It is time for a Birthday Bash Blog Hop! The Everything's Rosy stamps have quickly become favorites of mine for simply beautiful cards. My little sketch book is getting quite a workout these days with ideas I keep scribbling down. I hope I can find the time to put the ideas to paper soon!
Today, I'm sharing another wild rose card with you. Like I said the other day, it is one of my favorites from these stamps. I have reached for it quite a few times already; I just can't get enough of it! This card was inspired by a beautiful pillow that I saw in a window display at Pottery Barn. The colors are what I had noticed first - red, pink, blue and green - perfect for this time of year. Then, I realized that the print would make pretty patterned paper, too.
After some stamping and masking, it still needed something. I pulled out my colored pencils and shaded the blossoms and leaves to give it just a little depth. Here is a closer look at the colored pencil work:
I can see myself using colored pencils a lot with the solid images in this release. The pencils give the highlights needed to really dress up the stamping.
Would you like to have your very own wild rose and many thanks FL to add to your stamp collection? Well, if you leave me a comment, you'll be entered in the A Muse Birthday Blog Hop for both of these *new* stamps. Then, hop on over to the blog of Lisa Strahl, A Muse friend extraordinaire, for another giveaway.
Your comment here, as well as on all the other hopping blogs, will also enter you in the A Muse Birthday Blog Hop Grand Prize (on the AMN blog). If you want to find a full list of all the Birthday Blog Hop Stampers, check the A Muse News Blog.
stamps: wild rose, many thanks FL, wild rose branch
paper: natural white notecard, sky blue paper
ribbon: popsicle pink grosgrain stitch
other: Prismacolor color pencils, foam adhesive, brad
284 comments:
1 – 200 of 284 Newer› Newest»love the shading! It is so beautiful!!
love the design! ADORE!
ah, Elana, beautiful! just like the rest of your everything's rosy collection!
This would be a fantastic Mother's Day card, too!!
Love the depth added by your shading. It is beautiful.
This is a real stunner...it's SO beautiful. You did such an amazing job on the coloring and the blue background really makes the flowers pop off the page...LOVE THIS!!!!
You have shaded these flowers to perfection! What a beautiful card to celebrate with!
Beautiful cards and I love to hear that you used colored pencils too. I need to start using mine more and your beautiful card inspired me. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
just gorgeous this is!
LOvely!
Beautiful card! I love what you do
with the A muse stamps!
Beautiful Card! I love the shading - brings a whole new element to the card!
Beautiful! Very vintage feeling pattern.
Another card using colored pencils! I love it!!! Gorgeous card and the stamp is beautiful.
So pretty.....reminds me of my Grandma's old wallpaper!
wow, love the coloring..
The shading works wonders - very lovely!
Gorgeous card!!!!!!! Wow!!! I just love that stamp!!!! I hope to be holding it soon!!! LOL!!! Great card!!!!!!
What a beautiful card, perfect for Mother's Day!Love the shading.
Sally
Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm! Wonderful!! So pretty!!
I am loving the shading/highlighting with the colored pencils. Such an easy yet striking technique!
Wow, the shading is fantastic. It looks like a piece of designer paper.
Great work - I do like what I see.
However that sunflower is to cute!!
I LOVE the roses on the sky blue- a beautiful combination!
Beautiful card and great take on your inpiration pillow!
Perfect! like fabric from a vintage apron... love it!
This is a beautiful card. I love the shading with the colored pencils... What a great way to add depth! Thanks for sharing!
Oh this is a beautifully elegant design!!
What a beautiful card. The shading is just the right touch.
Beautiful card.
Lovely! I adore the pale blue background you chose to stamp on. Beautiful images, and you shaded them to perfection. Thanks for the inspiration.
BEAUTIFUL ~ I LOVE what you did with the colored pencils ~ WOW!
Beautiful! Love this coloring technique!
The Wild Rose is my favorite stamp in this collection. I love the shading you did on the image!
Very elegant card, the coloring is awesome!
Lovely card! Pottery barn is a great place for inspiration, especially their nautica stuff that matches with Amuse's under the sea!
Beautiful ... I will be amuse lover from now on.
I just adore this beautiful card!!! Simply perfect!!
Beautiful, the pencil shading is so effective :)
beautiful card - your shading gives it just the right touch. thanks for a chance to win.
This is just stunning and so inspiring. Beautiful coloring.
I'm really liking this wild rose stamp and rose is my birthday flower. stamping sue
I love seeing dimension in these solid stamps - wonderful ideas.
I really heart your style!! Fabulous card. Thanks for the chance!
very artistic!
Hello Elana,
I can see why you grab for this stamp! Is is just so classic and beautiful and love how you have shaded it with colored pencils.
All of your cards are beautiful.
Have a great day.
