Tuesday 2 December 2014

Add Flowers For Lavinia.

It's time for a new challenge theme at Lavinia and the theme for December is
"Add Flowers"



I used one of the gorgeous new dies for my first card, adding a little sponging and stamping to my background and a few punched flowers to the silhouette.




I thought I'd show you a real side on view so that you can see how I treated the wings. I cut the image three times, trimming around the wings on two and sandwiching a trimming of sheer lilac ribbon between them. I then shaped the wings and glued the rest of the silhouettes together. If I was going to be sending this card through the post, I might add a squeeze of silicone glue up close to the body just to help them stay fluttery. 




The next card is just a masked and inked background  and the poppy stamp inked in two colours.



I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

DDC11, Girlie/diecut,
AGOAC 133, Kraft and a colour,
Allsorts287, Milestone birthday,
Little Claires, Shaped card.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

15 comments:

brenda said...

Public heath warning here Julie - I need that fairy die. And there was me promising myself I would buy no more stash until the New Year, oh dear.

Love both, but the first is glorious.

B x

Chris said...

Julie, you've done it again!!:) I absolutely love your beautiful fairy card, it's gorgeous! Such a lovely colours design, the added flowers and the 3D wings (the ribbon is an inspired idea - will be pinching this :) make it really special.
The flower card is beautiful too, the colours and design give it a real vintage feel.
Clever Julie!!
Chris
x

Zoe said...

Oh Julie, these are just beautiful, love the vintage feel to the second one and adore the fairy one, the colour is gorgeous, those dainty little flowers are so pretty and love how you've given dimension to the wings, clever idea xx Zoe xx

Hellen Pearce said...

Gorgeous cards Julie, love the way you've done the wings x

Eileen said...

Absolutely stunning ... I don't use that word often!
E xx

Stamping With Bibiana said...

wow! the 1st one the die is gorgeous and the idea of the sheer on the wings Is FABULOUS! the 2nd one the choice of frame dies is very pretty...I like them both very much
bibiana

Brawny x said...

Wow these are both just beautiful x

Diane said...

Beautiful fairy card Julie and so sweet !! Glad you could join us at Little Claires and good luck sweetie !!

hugs Diane xx

Laurian said...

Absolutely gorgeous!

Thanks for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams and I hope we see you again soon!

Hugz

Laurian
Owner Dragonfly Dreams

susiestacey said...

Lovely cards.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts 'Milestone Birthday' challenge and good luck x Susan x

Sarah said...

Beautiful cards Julie! Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts for our Milestone Birthdays challenge x

Donna Mosley said...

A very beautiful card, thanks for joining us at AGOAC. Good Luck.

Donna x

Nancy in Iowa said...

Brilliant! Those 'gossamer' wings! Oh my goodness! You are a genius! Both cards are lovely - but the fairy! Oh yes! She is just so special!

Mindful craft said...

Such pretty makes Julie, really lovely, hugs xxx

Nancy in Iowa said...

Thoughts of you my friend! I know I already posted but I have to tell you that you inspired me to put together a card for the Lavinia flower challenge. Thank you dear friend for the inspiration and "goose" to get going!