The rose is one of my favourite flowers, I say one as I really can't choose between the rose and the peony. Both very similar but a sweetly scented red rose will get me every time. I have a gorgeous old rose growing by my front door with such a gorgeous scent that greets us as we come up the drive. Roses were also my dear mum's favourite flowers and she was much better at growing them than I am.
So my card features some red roses from an old Clearly Besotted set called A Delightful Day which also comes with matching die cuts.
I started off by stamping the vase first then masking it off whilst I stamped the roses. Then without re-inking the roses I removed the stamp from the vase and, protecting the roses with a mask, just stamped the stems so they looked lighter in the water. I used a couple of SU water colour pencils to create the water. The roses were coloured with Spectrum Noir tri colour blends. I also added a touch of glossy accents as dew drops but they haven't quite shown up on the picture. There is a very light layer of Spectrum Noir sparkle pen just to give them a bit of as shine. I then used the matching dies to cut both the flowers and the vase out. They easily go back together.
The background was made with some Tim Holtz distress inks and a new stencil mask I have got from The Crafters Workshop called Mini Quatrefoil. I sponged it first in Tattered Rose then moved it over slightly and sponged again in Bundled Sage. I used the same mask on the cardstock using a Versamark pad to create the border. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.
