Rose Wonder

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a local news anchor.  The news anchor Mother is going through chemo and I asked her if it would be okay to send her a card, she quickly said yes!  So I made this card to send to the news station, so she could pass it onto her Mom.  I hope she enjoys it.

I found this idea at Julie Davison blog.  You use the Rose Garden Thinlits to cut out the largest rose with the leaves, using it as a stencil.  I then used a Aqua Painter and the ink from the lid of my Pink Pirouette to paint in the image, then did the same with Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.  I used the sentiment from Wetlands and added a few Basic Pearls.  The card base is Pink Pirouette, then retired Regal Rose, which is what I used to stamp the sentiment in.  Final layer of card stock is Whisper White. 

All in all, it is a pretty easy card to make!  Mary

Rose Wonder

Happy Wednesday to all of you, I hope you all have recovered from the festivities of the Fourth!  We laid low at our house, like we usually do and hung out with the dogs.

I've had these cards done for the past week, but things have been pretty busy at my house lately and I just now found time to share the cards this week with you.

For this thank you card, I used the Rose Wonder stamp set.  I used Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White card stock.  I then used Flirty Flamingo and Pear Pizzazz ink pads to dab the colors onto my stamp.  This makes a quick card.  If you aren't comfortable using your ink pads, you could use sponge daubers also to get the ink onto the stamp.

Another nice, flat card that will not require any extra postage for mailing.

Thanks for coming by!  Mary

Rose Wonder

I'm want to share with you a card that I made with one of the new In Colors for 2016-2018.  I must tell you that I really like these new colors, they are really nice.

For this card I used the new one called Flirty Flamingo, which is a pink color.  I hadn't used my Rose frame lit too much, which will be in the new upcoming catalog.  I used some Birthday Bouquet Designer Series paper because it has Blushing Bride in it and I think it goes well with the new Flirty Flamingo color

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I also cut a rose image from Whisper White, then I used the Fine Tip glue pen to adhere the pattern pieces down with.  The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder stamp set.  I then added a piece of the Pool Party 3/8" Glitter Ribbon.  Of course I couldn't throw away the other die cut so I made a second card.

Looking at the second one, I probably should have sponged some ink behind the Rose image for little bit more pop.  Next time I will try that!

On this note, they told us at OnStage that when using the Precision Base Plate to NOT USE it with the Magnetic Platform.  Over time the pressure that it puts on the framelits could cause them to crack or even break.  Only use the Precision Base Plate with the Multipurpose Platform.

Thanks for coming by.  Mary

Rose Wonder

I received a e-mail awhile back that had this card in it.  It was posted by Connie Collins, and I just knew I had to make it too.  Connie took her Bloomin' Heart Thinlit and die cut out four of the heart shapes.  She arranged them on her card layer and placed her sentiment in the center where the die cuts didn't meet.  While she used a Easter greeting, I wanted to use the sentiment that is in the Rose Wonder stamp set.  Connie also used the Botanical Builder Framelits for the flowers at top.  You can see her beautiful card HERE.  As you can see, that Heart shaped Thinlit is not just for Valentine cards!

Here is what I used:

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke and Shimmery White

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Basic Pearls

I used my old Color Coach to come up with the color combo for the Cherry Cobbler and Wisteria Wonder/ Elegant Eggplant scheme.

This card will be sent to a lady who is struggling with cancer right now.

I hope to see you again next week, have a great week-end.  Mary

Rose Wonder

Today I'm sharing my latest attempt at watercoloring.  I think I have the hang of this but will still keep practicing, but with another image.

This time I used Daffodil Delight for the rose color and I went again with Pear Pizzazz for the leaves and Soft Sky to do my highlighting around the image.  I use Daffodil Delight card stock to highlight the art piece and thick Whisper White for my card base.  The sentiment is from a retired stamp set called Build a Cupcake.

I will put this stamp set off to the side for awhile and move onto a new stamp set.

Thank you for coming by and I hope you have enjoyed my creations with this set.  Mary

Rose Wonder in Pink

Well I want to share my second try with doing water coloring, this time I took the water out of my Aqua painter and had a little dish with water on my table to dab water onto the water color paper in the areas that I was working on.  This seem to give me more control over where the ink went on the area I was working on.  I moved all around on the image, so I was not working on a area close to a area I had just finished.

As you can see, I had better control of the shading that I did on the image.  Oh one thing I did do was take my stamp pads and inked up the image in two different colors.  I used Blushing Bride for the flower and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.  Not to bad for my second time water coloring!!  I did use my water color paper from Michael's for this just because I got it for 40% off and was a cheaper paper for me to experiment with while I teach myself to water color.  Oh, I did use Soft Sky to add color behind the image, it gives a nice soft appearance to the card front.

My card base is Soft Sky.  I mounted my art piece to a piece of Blushing Bride.  The sentiment was stamped with Sahara Sand.  The sentiment is from a retired set, but you could use any kind of sentiment with this image.

My next try I want to do in yellow.  I have two aunts with upcoming birthdays and they will be receiving my art projects, I hope they like them!!  Now onto some more Valentine cards, it is coming faster than I want it too!

Thanks,  Mary

Rose Wonder

Today I want to share my first serious try at watercoloring.  While not perfect, it's not to bad for my first attempt.  I did go to Michael's the next day and got a book of watercolor paper to continue to practice my watercoloring technique.  I want to thank Amy K for inspiring me to give it a try.

I stamped the image with VersaMark ink and then use White Embossing powder to set the image with. I used Perfect Plum and Pear Pizzazz for my ink colors.  I put one drop of re-inker on the lid of my ink pad and use the Aqua Painter to pick up the ink and color with.  Anyone who has followed my blog know how much I like to color, so this is right up my alley!

Stamp set is the Rose Wonder from the 2015 Occasions Catalog and the sentiment is from Wetlands.  Card stock is Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum and Watercolor paper.

Thank you for coming by and I hope you have a wonderful week-end too.  Mary