Floral Monogram Frame II

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.  The prize this month is an awesome digi pack containing several images and a paper pack too - how cool is that.

Challenge #233 

Theme - Anything Goes with NATURE

For this fortnights creation I am working with the image Floral Monogram Frame II by Floppy Latte available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  It has been a wee while since I made a bag so time to create another one :) :) :)  I have tried to have nature running through this project in every dimension I could think of, greens and browns of the land, flowers for the beauty of nature, bark texture of the paper to cover the bag, a nature poem by Shelly, a butterfly representing living things in nature, blue bling representing shimmering water and the finally the lace and delicate die cuts to represent the intricate patterns of nature.

To begin with I printed the digi in the now lines technique. I then coloured the image with Faber-Castell - Polychromos colour pencils

Next I covered a small bag with some delightful paper a friend brought back for me from her holidays, it has such wonderful bark texture and awesome colour changes of the green/browns depending on the light.

Back to attacking the digi.  I started fussy cutting it, planning just to go around the edges and then colour in the white area with with a brown crayon but I changed my mind and fussy cut the lot.  I then mounted the digi on same paper as the bag. Behind the brown layer I then added a blue layer and added a die cut border using the die Tim Holtz - Decorative Strip Die - Filigree Border.  Finally, I printed my nature poem by Shelly, chalked the background and mounted this on more of the brown paper I used for the bag.

Time to put this to one side and work on the top of the bag.  I rather fancy a really over the top bag so am adding a bling-bling border in blue with some green lace underneath it.  As usual, to get the right colour I used white lace and coloured it with my Promarkers.

 With the border in place and the digi with the die cut border also attached it was onto the final bit - a scrumptious bow and butterfly.  For the bow I used turquoise and green organza, added a dangly bit with blue beads and a butterfly charm at the bottom.  My friend Debbie recently sent me some stunning butterflies in the post and this seems the perfect creation to use one of them - thank you Debbie :) :) :)

 And here we have the finished creation :)

Ingredients:-

• Image  - Floral Monogram Frame II by Floppy Latte
• Colouring medium - Faber-Castell - Polychromos colour pencils and Promarkers
• Dies - Tim Holtz - Decorative Strip Die - Filigree Border
• From my stash - lace, bling edging, gems, organza ribbon, butterfly charm, butterfly and beads

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

• As You Like it Challenge - 2W, E3- (W2 of 2) Favourite Stamp or Digi & Why (DIGI WITHOUT QUESTION, THE ABILITY TO RESIZE THE IMAGE TO FIT THE PROPORTIONS OF THE CREATION YOU ARE DOING ARE PARAMOUNT)
• Crafty Ribbons - 2W, SIO (W1 of 2)  Anything Goes with Ribbon
• Dream it Up - M, SIO - Marching Into Spring
• Scrap & Craft Challenge -2W (1st & 3rd) 3E, (W1 of 2) - Flowers
• Crafter's Cafe - W,F, 3E - #108 What Season Are You In? (SAUDI ARABIA - SPRING)
• Inspiration Destination - W, F- #25 Always Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - W - #281 All Tied Up
• Paper Shelter Challenge - W,3E, SIO - #195 Spring Delights
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - W,3E -  #219 Use Your Favorite Embellishment (I LOVE RIBBON AND BOWS)
• Whimsy Inspiration -Monthly 3rd Wed posting, 3E, SIO  - #81 Use A Die Cut
• Wonderful Wednesdays -  W, SIO -  Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Bright Colors
• Die Cuttin' Divas W, must include a Die-cut - #207  Welcome Spring
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #11  Anything But a Square Card
• Just Inspirational Challenges W, 3E – Flourish & Bling
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
• Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (March) Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow 
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything GoesThanks for looking and hope you have a happy crafting day:)
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (Week 1) Spring
• Love to Scrap - 2W, 3E, F, digi or real stamping - (Week 1) Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards - 2W - (Week 1) Always Anything Goes
• Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (March) Is it Spring yet?
• Whoopsi Daisy - M, SIO - (March) Add a Sentiment
• Artbymiran Challenge - 2W , SIO, 3E, no digital projects - No.28 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #271 - No Design Paper
• Cut it Up- 2W, 1E, Must have Die Cuts - No. 67 - (W1 of 2) - Spring - Anything But a Card
• Digitally Sweet - W, Digital images/projects - (Does not have to be 100% digital.) - No. 132 - Anything But a Card or Layouts
• Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 113 - (W2 of 2) - Flower Power
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.135 - (W1 of 2) - Girly
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - 2W, 4E, SIR Ribbon (1st & 3rd Friday) - No.114 - (W1 of 2) Bright Spring Colors with Ribbon or Trim
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 131 - Think Spring
• That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - 2W, E3, Must be a UK resident - (W2 of 2) Wings 'n Things
• Sweet Stampin W, 2E, must Stamp sentiment as the focus

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a great day :) xx