Himalayan Blue Poppy

What a lovely couple of days I have had, I so love Aurora Wings images :) :) I wish I had more time to do these wonderful images justice but life keeps on getting in the way. Anyway, yesterday and today I put the world to one side and took myself off into another dimension to create a card for the current Aurora Wings challenge - My Lucky Colour(s). It was just so tempting as I love colour challenges too and this one put me in my element.  So what is my favourite colour, it has to be purple, to me to most balanced of all colours in the spectrum. With purple being made up of reds (pinks) and blues and me believing in total equality for males and females this colour is the essence of equality hahahaha.  Apart from that, it is such a beautiful colour, so rich and sensual and easy to be with.

So onto my card now that you know all about my favourite colour.  I have used the image Himalayan Blue Poppy which I coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos.  I then fussy cut the image ready to place on my card.

 Next I designed a couple of borders and cut these out with my die cutter.

My card is a black base and I have used a black mount which I covered with purple lace, nicely ruffled to give lots of texture. This pic is a bit bright but at least you get to see the gorgeous design on the lace and the ruffles. I then placed my die cuts on the left side.

With the base of the mat completed and the image fussy cut it was time to work on the embelishments.  Using one of the butterflies from Spellbinders Les Papillions 2 to cut my butterflies I then finished them off with two coats of 3D Crystal Acrylic.

Then I added some olive green glitter to the edges and two green pearls in the centre for the body.   I have not shown it here, but I then made a simple Birthday sentiment using black card and a silver peel off sticker which I coloured with a purple Promarker.

 For the inside of the card I used a Spellbinders Grand-Nestabilities Labels 1 die and edged it with the same olive green glitter.  One of the butterflies was then placed on the bottom corner to carry the theme of the card through.

 I edged the mat with some purple metallic pearl bead trim and attached the butterflies, sentiment and fussy cut image.

Ingredients:-

• Image - Himalayan Blue Poppy by Aurora Wings
• Colouring Medium - Faber Castell Polychromos
• Dies - Spellbinders Les Papillions 2 and Grand-Nestabilities Labels 1, other dies by me
• From my stash - Lace, pearls, glitter, brads, peel off sticker.

I am entering this card into the following challenges :-

• AuroraWings Challenge - M, 3rd Monday of the month, E1/E3 with AuroraWings image, must include hand-colored image - (deadline March 14) My Lucky Color(s)
• Di's Digis Designs 3E,2W,SIO(W2) birthdays 
• Hiding in my Craft Room W,1E  freestyle
• Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - March - Bingo* (FLOWERS, SENTIMENT, IMAGE)
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 96  - Anything Goes
• Stempelsonnen Challenge - 2W, 3E, stamp as main focus - No.136 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
• The Outlawz Coloring challenge W - Any color medium allowed - Must sign in to play - Flowers / Gardens
• The Stamping Boutique - 2W, (2nd & 4th Friday) SIO - No.53 -  (W2 of 2) More than one layer
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - W - Anything Goes  Option- Add Texture
• Sassy Studio Designs - W, SIO: #271 To Die For
• Add a Little Dazzle - W, SIO - #65 Color or Anything Goes see below (Week 1 of 2)
• Crafting for all Seasons - 2W, 3E - #97 Girly Girls (Week 1 of 2 )
• Inspiration Destination - W, F- #23 Always Anything Goes
• Mod Squad Challenge - W - Make A Background
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - W,3E -  #217 One for the Girls/Female Cards
• Simon Says Stamp - W, 5E - Special Lady/Girly
• Stampavie and More -2W,  JFF - #232 Butterflies (Week 2 of 2)
• Scrapy Land Challenges -1st and #3rd Wed of Month, Must use a die sold by Scrapy Land - #13 Anything Goes Use Any Brand of Die Scrapy Land Sales
• Wonderful Wednesdays -  W, SIO -  Always Anything Goes 
• Papertake Weekly W -  Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
• Make My Monday - W, C6 - Girly Birthday (note web address change) 
• Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (Week 1) Lots of Folds
• Sparkle N Sprinkle - M, E3, all crafts - (March) Anything Goes with Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
• The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E - (Week 1) Happy Birthday
• Whoopsi Daisy - M, SIO - (March) Add a Sentiment
• Glitter n Sparkle - W - #127 Decorate Inside and Outside of your Card
• Robyn`s Fetish - W - #254 Pearls or Gems
• Sentimental Sundays - W, must include Sentiment - #248 Anything Goes