Monochromatic Wild Roses with New Simon Says Stamp!

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Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring my newest stamp set for Simon Says Stamp, called Wild Rose! Whenever I am illustrating a new set, I try to keep a balance between something that is fun for people who love to color and those who simply want to add lovely floral imagery to their projects without spending a ton of time coloring everything. When you combine these floral images with beautiful colored cardstock, a touch of blending, and some sparkle, you can achieve a pretty, colorful card without the time investment that coloring each image requires. Let’s get started on the details for my project!

Simon Says Stamp added some absolutely stunning new pastel colored cardstock to their lineup with this latest In My Heart release! (Click HERE to see the entire new release!). I am a huge sucker for super pale pastels, especially in shades of blush and peach, and so I couldn’t wait to pair them with my Wild Rose images. I started my project by stamping a tone-on-tone floral background on the new Apricot cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Shell Pawsitively Saturated Ink. To create a continuous background pattern, I made sure to rotate the stamp and the cardstock so that the flowers spilled off of the edges as well as filled in any blank spots. Once I had finished stamping the background, I lightly blended more Shell ink around the edges with a blending brush, then splattered the entire panel with some metallic rose gold watercolors for some sparkling texture!

For the focal point, I heat embossed the smaller floral bouquet from Wild Rose onto some more Apricot cardstock using rose gold embossing powder. After die cutting with the (super intricate and fabulous) coordinating die, I used residual ink left on my blending brush to add some visual interest to the largest bloom on the bouquet, then lightly splattered the die cut with some more metallic rose gold watercolor. Each peachy element works together to create a simple, but lovely, floral focal point!

To help add a bit more visual weight to the card, I die cut one of the new Scalloped Arches Frames dies from some coordinating rose gold glitter cardstock and popped it up on the floral background panel using thin foam adhesive squares. I added a double layer of foam adhesive to the Wild Rose die cut and placed it on my card front, overlapping slightly with the Scalloped Arch Frame. For the greeting, I heat embossed one of the sentiments from Wild Rose onto some deeper coral cardstock using the same rose gold embossing powder, then die cut it with it’s detailed coordinating die. I popped the sentiment up with more foam adhesive, tucking it amongst the foliage of my floral bouquet. For added texture, I tied a super delicate bow from some blush velvet ribbon in my stash, then added a smattering of Peachy Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for one last touch of sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today! I hope this card has illustrated to you that even the most intimidating of floral stamps can be used simply. No need for fancy coloring if it’s not your thing!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!