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Tuesday 20 January 2015

A Single Rose

Good morning all.

A CAS friendship card and a secret to share today. First my card:


I started by embossing my A6 kraft base card with a Spellbinders stitched frame die...I inked the dotted edge with black to inject a little colour but probably would have been better adding the colour with a pen after embossing...must invest in one of those fine line pens.
Rose stamp from La Blanche...using a stamp positioner (which I bought a year or two ago and this is the first time it's been used!) I stamped in white Brilliance onto red linen paper and then over-stamped in black before fussy cutting. Love how this came out and the white gives a beautiful glimmer to the rose...not sure it shows too well on the photo though.
Sentiment is part of a set from Mucky Paws which I opened for the first time. I've used silicon gel to mount the rose adding some coiled black cord behind it.


Now for my secret...I'm sure loads of you already do this but my brain only just got into gear last week! In the past when doing CAS cards I've wasted mountains of card stock trying to execute the perfect card! Not any more...I now stamp everything out onto waste paper first until I'm happy with the composition then and only then do I break out the good card! The rose was actually a trial on a piece from the bit box which I liked so much I cut it out to use.
Said bit box is sulking in the corner over the enforced diet as we speak!

Challenges entered:
Less is More - friends



NBUS Challenge - use new schtuff

Uniko Studio - love and friendship

29 comments:

  1. This is a gorgeous card Carol, absolutely beautiful.
    Pauline
    x

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  2. It's gorgeous Carol and thank you for sharing the tip too - will have to try that as I too have lost a lot of card stock over the years attempting a one layer CAS creation and it's so nice to hear I'm not the only one lol. Karen x

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  3. Love your card Carol. Hugs Rita xxx

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  4. A really beautiful card - thanks for using our colours this week at CC&S - Jacqueline xx

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  5. Brilliant card Carol, love the pretty rose and great design.
    Glad to hear you are indulging in my favourite pastime ...... "Raiding the Bit Box!!!
    Have a good day

    Patricia xx

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  6. Gorgeous rose and a brilliant idea too. Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  7. Brilliant design. Beautiful colours. Love the journey and sorry if I have missed commenting last day or so.xxx.xx{The Journey is the Start – my personal blog}

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  8. Beautifully elegant Carol and I love the wording.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  9. Super stunning against the Kraft card base Carol and what a beautiful rose and sentiment. Glad to see you've linked up at Uniko too.
    Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
    Sarah xx
    Less is More & Uniko DTs

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  10. So thrilled you've entered the Uniko Studio challenge too Carol
    Thanks so much
    Sarah x

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  11. This is gorgeous Carol, I love the rose and beautiful sentiment too.
    Sue xx

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  12. Such a sweet sentiment, seems a perfect match for that beautiful rose. Thanks for playing at CC&S.

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  13. This is such an elegant card. I love the deep red of the flower and so pleased to see you at Uniko x

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  14. Fab card, love the colour combo !!

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  15. Really sweet card Carol. Love you gorgeous rose ... always great to use something from our bit box :) Thanks for joining us at ATCAS. Loll xx

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  16. Just beautiful Carol, gorgeous image and design, hugs Kate x

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  17. So pretty Carol is your card x

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  18. Beautiful card Carol love that rose it looks extra special set onto kraft card
    hugs
    lorraine x

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  19. This is gorgeous Carol love it on kraft card too..huggles Sue xx

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  20. Your rose is really beautiful against the Kraft card base! Love all the stitching, too! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Addicted to CAS!

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  21. Beautiful card Carol and I love that sentiment. Thanks for joining us at CC&S this week. Stef x

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  22. Carol how beautiful! Love the colours and the design tip too
    Thank you so much for sharing your card with us at Less is More
    Anne
    Less is More

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  23. Beautiful card Carol and what a lovely sentiment. Susan x

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  24. Absolutely stunning. Your red rose and kraft is the perfect combination. The sentiment is perfect. Thanks so much for playing along at ATCAS xx

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  25. Beautifully elegant & I love how you finished the inside of the card too. Thanks SO much for joining in on the Uniko Studio Challenge. Hugs Bev x

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  26. Wow this is amazing I really love this . So so beautiful x

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  27. Once again, great eye for design, Carol! This is so very pretty and that sediment brought a tear to my eye. I've never seen that one before and, of course, it is sensational with your single luscious rose! The black stitched frame, the cord swirls, and the inside are all beautiful touches! (I stamped for years before I got "wise" and started making mock designs first, so you aren't alone there!!) Thank you so much for entering my NBUS Challenge #3 again! Hugs, Darnell

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  28. This is very classy Carol... super
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  29. A beautiful CAS design - love the cut out rose and pretty looped twine!

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