours!!!

Yvonne Hagane said...

Oh my goodness this is soooo beautiful Julie!! I LOVE the colors you used for the daisies!!
I didn`t know rustic could be THAT gorgeous!

Amanda said...

Fall is my very favorite time of the year and the fall colors you have are devine! Beautiful flowers and colors - Yum! :)

Cindy Coutts Designs said...

PERFECT card for this challenge Julie and the perfect colors too. It's beautiful!

Michelle Woerner said...

WOW! This is so lovely. The coloring on those daisies is so soft and subtle, just like a real daisy!! AND I have tons of glazed brads that I never use, thanks for the inspiration to bust those lovelies out!! Hugs,

ChristineCreations said...

You always do the most beautiful work with these daisies Julie. Beautifully colored, and a lovely little bow as accent.

Holly said...

Oh this is gorgeous! Love your coloring and those warm autumn colors!

The Rubber Maid said...

A total home run on this one. Love your rustic look...just super! Pat

Beate said...

Absolutely stunning! I love this image and I LOVE the colors you chose to color the daisies. Beautiful paper and gorgeous bow! Fantastic card.
Hugs and smiles

Mickie said...

Stunning and I love the colors.

Becca Feeken said...

OMGoodness Julie, I love your take on the daisies!! You picked the perfect rustic colors and the blending and coloring is magnificent!!

Anonymous said...

Julie, love the colors in this card and the image is georgeous!

Silke Ledlow said...

Julie, these rustic colors are fab and your coloring is amazing too!!! Gorgeous card!!! Hugs ~S~

Colleen Dietrich said...

Perfect choice for the Rustic challenge; these colors say "Fall", y'all!

Glenda said...

This is so beautiful! I just love that image!

Janine said...

I LOVE this!!!

Leslie Miller said...

Gorgeous, rustic Gerbera beauties! Oh, I need this paper, don't I? I think, yes! Beautiful card, Julie!

Darlene said...

WOW fabulous coloring Julie!! LOVE the "rustic" appeal ... looks super!