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Saturday 14 February 2015

Pretty in Pink

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone. I hope you have had a good week and have great plans for the weekend. I start half term holiday now and I think I will be mostly making Save the Date cards as the card has finally arrived. I am still coughing so any progress is a bit slow. I never did go back to work last week.

This is a special post for me because I have been accepted on to the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog Design Team. I am thrilled to say the least and this is my first offering. The current challenge is Pretty in Pink and this is my creation. You can find all the details of the challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Blog by clicking here.


Well Pretty in Pink what to do? Then  I remembered this beautiful  rose stamp that I bought in SplodgeAway  Facebook sale and I was away. 

I started with the layers the back mat I embossed with the Sue Wilson embossing folder Heart Trellis  and I inked it with Worn Lipstick Distress ink,



For the background I had a bit of fun, I used three shades of Distress ink and with Cut-n-Dry foam inked all over the page. When I was happy with the colour I sprayed some water over the whole background. I left it to dry naturally the water gives it a lovely  speckled effect. The final touch was to stamp the sentiment which is a Clarity stamp. 


I stamped the Viva Decor "3D Rose" set onto white stamping paper with Plum Archival ink and then the pieces  were heat embossed with CS Clear Detail Embossing Powder. To colour the images I put some Distress ink on my craft mat I added some water. I put the colour onto the image with a watercolour brush. I have never done this before I was pleased with the results. I cut all the pieces out by hand and I layered them up.  


 The final touch was to add the ribbon. I found this on sale in a fabric shop in Winchester I am now wishing I had bought a bit more it is so pretty. 

So that is my first post for Fantasy Stampers. Why not join in the challenge?

Enjoy your weekend.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

29 comments:

jane stillman said...

A beautiful card, gorgeous image and colours. Congratulations on the DT post and hope you feel better soon x

Linda Simpson said...

Morning Jackie, I do love this rose stamp and sentiment! Enjoy your weekend.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Crafty Judith said...

Afternoon Jackie stunning card Hun and fabulous sentiment too hugs xxx

Alison59 said...
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Alison59 said...

Congratulations on the DT call. A fabulous card :-)
(Sorry deleted the first comment - too many spelling mistakes!!)

KarinsArtScrap said...

beautiful rose card Jackie and congrat on your new DT post
Gr Karin

Tracy Welham said...

Gorgeous, I love the embossed background. Creative Blessings, Tracy x

Chris said...

Beautiful card, love the image and the embossing. Chris xx

Unknown said...

Hi Jackie fabulous card loving the design. Congratulations on your DT post and I have just finished reading about you in the CandC magazine. Lovely write up. Hugs Jennifer xx

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

Gorgeous, I totally love that sentiment! Congrats to you as well. Cheers, Holley

Lizzies said...

Fantastic card, love that rose, just hopping by. Lizzie xx

Nataliascraft said...

Beautiful card Jackie, love the inked background and fab design. xx

Kate M said...

Beautiful card to start your journey with this DT - great work - good luck.
xx

Laine said...

So pretty in pink Jackie. Congratulations on your new DT post.
Laine
xx

Carole Z said...

Congrats with the new DT Jackie, great news! Love your card...so pretty! Happy Valentines Day, hugs Carole Z X

Jan said...

Pretty card xx Jan

pam said...

Beautiful card Jackie..congratulations on your DT post.
Hugs Pam x

Andree said...

A wonderful card Jackie and gorgeously pretty pinks. Congratulations on your new DT post and I hope you feel better soon x

Jackie said...

Very pretty in pink indeed, a beautiful card :o)
Jackie xx

Emma Goddard said...

Beautiful Jackie, congrats on the new DT hun xx

Diane Green said...

Hi Jackie very pretty card, loving your speckled background and the water coloured rose. Many congratulations on making the design team blog, I know what it means to you. Enjoy your half term, try and get rid of that pesky cough and I will catch up with you soon. Love And a big hug Diane xxx

JayBe said...

Such a stunning card, Jackie - such a pretty embossed background to compliment that beautiful rose stamp. It's a pleasure to have you join our team at Fantasy Stampers, hun - look forward to working with you.
Hugz, Jan xx

Julie B said...

Great first card for the DT, welcome aboard. Love how you created the background for this card. :)

Angela said...

Congratulations on becoming a DT. This is very pretty in pink, love the embossed background x

MissyG said...

Congrats on your dot post - beautiful card
Linda x

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Beautiful card Jackie...Well done on your 1st post on a D.T...have fun...Joolsx

Brawny x said...

Gorgeous card x

Dawn said...

So pretty in Pink! Just lush!
Hugs
Dawn xx

Sam K said...

This is beautiful and big congrats on your new Dt position :) hugs xx