My flower book

I recently invested in a Dylusions Creative Journal as I wanted to start a flower book. I was inspired by Vicki's "A Year in Flowers". My first double spread needed to be dedicated to the Rose - one of my favorite flowers.

I prepped the background on the spread with Distress Oxide inks. I put the inks onto a piece of acetate and then sprayed it with water and then smooshed it onto the page. I did this a few times and then did some blending with my blending brushes. I also blended some vintage photo along the edges of the pages. Once the ink was dry, I added some stenciling and some text stamping in random places on the page spread.

To create my flowers, I used the two Craft-a-Flower rose die sets from Altenew -  the rose and the antique rose sets. I created three flowers to place into three of the corners. After cutting the flowers and the leaves, I inked the pieces and assembled them. I also cut the letters to spell the word Rose with my Quickutz alphabet font dies.

I placed the roses in the corners and added the word. I printed out the symbolism of the rose and added it to the page.

The reason I used the shades of yellow and orange for my first flower in the book is  because there is a Tea Hybrid rose called a Monica Rose. Looks like this:

I will share my flowers with you as I continue in my journal.

Supplies Used

CAF Antique Rose	CAF Layered Rose	Platinum 6	Craft Tweezers
Pine Needles	Mustard Seed	Vintage Photo	Tuxedo Black
Cantaloupe	Tangelo	Cottage Ivy	Bamboo Leaves

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Entered into the Creative Artiste Challenge #70

Entered into the Creative Fingers Anything Goes Challenge #206

Entered into the Art Journal Journey "Inspired by" April Challenge (Inspired by a rose with my name)

Entered into the More Mixed Media Anything Goes/Yellow April Challenge

Entered into the Happy Little Stamps Anything Goes with Dies April Challenge

Entered into the TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge week of April 20

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Monica