Tuesday, March 12, 2013

William Morris Style.

The current challenge over at Frilly and Funkie is to be inpsired by the work of the designer William Morris. I love his prints in soft furnishings so just had to have a go at making a card.
I went on line to see if I could find anything suitable and came across his Kelsmcott Tree print and instantly knew that was to be my inspiration piece.
 
I used my Little claire Designs 'Changing Tree' to make a tree and then cut just one section of it out  which I then placed behind  a panel made using  A Wow stamp  called 'Brocade'
I used distress ink Forest Moss , then overstamped with  Pine Needles and using s paint brush picked up the residue of the ink left on the stamp to fill in the the background.  I used a sizzix die cut for the window and coloured the tree panel with distress markers and promarkers. I then adhered to a panel of cardstock which picked out the mauve colour on the birds.
The flower just happend to be sitting on my desk as it was a reject  from an earlier project and matched the mauve panel perfectly, though the photo shows it as being  more of a blue colour. The sentiment is a Wow clear stamp.
 
Entering into the following:
Frilly and Funkie: William Morris Style.
Moving Along with the Times: The birds and the bees.
Pixie's Crafty Workshop: Use your snippets( reject flower made orignially from snippets).
One Crazy stamper: Anything Goes.
Great Impressions: Going Green.
 
 


 
 

26 comments:

Zue said...

Really pretty. It just goes to show that in the end we use up all the left-overs somewhere! William Morris designs are timeless, don't you think?
xxxxx

Doreen said...

This is beautiful,love the fab image and colours.xxx

Sandra H said...

Mrs A this is gorgeous! x

Debbie said...

Love William Morris patterns, very floral and lovely.
Great card Mrs A, beautiful Flower. DebbieX

Jenny Marples said...

Love your take on this challenge Mrs A. By just adding that flower the eye is really drawn to the beautiful image in the frame and that delightful brocade. Thanks for sharing this with us at Frilly and Funkie. Hugs, Jenny x

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card and so love that flower..xx

Sunshine Girl said...

This is really nice - I am finding these William Morris projects very inspiring! I also havent mixed promarkers and distress markers either so thanks for that tip!

MaggieC (Silvercrafter) said...

Such a pretty card, I love the colours and the design. William Morris is such an iconic designer, isn't he? Thank you for your lovely comments on my two cards. Have a good week. xx Maggie

Hettie said...

Oooo! Pwetty card there Mrs A! Love purple or varying shades of!
Hugs
xx

An Occasional Genius said...

A gorgeous card Mrs A, really captures the feeling of WM. Love your reject flower!!

Have a lovely day xx

Desire Fourie said...

Beautiful creation and I love the flower.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Di said...

BRILLIANT Mrs A! Love the whole design, and am a fan of William Morris too. The 'reject' flower is a perfick finishing touch.

Did you help Sam to clean out the chooks BTW? They seem to have been given a shampoo and set and are standing to attention so I sense the hand of a perfectionist there :)

Hugs, Di xx

Hazel (Didos) said...

Oh this is super, what a great card, Thanks for playing on MAWTT this week, Hazelxo

Grenouille Greetings said...

I'm sorry I haven't been by for a while, Mrs. A. Life has got in the way of my blogging. Sadly if I comment on everything I simply shall never catch up but I have very much enjoyed going back and checking out your recent posts. This William Morris inspired creation is very pretty but I think my favourite of your recent posts is you fabric and paper tag. It's gorgeous! Hugs, Lesley

Faye said...

That gorgeous flower is perfect for this project. But I really love the swirly background you created.
Sweet Cheeks is poorly. Just had a full bed change. VUH, of course, snored through the whole thing!
xx

Do What You Love said...

Mrs. A., you are always so very creative. That background is just amazing! I love the swirls - it's so incredibly beautiful. The window with the flower is perfect with all the other lovelies you've put together. As always, wonderfully done. Thanks for your lovely comments. You're always so supportive---I really appreciate you! ;-)

Donna said...

Beautiful card Mrs A and I love the inspiration behind design. These colours work perfectly together and the little love birds are too cute :) Donna ♥ x

MagsB said...

Just beautiful! I love William Morris (and I have a half-finished needlework cushion cover to prove it!) The brocade stamp is so elegant, and the flower is just so vivid! Lovely!

love Mags B x

Sarn said...

Hi there Mrs A . . . terrific card from the WM inspiration.

Apparently I missed a snowball fight earlier in the playground! Phew!

Hugs
Sarn xxx

Kerri said...

love your card and thks for joining us over at One Crazy Stamper!!

scrappymo! said...

Beautiful card. I love the falling blossom cluster!
The swirly edges are fab too.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card, love the delicate colours you've used and the flower is fantastic ! Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Sue C x

Joan V said...

Mrs A, you just educated me about William Morris. Thank you. I love your front panel on the card and it is so like the Wm Morris print. You did a lovely piece with adding the tree and birds. Very creative. Thanks for joining us and playing along at Great Impression Stamps March Challenge "Going Green".

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Hullo there Mrs. A.,
Well, lovely inky work going on here, love William Morris too, and the background stamp is lovely.. and also the card below is a great on as well!
Thanks so much for popping over and for sharing! Shaz in Oz.x

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Hullo there Mrs. A.,
Well, lovely inky work going on here, love William Morris too, and the background stamp is lovely.. and also the card below is a great on as well!
Thanks so much for popping over and for sharing! Shaz in Oz.x

Heather said...

Very pretty. Thanks for joining us at One Crazy Stamper this month.