Retrosketches with Ribbon Rosettes

Happy Friday! This is truly my favourite day of the week, it is always nice to have a break after a work week, busy or not. Friday means a new edition of KCRR! I wanted to combine this week's challenge with Retrosketches and The Pink Elephant:

The selections for KCRR this week were rosettes and brayering - an intriguing combination! The Pink Elephant challenged us to "lift it" this week (chose a card/technique/colour combo and CASE it). Here's how my card turned out using the fabulous retrosketch:

LOVE it! I lifted the ribbon rosettes from this talented lady. I have always wanted to try making these rosettes every since I saw them a long time ago, and they turned out perfectly. A jumbo pearl in the middle, some linen thread accents and more pearls makes this wedding card extra special! Along with the brayering, of course :) I created a blue gradient - bashful blue, baja breeze and midnight muse to cap it off.

I knew I would be using the emboss resist technique again soon! *lol* While I love many parts of this card, I especially love the fact that I managed to create a masculine/feminine balance on a wedding card (and I didn't use the Love and Laughter set! *lol again*).

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to hop over to Charissa's blog, Snippets by Design, to see what she created with our KCRR elements this week!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Loving Thoughts
Paper: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, In Colour Stacks
Ink: Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse
Tools: Labels Framelits, Scallop Border Punch, 1" Circle Punch
Accessories: Jumbo Pearls, Pearls, Linen Thread, Seam Binding Ribbon

Friday Mashup: Forgotten Tools

Good day! *Sigh* Almost the end of the weekend already... but we have a short work week ahead so that definitely makes the Monday blues a whole lot less blue! :) This morning, I did a little baking with Michelle, and we made some pretty cute little Eater Baskets from cookie dough and a few other ingredients:

They turned out pretty cute :) And, I must say, pretty tasty!! Anyways, onto today's challenge. I wanted to participate in the Friday Mashup:

The mashup was to use this sketch and your brayer and add some butterflies. I decided to use all three... the brayer is definitely my most forgotten tool, but after using it for this card, I think it may make more appearances on my craft table. My inspiration for this card came from Ann Craig (see her original card here). Here's how mine turned out:

Pretty! I used more mustard, tangerine tango, cajun craze and raspberry ripple on the sunset and then sponged on the clouds with more mustard and raspberry ripple. The sun was sponged in with more mustard. I embossed the flowers on in black after finishing with the sponging and brayering.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to bring out your brayer for this challenge! :)

Supplies used:
Stamps: Inspired by Nature (ret), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White
Ink: Raspberry Ripple, More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Versamark
Tools: Word Window Punch, Decorative Label Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch
Accessories: Black Embossing Powder