You may look at this & say "that's 3 colors"...but those are the 3 colors in an Alexandrite...purple, blue & green. It isn't one single color. As a June baby, that's the stone I always preferred as my birthstone & I had one my dad gave me when I was little & I just loved it because it had so many colors.
I put the lily image in my Misti & stamped it first w/ Memento, colored it w/ Copics then stamped over it w/ Versafine. I repeated this on a second image & fussy cut 2 sets of petals to pop up on top of the original 2 flowers. The lily panel was first die cut w/ a matting basics die, then I used one of the Leafy Edged Border dies to cut the lower edge. I had to do a little out of the box on a few of the petals to keep from cutting them off. The lower white portion was trimmed down some to allow the blue layer to show through. I also trimmed around several of the petals on the right to insert the greeting ovals.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups, the inside & the Copic colors are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015 GMT Views: 2131
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90914
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 @ 7:37 AM
Super stunning flower, super stunning coloring and love the wonderful way you represented the wonderful colors in your birth stone. Oh take my breath away beautiful.
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50645
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 @ 7:51 AM
Gorgeous card! Brilliant use of all the alexandrite colors (as a kid I always thought it was just light purple) Julie! Those lilies are just amazingly beautiful! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55667
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 @ 7:59 AM
What a beautiful birthstone, and what a beautiful card Julie!! That's neat that your dad gave you one of these stones when you were little. I think it's neat to have a few gemstones to pick from for your birthday. I love the way you colored your lilies.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131971
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 @ 9:18 AM
LOL, maybe I should have gone with opal after all and taken a mix of blues and greens ;-). Julie, that flower is stunning, even more so with the dimension you gave it. I love the layout with the curved lines, too.