I had to pull out my metallic watercolors again to play. They are so much fun and are beautiful to look at in real life even though photographs do them no justice. I needed a birthday card for a friend who loves roses, so I got busy.
I created a 5×7 inch cardbase out of black heavyweight cardstock. I have a rose stamp that I won in a giveaway and so I stamped into the top right-hand corner of the card with Versamark ink and embossed it with gold embossing powder. I then used the watercolor paints to paint the roses and the leaves.
Since I was delivering this card by hand, dimension was not an issue on this card. I put a cluster of mulberry paper roses in the bottom left hand corner.
I cut the sentiment out of gold foil cardstock using a Spellbinders die set and a Hero Arts set. I added Stick-it adhesive to the back of the cardstock before cutting out the words. That makes it so much easier to stick them down onto the card.
To complete the presentation, I made a box envelope that was half an inch thick to be able to go around the roses without squishing them using my envelope punchboard. The box envelope was held closed with a ribbon.
Supplies Used
 Versamark |
 Princess Gold |
 Paintbrushes |
 Envelope Punchboard |
 Platinum 6 |
 Craft Tweezers |
 Blessings Stamp & Cut |
 Favorite Font |
 Stick It Adhesive |
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Monica
Both kinds of roses are delightful, Monica, but I especially love the ones your embossed and colored! Great idea using the dark background. The flowers (all of them) just pop.
This is so very pretty. I love the gold embossing with the water coloring. I'm surprised the water coloring shows up so well on the black. It looks absolutely gorgeous!
Your recipient must have been delighted, Monica! I love being able to hand deliver cards like that. The metallic watercolors are probably a huge wow factor in real life, yes? They match your pretty floral spray in the opposite corner. It's a beautiful card, especially with the black background and elegant gold sentiment! huggers, de
Fabulous card, the gold is just stunning around the flowers and text, hugs, Lori m
Wow this is really fabulous…have a great weekend. x
Your card is so gorgeous on the dark background layer! It really makes the roses stand out! Gorgeous card for your friend!! She will love it!!
Another gorgeous card! I just finished a card using some ancient Sprites paper flowers. Do you remember them? Love your envie box – a nice finish to a very nice card.
Congratulations on winning the beautiful stamp and beautifully watercoloured,love the effect of the flowers and gold sentiment against the black cardstock
carol x