Friday, June 1, 2012

A Basket of Irises for Queen Becky

This beautiful creation by Queen for the Day BeckyTE was the inspiration for my basket of irises! I loved browsing through the amazing cards in Becky's gallery. That girl can color!!!


by Kitchen Sink Stamps
Papers: Whisper White and Elegant Eggplant by Stampin' Up
wisteria by BasicGrey
Inks: Iris - 2 Memento Grape Jelly stamped off once, 3 Memento Grape Jelly,
1 Memento LuLu Lavender, 4 SU Elegant Eggplant, SU Apricot Appeal sponged on lower petals
Leaves and Stems - SU Lucky Limeade and Old Olive
Basket - 3 SU Soft Suede, 2 SU Soft Suede stamped off once, 1 SU Soft
Suede stamped off twice
Grass - SU Certainly Celery
Sentiment - SU Elegant Eggplant
Sponging - SU Pool Party
Embellishment: Ribbon and crystals

10 comments:

  1. Oh how striking! I love the deepness of the purple - such a wonderful card! This fit right in with the COF challenge this month, too :) Blessings!

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  2. Gorgeous!! I used to have iris' in my yard! Have to get some more - they are gorgeous!

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  3. WOW! Lynn, this is just stunning! Love that big purple bow on here too. Gorgeous card!
    Lynn

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  4. Wow Lynn, incredibly beautiful! The iris look real and the colors are perfect! Love your card.

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  5. Beautiful card. The purple irises are gorgeous!!

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  6. Beautiful Irises Lynn. They look real and so touchable. Love how you shaded the flowers and the basket.

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  7. Ummmm....I would say you can color and make some amazing cards yourself!!! This is so pretty and that bow, amazing.

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