Versatile Flowers!

For todays post I wanted to share with you how many looks you can get from the to a wild rose stamp set flower! I have taken many photos so I hope you enjoy them. I used the same layout for all the cards so that you can focus on the different flowers.

I have included 2 close ups of every cards.  Let me know which one you like the best?

My biggest decision was trying to figure out if I wanted to use the same style leaves as the flowers. I thought just to even simplify the card even more that I would use the same style leaves, but I think it would be really fun and add some extra interest to switch up the leaves.

For the center of the flower I used vellum. I really like the way it just melts into the flower.

I did make one other change to the card design by using different words on the old olive panel. I stamped the words with versamark so that it was a nice subtle look.

This stamp set has so many wonderful images and I love that you can use them seperately or layer them. When you have a set that gives you all this then the possiblilties are endless with all the different looks you can get from one stamp set.

Which sets do you find are versatile in the new annual catalog or the holiday catalog? Let me know. Leave a comment below. I hope to share some of the versatile stamps sets in the holiday catalog soon! Thank you for stopping by and I hope to hear from you! Enjoy!

Fab Friday #171 Sketch

Fab Friday has a great classic sketch for this weeks challenge and I love the designers take on it.  It is amazing how everyone sees something different when they look at a sketch. I knew when I saw it that I wanted to use one of the layers with the long flower die from the wild rose dies.

Click here to visit their site!

I also couldn't help using a piece of the bird ballad dsp, my favorite dsp right now. But we will see if that changes when my holiday catalog order arrives. I am so excited to see all the fun new papers I ordered. If you have not received a holiday catalog let me know and I will send you one! You will love all the fabulous items!

Give this fun sketch a try over at the fab Friday site today! Enjoy and have a beautiful weekend! Thank you for visiting my blog and come back soon!

Another Wild Rose

 The summer is slowly coming to an end.  My youngest starts her last year of college tomorrow.  I don't know where the time has gone. Since she will be back at school I will be able to be more consistent with my blog.  It feels good to be back in my regular routine.
 I am so hooked on practicing my water coloring with the to a wild rose stamp set.  This set is great because it gives you the option of quick stamp layering or you can just use one of the layers like I did on this card.

I stamped the outline in StazOn ink so that I could water color it. I used a wet on wet technique with several colors. I love how the colors just blend with this technique. It does all the work for you.

After using my wild rose dies to cut out the flower, I kept the background simple and soft. I wanted the flower to be the star of the show on this one.

The card came together quickly after I was done with the water coloring. Have a great week and thank you for stopping by.  I would love any comments you have!

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Embossing for texture

Coloring with my stampin blends is so relaxing and rewarding. Even though this stamp set has 2 other layers that you can stamp for quick and easy card, lately I have been coloring the image. I think because the petals are so nice and big it has a lot of room to color. After I have several images colored then comes the thought of what will I do with them. Sometimes I struggle with coming up with new ideas. Generally I will look through my old stampin up catalogs and find something that will work. Adding texture is something I really like to do and so when I saw an idea where they embossed the stamped image as the background I knew that was what I wanted.

I stamped one of the detail layers of the rose with versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder on crumb cake card stock. This added the texture and dimension that I wanted to add to the card. Because the way that I colored the flower was kind of busy I wanted to keep the rest of the card pretty simple. Where do you get inspiration for the projects that you create? Do you color your images with a project already in mind or do you color and then figure it out after? I would love to hear your thought process.  Enjoy!

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