~Tonya
This is so lovely!!
Gorgeous colouring!
How gorgeous! The stamps and your shading look like a printed patterned paper!
Everthings's Rosy I think has some of my new favorite stamps!!!
Beautiful! Great shading and great stamp set!
Wow, what a beautiful card! Love the colors and details. I'm inspired!
Very beautiful. The shading really adds to it.
SNW
love anything floral...
love the card! So cute!
I love, love, love the colored pencil technique you used on this card, Elena. It just transforms those stamps.
This stamp definitely makes beautiful patterned paper! Your shading is perfect.
Kathy
Wow - your flowers are beautiful!
So beautiful Elena! It looks like a painting! Thank you for sharing with us. (from Sheryl S in NM)
I love how the colored pencils look with those stamps! Gorgeous!!
I really like how you shaded the petals. Makes them pop out more, but not too much! Very pretty card.
Just plain adorable! Love this card! Can't wait to try this technique. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration.
oh man! I really need these stamps so I can try this accenting with color pencils! Yours look very lovely!!
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing.
I love how the shading gives the image so much dimension...so pretty!
What a glorious rose card. I adore the soft blue background and your exquisite coloring!
definitely need to break out my colored pencils!
Beautiful card. Perfect to give to a friend.
I love the shading. This is a beautiful card.
I have seen the inspiration pillow and wow, Elena, you are a genius! I am so impressed with your use of the colored pencils, the shading just brings those roses to life! We are so lucky to be able to see all of your great ideas for A Muse!
Love the coloring - they just pop off the page!
What a beautiful card. I love the shading.
This does look just like the fabric you can get at Pottery Barn!
Just amazing depth you get from the pencil shading! This is just beautiful!
You did it again, Elena! Knocked those socks right off me with yoru Everything's Rosy design! Gorgeous!
just amazing. the cards are so pretty!
nice card
Amazing card. It really looks like pp you created. So beautiful.
Pretty!
I love the colors!
Stunning card! I definitely need to pull out my colored pencils again and try this!
Oh such pretty, pretty roses! Thanks!
Amazing coloring job! It looks like you used paint! Really pretty :)
Wow! I love how the colored pencils make the solid stamp shapes just POP!! Great Card! PeggyF(lefsegirl)
very pretty... again with the colored pencils! i never think about that!
So, so, so beautiful!!! Love it!
Your coloring is just beautiful! I don't use colored pencils much, but I think I'll have to start!
What a pretty card. Love the colors.
lovely card. love the color combo.
Love the pencil work!! :)
These roses look like toll painting. Gorgeous!
Roses for the Everything's Rosy celebration-whoo hoo! Great shading on this beautiful card.
Oh my your card is lovely! and the stamp, i want it! hihihi!
Wow! I love the shading.
Luscious roses - wonderful birhday present for a muse!
I love your card! It looks like the flowers are going to pop off the page :)
Beautiful card, love all the detail you put in to it!
very pretty.
I do so envy anyone with coloring talent such as yours - those flowers are so very beautiful!
The shading is just stunning!
Loving your card today!
Wow, if only I was half as talented!! Beautiful!!
Wow, what wonderful colored pencil work! It really enhances the stamp image!
Such a pretty card! And the use of pencils makes me want to break mine out to experiment on my cards :)
Bridget N
Elena, this is gorgeous! Jaw-droppin' gorgeous! The way you colored those roses makes them look so real! Beautiful job, my friend!
I love this card...perfect shabby chic.
OMG...I totally thought you had used a patterned paper. This is completely amazing! I must try out this technique. Thank you for the inspiration.
This is just gorgeous...I love your coloring!!! Beautiful!
Love the wild rose stamp. You made a beautiful card!
The flowers are perfect! They look real! Lisa P NH
I love that you made your own patterned paper--clever girl.Adding colored pencil shading added just the right touch. Thanks
Lovely looks so vintage.
Beautiful! The colored pencil really makes the petals pop!
This is sooooo pretty!! It looks like you painted the flowers instead of stamping them. I love the shading!
You guys are just showing off now! That looks like wallpaper my mom would love.
Absolutely amazing! WOW! I never would have thought to do that in a million years, what a gorgeous "print" you made!
Oh yeah ... I'm hopping alright (hoping, too!)
The colored pencils really make the image pop!
Cute card!!
Wow, your shading work really took it to a whole new level. I have looked several times at the closer image to see just how you did that; I'm impressed by the coloring! Thanks for sharing. --Elena
Wow!Your flowers are so vibrant! love the coloring and background!
Such a beautiful card. I love the coloring.
Great design. The shading is beautiful. I can't wait to get my hands of some of the new release.
LOVE your card! The colors are gorgeous!
This is so beautiful! The shading is magnificent. I find your work to be very inspirational - thank you so much!
