A Rose is a Rose Stamp With Us challenge

This is my entry for Stamp With Us' sketch challenge. I really love this stamp set!! The sketch below is the inspiration.



The 14cm square base card is Basic Black. I stamped a piece of Basic Grey card with the small flower from the stamp set using Basic Grey ink. The rose images are stamped on Whisper White card with Stazon Dove Grey and Basic Grey ink, and the leaves are stamped on Whisper White card using Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke. I attached the roses to a piece of Whisper White sticking some flat and some popped up on dimensionals. A scrap of Basic Grey taffeta ribbon was stuck on the side of the rose images and a length of white satin ribbon was wrapped around the card. A few extra rose images were added to the ribbon.

All items Stampin' Up! unless stated
Card: Basic Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White
Stamp Set: A Rose is a Rose
Ink Pads: Basic Grey, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke
Ribbon: Basic Grey taffeta, Whisper White satin

Misc: Stazon Dove Grey

Basic Grey Rose is a Rose

Even though I say this myself - isn't this gorgeous? This is one of the free stamp sets I chose for achieving my first Stampin' Start goal and I love it.


I chose Basic Grey for the card base and stamped the small flower outline from the Rose is a Rose set in Basic Grey ink to give a watermark effect. I then stamped the main flower images in Bashful Blue and Basic Grey using the two-step stamping technique with the help of my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. The leaves were stamped with Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke, again using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. I cut the images out and layered them on Whisper White, popping some up on dimensionals. The corners looked a bit bare, so out came the Mat Pack and the Paper Piercer for a little bit of paper pricking in the corners. I then added layers of Bashful Blue and Mellow Moss, and added a knot of Basic Grey taffeta ribbon.


I will definitely be using this stamp set again!