Rose Basket

Hello friends...

Has it ever happened to you that you wanted a background that matched perfectly with your focal image & couldn't find it in your stash... what would you do in such situation???

This happened to me when I was making this card & then I had to improvise & make my own pattern paper with the stamps, coloring & distressing...

I started with the gorgeous rose stamp from the Basket of Flowers stamp set...

I stamped it twice, colored it & then cut out the rose & leaves part...

I overlapped the 2 pieces & arranged them on top of my die cut basket..

& then when I couldn't find anything that matched my design I made my own pattern paper...

I stamped the pretty rose stamp from the Fancy Labels 3 stamp set in very light color & colored it with a no-line watercolor effect... 

Next I distressed the edges with various inks till I liked the look...

Once that was done I stamped the script stamp from the Background Basics III stamp set in the same light color that I had used for the flowers for some subtle texture & then again stamped it with the musical notes stamp from the same stamp set for the vintage look...

Here is a close up of the custom made pattern paper for my card...

Hope you like it...

IBS Products :

Basket of Flowers

Fancy Labels 3

Background Basics III

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Imaginations Online : Anything goes with Distress Inks ( water coloring on the stamped image & handmade rose pattern paper, Distressing die cut pattern paper, die cut basket & embossed CS)