If you are in the UK I hope you have not had too much damage from Storm Katy! We had a little repair to do on the fence but that was all, so we got off lightly.
Today I am going totally different from my last very vintage post for a challenge over at That's Crafty Challenge Blog...
* Red and green should never be seen!
I have never really understood that saying as there are so many beautiful red flowers in the world and they generally have green leaves! So that is what I took as the inspiration for my project.
I went for a card this time as I wanted to try out a new stamp that I absolutely fell in love with when I saw it, a rose art stamp from Imagination Crafts. A card also gave me the opportunity to use some fun mediums to create backgrounds.
I started by creating my green background for the rose stamp. I used 3 different shades of green inktense blocks and rubbed them across the card. After spritzing with water I sprinkled on some brusho powders (leaf green and emerald) and spritzed them a little more. I wanted to try to keep some of the speckled look so heat dried the whole piece. After making sure it was totally dry I stamped the rose with versamark and embossed with red powder...
I wanted the background to also reflect the rose so coloured another piece of card in the same way but using reds this time. Then I used a 'Bed of Roses' embossing folder by Sue Wilson to add pattern and texture and cut it to size using a pierced square die.
Gold gilding wax was added to highlight the texture and then I put a little bit on the rose image as well to tie it all together. Both pieces were then matted to help define the images.
A piece of ribbon was added before putting the image onto the card with 3D foam tape and then a sentiment stamped and embossed in gold to add the final touch...
Here is the finished card...
So I think red and green is a fine combination!!
I will be back on Friday with something different again, we will be going a bit fantasy.
Have a lovely rest of your week,
Jane x
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