Weekender with Wanda – Altenew Bamboo Rose!
Hello and welcome back to the latest edition of Weekender with Wanda here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! And, Happy November! Yay, my favorite month for all kinds of reasons! My birthday was this week which is one of the reasons I love November…. But it’s also time for college football rivalry games, cozy evenings inside by the fire, and Thanksgiving of course!! Best wishes to you for a happy November! I’m getting really into my Christmas crafting right now in hopes of just once, being ahead of things. (Check back with me later on that! LOL)
Today I’m sharing some beautiful red Winter roses on a birthday card I made using stamps from Altenew. Altenew images are some of our favorites here at Simon Says Stamp. Their style and look is so unique and always on trend. Their floral stamps are always amazing. Today I chose to use the relatively new stamp set called Bamboo Rose. Sigh. The rose stamps are really just perfection. What else can I say? And, they are perfect for watercoloring.
This technique is always fun! Layering part of your panel up on foam squares after first creating the entire image. Couldn’t be easier, but boy what a great effect! I used a square die here, but this also looks pretty with ovals, circles or rectangles. My finished card is a 5 inch square this time around. Sometimes a square card is an elegant touch.
My finishing touches on this card were some Pretty Pink Posh Droplets adhered with glossy accents and tweezers. I find that the glossy accents works best with these clear stones. The sentiment on this card is from another beautiful Altenew stamp set called Floral Frame.
I started my card with a 6×6 watercolor panel which I would trim down later. I used Archival Jet Black Ink since it is waterproof. I randomly stamped all the roses, the butterfly and the sentiment and let the ink dry for about five minutes. Then I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors to watercolor the images.
I used only four colors of watercolor paints for this project. I think the red is so striking!
Here is my completed panel before trimming.
This part always makes me nervous because now I used a die cut right on my pretty panel! I always use washi tape to secure my die in place before running it through the Big Shot machine. Success! I used the Exclusive Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares die for this card.
I made my own card base out of pretty SSS Lipstick Cardstock. I first attached the bottom layer to the red card base. Now the center is cut out of that part. You can leave it red underneath. I usually choose to die cut a piece of white paper and insert it in the open square first. I think this makes it “pop” more. Then, I used foam squares to attache the center, smaller square to the card, lining up the stamped images. Voila!
I wanted a matching envelope for this pretty greeting so I stamped and watercolored an A7 envelope to fit my larger square card. This really ties the whole project together nicely! When I’m making cards I try to remember to grab an envelope and stamp it at the same time since I already have all the supplies out.
Thank you for stopping by this weekend! Have fun, and happy crafting! See you very soon!
It’s gorgeous! And I love the new look on your website. Looks amazing :)
Love this gorgeous bamboo roses! Your website new look is just awesome!
Like the layered panel look of the roses.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
very cute card….off to try and make one!
Great card! :)
I love the fun design and pretty roses of this gorgeous card!!This is Awesome!
Such a great technique – very pretty:0
That is a really cool effect – made me take a double take
Beautiful card, Wanda! LOVE your watercolored roses, and the simple effect of popping up the center of the image is SO striking!
Love this look!
I love the bamboo roses set and you did a beautiful job with them, Wanda.
This is so pretty. Love the watercolor.
Beautiful stamp and Amazing card and technique, I also LOVE how you stamp the envelope with matching stamps that is such a cute idea, very creative. Also, love your new look on the blog, cute.
Such a lovely card and matching envelope!
I like how you popped the card up.
Love the square cut out of this card. Beautiful job!
wow—so lovely!
What a great idea to add an extra pop to that card!
I like abstract images and this one fits the bill. thanks for sharing
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
What a sweet card Wanda! I love the watercoloring and whimsical nature of this. Popping up the center is a great idea- I will have to give this a try. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Beautiful card!
I LOVE these colorful, pretty flowers! Beautiful!
Lovely card Wanda! I will have to try that technique!
I love this stamp set and your card is beautiful.
Great card.
Love the lipstick red.
thanks for sharing.
LOVE this technique and love your card! I have this set and never inked it up yet, but you’ve certainly inspired me!
Those roses are gorgeous!
Very pretty card. I do like the red color too! I think it makes the card pop.
I’ve always loved this layout.
I just got some of the PPP droplets and I’m excited to try them.
Thanks for sharing with us!
This card is beautiful, love your roses and your technique. I like the effect of the raised panel.
Beautiful card, love the dimension you created with the panel raised! The matching envelope is perfect, I love to make matching envelopes for my cards, it just adds that little bit more to it all.
Delightful card!
What a beautiful card! Those roses are so pretty!
Love this idea! So simple but adds SO much! And the SSS in and out faux stitching dies are PERFECT for this, always amazed at how much these little touches add :)
Very pretty! You’ve made the flowers look so fun and delicate at the same time!
Wanda–Happy Birthday!!! Another beautiful card this weekend! Thanks for all the great ideas!
I have this stamp set but I haven’t used it yet. I’m happy to see it used so I can get some ideas. Lovely card! Have a great weekend Wanda!
I like how you create a little dimension just by simply elevating part of the card. Pretty slick!
So pretty! Never thought of popping up the center of the image like that. Thanks for sharing!!
Very pretty card!
What a gorgeous card and stamp set! Thanks so much for the great how-to info and pictures.
That’s a lovely technique and adds so much! Beautiful roses, beautiful card!
Beautiful card! I haven’t tried this popped-up layer technique, so I’m inspired to try it out. I love Altenew’s floral images, too – they are just gorgeous!
This is such a great design!
Pretty card. Great waterolouring.
Gorgeous water colored flowers! I love the layered panels :)
The card is beautiful! This is a technique I want to try♥
This is lovely, Wanda. Thanks for the tutorial!
Very pretty–love your design–and Happy Birthday!
fun design
Very pretty Wanda!
Happy Weekend!