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!
Beautiful Card. I am in LOVE with the new BLOG layout its so awesome lively and very very clean… Thank you
I really love this technique to give a card some dimension.
It’s lovely!
I really like this idea of popping up a panel of the card. Really simple and adds so much to the project!
Very pretty card.
Pretty card! I just love the watercolors!
Really Beautiful card!!!
Beautiful card Wanda!!!!
Almost got those roses & they’re still on my wishlist–now more than ever! Beautifully designed & colored, Wanda! Love that the center square is off-set–probably wouldn’t have thought to do that!
Lovely card. I haven’t tried this technique yet but I want to!
great technique. . . .beautiful stamp. . . .Happy Birthday!
Lovely card.
Wonderful card. Thanks for the great tutorial. I’m going to give that technique a try.
Such a lovely and sweet card!!, beautiful coloring!!
Lovely card! Happy birthday!
Your card is beautiful! I love the bamboo roses! Thanks for sharing.
Blessings,
Cathy
Gorgeous,Wanda! I love it!
very cute card. I’m loving that stamp set!!
Beautiful card.
Gorgeous card. I love this technique!
Lovely!
Happy belated birthday! This is a really pretty card :)
This is such a beautiful stamp set and your card is absolutely gorgeous!
Gorgeous card!
How lovely, Wanda! I will definitely pin this for those moments when my creative muse has taken a day off.
This reminds me of triple stamping technique but a quicker way to create a fabulous look – nice job and thanks for sharing! I love this card –
GOOOOOD
What a great card. Love the die cut from the middle technique!
Stunning design!!!
So pretty!!
Very nice card. xx
Beautiful card, love the layering.
So pretty!
So pretty! Love the stamp set and the die!
Beautifully clean and colorful! TFS!
You always have something fun to ponder for the weekend Wanda. Love the flowers and a fun design!
How cute. Love the watercolor.
Beautiful card!
gorgeous card. love all the little details
Love this popped up technique, and your card colors are terrific!
Brilliant water coloring job. The colors are a perfect addition to the stamps.
What a stunning creation, Wanda! That stamp set is to die for! Your coloring is always amazing!
I love anything with floral images and your card is just lovely. Thanks for sharing with us.
Oh those roses are so pretty! Thanks for the step by step, I’m going to give this technique a try :)
I love the panel that is popped up to give dimension that’s a clever idea.I hope you had a lovely birthday. All the best people are born in November because it was my birthday on the 4th and I turned 50!!!!!!Have a lovely day. Cheers Donna Z :)
Happy Birthday Donna!!
I always forget about this technique
Perfect roses. I love this set. It definitely is on my list. Love the painting and I also am always a little scared when cutting a hole in my palette. Nicely done Wanda.
Very pretty colors and I like the raised panel.
Love this style of card. Roses are always a welcoming bloom for any occasion. Got to get the flower set as well as some of those stitched dies. Cheers!
Beautiful card!
Such a beautiful card! Love these stamps and colors! Great use of the stitched square die and how the square is popped out! Thanks for sharing :)