Iris

The Iris - Greek word for rainbow and I must admit they seem to come in every shade of colour. The prolific ones in my garden are  light purple and white which I think is a very common  colour for them and it is  certainly a very, very hardy type. I got mine many years ago from my sister and it's descendants are thriving. About every two to three years I have to dig them up and re plant just a few of them or they would take over my small plot of land:)  I do however, look forward every spring to see them burst forth in colour and dominate the garden for a couple of weeks. Later on I have  a dark purple and white iris  blooming and it is totally gorgeous, but not near so prolific. In some light the purple looks almost black.

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring  the Sept 6 - Midnight Madness MMSC120 sketch challenge.  It's a beautiful sketch and I encased my Iris in its design  to celebrate the occasion. Hope you like it.

Card details:

Stamp: DoodlePantry digital stamp  'Iris'

Colour Medium: Prismacolors markers

Punches:

• Flowers: DIY flowers  using various punches (Martha Stewart / K Success) , covered with glitter glue and enhanced with a pearl.   I used  Recollections Mulberry Paper Mini Roses for the bottom right hand corner.
• Leaves: Martha Stewart Punch
• Flourishes: Marianne Designs  'frame swirls'
• Buttons: Stampin' Up

Paper: card stock from Stampin'UP  - rich razzleberry; DP 'Jubilee Purple Burst'

Challenges:
Crafting when we Can: challenge#1 -  anything goes
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog: Bling - my flowers all dressed out in glitter glue are full of bling
Cardmadfairy's Digi Challenge #16: use a digi and add  flowers
Card makin Mama's- challenge #28: use a digi
Stamp Something:  anything goes