Tuesday 1 October 2013

Birthday Rose


Hi, I used my new threading water punch to create the trim on this card. I know it's been around for years, but I finally managed to find it. I used a couple of green snippets and joined them together, the white strip is hiding the join nicely!

I coloured 2 roses with tombows and a water pen, and cut part of one away to add some depth. The stamp is Fifth Avenue floral I think from Stampin Up (it's my sister's stamp).

I'm going to link up to the challenge at Inkspirational where there's a sketch challenge.


Since I used some snippets I'm visiting the  playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.
I'm also linking to  Allsorts Challenge Blog, where the theme is how does your garden grow,
and Make It Monday where it's anything goes and to share creativity.

Thanks for visiting :)

19 comments:

Shirley-Anne said...

Simply a lovely card .I like the red , black and white combo
Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday

Ruth M said...

What a lovely floral card Cathy, the big rose is wonderfully vibrant! Thanks so much for playing along with us again at Inkspirational! Ruth x

Sue said...

Gorgeous card huggles Sue xx

Marina said...

Gorgeous rose - beautiful shape and colour and perfect use of our sketch. Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational Challenges. Come back next week! Marina.

Pia S said...

This is gorgeous, Cathy! Love the color of the rose and it stands out beautifully from the embossed white background, A great take on the Inkspirational sketch! I spotted your card on MIM.

Faye said...

Hello Cathy. Your card and image are Beautiful. I saw this on MIM. Faye

roffeycreations said...

Wow - who's been a busy girl then - this is beautiful - and no butterfly!!! LOL the sketches seem to be just right for your creations too... Mxx

MaryH said...

Cathy, This is such a lovely card, with your beautifully colored rose. I'm impressed with your tombow & w/coloring on this. Great job with your shading & highlighting. Love that ef you used on the background too. Your punch set it off just perfectly. TFS & Hugs

Darnell said...

That's a super sensational rose, Cathy! Well done, too, on having it fit so many challenges!!

Mynn xx said...

That flower is absolutely beautiful! All that yummy white space really makes it POP! Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational! :)

Di said...

Gorgeous Cathy - love the rose! Aren't we little terrors for pointing out where we joined and hid things? :) On the other hand, it does show ways and means and reminds us that it CAN be done! :)

Hugs, Di xx

Anonymous said...

This is great Cathy! The embossing is so unique and that flower certainly demands attention! Beautiful work. Thanks so much for playing at Inkspirational!
- Shauna

Loll said...

Hi Cathy. Your rose is beautiful. Love the color and the depth from adding the layers. Loll xx

Monica said...

That rose sure pops out with the decoupage... Lovely card.

Wendy said...

Pretty birthday card! Love the embossed background. Popped over from MIM xx

Deepti said...

This is so bright and beautiful Cathy :) love ur rose

Diane said...

Wow, what a pretty card design.

Hugs Diane

Mummylade said...

Just popping by to thank you for sharing your project with us at Allsorts this week!

Marina said...

Hi Cathy . Why not check who won our Inspired by Stamping prize at Inkspirational Challenges? http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/