City Crafter Challenge Blog #173 ~ I adore Roses

Welcome to the City Crafter Challenge Blog #173 inspiration photo selected by the Lovely Ros!  I know I am only the August Guest Designer but she couldn't have picked a better photo for ME!  LOL!  

I adore roses~ especially if they are pink!

For this challenge you have to use one stamp, two papers, and three embellies.

I decided to make a mixed media journal page and create a very literal interpretation.

Using my absolute FAV stencil from Mona Pendleton Designs called Rose Builders (and definitely a Must Have at $5.50), I made three roses and tried to emulate the color of the BG in the photo.

My one stamp is a text stamp that is randomly stamped on my BG as well as stamped in my molding paste dots in the corner to add more texture.  My two papers are the actual journal page and the flocked leaves I cut out of a 12 x 12 patterned paper (shown later in this post).  My three embellies are the three pink gems, the paper words, and the rub on word.

Can you also see the texture I created behind the roses with a comb tool?  Subtle but interesting. 

I applied Gesso from left to right and then ran the comb from top to bottom to create the base texture.

Here is a close-up of one of my roses.  

I used light molding paste because I wanted a smooth texture.  I scraped it relatively flat with a credit card while the stencil was still in place.

Here is a really close-up view of the molding paste rose to show you the dimension it adds.  LOVE it!

Here's a close-up of the flocked leaves that I cut out of a piece of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper and mod podged down.  The paper is next to my circles and if you enlarge the photo, you can see the text.

I hope you like my journal page as much as I do!

Now go to the City Crafter blog, see what the Design Team has made to inspire you, and then come play along!