Sneak Peek - A Year of Flowers Day Three

We've reached the final day of this beautiful set of sets.  Can you see what I meant when I said these would be sets you would reach for time and time again?  They are perfect for any occasion! 

Today I reached for my birthday month flower October's Chrysanthemum.  This pretty fall flower is so easy to color too.  Because of it's rich warm shades and variation of color I used my prismacolor pencils again, and gave it a warm mustardy glow around the blooms.

 

I paired the flowers with the rich colors of Basic Grey's Indian Summer paper, gave it some pretty edging with my Fancy Scalloped Pierceabilities and then added the beautiful Lattice Pendant behind.  Rich satin ribbon from the Flourishes store as accent.  Honestly I think that Bow Easy is changing my ribbon tying life.  :)  It makes such perfect bows! No more fiddling with the ends!

Alright how about the whole project I've been Sneak Peeking for you all week? 

(if you click on this picture you can see it much larger.)

I wanted to make a special gift for Christmas using all 12 of the Year of Flowers.  And here it is!  I apologize for the shadows.  It's been snowing here and really cloudy for days, so this is even with my OTT light.

I stamped each month and colored the flowers with Copic Markers (I'll have a listing of each month's colors at the end of this post).  The frame is from Ikea, called Fanaholm (inside dimensions 11 3/4 x 15 3/4).  It's inexpensive.  It does have glass in the frame, but I couldn't put it back in or the dimension would be crushed.  It's all tied together in a background of 3 Prism paper colors (Spring Willow - Light, Medium and Dark) linked together with Olive Silk Ribbon.  I've added accents to the different months including embossing, Lattice Pendant accents, pearls, piercing and rhinestones.

Here is some detail of the piercing and rhinestones (I colored the rhinestones with my YG99 Copic).

And one last picture of the dimension of the flowers in the frame.  Each month's frame is popped up and so are each set of flowers. 

So there you have it, a great gift idea for that special someone, or something special for your home. 

So, do you love these 12 flowers?  Want to win the last Year of Flowers - Calendar Three set today?  See the Flourishes Newsletter

Join us for the Release Party tonight at 9 PM Central time!

And head over to the other DT Members Blogs for more fabulousness!  Cindy Lawrence, Julie Koerber, Latisha Yoast, Laura Fredrickson, Leslie Miller, Stacy Morgan. 

Frame Recipe:  Stamps - A Year of Flowers  Calendar Set, 1, 2 and 3;  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Prism Papers - Spring Willow  - Light Medium and Dark;  Flourishes Classic Ivory;  Accessories - Big Shot, Labels 4 Nesties, Lattice Pendant Die, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Copic Markers, Oval Punches, Dimensionals, Scor Tape, Rhinestones, Kaiser Pearls, Olive Silk Ribbon, Bow Easy, Fancy Scallop Pierceabilities, Ornare Piercer, Ikea Frame - Fanaholm 

Copic Colors (all are Flourishes Collections unless otherwise specified ).

January - Crocus :  Hydrangea Collection, Fields Collection;  February - Primrose:  Gerber Daisy Collection, Spring Greens Collection, Evergreen Collection;  March - Pansies:  V0000 (Pastel Collection), Hydrangea Collection, Fields Collection;  April - Daffodil:  Buttercup Collection, Sunflower Collection, Spring Greens Collection and I think I threw some orange in there, probably Tiger Lily;  May - Iris:  Crocus Collection, Hollyhock Collection, Tea Rose Collection, Fields Collection;  June - Rose: Tea Rose Collection, Tiger Lily Collection, R22, 32, 43, Green Grass Collection;  July - Tigerlily:  Tiger Lily Collection, Evergreen Collection;  August - Morning Glory:  Crocus Collection, Hydrangea Collection, Fields Collection;  September - Aster - Violet Collection, Gerber Daisy Collection, Spring Greens Collection;  October - Chrysanthemum - Sunflower Collection, Gerber Daisy Collection, Fuschia Collection, Evergreen Collection;  November - Cyclamen - Petunia Collection, Spring Greens Collection, G82 and G09;  December - Amaryllis - Fuschia Collection, Evergreen Collection. 

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Sneak Peek - A Year of Flowers Day Three