Chicago Peace, and IBSIC Challenge #51

Hello!

Today is my third week as March Guest Designer to play with the lovely and talented Design Team over at Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge (IBSIC), and I am so enjoying making these projects for them, but the time is flying by too quickly!  Wah!

This week's color challenge was truly a challenge for me and was inspired by this picture:

What was challenging is that it is completely out of my comfort zone of pinks, purples, vintage and/or shabby and required some creative thinking on my part.  But what good is a challenge if it's not, well, challenging?  At least I knew exactly which stamp I would use.

I used the single rose from the IBS Elegant Flowers set.  I've had this stamp for a few weeks and have been dying to color it.  I've attempted to color it as a Chicago Peace rose, though admittedly I took a little creative license with it.  OK, roses are the hardest flower to color, so I just did the best I could.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I colored the image with Copics and used the pointelle method behind it.  That white was just too stark.  Also too stark was the white doily, so I colored it with two colors of CI Paints, Mango and Peach.  One was too light, the other too dark, so I attempted to lighten it again.  Think three coats was enough?  *sigh*

Layered ribbon bows, a pearl, and a custom made stick pin form the embellishment, and a banner with a sentiment from the IBS stamp set Vintage Frames offset the central image.

A little stitching and a lacy border complete this card.  I hope you've enjoyed it, and I do hope you'll join the ladies over at IBSIC.  Make sure you stop by the DT to see the lovelies they've created for you this week!

Happy crafting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Elegant Flowers, Vintage Frames (IBS)
Ink: Versafine Smoky Gray, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: X-Press It Blending Card, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie (SU), MME Miss Caroline Howdy Doody
Extras: Dies: Decorative Doily, Faux Crochet Border (Dienamics), ribbon, pearls, custom stick pin, sewing machine, Copics, CI paints, .

Challenges entered:

ALOTA #103 - Springtime
The Shabby Tearoom #158 - Anything Goes
Timeless Tuesday #212 - Bring On Spring!
Inky Impressions #102 - Flowers
3 Girl Jam #14 - Green with Ribbon
Really Reasonable Ribbon #68 - Flowers and Ribbon
Allsorts #198 - As Easy as 1, 2, 3 (3 embellies: pearls, bows, stick pin)
Pile It On #11 - Circles and/or Squares
613 Ave. Create #11 - Anything Goes (Optional: St. Paddy's Day Green)