Lulu With Daffodil

 

It is time for another challenge over at The Paper Funday.

Our challenges are always Anything Goes with an optional twist. 

The twist this time is the theme 'Spring Has Sprung'

We are very fortunate to have 2 sponsors for each challenge this year which means we get to choose which artist we would like to work with. This really is great as it gives us double the choice. We are very lucky with the amazing sponsors that are lined up this year, many of which are old favourites and some are new to me.

I chose to work with this cute image Lulu With Daffodil from Paper Nest Dolls. I have been lucky to work with a number of Christine's images recently and I adore the sweet expressions on their faces.

I used this image to make a centrepiece in a card I was making for my Mother in Law's birthday. I have seen some wreath cards on my blog travels and thought it might make a colourful and different card for my Mother in Law. This year her birthday was the day before Mother's Day so the pressure was on to make not one but 2 spectacular cards for her.... the pressure is real people.

The base of the card is a sheet of green adorable scorable card from Hunkydory. It is a 350gsm good weight of card which was perfect for this as I wasn't sure if the flowers would make it top heavy. I experimented with the size of circle and made them 6.5 circumference in the centre and 8cm on the outside. I knew that compass I had kept in my stash would come in handy one day! I cut this from heavy weight card to provide a good solid base for the flowers. Once I had my circle I could then use this to cut the green card to match the shape and size. I then added some floral patterned paper and a matching white border.

The flowers are a mixture of pre-bought paper ones and then ones cut from flower forming foam using dies. There are some paper daffodils that I bought from Ebay a million years ago along with some fabric ones. I embellished with some gems and flower stamens. I can't lie, this took ages to put them together.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is a really ornate die from Crafter's Companion. I also used a butterfly die from Sizzix. I drew around the outside to create a solid mat in green and cut this with scissors. I added a flower stamen for the antenna and some small gems for the body. The 2 smaller butterflies are 3d stickers that came in a kit from QVC many years ago.

At this point the initial card was done and then I had the idea to use the image and make it into a spinner card. I wasn't completely happy with one of the flowers as it seemed too bright an orange compared to the other so I swapped this out and I am now much happier with the result.

I coloured Lulu with Promarkers and added some metallic highlights with a glitter marker from Spectrum Noir. I added some shading to the hair with Arteza pencils. The image has been coloured the same twice so I could use them back to back. I die cut them using a pretty scallop edge frame. I then added some clear thread in between and then fixed this to the top and bottom of the circle.

This is like nothing I have ever made before and was a real labour of love. My MIL loves my cards though so it is worth the effort for her.

I hope you will join myself and our fabulous team over at The Paper Funday

Card Details -

Size - 8” x 9.5”

Image - Lulu With Daffodil (Paper Nest Dolls)

Dies - Floral Wreath (Sizzix Thinlits), Box Large Die (Crafter’s Companion), Petite Posies (Crafter’s Companion) Clover (Crafter’s Companion) Happy Birthday Sentiment (Crafter’s Companion), Just a Note Butterflies (Sizzix). Crea-Nest-Lies XXL69 Dies (Crea-lies) Colouring Medium - Promarkers & Spectrum Noir Glitter Markers

Embellishments - Autumn Hues & Floral Bouquet Flower Forming Foam, Stamens, Paper Flowers, Paper Daffodils, fabric, self adhesive gems, Butterfly 3D Stickers, Clear thread

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #49 Anything Goes With a Critter
• AAA Birthday - #24 Shaped Birthday card
• A Bit More Time to Craft - #137 Anything Goes
• Allsorts - #617/618 Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge - Z is for Zoology
• Angie’s Digital Stamps - #51 Anything Goes
• Butterfly Challenge - #155 Butterfly/Lace/Laser lemon
• Cardz TV - #137 Anything Goes
• Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
• CD Sunday Plus - #57 - Anything Goes with a Digital
• Classic Design Challenge - #4 Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #12 Anything Goes with Colouring
• Colouring in Scrapland - Anything Goes / Tell Me A Story
• Color Throwdown - #637 Brown(in hair), green, yellow & orange
• Corrosive Challenge - #4 Anything Goes
• Crafter’s Castle - #40 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - #86 Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - #49 Anything Goes with an Animal or Insect
• Crafty Catz - #545 Anything Goes
• Crafty Friends - #151 Ladies or Girls
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #208 Anything Goes / Flowers
• Createful Heart Design - #30 Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - #205 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #208 Anything Goes / Flowers
• Cute Card Thursday - #680 Anything Goes
• Dare 2B Artzy - Bright Colours
• Die Cut Divas - Window or Aperture
• Dies R Us - #166 Anything Goes with a Store Brand Die (Gemini/Crafter's Companion & Sizzix)
• Digi Choosday - #14 Anything Goes
• Dragonfly Dreams - Feature a Creature
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Something beginning with B (Butterflies, blooms, Bling)
• Friendship Challenge - #64 Anything Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #7 Anything Goes
• Ike’s World Challenge - #143 Anything Goes / Springtime
• Incy Wincy Designs - Borders and/or bright colours
• International Art & Soul - #105 Shaped Card
• Jan’s Digi Stamps - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - #553 Stamp Act
• LeAnn’s World 101 - #37 Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread - #143 Anything Goes
• Let’s Craft & Create - #170 Anything Goes / Add Flowers
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #155 Anything Goes
• Love To Craft - #57 Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap - #144 Spring Themed
• Make My Monday - #145 Easter or Spring
• Mix It Up Challenge - #47 Anything Goes
• Morgan’s Art World - #4 Anything Goes
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes / Yellow
• Paper Shelter - #464 With a Sentiment
• Paperminutes - #686 Flowers
• Passion For Markers - #585 Animal Antics
• Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge - #181 Birthdays
• Penny’s Challenge - #492 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #14 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede - #417 Anything Goes
• Scrapping4fun Challenges - #189 Anything Goes
• Scribbles Designs Challenge - #98 Spring Fling
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Happy Birthday
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter / Spring
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - #386 Spring or Easter
• Sweet Stampin’ - For A Special Woman (My Mother in Law)
• The Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Try It On Tuesday - Hello Spring
• Try Stamping on Tuesdays or Not - #501 Optional theme Birthdays
• Uniko Challenge - #64 Signs of Spring (or Easter)
• We Love 2 Create - #4 Anything Creative or Mixed Media Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #485-486 Anything Goes
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #3 Anything Goes
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes (Sponsor Image Used)