Oriental Lily

I love Oriental Lilies, in fact they are my favorite flower. I love the way they look and smell. I have some on my table right now, got them for Mother's Day. They haven't opened yet, but I am anticipating that moment. So Here I wait for my pretty flowers to open, so I am inspired to make my own.
This Oriental Lily, aparently also called Mona Lisa is made from the 5th Ave. floral set. I colored part of this lily with regal rose and used my aqua painter to blur the edges. Then I came back in and put speckles all around, which is what they look like. I used my mustard marker to color the stamen. Side note- beware if you have these flowers that the stamen drop pollen and it stains! I recommend using a paper towel to pick them off, it actually makes them last longer as well, so a bonus reason for doing this.

Now once I had this lily colored and cut, I imediately realized these were Kristina Werner's Color Challenge colors- you can find her blog here. Here are the colors she had lined up for this last challenge. I missed the boat here and didn't get my card done in time for the deadline, but that is OK, it was fun to make and I am suprised that I could even put these colors together.