Papertrey March Blog Hop

Its Blog Hop time! Thank you for stopping by to visit - it has been a while since I've played, and I'm so glad to get back into it.

I have always been attracted to art nouveau patterns, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Roses have been a favorite.  I took the rose pattern as a starting point for my project.  I love building backgrounds, and pulled images out of a number of different stamp sets to put this one together.  Check my recipe below for a list of the materials used. I thought Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, and Hibiscus Burst would be perfect together.  Here's my finished paper before I added it to my card.

You can see I had a little oops there in the bottom corner, but no biggie, my paper was going to be trimmed down for my card.  I chose to go with a larger size card (finished size is 3 1/2 by 7 1/2) so I could showcase that pretty paper (you can click on the photos for a larger view).

I trimmed my background paper and shabbied it up with some Antique Linen distress ink. I wanted to keep everything else nice and simple, and just added a small strip of Sweet Blush to the top before tying a Hibiscus Burst ribbon around it. The sentiment is from the Mega Mixed Messages set (*love it*) and is stamped on a Spellbinders Double Ended Tag, which I trimmed down to size. I added a coordinating Hibiscus Burst button, and I called it done!  I am very pleased with the result, and I know my mom will love it too.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you'll come by again soon. I have another project I created for the Blog Hop but put on the back burner when I made this beauty. Stop by tomorrow and I'll share the deets on that one!

Have fun hopping!

Supplies:
Stamps: Flower - With Sympathy, Flourish - Remember, Circle - Simply Stationary, Dot Cluster - Borders and Corners Circle, Mother - Mega Mixed Messages
Cardstock: Ocean Tides, Sweet Blush, SS White
Ink: Ocean Tides, Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Aqua Mist, Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink)
Other: Hibiscus Burst Luxe Satin Ribbon, Hibiscus Burst Vintage Button, Spellbinders Double Ended Tag, string.