my Crafty Corner

Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Friday 16 August 2013

Summer Roses

For this card I have used this lovely stamp from Just Rite.It is fairly new in that I have only used it once before when I stamped it with black ink onto white card and I wasn't very pleased with the result as I thought the black ink looked too heavy. So I was quite keen to have another go as I like the stamp so much. This time I used Memento Rich Cocoa ink and stamped it onto some very lightly printed paper that my friend had given me. I stamped the bottom flowers again onto thin white card and the front rose once more. I coloured all the images with Promarkers and coloured pencils, and cut out the extra flowers. This is quite a large stamp so my finished card is about 5" x 7". I trimmed the main image and mounted it onto gold mirri card  and then onto a purple mat which I cut to fit the white base card. I stamped the greeting onto a scrap of the printed paper and mounted it on gold card to match, and fixed both panels to the card, adding some pearls to the bottom one. I used an embossing tool to shape the cut out flowers slightly and glued them over the base image with silicon glue for added dimension. To finish the card I stamped and coloured two little butterflies from a Chocolate Baroque set  and added them to the card also with silicon glue.

I am entering this at It's All About Vintage And Beauty - Summer Flowers
                               Bloggers Challenge - Flower Power
                               Stempelsonnen - Anything Goes.

 Than you for visiting and for your lovely comments, they are all appreciated.

9 comments:

  1. Your stamp is quite a bit different from mine isn't it, but just as lovely. I like the dimensional rose and the added butterflies. Kate x

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  2. Eine großartige Karte. Danke für deine Teilnahme an der Stempelsonnenchallenge.
    LG Dreja

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  3. Das ist eine ganz zauberhafte Karte geworden
    Danke das Du bei der Stempelsonne mit machst
    GLG Tamesis

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  4. This has come out beautifully using the brown & I love the matting. Stamping onto the printed paper but using white for the shaped elements is so effective for the latter really 'pop'. A lovely idea with a very classy result.
    Paula (PEP)

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  5. Hi Jean, this is such a gentle beauty... love the roses and softness of it.

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  6. A beautiful card, the colours look so pretty together.
    Yvonne

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  7. thanks for joining us at It's all about the Vintage
    elma

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  8. Ein wunderschönes Werk.
    Vielen Dank für die Teilnahme an der Stempelsonnenchallenge.
    LG Tina

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  9. Wow, brown ink with textured paper was indeed a great choice! Looks wonderful. Thanks for joining us at It's all about the vintage and beauty!

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