The beautiful flowers in the new Elements of Style stamp set have to be old fashioned roses.  My grandmother had a beautiful pink rose that looked much like this growing on the fence in her back yard.  It was pink and it was named Carol – my mother’s name – and Gramsie took great pride in it.  All of the roses in her garden had such intoxicating scents – one time she gave me a bouquet to take back to school after I visited her, and a complete stranger actually stopped me and asked to smell them up close.  I imagine these roses to have that kind of wonderful fragrance:

• Elements of Style stamp set
• Certainly Celery and Regal Rose card stock;  Watercolor paper
• Sahara Sand Classic ink pad;  Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker
  
• Old Olive, Crushed Curry and Regal Rose Classic ink refills
• Scallop Trim Border punch; Aquapainter
• Chocolate Chip 5/8″ Satin Ribbon
  

I’m debating on whether or not I should add a sentiment.  The watercolor paper has quite a bit of texture so I’m not sure I would get the look I want.  I think I’ll add the appropriate message to the inside of the card when I’m ready to send it.  I like to have a few “ready to personalize” cards set aside for special occasions.

Are you wondering where that Sahara Sand Classic ink is?  When I want to watercolor something with this much detail but I don’t want to see the lines on the finished card, I use Sahara Sand to put the image on the paper and then use the Aquapainter to add my color.  If you look really closely you’ll see some lines in some of the roses, but for the most part the Sahara Sand ink disappears.  Pretty sneaky, wouldn’t you say?