As its Wednesday, it's time for What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday over at Sarah's Craft Shed here!
To my desk - I dont know if it's just me?? but I find some die sets have ZERO instructions, and you're left to work out how to assemble as best you can! This lovely Iris set is one of those. I found by searching a post for Poppy Craft Iris die, (a disc. image on eBay) and that's what is guiding me here.
I had some beautiful hand made purple paper, but it needed shaping + texture added in colouring. After trying loads, chose the Staedtler Fluoro pink, perfect (one borrowed from my sister's many pencils), with gold opalite ink added before pencil, gold pearls, and shaping tool. The die set actually comes with two different irises, so if you want 3 flowers you need two the same. It gave me brain strain assembling the two so thought no way I could do just one and so am doing another two. The only reason I persisted was because it was for dearest Iris, of Lincolnshire, who's now with the LORD. I wanted to send it to her daughter for first birthday without her beloved mum. So praying it's a blessing to Vicki. Background is black card, double embossed front and back with EF Poppy Crafts Rustic Wood, then splattered with gold paint. Leaves in gold mirri card.
Phew, finished card! It was worth it in end. I actually made 3 more Irises as going to make one for another friend in August.
These cards are done with the same technique used last week, see here. 
Double embossing with Poppy Crafts Rustic Wood Embossing Folder, the smooched inky colours. Sizzix Real Vibes greeting set.
Now to a few Aussie photos, a red flower (cyclamen and begonia) collage from the courtyard.
Sharing with the following Challenges:
1. Allsorts Challenge
2. Word Art Wednesday Challenge Anything
3. Snippets card, the iris card, teeny snippet of gold used, the handmade purple was part of a sheet, snippets left as shown.
5. And lastly Darnell's I.D.E.A.S challenge. Week 2 is Dies and yes there's dies! Iris card, + two birthday cards.
