Wednesday 4 March 2015

Shrink Plastic and Frescos - PaperArtsy Miniatures Challenge Inspired by Julie Ann Lee


Over on the PaperArtsy blog, the theme is anything in Miniature. I love anything in miniature, and I love shrink plastic, which was how Julie Ann Lee chose to use the theme, as you can see here. I just love her gorgeous peg doll; it is so original! I thought it was a perfect opportunity to use some of the larger flowers that have recently been released, so I picked out a selection. I used stamps from JoFY26, ELB15, and the brand new JoFY 31 and 32 on shrink plastic and painted them with new fresco shades Bougainvillea, Banana, Prawn, and Tangerine Twist.

I brayered the new blues, Smurf, China, Jade, Purple Rain, Southern Skies, and Caribbean Sea onto a white card blank and softened it with Snowflake, and stamped Happy Birthday from JoFY 26 in Jade. I stamped the grasses from HP1009 in a mix of Banana and Caribbean Sea to make green and then added a bit more of the Banana and stamped the grasses from Darcy's lovely EDY09, at differing heights and using some secondary stamping, along the bottom of the card blank. Then I used the spriggy thing from ELB15 in Jade and glued the shrink plastic flowers in place.

I am entering the PaperArtsy Miniature Theme challenge which is here.

15 comments:

  1. Fabulous use of shrink plastic, love how the large flowers make very lovely small flowers. Great card Lucy :-) xxx

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  2. oh Lucy, that's just gorgeous!!! I never have much luck with SP but those flowers are fantastic!!

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  3. This is gorgeous,fab image and design.xxx

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  4. Gorgeous garden in miniature! Don't know how you coped with fussy cutting all the shrink. Well worth it though...

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  5. Lucy,
    Love your shrink plastic garden.

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  6. Great idea Lucy! Your miniatures flowers look beautiful! X

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  7. So lovely, Lucy! I just love the shrink plastic as you know and was just thinking the other day about pulling some out! Hugs!

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  8. Oh wow Lucy, you could do all kinds of miniature gardens with this idea!!! Love it!! ~Leandra

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  9. That is really lovely, the flowers are gorgeous.

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  10. Just been saying elsewhere that my only encounter with shrink plastic was some Scooby Doo Shrinky Dinks when I was a kid - must do some exploring with the newer stuff! I adore your miniature garden especially with that lovely light blue spring sky.
    Alison xx

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  11. Beautiful - I love the flowers, they look like a summer meadow.

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  12. Lucy, this is beautiful! It's such a gorgeous idea for a birthday card and reminds me of the little garden that Alice tries to find her way into in Alice in Wonderland. I am really alarmed that you have been blogging all these lovely things and I've missed them! Your posts have not appeared on my blogger list and I missed this on the PA challenge too.Thank You so much for mentioning me so kindly. I am going to do my best to catch up with all your lovely work. xxx

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