Monday 9 January 2012

Multicoloured multitasking!


I'm still exploring the potential of the versatile beehive technique, which lends itself so beautifully to working with an array of different colours.

Yesterday, I filled in a large open ring coil with pairs of twisted strips, working with that 'magical' colour combination of purple, red, pink and green (... plus a tiny bit of white, silver and black thrown in!)  The result is almost a marbled effect, full of interest and movement.










I used it to make this card:


And then it struck me what a wonderful background pattern a photo of the quilling would make. So I've used it for this one too, with just a little flourish of real quilling on the top:



15 comments:

  1. Very pretty. Looks like icing on a cake:)

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  2. Wow! Philippa, This is OUTSTANDING! I love the way you've used the beehive photo as a background! Absolutely adore the end result!

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  3. woooooooooooooooooow...very very pretty and wonderful, Philippa.
    This was amazed me....great idea.
    Thanks a lot to improve the beehive technique. Love it so much....

    hugs,
    Susan

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  4. love the beehive technique Philippa

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  5. lovely , love the colors you used, and the second card is awesome, how you took picture of your first creation and used it for background, that is awesome!!!
    Paula

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  6. Philippa!! It´s adorable !!! I´m sure you spent a lot of time on it but you did an amazing job!!!! I love it!!!
    Have a marvellous week!!

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  7. What a great motif for a card. It looks great and it also makes a wonderful background

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  8. I love it! It looks like moving and living as if light goes out from it!

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  9. i love the color combination and the ways it moves..will try it for sure..

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  10. This is so breathtaking, Philippa! Love the combination of colors, swirls and the circle around them! And the digital background turned out great!

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