All About Roses

Good morning, friends!  I hope you have had a healthy and safe week.  Thinking about and praying for all the folks who have been affected by the coronavirus.  God bless our medical teams, and all the people who have stayed open for business as essential employees.  I am so grateful for you. 💓

Today I'm sharing cards that have roses as the common theme. 

The first card was for my mom; she loves black and white.  I added the pink/mauve to soften the color combo.

Stampin' Up! Abundant Joy rose and sentiment stamps, Large Paper Doily Sizzlit die; pearls; Papertrey Ink Keep It Simple Frames die

Anna Griffin rose sticker; My Favorite Things Mini Delicate Doilies dies; Altenew Label Love sentiment stamp; pearls; Papertrey Ink Mix & Mat: Scallops rectangle die; Skipping Stone Designs Timeless Texture Backgrounds music note stamp 

Close To My Heart Topiaries topiary stamp; Papertrey Ink Tiny Tags sentiment stamp; My Favorite Things Pierced Traditional Tags; Hug Snug Pansy Purple seam binding; vintage thread; rhinestones; Stampin' Up! Irish Blessing background stamp

I will see you all soon here on the blog.  Thank you so much for your visit today!

God bless you,

The Butterfly That Didn't Make It

Have to admit, this is one of the oldest cards still remaining in my stash.  This butterfly from Touch of Nature, a retired Stampin' Up! set, has my heart.  It's okay to give love to stamps that aren't brand, shiny new anymore, right?   The ones that languish in the halls of eBay and on yard sale tables across the country?  I don't think I'll be parting with this stamp set, no sir.  It gives me joy.

I made two of these cards and sent one off to Take Ten magazine eons ago, in the hopes of being published.  I was following one of their sketches.  Unfortunately, it didn't make it into the issue.  Glad I have its twin here so I could share (they don't send back stuff they don't wind up using).

More old stamps used here:  Skipping Stones Designs music background, and Craft's Meow sentiment. Both of those companies are no longer around.   More antiquity?  The Wrought Iron corner punch by Stampin' Up!.

Well, thanks for taking a walk down Crafting Memory Lane with me today!

Stamps: Touch of Nature - SU; music notes - Timeless Textures - Skipping Stones Designs; sentiment - Timeless Tags - Craft's Meow Paper: Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White - SU; K & Co. pattern Ink: Old Paper - Ranger; Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko Accessories & Tools: Wrought Iron corner punch - SU; Copic markers; Starry Night embossing folder - Sizzix

Inspired by a Magazine Page

This is my second post of the day.  Please scroll down

one post for The Play Date Cafe challenge.

In the March 2012 issue of Real Simple magazine, page 166, you see this page:

Though this style is not "me", I immediately thought of stamping because of the patterns I saw.  The pillows feature yellow gingham, and the tan pillows have a pattern (kind of Moroccan) just like my Skipping Stones Designs stamp.  The floral could be represented with paper.

I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge - here's the sketch:

The Gingham stamp is by Market Street Stamps, the Moroccan pattern by Skipping Stones, and the lush floral paper is Girls' Paperie.  The sentiment is Verve.

I used Liquid Pearls in yellow and white to surround the sentiment, and a bit of light yellow shading too.  Behind the circle die cut is a Parisian Motif die cut.

This card is headed north to one of my dearest friends, a stamping buddy.  She is very special to me.  We met here in Blogland and have grown close.  I still marvel at the generous, warm-hearted community of crafters I have met.  I count myself blessed to know you all.  Big hugs!



Stamps: Birthday Surprise - Verve; Gingham background - Market Street Stamps; Timeless Textures - Skipping Stones Designs
Paper: white - PTI; floral - Paper Girl - Girls' Paperie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko; Summer Sun, Taken with Teal - SU
Fibers: twine - Creative Impressions
Other: Dotted Scallop punch - EK Success; Big Shot; Parisian Motifs die - Spellbinders; white, yellow Liquid Pearls - Ranger; blue button - Girls' Paperie; white button; pearl
Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
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