Shabby chic, vintage rose


This was for my sisters friends birthday

this stamp was a gift many many years ago and was by elusive images ive seen the same stamp on chocolate baroques site i'm not sure if they used to be elusive images or if they now have the rights to make these stamps.

I layered gold mirri with a pearlescent pink pastel card i think came in a pack from c&c the rose paper is from First Edition 6x6 rose garden paper pad. I love their paper pads you get some that are textured, embossed and pearlised. my sister gave me this and the 12x12 pad for xmas!

Ive stamped the rose with memento ink knowing i was going to be using promarkers i think this is the best ink to use. i distressed the edges with tim holtz distress ink vintage photo and a little brushed corduroy, i did the same to the sentiment before cutting them out and using a corner punch and mounting onto gold mirri the ribbons and cameo are from my stash and i love the cream and latte colours.

I put a contrasting paper inside for the insert with a verse and i 3rd generation stamped the rose on te left hand side, just to give it a more proffessional look.

When i started this card i didnt really have a design or idea in mind i just did it!! the ccard i atamped the rose on was from my stash and to be honest its not my normal colouring card so i thought it looked rubbish and i was even going to stamp it again. well it turned out a lot nicer than i thought and my sisters friend loved it   

my first ever blog!!!!

I'd like to start with a card i made a few weeks ago

 The image is a digital stamp from Hannah Lynn called punch of colour, there a few of these punch of colour girls digi stamps. I've coloured her  with a few grey promarkers cool 2 and  cool grey 3 with just  bit of red on a few tattoos and the rose and darker greys for her headscarf. i love this image its very 1950's rockabilly which is a style i love.
I've die cut her using spellbinders decorative labels 28 and layered and embossed black card with metallic rub on to enhance the embossed pattern. the swirls are a cupcake wrapper bought ages ago from homebargains, they where brown so I've coloured them using a black promarker.
I was really pleased with how this turned out and it started me thinking of doing more simple cards and less embellishments or fuss and keeping the main image as the focus this is one of them cards i now don't want to give away !!! 
do you ever get that? you make a card with no idea what you're doing but by the end of it you love it so much you cant bear to part with it? 

Well that's it for my first blog!!!! Wasn't so bad after all. xxx