Blooming Roses ft. Pajama Crafter Stamps

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing with you this softly painted rose card using products from

Pajama Crafter Stamps

Sketched Florals Rose Stamp Set

Birds of a Feather Stamp Set

I love painting images like this and I used Distress Ink to paint it! Let me show you how I made my card!

I heat embossed my image in gold onto sparkle watercolor paper from Paul Ruebens (Amazon). I love this paper as it gives just a hint of sparkle in the light. I started painting and did the leaves first.

I flooded each leaf with water and then picked up the ink colors from a palette I was using. I used 4 colors for the leaves and 4 colors for the flowers.

I wanted this to be soft and springy so my colors really are not bright, but soft. I flooded each part of the petals, put in my lightest color and then added shadows with the darker colors finally fading to the lightest color.

Once the painting was finished, I splattered it with gold paint. Then I cut my panel down to 3 1/2" x 5". I trimmed a piece of gold shimmer card stock and embossed it with a geometric pattern to go behind it. I also heat embossed a sentiment using the Birds of a Feather Stamp Set. I trimmed it out and used a gold metallic ink pad along the edges. I did this for the watercolored panel as well. I chose a soft pink for the A2 size top folding card base.

I've had the butterfly embellishment in my stash for a long time...like years! But it looked really nice on this card. It is metal so this will have to be a hand delivered card. I was actually going to put a bow here and that would have looked really nice but I liked the butterfly better. I adhered my layers together and my card was finished!  I hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial. 

Here is a list of supplies that I used to make my project today: Florals Rose Stamp Set, Birds of a Feather Stamp Set, watercolor paper, gold embossing powder, gold shimmer paper, pink card stock, Distress Ink: Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Everygreen Bough, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, Gold paint for splatter, Gold ink pad for edging, an embellishment for lower left corner.

Til next time...

BetsyIn my capacity as a design team member for Pajama Crafter Stamps, I do receive the products I use from them. All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

Mock Orange Blossom Take #2 with Rachel Vass Designs

 

Bountiful Blooms with Rachel Vass Designs

 

Hello everyone!  It's New Release Day at

Rachel Vass Designs

Bountiful Blooms

This is another lovely set from Rachel that has A2 size as well as Slimline versions.  She

also includes a letter size version that prints out 4 different layouts at once.  This is

what I used for my project.

Using watercolor paper, I printed out the full size version.  I cut this into quarters and

chose the panel I wanted to use.

I decided to paint my panel with Distress Inks.

I chose a combination that Kristina Werner used on a video a long time ago!  It

has remained one of my favorites.  Here I've painted the background.

I used the background color to also add a bit of color to the center panel.

The Distress Ink colors:

Pumice Stone

Victorian Velvet

Seedless Preserves

Dusty Concord

A very light layer of Victorian Velvet went onto the flowers first.

Next a layer of Seedless Preserves went on.  Then I deepened the shading with Dusty

Concord.

I trimmed this panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and backed it with a panel of deep violet card stock

that measures 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  Then the entire panel was adhered to an A2 size top

folding card base of putty card stock.  And my card was finished.

I love this color combination so much and using Distress Inks to paint with is so

easy!  Rachel now has a blog where you can see awesome design ideas and there

is a link to her shop!

Rachel Vass Designs

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Rachel Vass Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.