Wild Roses (Blog Hop)

 With a very broad theme this month of anything from the new mini catalogue or Saleabration it was SOOOO hard to decide what to do!  I finally settled on this very demure birthday card that I had in my head and finally got onto paper.

I had this vision of a kraft background with white watercolouring highlighting the flowers in a unique way, and it turned out even better than I had hoped.  I usually use my ink pads and aquapainter to watercolour but this time I used a white watercolour pencil on crumb cake cardstock.  I think it really adds depth to the background roses image.

I paired the stamped piece with a strip of DSP from the In Good Taste paper pack.  I think this stamp set creates a background that looks like fabric, and the woven DSP just tied this look together.

I tied a piece of the Blackberry Bliss striped ribbon along the "seam" of my paper and added a large bow, which I think adds a lot to the understated femininity of this card.

A small heat embossed sentiment on a beautiful stitched shape background anchored to the bottom corner of my card completed the front.  I added a second stitched element in white beneath the sentiment to help draw the eye and create a neutral resting place.

I added a strip of the highlighted roses paper to the inside of my card, offsetting the sentiment and leaving lots of space to write a personal message to the recipient.

One final look at the outside of my card:

As you hop along to see everyone's creations I hope you'll consider following me on Instragram (@justbstamping) and Facebook.

Thank you for stopping by, and if you leave a comment on my post you'll be included in my weekly draw for a free card!

Barb (you're here)

Jen

Leigh

Laurel

Leena

Wild Roses Birthday Card

The new Jan - June mini catalogue goes live tomorrow!  If you don't have a catalogue yet please let me know and we can organize free porch pickup--there is so much to see!!

As a demonstrator I've had the chance to preorder items and have been having TONS of fun making new projects to share with you.  If you don't already, please follow me on Instagram (@justbstamping) or Facebook to see all the latest!  :)

This week I am kicking things off with the oh-so-beautiful background stamp, Wild Roses.  This stamp gives an amazing look on plain cardstock, but I stamped it on a sheet of the new Oh Some Ombre DSP (saleabration freebie!!) and it just amps it up a whole other notch!

I used a tone-on-tone technique with Roccocco Rose ink on Roccocco Rose Ombre paper, trimmed to 4.25" x 5.50".  I used the Stitched Nested Labels die to cut out a window on the front of my card--did you notice the stitching on the OUTSIDE of the window?!  Love that added feature.

I popped up my card front on dimensionals and added a recessed "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the new Oval Occassions stamp set.  I have used this stamp A LOT this week, I love the mix of fonts and it's just the perfect size to fit in so many places.

I die cut some pretty little flowers from the Wreath Builder die set in Very Vanilla and Blushing Bride, and some leaves in Soft Sea Foam, and placed them around my sentiment window.  I added some coloured pearls to the centers, which just adds to the softness and femininity of this card.

And I finished off the front with some new Whisper White twine tied into a bow.  This twine comes in a two-pack with Blushing Bride and it is FABULOUS!  Sometimes twine is too thick to do much with but this is the perfect thickness to tie a bow without any bulk, and is so soft and easy to use.

For the inside of my card I took the die cut piece from making my window, cut it in half, and used it to decorate the top left and bottom right of my inside panel.  Nothing goes to waste here!

I'll be posting more projects all week featuring this beautiful background stamp, so please be sure to check out my Instagram and Facebook pages.  

I appreciate you stopping by and would love to hear your comments,

Barb