Climbing Rose
Hope you have had a grand Sunday in spite of the yucky weather.
My inspirations for today’s card comes from Freshly Made Sketches Challenge for this week.
And Watercooler Wednesday for the Occasion for my card.
Instructions for the card are as follows:
- The card base is Old Olive 4-1/4” x 11” scored at 5-1/2”
- Mat for the art panel is Flirty Flamingo 4” x 5-1/4” adhered to the card base with Liquid Glue.
- Art panel Whisper White 3-3/4” x 5” embossed with the Subtle TIEF. Before embossing stamp the greeting in Old Olive ink using a stamp from the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set. Much easier to stamp before embossing. If you stamp after embossing it doesn’t look smooth and clean.
- Cut trellis for butterflies from Whisper White card stock using a die from the Rose Trellis Thinlits Dies, coordinates with the Climbing Roses stamp set.
- Adhere trellis to art panel using Liquid Glue.
- Fussy cut butterflies from the Botanical Butterfly DSP
- Stamp the rose corner piece using the Climbing Roses stamp set and Memento Black Ink. This is a nice bunch of roses to color.
- Color the roses using Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive Stamping Blends. I think the Flirty Flamingo looks more like Blushing Bride than Flirty Flamingo.
- Run the roses through the Big Shot using the coordinating die from the Rose Trellis Thinlits Dies.
- Adhere to the corner of the embossed Whisper White art panel using Liquid Glue.
- Everything that needs adhering to the art panel is now finished, so adhere it to the Flirty Flamingo mat that has been adhered to the Old Olive base. That’s it for the card front.
- Stamp the Happy Birthday from the Better Together stamp set on a panel of Whisper White and adhere to the inside card base.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you like my card and that you find encouragement and inspiration for your own creations.
Card cuts are at the top of the post today.
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The card base is Highland Heather. A Basic Black mat is cut and a panel of Thick Whisper White is adhered to the Basic Black using Liquid Glue after running it through the Big Shot to emboss using the Subtles TIEF. These two are then adhered to the card base using Liquid Glue. 
It is amazing what you can make with scraps. Thank you
The little piece of grill looking texture behind the hummingbird is from the Hummingbird Framelites Dies and is adhered using Liquid Glue. The greeting is stamped in Balmy Blue on a scrap of Balmy card stock, Old Olive and White Twine is wrapped around the greeting piece a few time and tied in a bow then popped on the background piece using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. 
Three sequins have been adhered under the greeting. The Humming Along hummingbird (don’t you just love that bird) is then popped over the greeting panel. Several sequins are scattered over the background piece.
The inside sentiment from the Seasoned with Kindness stamp set is stamped in Blueberry Bushel on a panel of Whisper White that has a Balmy Blue watercolor wash in the center.
The leaves were attached to the back of the rose using two Glue Dots. It was easier doing it that way, you could tell exactly how the leaves needed to be placed around the rose. After attaching the leaves to the Graceful Garden rose it was popped on the water colored panel using Mini Stamp in Dimensionals.
The flowers are a two step process and from the stamp set Incredible Like You (available January 3), This technique is something I have never tried before. It took me practice and three tries before I finally was able to think this piece was acceptable. As always practice makes perfect, so I must try it again to see the results. You stamp the darkest color first or that is the way I did it and then you stamp the lightest color, stamping off once to make the color lighter. The color is Lovely Lipstick, but to me it looks more like Cherry Cobbler. The art piece is now adhered to the Basic Black mat using Liquid Glue and a length of Pear Pizzazz 3/8″ ribbon is wrapped around the art piece. This is now adhered to the embossed panel using Liquid Glue. 
The greeting is stamped in Lovely Lipstick on a scrap of Whisper White, then cropped using the Layering Oval Framelits Dies. It is popped over the ribbon in the lower right corner of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals. A tiny butterfly is cut using one of the butterflies from the Butterfly Gala stamp set (available January 3). A pearl from the Share What You Love Artisan Pearl pack is glued to the butterfly. A Glue Dot is used to adhere to the card front. Three pearls from the same pack are adhered to the upper right corner.
