Tuesday started off as a normal day. What started as a day to run errands after my daughter's library class turned into new landscaping and plenty of sore muscles! During our errands we stopped in a local landscape shop to visit the manager and his wife who are dear friends - which led to the decision to go ahead and buy some veggies and annuals - which led to a couple of rose bushes. Once I got home I decided thtat the 2 dead bushes in front of my house had to go - which led to removing the 2 remaining live bushes since it was out of balance (I never like them anyway) - which required some rope and my husband's truck to pull the stumps. I'm still not finished since all that work just about did us both in LOL! To celebrate my new rose bushes, I decided to make a rose card with Fifth Avenue Floral set. I really do love this set - and I'm so not a flower person! Since I only sporadically do the weekly challenges, I like to combine challenges when I do get to them. This card uses the Ways to Use It challenge from a couple of weeks ago (use white cardstock) plus this week's Sketch Challenge.
I stamped the rose on Watercolor Paper with versamark and embossed in white. I used a Regal Rose marker and Blender Pen to color it in. The leaves were die cut using the Build A Flower set #2 die.I colored them with Glorious Green marker and an aquapainter but didn't like the end result. I decided to flip them over and let the green show up as a shadow behind the leaves. They were folded in half and run through the crimper for added texture. The swirl panel is Shimmery White cardstock, the base is Whisper White. Both have patterns using the texture plates and Big Shot. All panels and images are adhered with dimensionals.
Stamp Supplies: Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set, Big Shot die cut machine, Stampin Up Backgrounds #1 texturz plates, Build A Flower die cut, Watercolor Paper, Shimmery White cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, crimper, heat tool, white embossing powder, markers, blender pen, aquapainter, dimensionals.
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