A quilled violet

I have my husband to thank for the background photo that I've used in this card. He was in Cornwall last week, and took some lovely photographs for me of the wild flowers that he found growing along the edge of the coastal path. This picture features violets and wild garlic (the white flower), and it immediately got my creative juices flowing!

I 'feathered' the edges of this oval image in Photoshop Elements, before adding a few additional violet flowers just to balance the composition. (Bet you can't tell which ones!!) Then I had a go at quilling a violet after studying the little white markings and the petal formation. Now I'm thinking I could maybe create a pansy flower in a similar way. Watch this space ...