Wednesday, 3 April 2013

R is for…

..Roses! I missed the last letter in The Craft Barn’s Alpha challenge, but found time this weekend to make my entry for the current letter, which is ‘R’. I’ve chosen Rose as my word and here is my page in my dream dictionary -
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My page is covered with a layer of gesso, then distress stains to give a pale wash. I stamped with bubble wrap and a little Rose stamp and added a few skeleton leaves. The main image is a botanical stamp from PSX, one of the first stamps I ever bought. I stamped and water coloured, then masked it so I could stamp the Italian script.
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Dreaming of Roses symbolises love and admiration. As a psychological symbol the rose represents perfection and contains within it the mystery of life, it’s grace and happiness. It also suggests the cycle of life, through the cycle of it’s own growth and decay.
I’m glad I found time to join in this week, may even get to catch up and do a page for the letter I missed too ! 

 I also just have to say that I'm very excited to have been chosen as the featured artist over at Sketch'N'Stamp for my heritage scrapbook pages !

  Thanks for stopping by…Esther xxx
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19 comments:

  1. Meggymay3 April 2013 at 21:27

    A beautiful page, love the rose images and soft colours.
    Yvonne

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  2. Maggie3 April 2013 at 22:27

    Lovely page for Rose great colours and background

    MaggieH

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  3. Debi3 April 2013 at 22:53

    beautiful r page, love the R :-)

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  4. Annie4 April 2013 at 04:34

    Your page for rose does look dreamy. It's beautiful!

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  5. Silvia(Barnie)4 April 2013 at 11:38

    A fabulous page, mine is still on my to-do-list.

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  6. Karen4 April 2013 at 15:55

    This is really lovely Esther!

    Karen from The Craft Barn x

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  7. Joan4 April 2013 at 16:29

    beautiful rose image and a lovely page

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  8. Elaine4 April 2013 at 19:03

    Love your rose page- it's a beautiful stamp with lovely subtle colouring!

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  9. Unknown4 April 2013 at 20:45

    Gorgeous page, very romantic, love the roses! Hugs Frea

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  10. Scrapmate5 April 2013 at 08:34

    What a beautiful stamp that is.

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  11. hazel5 April 2013 at 10:07

    This is a beautiful page Esther, I love the rose image.
    xxx Hazel.

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  12. chrissie6 April 2013 at 08:33

    Very beautiful and delicate--I can smell the scent for here

    Love Chrissie xx

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  13. Sylvia8 April 2013 at 20:18

    Wonderful page, love the subtle colours and the beautiful rose stamp.

    Sylv xx

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  14. Maisie Moonshine12 April 2013 at 17:10

    Beautiful! MMx

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  15. Dawn12 April 2013 at 21:28

    Fab page, I love the skeleton leaves.
    Hugs x

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  16. LindaS13 April 2013 at 06:52

    Beautiful page. I really like the rose and script.

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  17. Words and Pictures13 April 2013 at 09:30

    Beautiful, delicate work - what a joy of a page!
    Alison x

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  18. Sandy14 April 2013 at 19:27

    Absolutely gorgeous - I love everything about it.
    So pleased to say I am a new follower!
    Sandy

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  19. Anonymous16 April 2013 at 13:03

    Great page !! and you can always play catch up for the letter you have missed ;)
    Thanks for playing with us.
    Izzy

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