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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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

23 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous card, fab colour combo, Glenda and I saw so many lovely ones in your previous posts! Congrats on your garden flowers as well, hugs, Miria

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  2. Wow! What a gorgeous creation using Laurie's beautiful iris. Your take on the Midnight Madness sketch is perfection. You have done an amazing job!

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  3. Thank you Glenda for your wonderful comment on by blog. I am glad I hopped over to leave this note because I got to see this gorgeous card. I really like the light/dark sides of the background and your beautiful flowers - all of them. NancyD

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  4. Wow Glenda that is gorgeous! I love all of the accents, the curlicues, the flowers and buttons. Everything!

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  5. I really love your creations,and this one is soooo Beautiful.Hope you are well.xx

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  6. What an absolutely stunning card. The iris is perfect and you have given it all the right embellishments to showcase it! Thanks for sharing with our 1st Crafting When We Can Challenge :)

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  7. Stunning card Glenda! Love all the purples with a touch of green. Great job.

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  8. Beautiful card! One of my favorite Doodle Pantry images.

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  9. WOW! That is just gorgeous Glenda! My grandmother's favorite flower was Iris's and she had a beautiful garden of them, too. Great card!

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  10. Glenda, this is so gorgeous!! I love all the dimension on the flower image and of course all your punchy flowers too! They are beautiful! Loving your colors too, so elegant! *Ü*

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  11. Lovely!!! I too have some dwarf iris from my late parents home and I love seeing them sprout anew each spring. Your papers and the swirls are so pretty with this gorgeous image. tfs
    Patti

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  12. Pretty card, thanks for joining in with our first challenge at CRAFT WHEN WE CAN...x carol

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  13. Oh My Goodness Glenda! This is just beautiful! Wow! Love it!! Great job girl!!
    Hugs, Sarah

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  14. This is beautiful, love the colours you have used, very elegant

    Thank you for joining us at CWWC this week with our 1st challenge

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  15. LOVE the iris and your choice of color is beautiful! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Midnight Madness. We hope you'll join us again soon! Good Luck!

    Darlene
    MMSC DT

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  16. Love how the colors/papers are going throug your design. Thanks for joining the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge, LindaS/MMSC'DT

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  17. Beautiful Card Thanks for playing along at Cardmadfairy's Digital Days this time.
    Carol Ann xx

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  18. Glenda, this is beautiful! Love this shade of burgundy and the lavendar you paired it with!

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  19. This is just beautiful! Thank you for joining us at the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. I hope you will join us again as I can't wait to see your next creation.
    ~Hugs,
    Valerie M
    Priscillastyles Design Team

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  20. Glenda, this is stunning. The Iris is spectacular! Pretty colors and design on your card too and the added flowers are beautiful.

    Hugs
    Sue

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  21. What a simply stunning card Glenda,love it.xxx

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  22. JUST BEAUTIFUL!Thanks for joining us on the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week.
    luv n huggz
    Jen
    MMSC DT

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