Cottage Rose

Stampin' Up announced this year's retirement list and of course several items I had on my wish list were on it.
Luckily last week was free shipping as well so I placed my "must have" order.
In preperation of the arrival of said order I ventured into my craft room and tried to tidy up a little.
This led to a re-icovery of long neglected stamp sets.

Amongst them one of my first SU sets; Definitely Decorative Cottage Rose.
With the recent aquisition of several SU stamp pad sets I decided this was the time to revisit this oldy but goody.

Over the last few days I create several lovely rose cards and thought I'd share them with you. These are great for Mother's Day, Thank you cards, Weddings, birthdays ... etc.
Here is a quick preview:

 

I love the versatility of this stamp set. And dispite my being rather too lazy to use my stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the image (I tend to guess at the placement) the rose always looks good.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: French Script - SU, Cottage Rose - SU

Ink: Real Red - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Old Olive - SU, Always Artichoke - SU, Basic Black - SU, to ink the edges of the card: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Dies: Floral Ovals - Nestabilities - Spellbinders, Oval Framelit - SU

Punch: Scallop Trim - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" black and red organza ribbon.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU

Ink: Crushed Curry - SU, Daffodil Delight - SU, Old Olive - SU, Basic Black - SU, to ink the edges of the card: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Dies: Flourish 9 - Thinlits - Sizzix, Elegant Flourishes - Tim Holtz - Sizzix, Oval Framelit - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" gold organza ribbon, 3 x 3/8" pearls

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU, corners- unknown (UM I purchased second hand)

Ink: Real Red - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Old Olive - SU, Always Artichoke - SU, Basic Black - SU, Crushed Curry - SU,

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: Glossy Accents - Ranger, 3 x 3/8" pearls

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: French Script - SU, Cottage Rose - SU, Chalk Talk - SU

Ink: Crushed Curry - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Real Red - SU,  Crumb Cake - SU, to ink the edges of the card and stamped rose image: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Dies: Elegant Flourishes - Tim Holtz - Sizzix, Chalk Talk Framelits- SU

Punch: 1 3/8" circle - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" black organza ribbon, foam squares, fine white embossing powder and Versamark Ink 

 

I used the emboss resist technique on this card for the back ground and greeting.

I stamped the french script background with versa mark on my white card base. Then embossed with white embossing powder. I then applied the Crushed Curry ink to the centre with a sponge dauber. Next I applied Crumb Cake ink and then along the edges the sepia black. I then wiped everything with a baby wipe to fully expose the embossed script. Same procedure was used for the greeting.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU, Four Frames - SU, Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU

Ink: Crushed Curry - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Real Red - SU, Crumb Cake - SU, to ink the edges of the card and rose: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Punch: Decorate Label - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" black organza ribbon, foam squares, fine white and black embossing powder and Versamark Ink, 3/16" tiny pearl string, pearls accents, decorative paper clip (from Dollar store)

I also used the emboss resist technique on this card and greeting.

The white doily and greeting was inked with Crumb Cake, the black doily with Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU,

Ink: Cherry Cobbler - SU, Basic Black, Crumb Cake - SU, Always Artichoke - SU, to ink the edges of the card and rose pieces: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Cardstock: Bazzill (the rose was stamped on a deep wine coloured linen cardstock. The leaves were stamped on a medium green. Both are old and I do not know what the colour names are)

Misc.: 5/8" black organza ribbon, foam squares, 1/8" pearl accents

 

Hope I helped inspire you to make some lovely rose cards.