I saw a single rose today, that was peaking through the vines in the yard.  It is a bit early for roses, but guess this rose does not know that, with all the crazy weather we have had the past few months.  Some of our flowering trees were blooming in January.  My card today is in honor of that single rose.

My card is a bit larger than the usual cards I make.  This one is 6” x 4”.  I used Basic Black cardstock as the base.  My layout is from Freshly Made Sketches 326.

I cut a mat from Whisper White cardstock 5-3/4 x 4-5/8.

I cut the colored mat piece 5-1/4 x 4. I colored the leaves on the piece with Old Olive Stampin Write Markers.  I let this dry and then took the Memento Black Ink pad and rubbed it all over the piece.  My Olive Green turned black also.  I liked the look of it.

I cut a rose from the Petal Passion DSP and colored it with my Real Red and Olive Green Stampin Write Markers.

I  cut the tag the Dear Friend sentiment is stamped on using one of my tag dies.  I stamped the Dear Friend sentiment using the Birthday Blooms stamp set.   I attached it to the rose using the Silver Metallic Thread.  I wound some gold braid around the card 3 times.  After using Stampin Dimensionals to attach to the Whisper White mat,  I think one gold braid would have been sufficient.

The inside sentiment is also from the Birthday Blooms as is the flower.  I colored the flower using Real Red and Olive Green Stampin Write Markers.  I attached this to the card base using Liquid Glue.

There! You have my first rose of Spring.  We always hear of the last rose of Summer, not the first rose of Spring when roses are not suppose to be blooming.

Look what my hubby brought inside to me, beautiful aren’t they?

 

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Product List

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper [145589] $11.00	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [121045] $8.00	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Old Olive & Real Red Stampin’ Write Markers [145059] $7.00
Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658] $19.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Silver Metallic Thread [138402] $3.00