Oh my goodness, Elana I am speechless the coloring on this card is absolutely perfection...
So beautiful -- wonderful shading of the roses!
Loving all of the new floral images! laura j
Love the card. Thanks for sharing!jennyrg73@yahoo.com
Wow, this is such a pretty card. Thank you for sharing!
Stacie
Such a beautiful card.
Love the shading! So pretty!
This is just STUNNING!!! Wow!
A beautiful card. I like your use of colored pencils to add shading.
You definitely bring out the best in all of the wonderful work you do.
Joann
I think I'm ready for spring flowers... beautiful cards and love the inspiration from a pillow pattern :) kim k
Your shading makes the card!
Just Beautiful! It does remind me of a design I would see in Pottery Barn. The blending with the colored pencils it just perfect.
I love the patterned paper u created!! Love the shading, too. Thanks for an oppty to win!
I love the way you used your colored pencils to shade the rose. You should do a tutorial on that. Just beautiful.
I love that shading! It really adds some life to the flowers.
Wow, how beautiful. That shading is GORGEOUS! You are very talented! Thanks for sharing!
Wow this is a gorgeous card! Your coloring and shading of the roses is outstanding!
Very nice pencil work and a beautiful card!
Kristan G.
You are an amazing artist and your colouring is incredibly lifelike. Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Lauralee
talascam@rogers.com
wow, amazing card! I love it!
Ooooo love how you used colored pencils to add depth on this card - it's gorgeous! Thanks for your inspiration!
Great shading and coloring!
Your shading is wonderful.I can't wait to try it.
Great coloring! Love those roses
Love the card. Your shading is fantastic.
I have never thought of coloring over solid stamps---a total "ahh-haa" moment! Thanks for the inspiration!
OH this is so soft and lovely, all that shading, beautiful!
Your card is very pretty and so elegant! I really like the way you used color pencils to enhance the blooms. Thanks for sharing!
WOW!! What an elegant card. I can see this stamp will be used a lot. Thanks for sharing...
Great color combo and I like your shading!
I didn't know that the colored pencils could make such a statement.
What a beautiful card! I would have never thought that you could get that look with a stamp and coloring pencils!
Love the colors & the shading!
I love the way you shaded the flowers...beautiful!
Great card and thanks for the chance to win!
Beautiful!!! Nice blog!
Very pretty!
That's such a sweet card. Great job!
Your card is beautiful. It reminded me of some wallpaper in the house I lived in as a child. Thanks for the memories and for sharing your lovely card.
Beautiful job! Nice colours and shading.
really pretty card. love using colored pencils with stamps.
I love the coloring on your card - it looks like the Donna Dewberry painted flowers! But it is good to know that it can be done with our own A Muse supplies, instead of messy brushes and paint.
Loving all the examples of this stamp set. Beautiful job with the pencils and shading - add so much dimension.
Oh my, your roses are stunning!
Kathy Camasso
Beautiful!!
wow...this is bad...I have to add these stamps to my mom's day list...already 2 pages long..u gals are gonna get me in trouble!!! luving this hop!
cher
hilly77 at comcast dot net
Yes, the colors you chose are wonderful and your shading is incredible. And thanks for the chance to win these stamps!
I just *love* this! Now I just need the stamps...
love the colors,,,nice card.
so beautiful elena!!! i must sharpen up my pencils now!!
Beautiful card...love it
Only one word: fantastic!!!!
I only dream of being able to create a card this lovely. TFS
This is so lovely. I think I remember having seen a friend post a pic of her daughter's Easter Dress that looked just like these flowers - shading and all. Amazing job.
I love this rose stamp and your cards! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win!
Soooo pretty!
terri at digitaldesigns dot us
Your shading is beautiful, this is a fun blog hop.
Wowsers!!! Stunning card Elena! Love the colouring of the flowers!
beautiful, Elena! The pencils really give the petals nice dimension.
Wow this is just awesome. Wonderful work.
so soft & feminine- lovely!!!
I really like the colouring you added. I love the Bloghop, it is such a great way to get inspired and to discover new artisits! Thank you!
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous!
So pretty....and love your shading....so awesome....thank you for sharing this with us....
a great card and I love the shading - ER
I love the way you've created a very vintage fabric look. It's sensational!
Beautiful wild roses card - so nicely shaded too!
So pretty! I love the roses on the light blue background!
DeniseB
Beautiful!! love it. thanks for sharing
Beautiful card! Thanks for the awesome giveaway. Shari (cricutrookie)
Love the name of your blog! Such a pretty card!
Beautiful card! The shading is wonderful, I need to try it.
Love this wild rose card, it's beautiful!!!
It really looks like Potery Barn, so now I love amuse too!!
Beautiful! Love the stamp, and the shading.
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