Monday 1 July 2013

Flourishes Beautiful World Tour - Summer Citrus Colours

Hello my lovely friends and followers! I do hope you are all well. Sorry for my lack of blogging....I will reveal why I have been absent in a later post and catch up with you all.
Today is the first Monday in July, and it's time for another globe trotting trip on the Beautiful World Tour. You should have arrived here from Aleksandra's blog, but if you didn't and you would like to join in you will need to start your tour back at the Flourishes blog in Florida. By visiting every designers blog on the tour, and leaving a comment, you will be in with the chance of winning a FREE Flourishes stamp set!!!
This month it was my turn to host the challenge. I love citrus colours, so I challenged the BW team to create something using these lovely bright and juicy summer colours.
Here is the card I created...
I used Spellbinders dies, which I embossed and also used the letterpress technique on some of them. I coloured them with distress inks and chalks.
My image is from the beautiful Flourishes 'With Gratitude' set of stamps, coloured with distress inks and markers. My sentiment is from Flourishes 'Tulips for Friends' set of stamps.
Thank you for visiting me today.  Your next stop on the tour is Naomi's blog in beautiful British Columbia Canada...

46 comments:

pam said...

absolutely stunning Sasha, beautiful colours, gorgeous flower and amazing die cuts, with fabulous design.
lovely to see you back
pam

Sue said...

This is stunning Sasha. I love the image, wonderful colouring and I love the embossed layers.
hugs Sue xx

Jacqui's little piece of England said...

Beautiful card Sasha, love your colours and detailing
jacqui x

couldn't leave a message with bloglovin for some reason but blogger is still here at the moment ;)

brenda said...

Just beautiful Sasha, the lovely colours just radiate sunshine.

I do hope you're keeping well.

B x

M. said...

Welcome back! Beautiful card :)

Anne-Elise said...

Gorgeous card, Sasha! Love your fabulous die cuts and the beautifully colored image! So beautiful! Hugs

Gibmiss said...

Hi Sasha
Great to see you back.... Fabulous image... A truly stunning card...
Hugs Sylvie xx

Mary Ann said...

Beautiful card!!Love your design,Awesome coloring!!!

Ros Crawford said...

Oh my goodness those flowers are stunning! What a beautiful card ... welcome home to cool weather!

Mojca said...

Probable my favourite one from the blog hop! It's just full of positive energy! Love it. Hugs! Mojca

Kris B said...

Stunning! Love the colors and all the die cut layers! Beautiful image and colored wonderfully! TFS

Bridget said...

Layer after layer of gorgeous texture and rich citrus shades, Sasha! This was a fun challenge, I enjoyed it, thanks!

Kathy Jones said...

Absolutely STUNNING Sasha!!! I love everything, from the way you've coloured the flowers, to the way you've used the colours in the background to your exquisite framing!!

Mau xx said...

Hi Sasha, just popped over from Patricia's blog. Love your card, you have used the Die beautifully.
Gorgeous creations throughout your blog.
So sad to read about cookie xx
Huge Hugs Mau xx

~Tammy~ said...

Your coloring is always top notch, and you present bold colors so beautifully and this is no exception! Gorgeous!

Canonbury creations said...

Hi Sasha, welcome back, love your card! I love that you have used the flower colours on the letter pressed backgrounds, so delicate:)
Hope everything is ok with you
Val x

Pauline said...

Hi Sasha, I tried to leave a comment this morning, but the window wouldn't open!
Beautiful card, I love your chalked and inked embossed panels, and the wonderful use of those pretty die cuts. Gorgeous colouring on the daisies too.

Jean Bullock said...

WOW! What gorgeous layers and coloring. Beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card. Love the colors.

Stamps and Paper said...

Stunning card Sasha lovely dies and beautiful colours

Anne

Marie-Louise said...

Absolutely gorgeous Sasha. Fabulous colours and colouring. I have bought these rectangle dies and love them.

Joan V said...

This is absolutely gorgeous. So much beautiful details and layers. Thanks for the inspiration.

Helen said...

This card is just stunning!! Fabulous colours, die cutting and framing.

Sue D said...

FAbulous colors and great layers.

lisa808 said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous card!

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

Amazing colouring Sasha, and as always you have worked magic with the Spellbinders! FABULOUS!
Hugs, Sylvia xxx
PS: Hope your craft room is now fully refurbished?!

Chris said...

Wow, what a beautiful card. Your colouring is perfect. I love how the letterpressed card peeks through the intricate SB dies.

Chris xx

Marybeth said...

Beautiful coloring on this gorgeous flower card! I know what you mean ..sometimes life gets in the way of our crafting. Hugs to you!

Judy Inukai said...

Stunning card. I love the colors and all the wonderful layers.

Connie MacFarlane said...

This is stunning Sasha! Love all of the detailed layers that set off your beautifully coloured image.

Anonymous said...

Just gorgeous, beautiful. Mary L Schreiber

Sabrina said...

Just stunning!!

zehra said...

This is gorgeous, beautiful, love it

Janis said...

This is perhaps my favorite card in the whole collection of gorgeous cards in this fabulous World Tour. I love Coneflowers, anyway, and am so dazzled by all the new colors the hybridizers are coming out with. So when I see your flamingly beautiful color, I want to grow it in my garden!!!!!! :)

Lovely in every way!!

TLady said...

I saw this on the Flourishes Blog & about fell out of my seat!!!!!!!! :) AND LOOK AT ALL THOSE LAYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) It makes my heart HAPPY to look at!!!!!!! :) (Boy, do I NEED those DISTRESS INKS!!!!!!!) :) TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!:)

Maria said...

Gorgeous cards using lovely die cuts and very pretty flowers! Have a wonderful weekend, hugs!

sheila said...

This is just glorious Sasha. I love the colors you have used and that die set is one of my favorites....such a fun one to play with.

Sue Lelli said...

Sasha, LOVE those SB dies and your coloring is just AMAZING! LOVE that FAB sentiment, too! FABULOUS card!

Unknown said...

Wow it's really nice...Excellent work you did. I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post. Keep sharing more.
Spellbinders

Heather said...

Such a stunning card!! Everything about it is so gorgeous and the dimension looks amazing in the later photos. Awesome job!

Viv said...

Gorgeous card Sasha, love the pretty flowers and the beautiful colours too :) Viv xx

Marge said...

Your cards are always sooo EXQUISITE, Sasha, and this is NO exception!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!

Crafty Lark said...

Gorgeous card Sasha, love your layering and the colours are fab. xx Flora

Anonymous said...

Wow!! This is stunning Sasha! I love how you do your layers and the colours are beautiful.
xx

Anonymous said...

Wow!! This is stunning Sasha! I love how you do your layers and the colours are beautiful.
xx

Queen-of-Cards said...

beautiful card!!!