Just a Rose

Mornin' y'all!  I started out strong this morning with a workout and running errands, and now it's 10:30 in the morning and I'm running out of steam.  And apparently poor Daphne has an upset tummy, but maybe a walk will make both of us feel better.

Anyway, once again I have chosen some long-retired stamps to play with instead of breaking in the new ones, but here we go:

We're feeling pink today because of the Inspired By... Challenge:

I looked through my entire stamp collection--twice--and just couldn't settle on anything related to hot chocolate or ice cream to go with this inspo pic, and then I settled on the giant rose from Fifth Avenue Floral because the petals remind me of the swirls in the whipped cream in the picture.

And since I'm using retro stamps, I'm entering this at Retro Rubber:

From some Google snooping, I think both the stamp sets I used today date back to 2013, so they're quite retro at 13 years old now.  I saw other Google hits dating to 2016, so they're *at least* ten years old.  Anyway, for the main flower image, I stamped it in Versamark + Early Espresso, heat embossed with clear powder, and then added some shading with Pretty in Pink (because the Pink Pirouette ink didn't show up enough on the Pink Pirouette cardstock).  A quick snippy-snip and a layer of old DSP, and here's a pretty pink rose card to send out to a friend.

Time for me to take Daphne out for her walk, she's a little extra stir-crazy because we didn't go yesterday so she deserves to go today.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fifth Avenue Floral, A Dozen Thoughts
Ink:  Versamark, Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink
Paper:  Basic Beige, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette DSP
Accessories:  Clear EP, Dimensionals, In Color Flat Pearls