I took inspiration from the Fusion sketch again and used shades of pink. The longest part of this card was faffing with the tones for the layers of the rose, I felt like I'd been stamping for hours and getting nowhere. As a last resort and out of sheer frustration I used dye based ink but spritzed it with water before I stamping onto normal cardstock and it gave the rose a mottled look - I liked it, so I rinsed and repeated and finally I was happy, although the cardstock didn't really appreciate being wet!
I die cut the heart, embossed the front, then added some pretty pink vellum behind the aperture and behind the butterfly. The sentiment is a decade old Hero Arts wooden stamp which was white embossed. To finish I added a little gem and used Glossy Accents to add fake droplets of water on the petals.
Challenge Links...
Fusion - Sketch
Butterfly Challenge - Letter P (Pink Butterfly)
Less is More - CAS Dry Embossing
HLS - Anything Goes with Dies (Butterfly, heart and rose)
Stunning card Claire, such a beautiful, feminine design. xx
ReplyDeleteThis is such an elegant and beautiful creation and I love the embossed panel over the plain one! Gorgeous flower placement too!
ReplyDeleteThis is really beautiful Claire, love it! i know what you mean about spending ages trying to get something right and not getting anywhere...happens to me a lot!!..lol...just lets say we must be perfectionists!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully soft effect - the embossing is very subtle and your pink rose is stunning!
ReplyDeleteI really love the way you've clustered the elements. I really don't know how to do that so artfully! This card is delightfully pretty.
ReplyDeleteDelightful make and your woodgrain embossing is just perfect
ReplyDeleteKathyk
So pretty and elegant Claire, the woodgrain embossing creates the perfect backdrop for your blooms and used in such a CAS way is brilliant for our challenge at Less is More. Thanks for joining us.
ReplyDeleteOh my word, this is beautiful Claire. The rose looks fantastic xx
ReplyDeleteYour is indeed what it says a delight. Love the shades of pink and your gorgeous rose. The pink vellum behind the butterfly and again behind the cut out heart is a nice touch. Thankyou for coming and spinning the butterfly wheel this week. hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeleteYes it's a real delight, Claire ! Very elegant and delicate card with those soft pink details. A beautiful use of your dry embossed paper for a great CAS design. Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at Less is More.
ReplyDeleteWow! Love the texture, love the butterfly, love the flower. I love it all! Thanks for joining us at Fusion!
ReplyDeleteOh Clare this is so lovely and elegant. Love the contrast of black for your sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at HLS for our AG with Dies Challenge.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, such an elegant look, Cathy x
ReplyDeletebeautiful card, the layered stamping is not that easy I have found.
ReplyDeletethanks for joining us at HLS
Barb Housner (DT)
So pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with Happy Little Stampers!
Susan
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