Monday, January 27, 2014

A Passion for Purple in this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge!


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Hello fellow Flourishes fans! It's Tuesday and we're here with another fantastic Timeless Tuesday Challenge for you! Have you checked out the latest and greatest Gambler's Sale this week? You don't want to miss this... it's 20% off everything in the store. Things go fast, so shop now to ensure you get all those stamps on your "must have" list! Click here for more details and your shopping code.

I thought since I had kind of a light work week, I would jump in and play along in this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge!  This week Allison is our hostess and she is challenging you to create using the newest Pantone Color of the year... Radiant Orchid... Check out this bit of loveliness!


Since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute™ has been designating a Color of the Year -- a color that will resonate around the world. It's a color crossing all areas of design which is an expression of a mood and an attitude! So, why not be inspired by "Radiant Orchid" and have fun creating? I did! And, here's a peek at my creation!

I started with the Color Made Easy Violet Paper Collection and layered up the two lightest colors. The lightest shade was my card base that I ran through my Grand Callibur with the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder by Stampin' Up. Add a strip of Bo Bunny decorative paper and that's the layers! I used some white seam binding ribbon, the Classic Tags die set and the cute little sentiment is from the Tiny Flowers and Tags set! My main image was stamped on the largest Spellbinders Labels Fourteen. While the die was still on my Flourishes Classic White Card Stock, I stamped the Gerbera Daisy image using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I then grabbed my Copic Markers and used the Violet Collection and  the Morning Glory Collections grouped by Flourishes in THIS color stack. After I was done coloring, I did add some dots thanks to a white paint pen. I found THIS pen (in Signal White)and man -- LOVE IT! My new favorite white paint pen. The color is solid and the fine tip really helps keep the paint where you want it! Oh, I should also mention that my background was actually colored with the V01 Copic Marker. I like the effect!

Here's a close up!

And that, my friends is it! Now take a hop, skip and a jump over to these lovely ladies' blogs and leave some "lavender love" on each one of our designers blogs this week!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back here soon with more projects to share! I have a fun "What's on My Needles for my knitting friends out there -- this one will have you in stitches and I mean it! ;-)

~Julie

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15 comments:

Leslie Miller said...

Hmmm, I have orchid and I love it. This is a stunning beauty, Julie!

Cheryl said...

Gorgeous, Julie! Love the layers, and leaving most of the daisies white against the purple bg looks amazing!

KimCreate said...

Beautiful card! Simple but nice!

Colleen said...

Julie,
Love all the different layers of purple and your image really pops after leaving it white.

Lynne said...

Gerber daisies are a favorite and this card shows them off so well. Like the design and the "color".

Lagene said...

Beautiful card, I love the delicate purple in the daisies!

ChristineCreations said...

This is gorgeous Julie. What an amazing combination of purples and great texture! Gorgeous colouring on the Gerberas too!

Allison Cope said...

Wow... look at all the gorgeous layers of purple! Love this Julie! I love that you coloured the back ground of your flowers and let them shine! Stunning!

Kathy Krug said...

Love all the different shades of purple and the coloring of only the centers of the daisy.

TLady said...

TOTALLY AWESOME JULIE!!!! I've gotten Daisy's in this color before! :)NICELY DONE!!!!!!! AND I LOOOOOOOOVE the little TAG too!!!! LOOOOOOOOOVE those little tags & the stamp set that goes with it!!!!!!!!!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE!!!!!!!:)

Katie Sims said...

LOVE that you left those blooms white and colored the bg and flower center.....so creative and the result is stunning! That texture looks awesome with your image! You definitely aced this challenge, Julie! :)

Barbara said...

Love your card and love that daisy focal. Having so much fun with your loving lavender blog hop. Love how you shaded and colored the daisy and the sentiment is soooo sweet. Gorgeous card.

Tosha Leyendekker said...

I'm always fascinated at where that creative brain of yours takes you!! How lovely and clever to use the Gerbera daisies and color the centers in a purple hue!! GORGEOUS!!

Silke Ledlow said...

BEAUTIFUL....the flowers really stand out! I have to remember this technique!

Deborah Anton said...

Gorgeous!! I love how the whites of the flowers pop off the purples! You rocked it Julie! (I will have to check out that white paint pen!)