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

19 comments:

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

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  2. Lovely page for Rose great colours and background

    MaggieH

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  3. beautiful r page, love the R :-)

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

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

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  6. This is really lovely Esther!

    Karen from The Craft Barn x

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  7. beautiful rose image and a lovely page

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

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

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  10. What a beautiful stamp that is.

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

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

    Love Chrissie xx

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

    Sylv xx

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  14. Fab page, I love the skeleton leaves.
    Hugs x

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  15. Beautiful page. I really like the rose and script.

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

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

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  18. 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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Thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts - they make me smile x

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