Sneak Peek - Life Love and Lemons

What says summer better than a nice tall icy glass of lemonade? Sometimes when it's so cold up here in Alberta over the winter that I dream of Groves of citrus fruit!

So, I have two little somethings for you today again from a fabulous new set again illustrated by the equally fabulous Marcella Hawley. (We LOVE her!)

Lemon Tree Very Pretty...
Ok, I couldn't resist throwing that little song in there (hopefully you recognize it too!)

Marcella draws trees really well doesn't she? I love the idea of a lemon tree, so I colored this one with copics and then paired it with crisp whites to make the green and yellows stand out. I added scoring lines on the white on the diagonal and colored some rhinestones yellow with a Sharpie marker. Doesn't the yellow silk ribbon go perfectly?

Alright on to number TWO

Limes and Life

I could not resist doing something a little different with this set. It so easily can become limes! (which I love by the way....give me lime flavoured anything and I'm a happy camper).


I watercolored these limes and leaves and blossom with reinkers in lots of shades of green and pale yellows. I tried to capture the texture of the limes and how the light bounces off the fruit.

I found this great paper from K & C CO that I thought looked really fun with the limes, and then added some Jenni Bowlin paper too, and then found found some great Prism paper to go with it (Candle Glow Light, Island Mist Light and Herbal Garden Dark).
I gave it an old world feel with the crochet ribbon from Flourishes and some elegant Kaiser pearls in a row, and a few of the blossoms stamped and trimmed out.

The Design Team has lots of other great stuff cooked up for you today...so to see more of this gorgeous set:

Cindy Lawrence
Faith Hofrichter
Julie Koerber
Latisha Yoast
Laura Fredrickson
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan

To win this set today see the Flourishes Newsletter.

Be sure to join us Friday for a fantabulous Short and Sweet Power Hour Release Party in the Splitcoast Stampers Forum on Friday night beginning at 9:00 PM Central time (8 PM for Mountain Standard people like me!). Games, prizes, FUN!

Recipe:
Lemon Tree: Stamps - Flourishes - Life, Love & Lemons; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sun, Certainly Celery; Paper, Whisper White, Copic Paper, Basic Grey - Lily Kate DSP, K & Company - Roam Mat Pad, hmmm and either Yoyo Yellow or Summer Sun...I can't remember now!; Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Four Nestabilities, Rhinestones, Flourishes Silk Ribbon (Yellow), Dimensionals, Scor It.

Limes and Life: Stamps: Flourishes - Life, Love & Lemons; Ink: Black Stazon, Kiwi Kiss; Paper: Prism: Candle Glow Light, Island Mist Light, Herbal Garden Dark, Flourishes European Watercolor Paper, K & Co Roam Mat Pack, Basic Gray Lily Kate DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Three Nestabilities, Labels Two Nestabilities, Crochet Ribbon, Kaiser Pearls, Eyelet Punch, Dimensionals, Reinkers, Aqua Painter.