Mojo Monday 300...

I took a break from a couple projects I'm working on to play with Mojo Monday's 300th sketch celebration...it's a fun sketch, so I couldn't resist the temptation. :)

Pink seems to be popping up a lot when I choose my paper combos for cards these days, and today's card is no exception.  This time, I mixed it with gray, cream, and green...

Here's the Mojo Monday sketch it's based on:

The large center rose started as a white mulberry rose from the craft store. I wanted to color it a very soft pink, so I sprayed it with Spun Sugar Distress Ink diluted slightly with distilled water.  It looked too pale at first, so I spritzed again (while still damp) very lightly with Worn Lipstick diluted ink.  

As I carefully dried it using my heat tool, I was pleasantly surprised to see it drying much as my rayon seam binding does when I spritz it...the dye ran to the edges, giving them a deeper tone than the rest of the surface.  I was getting a two-toned rose without even trying...gotta love that kind of happy little surprise!

The small scalloped circle inside the fancy-edged square appears as though it's cut from the center of the square, but actually it's a separate piece popped up a bit with foam tape. Originally I wanted to punch the circle out of the square, but realized that the paper below it was the black damask as well...and I didn't want that paper to show through. But I didn't have enough of the floral wood stripe left to cover the back of the punched-out circle completely. What I did have, however, was a piece with a seam that I could match to the seam in the background paper. So it gives the illusion that you're seeing the background paper through a punch out...but you're not.

You can see part of the edges of the scalloped piece in the photos below...on the first, it's easier to see it's a separate piece...

...but in the next two photos, where it's in the background, it looks like a punch-out...

Supplies:

Patterned papers:   My Minds Eye Bramble Rose collection (grey rose wood print, black damask);

Glitz Pretty In Pink collection (stripe);   Authentique Cherish collection/Cherish C (cream solid)

Dies:   Spellbinders Adorning Squares;  Sizzix Flowers Branches and Leaves

Sentiment stamp:    Paper Sweeties "You Are Amazing" set

Rose crocheted lace:   Prima          Pearls:   Recollections          Flowers:   local craft stores

Miscellaneous supplies:   pearl stick pin, cotton lace, cheesecloth

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit today...I hope your week is going well.  

For my USA friends, have a happy and safe 4th of July celebration tomorrow!