Thursday 4 April 2019

Rose Garden- The Flower Challenge


Good Morning
It's time for another fun theme at 


This month we are challenging you to create a card using this simple sketch.
Please be sure to check out all the great cards created by our DT's.

So onto my card.
I had a piece of Alcohol inked Yupo that I thought would make for some beautiful roses so I die-cut the roses with some heavy white cardstock first then cut again with the inked Yupo.  I carefully glued the die-cut pieces back into the white outline and set them aside.  (I should mention that I did modify the die by cutting it down a bit before adding it to my card.)
Using my Grid embossing folder, I embossed the long panel of the sketch you see to the left side.  Since I was leaving my card white, I wanted to add as much texture and interest as possible. 
Next, I die-cut the Swirl Square twice and glued them to another piece of cs to use as the smaller piece on the sketch.  I love how they look.
I then glued it all together as per the sketch, pop dotted the roses and added some little pearls as the finishing touch.


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.


Supplies
Stamps- None
Inks- Alcohol ink
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Swirl Squares die (Penny Black); EB grid (Darice); 
Rose Cluster (Kaisercraft); pop dots; sm pearls; Tombow Mono Aqua glue



14 comments:

Verna Angerhofer said...

Gorgeous use of dies and colors. Great take on the sketch too.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

OH! how very beautiful Karen, love the inset red.
Faith x

Mac Mable said...

Wonderful texture on the white on white parts of your fabulous card....The die cuts look wonderful. Such striking roses and loving the vibrant alcohol ink colours. Such a stunning card x

Pat said...

The bright and beautiful pink and red tones of the alcohol inks look great for the infilled pieces of the white die cut roses Karen, and the embossed and die cut pieces make a wonderful backdrop to the flowers, and some pretty pearls to finish it off too. x

Loll said...

Beautiful and elegant card Karen. Love all the texture and layering of your white-on-white background. Those AI roses really pop against the white. xx

Bonnie said...

These roses are beautiful against the textured white background, Karen! A gorgeous card!

Nora Noll said...

This is gorgeous!! I LOVE the layering!!

Christine Alexander said...

Gorgeous Karen, I love the beautiful rose die cut that gorgeous AI back. Great textured background to your flowers. Love the card :)

kiwimeskreations said...

Wow - stunning texture and I love those roses - so eye catching and a fabuoous focal point
Blessings
Maxine

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Karen, I'm loving the amazing texture of your beautiful card, beautiful details with the embossing and the fabulous die cut panels, your roses pop up gorgeously among all of that pristine white.
Beautifully done.
Hugs.

Susan said...

Beautiful yupo AI to colour the centres of the roses! Wonderful texture from the layering of your die cut and embossed panels!

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely gorgeous Karen, I love the beautiful blooms and your layout and colours, Kate x

Kia's Place said...

This is so very pretty Karen ... the layering in the white with the beautiful pop of red ... spot on!

Bobby said...

Stunning, Karen. The texture and pop of color are spectacular.