Rose Wonder Watercolor Wash ~ CCMC412

Hello fellow stampers and welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!  This is color week and look at this beautiful color combination our leaders have come up with!  Isn't it gorgeous?!?

Well, believe it or not, my card uses only these three colors (plus gold which I consider a neutral!).  

I seem to be in a watercoloring mood these days and when you watercolor you can really manipulate and add or subtract the color you want.  

I started out by embossing the leaves from {Rose Wonder} in white embossing powder on shimmery white cardstock.  I swiped water across the whole thing and then washed on the Pool Party ink with my aquapainter.  I added some extra color to the leaves which is why they look darker.  While my background panel was drying, I white embossed the rose, also from {Rose Wonder}, on watercolor paper.  I used Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder ink to achieve the colors in the rose.  I fussy cut it out once it was completely dry.  After the background had dried I used several images from the {Timeless Textures} set, some stamped in gold ink and some in Pool Party.  I also sponged some extra Pool Party around the edges of the card.  

Next, I popped up the rose with demensionals, added some gold cord and gold thread, and a "For You" gold foil die cut that was laying on my desk....a discard from a previous project.  (You know how I love to used pieces on my desk!)

Lastly, I swiped some clear Wink of Stella on the rose and leaves to add extra shimmer.

The whole thing is layered on a base of Blushing Bride and Pool Party cardstock.

Make sure you hop over the the Create with Connie and Mary site and have a lookie at the other designers creations.....they do not disappoint!

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Rose Wonder, Timeless Textures

Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Versamark, Gold

Paper: Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Shimmery White, Watercolor, Gold Foil

Accessories: Wink of Stella, Treat Bag Thinlits, Gold cord and thread

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Rose Wonder Stained Glass Sympathy ~ HSS231 & CTS158

Hey everyone!  It's time for another Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge!  We've got a color combo for you this go around.  These are some perfect colors for Valentine's Day, but unfortunately I needed a sympathy card, so that's what I put mine to use for.  

I also used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch #158.  

 

I've seen this rose done like this a few times now and wanted to try it out for myself.  I love the stained glass look and it's kinda fun to put the pieces back into place like a puzzle!  

I know the sympathy sentiment doesn't match the sketch, but I felt like it needed it.  

Also, the background paper is from a super old pack called Sweet and Sour.  It's shiny embossed and adds a bit of extra texture.  

I decorated the inside as well.  I really like this new Rose Wonder set for sympathy cards.

Thanks for taking a peek and I hope you'll play along with us at HSS Challenge #231!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Water Stained Rose ~ CCMC390 & TSOT254

Good morning stampers!  Here's to another Create with Connie and Mary Challenge!  This week  it's a color challenge using Real Red, Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey.  I must say that our designers have really knocked this one out of the park this week....we've got some great samples and inspiration for you at the CCMC site, so check it out!!!

I also used sketch challenge #254 at Try Stampin On Tuesday.

For this card I started out using the Rose Garden Thinlits and cut out the small rose in Real Red and the leaves from the big rose in Lost Lagoon.  I then traced around the edges of the leaves and rose on white cardstock, fussy cut them out, and sponged on the coordinating color.  After completely  sponging on the colors, I splattered water on the rose and leaves and let them dry.  Then, I adhered the die cuts on top using my two-way glue pen.  

After the die cuts were glued down, I used my clear Wink Of Stella pen to add glimmer to the rose petals and leaves.

I adhered the completed rose and leaves to a piece of white cardstock with a bit of Botanical Gardens Designer vellum layered over the top.  I secured the vellum down with gold brads in each corner.

I added a beautiful sentiment from {Rose Wonder} using black Stazon ink.  The whole thing was mounted on a base of 100 lb weight thick white cardsock after it was layered with Hello Honey DSP and black borders.  

Have you ever designed a card and then kept looking at it thinking, I could have added this or should have added that.....that's what I think of this card.  I wish there had been some sort of ribbon or twin added, just to take it up one more notch.  This is pretty clean and simple for me and I've never been a clean and simple kind of girl!  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Beautiful Blessing Botanical ~ CCMC388 & TSOT252

Hi Stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's color challenge #388!  I've also thrown in the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday to help me out with my card.

I really DID use Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss but they kinda came out looking like Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry because of the watercolor technique I used.  

I started with a piece of watercolor paper and spritzed the entire thing with water.  I then washed the colors over the wet paper....trying to add as much color as possible.  You can see that some parts of the flowers are darker then others.  

After the ink dried, I cut the flowers and leaves out with the new Botanical Builder Framelits.  They are so pretty, aren't they??!! I then sponged on the coordinating colors around the edges of the flowers and leaves to give even more depth.  I also added the little black centers to the flowers making sure to curl them up with my fingers.  

The flowers are arranged on a piece of DSP from Botanical Gardens which is available in the new Occasions Catalog.  The white dotted strips are from Wildflower Fields DSP pack, which is in the Sale-a-bration catalog.  

The sentiment comes from another fabulous new set in the Occasions Catalog called {Rose Wonder}.

The flowers were finished off with iced rhinestones and regular rhinestones.

I hope you be able to play along with us at CCMC!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Pretty New Stuff! ~ CCMC387

Hello stampers and welcome back to another Create with Connie and Mary Challenge!  Challenge #337 is a neat sketch.  

I had just recieved my pre-order stuff from the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration just before Christmas but I hadn't had a chance to go through it and play around until the last couple of days.   

We have a wedding to attend on New Year's Eve and I figured this was the perfect opportunity to use some of my new stuff!  I used a beautiful new stamp set with coordinating dies called Rose Wonder and Rose Garden Thinlits.  I was also able to use a piece of the Botanical Gardens DSP and Botanical Gardens Vellum Stack, as well as this super sweet Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper.  

I decorated the inside of the card to make it a little more special as well.  

I hope you'll find time to join us at Create with Connie and Mary for this week's challenge!

In the mean time here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Rose Wonder

Ink: Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride

Paper: Mint Macaron, Botanical Gardens DSP, Blushing Bride Glimmer, Botanical Gardens Vellum Stack, Gold Foil

Accessories: Rose Garden Thinlits, Gold sequin trim, Blushing Bride cotton ribbon, Mint Macaron dotted lace trim

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny