Lovely Lemons!

Hiya! How was your week? I hope it was a great one! Lots going on these days…seems like everyone knows a grad or a bride… and vacations are starting… Guess we've officially arrived at Summer! After having freezing cold rain for over a week I am happy to say that it was 88 degrees here today in Sac-town… Which is just about perfect! It feels good to be warm and get some sun on my face. I went outside today and sat in the sun at lunch. I'm lucky enough to work near a park and near the river…lots of places to walk to. Really a gorgeous day!

My friend Kat wrote a sweet comment on my bloggy blog a few days ago and I keep thinking about it. It really touched me and what she wrote is perfect for today's card. Thanks Kat! Mwah! As I wrote earlier in the week I had some time to sit down and color some pretty Flourishes images. Today I'm posting the second one – Lovely Lemons!

Here is my pencil palette for the image…a few shades of yellow and some shades of bright citrus green. You see there's an orange pencil in there… I used just a touch of orange in the darkest parts of the lemons to add depth. I also added a touch of brown to the leaves.  I'm having fun re-experimenting with the pencils.

Some pretty paper flowers and, it seems, as of late, pearls on everything!  

Here's a super close up of my colored image. I cut the circles out with my nestabilities and then sponged some distress ink around the edges.  I was VERY tempted to get out some glitter… But I resisted!

 
Thank you so much for coming by today. I love that you are out there and sharing with me! This old blog makes me very happy. I was thinking today how grateful I am for all the new friendships I've made over the last year and a half. It's been such a blessing. I hope you have a great weekend!!