Rose and Chamomile

Hello, sweet friends! It's the middle of June already, and it's time for the brand new Instant Garden digital set from Power Poppy by Marcella Hawley called Rose & Chamomile.

"Did you know that June is National Rose Month in the United States? To help celebrate these perennial favorites, we're showcasing a single rose bloom unfurling amongst a swirl of chamomile and rose hips. If you are wanting to switch it up a bit, the rose image is also included without the extra flowers and rose hips! Image this cluster of beauty colored up multiples ways, from the softest whites to the deepest reds. It's a versatile grouping that will have you returning to color again and again. This downloadable digital set includes the sentiment 'You are in my prayers.'" – Marcella Hawley

Well, is this one of the sweetest rose images you've ever seen? I love the softness and the wonderful sentiment to encourage that special someone. I have been wanting to make some special cards, and this sentiment is just perfect (and will be in the mail shortly). I have a new tag die that I decided to use, so I resized my digital image to fit and added the sentiment, colored it, and die cut it. Then I traced the outside of the die on pink card stock and fussy cut it for a thin mat around the tag die. Then I used my Japanese screw punch to make a hole for my ribbon. I found some designer paper and ended up using a single piece and added two doily dies along with some leaf branches. I just couldn't resist paper piercing, and then I adhered everything. And finally it was finished! I don't do shabby chic, but I was definitely going for a feminine feel.

I have to tell you what happened to me while I was coloring. I normally print two images and often color two at once. I started coloring one on Neenah and another on X-Press It Blending Card. I finished the rose on each of them and had started on the leaves, but I decided to finish the Neenah one first. Well, after coloring with a certain (unnamed) marker a bit, a sudden "bloop" came out, and I gasped! My husband heard me and said, "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" I said, "Well, you come and see for yourself." He then realized it wasn't a good thing! LOL! (I wasn't laughing at the time!) So I set that one aside and decided to figure out a layout using the other piece I had started to color. After a while, I thought to myself – well, I could try putting some tissue under it and use the chisel end of my colorless blender marker to see how much I could blot out. While it took some work, I am thankful that I was able to camouflage the first image and finish it – big sigh of relief! I could not see the mistake unless I looked at the back. This experience reminded me of how God can blot out our sins, and I praise God that He sent Jesus to pay the ultimate pray for my sin. So no matter what messes we are, God can always make something beautiful of our lives – for His glory!

I, I am He Who blots out your
transgressions for My own sake. 
Isaiah 43:25

Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
Isaiah 1:18

Now it's time to visit some of the Instant Gardeners for so much inspiration! Surely all you stampers will be drooling for this beautiful digital set. So after you've visited my teammates, hop over to Power Poppy to purchase it and use it today. We'd love to see what you do with it. 

Barb Walker
Broni Holcombe

Cheryl Scrivens <me>
Debbie Olson

Jennifer Dove
Nancy Sheads (newest member)
Rhea Weigand

Marcella Hawley on the Power Poppy blog

Thank you so much for visiting and sharing a comment, thought, or question. I love hearing from you and am always happy to answer questions, so please don't hesitate to email me. I love to help whenever I can. (I am entering this in this week's Word Art Wednesday challenge.) 

Blessings,

Stamps:  Rose & Chamomile (Power Poppy) 

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), White (PTI), white (Recollections), Pretty in Pink (SU), Summer Crush 6x6 paper pack (Maja Design)

Ink: None (printer)
Tools/Accessories: Copic markers,  Stitched Main Street Tags dies (Memory Box), French Pastry Doily die (Cheery Lynn), Tea time Doily die (Cottage Cutz), Beautiful Flowers dies (Verve), pink organza ribbon (The Robert Stanley Collection/Hobby Lobby), Multi Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow), piercing tool, sanding tool, Japanese screw punch, white tape, red tape
Techniques: Digital images using GIMP and Microsoft Word, paper-piercing

Card Size:  6" square