Beautiful red rose birthday card

Stampin Blends and Graceful Garden

Oooohhh I have the new Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Pens and I am not afraid to use them…………..they are fab-U-lous.

I stamped the large flower image from the Graceful Garden stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock 4¾” by 3⅝” and coloured it in starting with the flower petals and the light Cherry Cobbler pen. I added shadow with the dark Cherry Cobbler pen and went over each petal again with the light colour. As these are alcohol based pens it is best to only colour small areas otherwise the ink dries. Move onto the next few petals and repeat. I coloured the stem and leaves in the same way using the light and dark Old Olive pens.

Birthday cards coloured using Stampin' Blends pens

www.crafty-rootes.com – Graceful Gardens stamp set and Stampin’ Blends pens

I placed the large geometric patterned stamp onto the clear block E and stamped it on opposite corners of the Whisper White panel using Cherry Cobbler ink. The sentiment from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set was stamped in Old Olive ink.

I rounded the opposite corners using the WRMK’s corner rounder and added the panel to a layer of Basic Black cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. To finish I added some Black Rhinestones to pull the card together. I added a layer of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” and stamped the geometric design in the corner and onto the Whisper White Envelope.

I really love these pens, they are so easy to use and give great depth to the coloured images.

Decorated corners on a card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Graceful Gardens stamp set and Stampin’ Blends pens

I stamped the geometric design again on to opposite corners of a Real Red card base and added a piece of Old Olive cardstock 4⅛” by 2½” to the card front using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The flower stamped panel was then added to the card front on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Beautiful red rose birthday card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Graceful Gardens stamp set and Stampin’ Blends pens

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Graceful Garden & Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Cardstock
Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Black & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive & Cherry Cobbler
Stampin’ Blends
Cherry Cobbler light & dark, Old Olive light & dark
Tools
We Are Memory Keepers corner rounder, Big Shot, Multipurpose Platform + 2 cutting pads, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder and Scissor
Acrylic Blocks
B, E & E
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Black Rhinestones, Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelope