Vintage Rose Card

Hello!  Today I have another vintage-y card to share.  I did not finish my Rose series in June, as I had intended -- life just got too busy -- so I decided to just keep on until I was done using all the rose stamps I could find in my stash.  (All my Rose themed cards can be found at this link.)

And I need your help!  I got this Rose image as a RAK and I do not know the maker.  Do you?  It was clearly unmounted at some point from a woodmount stamp.  

I used a lot of product in this card, I sortof threw the kitchen sink at it.  It was fun to make!  The seed packet stamp is so much fun and I know I will be using it a lot in the future with all my flower stamps.

I paper pieced the rose, and then added details with a rose pencil and then pink distress ink.  

Supplies:  Our Daily Bread Stamps Seed Packet, Rose Unknown, Hero Arts Italian Poetry background stamp, Avery Elle Kraft and Truffle pigment inks, Echo Park Victorian Garden paper pad, Derwent Coloursoft pencils, Distress ink Tattered Rose.

I would love to participate in the following challenges:

Our Daily Bread Designs Anything that Grows

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge Flora and Fauna

Rose with Pillowtop Background

Welcome!

Today, I finished up a card using another one of my Rose stamps.  When you get a large enough collection of stamps, it is easy to forget about your older stamps, and so this month I have been trying to go through all my stamps and find all the Roses and use them on a project.  

For this card I first inked up the bud with distress ink, spritzed it with water and then stamped it onto regular cardstock.  There was still a lot of water on the paper, so I blotted it off after a few seconds.  Then, I inked my stamp again, and stamped over top of the watercolor area.  

The stamp set has separate stems and leaves, so I used a stamp positioner to get those right.  

The background was made using the Pillow Top method.  Here is a link to a video by Gina K that will tell you how to do it.  I would recommend using a sturdy piece of acetate if you try it.  I used a more flimsy one first and did not get good results.

The butterfly was leftover from another project that I shared here.

Supplies:  Stampin Up Watercolor Garden stamp set,  Gina K Whimsical Spring stamp set, Distress Ink Worn Lipstick and Pine Needles, Versfine Onyx Black Ink.

I would love to participate in the following challenge:
Tuesday Throwdown: Watercolor

Thank you for visiting today! I hope I will see you again soon.

Rose for Father's Day

Hello!   I have often wondered why florals are for women only. I think men like flowers just as much, and that is why sometimes I use my flower stamps for masculine cards.

I recently have gotten a few sets of the Spectrum Noir markers and that is what I used to color this rose. I am not very good at this type of coloring, but it is pretty fast!  (The yellow isn't quite as bright in real life, I often have that issue photographing yellow, does anyone know why?) I added score lines around the image to frame it.

Supplies:  Gina K Stately Flowers 6, Memento Jet Black ink, alcohol markers and patterned paper from my stash

I would love to participate in the following challenges:

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Summer Garden
SimonSaysStamp Wednesday - Father's Day

Rose Frame Thank You card

Hello and welcome to my blog.  I hope you enjoy your visit here!

It has been busy around here!  School is not yet finished and we have been doing household projects and organizing.  It feels good to get these projects done and feel more ready for summer activities!

Today I stamped out this simple card, but I think it is very pretty!  

I used just three stamps, including the sentiment.  The pink roses were fussy cut and are popped up with dimensional foam adhesive.  This would be an easy design to do a card set.  

Supplies: Gina K Designs Made with Love stamp set, Versafine Onyx Black ink, Gina K Lipstick ink.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I Brake for Stamps - June's Rose Valentine

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today.  I really enjoy sending Valentine's to my family members so this time of year I really work on them.  I decided to make a very soft and pretty Valentine that I think anyone would like, but this one will probably go to a grandparent, who I know will love this style of flowers.

I stamped I Brake for Stamps June's Rose stamp repeatedly to get this design.  I thought that the champagne colored embossing power would look pretty with a soft pink.  You can see the shine of the embossing powder in the following photos (click on any photo to see details).

I did use watercolor paper and waterbased markers to color, blending out with a wet brush.

Supplies:

I Brake for Stamps June's Rose

Gina K Designs Stately Flowers 5 (sentiment)

Versamark Ink

Recollections Champagne Embossing Powder

Canson Watercolor paper

Tombow Waterbased markers

Pink Cardstock from my stash

Martha Stewart Mini Heart punch

This project will be entered into the following challenge:

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes