Saturday 7 October 2017

First Iris

Well at last our Bearded Irises are starting to bloom and they are a different shade of purple this year!
So I felt inspired to make an Iris card as I do each year, although it's about a month and a half late this year.

I stamped the Altenew Enchanted Iris multiple times, with a bit of masking and then coloured with Copic Markers. I'm definitely a novice when it comes to Copics, but I do enjoy using them and will keep on trying to learn.  The sentiment is from Ellen Hutson.

I'd just finished mounting the stamped panel on the black card base and as I was smoothing it out I left a black smudge mark from my finger - ughhhh!!!! I bet you can guess where it is! The bees add a bit of interest though, although I wouldn't have placed it there:)

I'm entering this in the Ellen Hutson Mix it Up Challenge, which is with Altenew this month.




And here is the real Iris peeking through..


I'm intrigued by the shape! I hope they all fully bloom.


3 comments:

  1. Gorgeous flower & card Jenny!

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  2. How fascinating that the iris's have changed colour this year. Love your card, and the bees do add to it, even if not placed there by choice initially.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  3. Beautiful card! This set is on my wish list!

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