Thursday, May 7, 2015

Retiring Rose

Mornin', peeps!  I'm still getting my mojo back together after almost a week of not being crafty, but I think I'm getting there.  This morning, I made this card:


I am continuing to love on my retiring stamps and accessories a bit--I used two retiring stamp sets, a retiring embossing folder, retiring Framelits, retiring patterned paper, and retiring ink.  That's a lot of retirement :) The white panel is popped up from the card base, and the rose is popped up from the white panel, so this card is extra-dimensional.  Just thought I'd let you know since you can't see it in the photo.

I used the color challenge from Colour Me...!


Usually I am not over fond of color challenges that feature one color and neutrals, but for some reason I am totally in love with Crisp Cantaloupe (or Calypso Coral for that matter) and Sahara Sand.  So I had to play along with this one.  I hope the challenge hostesses over there won't give me demerits for using some Calypso Coral ink on the rose...it's a Dynamic Duo with Crisp Cantaloupe, so really it's like the same color but a darker shade.  And I needed some darker shade for my rose :)

I also used this week's fantastic Freshly Made Sketch:


I think I play along over there almost every single week.  And this week I stuck VERY close to the sketch, lemme pat myself on the back for that :D

Well, since my Skype date bailed on me today (I still love you, Missy) guess that means I can go right back into the crafting cave and make something else.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Stippled Blossoms, Too Kind
Ink:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe DSP
Accessories:  Fancy Fan EF, Labels Framelits, Dimensionals, hexagon punch

7 comments:

Tanya said...

This is really pretty! Great color combo! :)

Jenny Engelke said...

My, what a beauty! The brown and peach are so striking together! Thanks for sharing with us at Colour Me!

CCsMom said...

I do love the color combo. And the textured background is awesome. Overall a winner.

Happy Friday!

Tanja said...

love the embossed background and the beautiful rose - thanks for joining us at Colour me...! this week

Katie Ann Brooks said...

Gorgeous! Thank you for joining us at Colour Me!

JoAnn said...

Beautiful card. Love the embossing and the pretty rose.

Amy O said...

I love the two-step stamping with this set. It makes such beautiful flowers. We're so glad you join us regularly at Freshly Made Sketches! It's always a pleasure to drop by your blog.