Birthday Roses
Hello and Welcome to my blog today! My project today features older Whimsy products. I used the beautiful Winter Roses BG stamp as well as the Brick stencil . The sentiment is created using the You're Birthday sentiment clear set and the the Birthday Word and Shadow die . I stamped the image onto Strathmore Mixed Media Paper 400 Series with Distress Ink Antique Linen. I wanted to achieve a no-lines look and the antique linen ink blends in with the colors while coloring the image. I used the following colors to color the roses: squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, aged mahagony, peeled paint, shabby shutters, forest moss. Weathered wood and tumbled glass were used for the background. To create the brick wall I used the Brick stencil and modelling paste. With Gelatos caramel and iced rose I gave the bricks a slightly weathered look and my card a touch of shabby chic. I simply used my fingers to rub it over the dried modelling paste. The word birthday was