Patchwork Purple Rose

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It looks like I'm hopelessly hooked on making these roses, doesn't it?

I made this purple rose several weeks ago from some plain white cardstock and painted it with some Twinkling H20's on a stamping sponge. I "streaked" the sponge across the rose for a little different effect.

I learned a great new technique called "Patchwork" from Technique Junkies, so I borke out my Distress Inks and made a few backgrounds. Then, I dug through the rose stash to see what would match. Since the rose was already purple/white striped, I thought adding some navy ink with a stamping sponge would make a great coordinated embellishment.

The silk leaves are from my leaf assortment, the fern punch is Martha Stewart, and the butterfly is a purchase from a local mill ends fabric store. Corner punch is from Marvy.

Stamp credits:
Close To My Heart (zig zag stitches)
I Brake For Stamps (Beauty)
Stampin' Up! (Fern)

Thanks for looking!

~Kathie

4 comments:

bonnie320002 said...

This is awesome, awesome, awesome! Love the colors and the fabooo details. Someone will be so blessed to receive this work of art!

Lynn Stevens said...

I've made these roses but never thought of coloring them in this way to make them look real, Great idea TFS
Lynn

Shelley said...

Wow! This is stunning!

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