Good Saturday morning. We had another night of torrential rain & winds last night – gads! I just feel lucky we didn’t lose power, trees didn’t come down – you know, like that.

We had card class Thursday and this is one of the cards we made. Today’s card is pretty easy using just one bundle, Stippled Roses and it’s coordinating Stippled Roses Dies. I stamped the rose in Moody Mauve on a Basic White panel, then moved the ink around on the roses with my Blender Pen. A clue or two about that process: try not to overwork an area. In other words, no need to keep going over it. And I just worked in the darker inked areas and moved it around. No need to overthink. For the leaves I used my small Blending Brush and with Granny Apple Green ink, tapped off some of the ink and gently colored the leaves. It doesn’t need to be perfect, just add color. If you think it needs more color pull out those Stampin Blends in Granny Apple Green and add some definition. I definitely used those around the rose buds. I die cut the rose with the large Stippled Roses Dies. I used the leaf die from the same set of dies and die cut three leaves. I added them to the back of the die cut rose with Seal+ and added dimensionals as well. I embossed a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Granny Apple Green card stock with the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (a FREE item with a qualifying order from the Sale-a-Bration catalog). Look at that wonderful detail – love it! I adhered the embossed panel to a slightly larger Basic White and then directly to the Moody Mauve card base. I added the die cut roses that on dimensionals and the card was just about done. I stamped the sentiment in Moody Mauve ink on a scrap of Basic White and trimmed it down, added dimensionals and one & done. I flicked my Wink of Stella all over then added three wonderful pearls.

For the inside I stamped the single rose in Moody Mauve ink on a Basic White panel and added that to the inside of the card. You CAN do the same process of moving the ink around with the Blender pen – I did not.

For the envelope… the same single rose stamped in Moody Mauve ink on the front of the card. I also ran a piece of Moody Mauve card stock through the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder and added it to the flap. A beautiful and quick birthday card.

If you’ve been following along, you know the Stippled Roses Bundle is from the new Jan-April 2024 Mini Catalog. If you do not have a demonstrator and are interested in a cattie, please reach out to me. I would be happy to get you ‘hooked up’ so to speak :O)There are some lovely products in this catalog. Along with this is a Jan-Feb 2024 Sale-a-Bration Catalog. That catalog is special, as it shows products that are FREE with qualifying purchases – during the months of January and February. Qualifying orders means – $50 purchase (before tax & shipping) & $100 purchase (before tax & shipping.) January & Feb are also JOINING PROMOTION times with extraordinary opportunities. Those are listed below.

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