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Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Friday 13 February 2015

Rose, Butterflies and Ribbon

I made my first craft purchase since christmas this week, (very restrained of me I think), but Chocolate Baroque had the lovely A4 Harlequin Rose set for sale at a reduced price and I couldn't resist. I have used two of the stamps from the set to make this card, the rose with a script background and the lacy panel. I began by stamping the rose with memento black ink onto a snippet of white card, and then colouring it using Coloursoft pencils blended with Sansodor. After trimming I used a duster brush and Festive Berries DI to lightly shade the edges and mounted it onto another snippet of grey pearlised card. I used a 5" x 7" folded base card and stamped the lace slightly lower than centre directly onto it, with Brilliance Lightning Black ink. I brushed over all the dangly motifs with a clear Wink of Stellar pen and added pink Stickles to the dots. While that was drying I stamped the birthday greeting with Victorian Velvet DI, using another Chocolate Baroque stamp form a clear set of  birthday sentiments. I wrapped pink ribbon around the front of the card above the lace. The rose panel is fixed in place with thin foam tape. To finish off I cut two butterflies from a tiny snippet of pink pearlised card with a Cheery Lynne die, and glued them  on by the bodies only. I didn't have any grey pearls so I coloured white ones with a Promarker before adding them to the butterflies.
I am entering this at Pixies Snippet Playground - Use Snippets
                           Mrs. A's butterfly Challenge -  Butterfly and R for Ribbon
                            CCEE Stampers Challenge - Month of the Pearl - pearls and pearlised card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and for your comments, all of them are really appreciated.
Jean





19 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card. Wonderful colouring on the rose - it looks 3D! Love those little butterflies too. xx

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  2. Jean your rose is absolutely gorgeous. I love your colour combination. Brilliant idea to colour white pearls grey . Worked perfectly. Thankyou for fluttering by my 1st anniversary challenge # 24. Hugs Mrs A.

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  3. This stamp set was well worth waiting for! This looks amazing with such beautiful coloring, and those butterflies are a perfect compliment to that gorgeous floral image! NJ!

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  4. What a beautiful card - I can see why you couldn't resist buying that stamp.
    Jane - Butterfly Challenge Guest Designer

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  5. Jean, this is absolutely gorgeous! Every little detail is perfection - love it! And of course I adore pink roses at the best of times :)

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  6. A beautiful card, love the rose stamp, can see why you wanted this one.
    Yvonne xx

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  7. A very pretty CB rose stamp Jean and I adore the card and the beautiful colour combination you have used. The colouring of the rose is gorgeous, and the satin ribbon and the butterflies match the rose perfectly and such a great idea to change the colour of the pearls. x

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  8. That's a gorgeous card Jean. Yes, I agree, very restrained if you've waited this long before buying anything crafty since Christmas. Always satisfying to get a bargain!

    Hugs, Sarn xxx

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  9. This is lovely Jean. You have coloured the rose beautifully. I looked at that stamp too but decided have plenty of rose stamps. I love the stamped lace under it too. Kate x

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  10. Gorgeous Jean, love the background, and the font is lovely too, such a pretty rose and delicate butterflies, simply lovely!
    Hugs Jacee
    Simply Paper Card Design

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  11. Gorgeous card! What a great purchase (and great restraint to make this your first in a long time). Just gorgeous!

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  12. A fabulous stamped rose, and your coloring is just breathtaking! Terrific shading & highlighting, and I like the dusting round the outer edge of the die cut. That lace is a wonderful trim, and don't you just love those WoStella to add sparkle & shine. The tiny pink butterfly is just the right embellie for this stately rose. TFS & Hope your V. Day was great. Hugs

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  13. Oops, forgot to say: I think you exercised tremendous restraint, and deserved a craft treat! and if it was on sale....well then? WTG!

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  14. Jean. your rose is just beautiful. Thanks for joining us in the CCEE challenge this week.

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  15. So romantic and feminine, love it.

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  16. What a really lovely snippets card, Jean! It is very feminine and such a pretty design! You made great and immediately use of your NBUS ~ which makes you an inspiration to me!! Enjoy your day! Hugs, Darnell

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  17. Congratulations on the well deserved highlight over at the Playground with this beautiful card! Just had time to take a quick look at the highlights, will try to get back over tomorrow. I remembered this one, as soon as I spotted in the highlite section. Still gorgeous each time I see it! TFS

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  18. Oh Jean, what a gorgeous design.

    Hugs Diane

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