Friday, February 21, 2014

MC Feb/14 - Quill - Hum of Bees

Another good quilling session this past Wednesday. Besides celebrating a friend's BD with yum treats etc., and having a fun time creating box envelopes to hold our cards using the We R Memories envelope punch, I also got around to doing some quilling BIG GRIN

This is another one of the Gelli plate backgrounds I was working on a couple days ago, using Memento dye inks, a brayer, a die cut shape as a mask, and then transferring all of this to my card front. Love the soft look of the colors.

I used a Spellbinder's oval die set as well as Gold Corner Set One. There are 3 shapes of corners to this set and this is my favorite one. Love those little pointy ends... Sponged Distress "Crushed Olive" into the crevices. The bees are eCraft Design die set cut from white cardstock and then colored with stamp pad inks and embossed. I added Wink of Stella clear iridescent brush pen to the wings to give them a bit of glitter.

Stamped the quote (Quietfire Design) using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed.

Added a whole pack of flourish pearls (Michael's Recollection brand), then adhered my quilled flowers, adding some yellow glitter in the centers using a Viva Glitter Liner "Yellow Quartz".

As a final touch added the fuchsia colored string bows to the corners.

Click on image to enlarge. Enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Stamps Fun Creativity  #190 Bingo: pearls, non cute, flowers; cute, glitter, embossing; charms, 3 papers, bow.
Craftin Desert Divas  red, pink, white & green
The Paper Shelter  #146 punches or dies
4 Crafy Chicks  #182 things with wings
Totally Papercrafts  #207 spring
Tuesday Throwdown  #183 something with wings (2nd entry)
Delightful Sketches  add a flourish

9 comments:

Leslie Miller said...

A perky, happy card, and I do love the quote!

Nannieflash said...

Beautiful card love your quilled flowers. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxx

Peanut said...

Another fabulous project! Love the bright colours. I'm fed up with winter, and this card is perfect to lift the spirit. Thanks for sharing your work at Tuesday Throwdown. x
Asha - Sunny Summer Crafts

Pat K said...

Very pretty card with gorgeous quilling. I've never tried that craft but always appreciate the work that goes into it. Thank you so much for joining us at Totally Paper Crafts. Pat K x

Gail said...

Wow, this is outstanding. Absolutely gorgeous card and quilling...what a great skill. This is beautiful. The challenge at The Paper Shelter is Punches AND Dies and your post states the dies you used, but not any punches. Only cards that meet the challenge criteria will be in the drawing. This is a beautiful creation and I hope to see more of your art work in future challenges. Hugs, Gail DT

Tamie said...

Fabulous quilling on your flowers and I must say I love the touch with the swirls of pearls and the bees are just perfect. Thanks for sharing your incredible design with us at 4 Crafty Chicks for our Things with Wings Challenge.

Tamie DT

DebiJ said...

How gorgeous is your card! Beautiful embellishments & style!
Thank you for playing at 4 Crafty Chicks.
Debi - GDT@4CC

Denise @ kc242 said...

Wow what a adorable card. Love your details and design. Thanks so much for joining us this week at Delightful Challenges.
Denise
DDC-DT

Got2BCrafting said...

Your card is very pretty. Love how you created the background. :)

Thanks for joining us a the Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party.
Lori
http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com/