Rosebud Birthday Card by Jennie

Hello and welcome to my first project this month.  I cannot believe that we are already into March! but I am loving the longer evenings and the chance to start a little bit of tidying in the garden. And of course longing for those lovely summer days to come.

With summer in mind I am sharing a simple card project today. This glorious Rosebud Flower Stem has been calling me for a while and I thought it deserved some special treatment but a simple background.

I am not a great painter and so my "daubings" are a bit hit and miss! For the leaves I used a light green paint underneath and then daubed some darker on top. Again with the stem, I started with the light green but added a watery brown so it retained the delicate feel.

I then used a Decoupage crackle glaze over the top and this had the effect of bringing in some of the brown from the MDF  which I really loved.

In fact you can see that better here on the Rose Head which was painted in white but this wonderful brown vintage effect came through as I added the glaze.

I have done nothing more than layered the rose onto some old book paper and a piece of green cardstock which I had stamped on with a rather nondescript stamp. I then layered it all onto some cream cardstock which formed the base card. As I thought this would make a lovely birthday card for a special friend (who loves the colour green!) I added a small label.

And as they say ..... that was that ! The Rose is so beautifully detailed it really doesn't need much more to set it off.

As always thank you for joining me today and happy crafting!

Jennie x

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Calico Craft Parts used:

Rosebud Flower Stem (Large)