This is a card for my sons 25th birthday. There is a lot of blue, so it can be for Carolyns blue birthstone. However, i am also using it for my birthstone ...with a cool explanation. Anyone who has seen my cards knows that I like a lot of color, so how ironic is it that my june birthstone is the very blah pearl - ugh!. I was reading about birthstobes to see if I would just steal a better month and pretend I was born then, when I found an amazing factoid. Here I have suffered with the ugly pearl for 62 years and never knew that June is one if the 3 months with 2 birthstones. The origional stone, the Alexandrite, became too expensive and rare, so someone with no sense of color chose the pearl as a substitute. Alaxendrite speaks to my soul...it is reds to purples in one type of light, and blues to greens in another type if light....my kind of rock. So here is my card in honor of Alexandrite. Come play along 8n this monthsF4A challenge. TFL, Francie
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2020 GMT Views: 788
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Registered: April 14, 2006 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 2158
Fri, Sep 18, 2020 @ 12:13 PM
Francie, I love your card! I'm a June "baby," also. Alexandrites are beautiful! Pearls can be lovely if they have a beautiful luster. Any, your card is outstanding!!!
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Fri, Sep 18, 2020 @ 12:50 PM
I'm glad you now have a fun birthstone to play with. The April one is diamonds, which are equally colourless. I think I'd prefer pearl, myself. I love the colours here, and your little tassels and sea-stars.
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Fri, Sep 18, 2020 @ 1:12 PM
Combining that orange with this blue is a real wow factor for me! That contrast is one of my favorites.
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Sat, Sep 19, 2020 @ 4:26 AM
A glorious work of art! I love the intensity of colour on that beautiful fish image. Your embellishments on either side fit so well too. What a gift to give your son. TFS