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Backgrounds-Rose 

By Nancy Leimer
Rubber Roadsters
Advanced Team Stamp Designer

Looking for a background for that special card? Create your own.  Just about anything can be used.  Try sponging onion bags, potato bags, kitchen sponges and artificial flowers.  Bubble wrap makes a nice background.  Use more than one in combination.  The choice is yours to make.

Supplies:
Rose Stamp – (CTMH)
White Cardstock - (Office Depot)
Wildberry Cardstock – Size 3.50” x 4.50” (CTMH)
Gold Cardstock – Size 3.75” x 4.75” (Marcos)
Black Stamp Pad -  (Staz-On)
Hollyhock Stamp Pad -  (CTMH)
White Stamp Pad -  (Colorbox)
Hollyhock Marker –(CTMH)
Green Marker –(Tombow)
Artificial White Roses - (Hobby Lobby)
Hat Pin
Misc. Assorted Beads-Long and Small Round -  (Art Accents)
Gold Ribbon - (Stampendous)
Personal Paper Trimmer - (Fiskars)
Trimming Scissors - (Fiskars)
Exacto Knife
Embossing Gun – (Marvy)
3D Crystal Lacquer – (Sakura Craft)
Zig Glue –(Kuretake)
Wire Cutters

Instructions:

1.      Cut the White Cardstock in half to equal 8” x 5.5”.  Fold in half to size 4.25” x 5.50”.  

2.      Using the wire cutters cut two small roses, leaving stems, from the bunch. Trim the roses using sharp scissors to make your stamp for making background. The rose must be trimmed flat across to allow for full design when stamped. Drag the trimmed rose across the Hollyhock stamp pad, making sure that you have picked up plenty of color. Stamp with the inked rose on the white cardstock twisting the rose onto the paper. (See photo for technique) Set aside to dry. 

3.      Repeat step 2 using the White stamp pad, stamping on the Wildberry cardstock. Set aside to dry. 

4.      Stamp the large rose with the black ink onto white cardstock. Use embossing gun to make sure that the black ink is dried. Color the rose and the leaves with markers.  Cut out the stamped image. Use Exacto knife to trim around the insides of the image. Again, use the embossing gun to make sure that ink is dry. Cover the rose with the Crystal Lacquer and set aside to dry.  (It will take approximately 24 hours for the lacquer to dry.) 

5.      Center the Wildberry cardstock onto the Gold cardstock and glue together.  Then glue the Gold cardstock to the White cardstock. See photo.  

6.      Cover the back of the stamped rose with Zig glue leaving a small portion unglued.  (See photo)  This will be where the beaded hatpin will be inserted.  Place rose in the center of the Wildberry cardstock and press in place. 

7.      Add beads to half of the hatpin and insert thru the unglued portion on the front of the card.  Once the hatpin has been inserted through the leaf area add the remaining beads and use the Crystal Lacquer to seal the last bead on the hatpin. 

8.      Cut a piece of Gold ribbon three times the length of the card.  Add to card and tie a bow in front. See photo.

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