Sunday 23 February 2014

A single rose...

I am beginning to find this blogging lark quite addictive.  I used the ClarityStamp rose and stencil from the New Design Club for this birthday card.

Here is the gelli print background once I had added some extra colour.  Not again!  Can you see my inky paw print?  Oh dear...  I really didn't want to start again, so I'll need to hide that later.
 
 
Next step was to stamp out the roses onto some old book pages and colour them in.

 
The plan was to include a little keepsake with this card, and I thought this rose would look great decoupaged as a fridge magnet.  I glued the old book pages to some Grungepaper for this.  Here are all the layers.
 
 
Here I have added a Claritystamp sentiment, and glued the roses into place.  I put a little magnet under the rose at the bottom right to hold the fridge magnet in its place.
 
 
I painted the decoupaged rose with crackle glaze and added a tiny bit of glitter to highlight it.
 
 
 
Remember my inky paw print?  As I didn't want to trim the white border around the gelli print, I added the bow and charm instead to hide it.  Although it wasn't part of my original plan, I don't think it looks too bad.  What do you think?  Until next time.  Xxx 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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11 comments:

  1. Emma Burns23 February 2014 at 20:54

    Brilliant Barbara. Love the colours and what you have done with the NDC Heart. xxxx

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  2. Jane23 February 2014 at 21:52

    I think it looks 'blooming' marvellous! X

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  3. MaggieC (Silvercrafter)24 February 2014 at 00:06

    Never mind "not too bad". It is lovely, and the bow and charm perfectly placed, even if there wasn't' a paw print to hide. xx Maggie

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  4. Unknown24 February 2014 at 13:35

    Thanks for your lovely comments about this card ladies. Xxx

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  5. JackieCou24 February 2014 at 14:05

    What a great card! the pink really makes the background pop!

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    1. JackieCou24 February 2014 at 18:48

      Ps I meant to ask what you used for the background greens and brown?

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    2. Unknown24 February 2014 at 20:06

      Hi Jackie. The gelli print was in buff titanium and sap green. Extra colour added with lettuce,meadow and cranberry adirondacks, slate to give shade and definition. Hope this helps. Xxx

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  6. Lisapmac24 February 2014 at 17:44

    This is Gorgeous x

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  7. Unknown25 February 2014 at 07:00

    Always glad to see how others hide their mistakes! I need their examples as mine often seem to have a small unique enhancement! Yours is lovely

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  8. Annie28 February 2014 at 07:18

    I love it, Barbara and the little "cover-up" made me laugh, like Gillian my cards sometimes also have little unplanned additions, so glad you have started a blog! I so love seeing the beautiful cards people make and so generously share. Happy day and weekend to you and everyone. I love Fridays!

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  9. SamsHomeCookedDesigns.com28 February 2014 at 10:42

    Congratulations on being one of our top five. I think your card is really lovely and what a great idea that was to add a fridge magnet. I couldn't see the fingerprint, this is partly why I love the Gelli Plate, its so forgiving. xx

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