Fragrance of a Rose

Hello, to everyone on this glorious morning!  Why is it that a rose is the flower of choice to send to women on special days?  Is it because of their beauty or because of their fragrance or because of the symbolism or all of the above? In any case, the beautiful rose image in the new stamp set, Fragrance, released by Our Daily Bread Designs earlier this month is the focus of my card for today.  Linda challenged us to use reinkers on the Ways to Use It Challenge yesterday on Splitcoaststampers, so I watercolored the roses with distress reinkers.

Creative Nugget:  Roses were randomly embossed in white for the background panel, then dabbed onto watered down distress inks on my craft mat.  Three different shades of yellow were used and each was dried before adding the next color.  The sentiment panel was done the same way but without the embossed roses.  The roses were stamped in Watering Can Archival Ink and clear embossed.  The same three colors of distress reinkers were used to watercolor the roses. (Each time I type the word reinker, spellcheck replaces the word with reindeer…as if I colored the roses with reindeers! **giggle**)  The design of the card is from the Freshly Made Sketches for this week.

Here is the gorgeous stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs used for this card:

This card will be submitted for the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #196

Our Daily Bread Designs - ODBDSLC247 Floral Inspiration

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #96 - A Flower in Your Image

Word Art Wednesday #193 - Anything Goes/Family Friendly

Thanks so much for stopping by…hope you've been inspired! Enjoy your weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac