Rose Memories

rosetapestryswapconv2008You may remember this card I made for Stampin’ Up!® Convention Swaps last year.

I loved the tapestry look the linen background stamp gave and you really cant go wrong with Purple and Olive can you?

The Wild Rose stamp set gives this card the vintage feel as they are more like the old fashioned roses. This set is great value  even if it does seem expensive at $69.95 as you get 12 stamps and you can create the loveliest cards with it – it has the large flower as shown on this card as well as stems, leaves and rosebuds and most have two stamps per image being a 2 step stamp set. The sentiment is from the Define Your Life stamp set which contains 28 stamps and it might be an idea to purchase this set too as the price may increase in the new catalogue due to the state of the exchange rate of the US Dollar.

One of my Stamp A Stack groups wanted to do this card but they wanted to do it with burgundy or red in place of the eggplant as they already had a eggplant/olive card chosen for today.

burgtapestryroseHere is what we are making today. Funny how those Cherished Teddies always seem to sneak into my photo’s!

This photo really doesnt do this card justice as I’m so happy with how changing a couple of colours has given this card such a fresh new look.

I’ve changed the mellow moss panel to using a piece from last years Enchante Designer Series Paper which it seems I still seem to have a few sheets of and I do love it so much.

The roses are done in Bravo Burgundy with the leaves done in Old Olive.

I do hope you like this card and if you’d like to see the Wild Rose set in action give me a call to arrange your demonstration. I wonder if we will get to keep this stamp set or if it will be on the Retired Stamps list due out 1st March.

Better get organised and off to my Stamp A Stack. Pop back later tonite or tomorrow for the Diva Sketch Challenge card.

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Diva Sketch Challenge 17

Well here we are at another Diva Sketch challenge – where did this past week go?? I have been so busy with Stamp A Stacks and demonstrations it seems everyone wants a bit of Sale A Bration! This week is another busy one with three Stamp A Stacks happening.

Here is the sketch given to us by the lovely Alicia.

Just to keep up with tradition and not to shock my fellow Diva’s I have changed it a little – but not as much as other sketches I’ve done.

Here is my card for this challenge.

udisc17As you can see I’ve changed the orientation from portrait to landscape and started with a More Mustard card. I’ve used the swirls from Baroque Motifs in versamark and then chalked over the image. I am so happy to know that Baroque Motifs wont be retiring and I’m sure you are too!

I’ve then layered Textured Always Artichoke cardstock and Kraft cardstock to which stamped the En Francais stamp in versamark and chalked again. I’ve  torn around the edges of these two layers and then sponged caramel and cocoa ink around the edges of the kraft piece to give it a bit of a vintage look which I hope I achieved.

I dragged out my ever faithful Stamp-a-majig to do the rose buds from the Wild Rose stamp set. I love this tool and it makes two step (or three or four step) stamping very easy. The saying is from the Life Definitions stamp set which I love.

I have incorporated a few different techniques with this card which I will cover in my technique classes. Techniques used are two step stamping, tearing, vintage and chalk popping. So if you’d like to learn these techniques and more then register for my technique classes today!

Till next time …

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Elegant Valentine

Further to yesterday’s post about the sponged hearts I went and added a couple of things to the heart card using A Happy Heart from the Summer Mini Catalogue.

Here’s the before look ….

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Now here’s the new and improved look … with a little bit of WOW (even if i do say so myself)

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Its amazing how just adding a couple of embellishments to a card really lifts it. The hat pin, pearls, clear beads and flower all came from the Pretties Kit and it really should come with a warning as to how sharp those hat pins are when you take the bottom cover off.  I have hat pin wounds to prove it but I will survive!

The “love you” stamp is from the Sealed with a Kiss stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalogue.

Dont forget valentines day is in just 6 weeks so why not email me your wish list – and dont forget to include the Sale-a-Bration sets you’d like and then just tell your hubby, spouse, boyfriend to contact me to arrange your present!  Couldnt be easier could it??

Have a great weekend.

leoniesig1

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