Saturday, January 05, 2013

A Thank You Rose


Another new stamp in the post-Christmas sales.  Reduced from £9.99 to £1 - look how much money I saved!  On LOTS of them ;)

This rose image is quite versatile.  I've already made birthday cards with the rose in various colours - pink, red, peach.  And it makes a really elegantly understated sympathy card when stamped in pale grey.  But I'm not showing you that yet, you never know when it might meet the criteria for a challenge.

So, this version is coloured with Tombows directly onto the stamp, then spritzed from a great height (ok, from about 2 feet) to get a water droplet effect, then stamped onto white card, and mounted onto base card.  Easy peasy.  The image stamp and sentiment stamp are both Penny Black.

The challenge at CASual Fridays is to make a CAS thank you card.


CFC84: Create a Clean And Simple Thank You card

The cue word at CASology is


New flower (bud).

The challenge at A Blog Named Hero is


New stamp (yay!)

19 comments:

  1. So Stunning I don't even think Stunning can describe it! Breathtaking - what a treasure.
    Hugs,
    Audrey

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  2. Oh Shirley, this rose is stunning! The watercolour effect just makes this image perfect! Thanks for joining in on the fun at CASology this week!

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  3. Ok, I have to try this very soon before I forget the tip for spritzing it from 2 feet away!

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  4. It may be easy-peasy, but it looks fantastic (the very best kind of technique)! I love the resulting shading - so pretty! And perfectly paired with a scrolly sentiment. Thanks so much for playing along with us at CASology this week, Shirley!

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  5. Gorgeous stamp! So elegant and beautiful and love it done in the pinks. Great idea with the water dropping to add a special detail.

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  6. Absolutely beautiful! CAS at it's very best.
    xx

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  7. Ah yes ... isn't it fab to save money whilst spending?! You got a great bargain there, Shirley, but it's what you've done with it that makes it special ... beautiful shading and 2ft spritzing ... just stunning! Anita :)

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  8. Beautiful in its simplicity! And what a bargain, although I don't know the conversion in USD. But going down from 99 to 1 is definitely a savings!

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  9. Love the way you coloured that gorgeous flower and whoop whoop for a great bargain! Thanks for playing along with CAsology this week!

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  10. Shirley your rose is just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at CASology!

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  11. I love doing that technique and the effect on your beautiful rose is awesome, Shirley!

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  12. What a gorgeous rose. I love the way you've shaded it. It's a beautiful card. Happy New year! Ann

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  13. Beautiful & what a bargain!! xxx

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  14. Oh wow! Your flower is gorgeous! Thanks for playing along at CASology!

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  15. Love your interpretation of 'new'. So clever to use a 'new' stamp! Absolutely beautiful results with this technique - it creates such a subtle vibrant look.

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  16. yay for new stamps!! love this watercolory type of look.

    xo, Kristina
    Visiting from ABNH Challenge
    Hope you'll visit me too <3
    www.pearlgateway.com

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  17. The water droplets add such a wonderful detail to this stamp, just like drops of dew on a flower. Very soft and pretty! Thanks for sharing this with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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