Crackling Rose

Hi there everyone.  I have a new stamp from Chocolate Baroque called Crackling Rose and it is the loveliest rose to colour so I used Festive Berries and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks, and Sunshine Yellow and Lettuce Adirondack Inks, and also a little Seedless Preserves on the shaded parts of the flower.  This was actually made before the Coneflower card which I have shown recently and which was made in a similar way.  I expect you will probably guess who this card was made for.

I found a snippet of white card slightly smaller than my base card and using a blending tool I placed the red and the green at opposite corners and the yellow towards the centre.   I stamped the flower using Versafine Smokey Gray ink and coloured the flower with the same colours using a water brush.  The red with yellow gave a nice slightly orange look to the flower and the Seedless Preserves just darkened the shadows slightly.

The stencilling was done using a piece of non slip matting which I thought might make a nice pattern. We have used it under a few items around the house and it has also come in handy on the bottom of the Sat. Nav holder on the dashboard to keep it in place.  I inked through it which gave the solid pattern, and I also inked the fabric which gave that chequerboard look.  I also used a mini stencil from Creative Expressions called Shabby Harlequin.

I decided to blend a bit more of the yellow over the whole thing to try to bring it all together, and I have to say I was rather pleased with the result as I haven't actually stamped and coloured straight on to a coloured background much before and I thought that everything mixed and complemented each other fairly well. 

p.s.  I was surprised to find that this card found its way into the Chocolate Baroque Reader's Gallery Post here.

Before I go I have a few more photos to show you which we were taken whilst Darnell was visiting us and didn't want to show until the trip was over.  It's Hammy of course, and I think he stowed away in her luggage as he didn't want to be left behind, and as he wanted to surprise everyone along the way we kept him secret, though I think there were one or two photos where there may have been a sneaky peek.  He was very well behaved and was definitely a talking point.

 
Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

Pat  x

I am entering the following challenges:

Artistic Stamper August Creative Challenge - Anything Goes.
Uniko Studio - Challenge No 34 Flowers.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Fabulous Florals.
Country View Challenge for August - Hot Summer Days ( I have used hot colours)