Stamping four layer roses on an embossed background

I am not one inclined to decorate with very ornate flowers, filigree or lace. Delicate flower buds in oh-so-quaint settings are not in my usual repetoire of designs. But the second class of layering in my AECP card making course lends itself to this kind of Victorian-ish look. So, voila, here is my card featuring four layer roses nestled in a garden themed frame.

I think the card is pure delicacy and I did not feel any sentiment needed to be on the front of the card. Actually, the embossed frame of flowers, leaves and butterflies does not leave much room for any sentiment. It is just a dainty note to drop a line to someone special.

For this card, you will need approximately four shades of inks in the red family, a couple shades of greens and an embossing folder. You will also do well to get a stamp with matching die set. 

Supplies:

• Altenew Sweet Rose Bouquet stamp and die set
• Altenew Parrot crisp ink, or any light spring green
• Altenew Grass Field crisp ink (this actually a four ink set for clearance price)
• Altenew Red Cosmos mini ink cube set
• Lindy's magical in Flickering Lights
• Lindys magical in Rosewood Rouge
• Die cutting machine (I got mine at Walmart but I really like Altenew's for same price)
• white cardstock (80lbs - 120lb)
• embossing folder (do not remember where I got this one)
• Foam adhesive stickers
• Crafting tweezers
• Glue
• palette
• small round paintbrush
• paper sensitive low tack masking tape

If I do not provide a link to a supply, it is probably because it came from one of those cheap Chinese businesses like Temu. I am not linking them as I know many people have bad feelings about doing business with them. I mainly go for what is affordable. Unfortunately, because of Donald Trump's recent tariffs, orders from TEMU are now not as cheap.

Also, if you want to try Lindy's magical's, you will need to get some instruction on how to use them. They are powder, but when mixed with water, make very potent inks. Using them in different ways, produces vastly different effects. That is one of the allures of the product. Lindy's YouTube offers brief tutorials on their magicals, such as this 2 minute explanation.

Steps:

1. Start with the lightest color first when stamping your four layers of the roses. Then increase in darkness with each subsequent layer.

2. Stamp the two layers of green for the greenery onto your blank facade of your card.

3. Use the corresponding dies to cut out the roses.

4. Using your craft tweezers, afix the cut out roses to the stems you stamped on card

5. Use a pale, shimmery color on your embossed frame. It should not overwhelm the main design. I painted on Lindy's Flickering Lights magical with a paint brush and after that coat dried, I brushed on a VERY diluted Rosewood Rouge magical. 

This detail shows you how the embossing looks up close. It provides a wonderful texture. I used a very pale yellow, with shimmer, to catch light as the card is handled.

I won't post all my mistakes; but know that there were several attempts. Either I did not layer my inks in the proper order or I did not line up stamps correctly. I also painted one of the embossed frames in pale reds, greens, yellows; but it proved to be way too busy. This card is simple sweetness. Since the line work is so busy, the colors and methods needed to be spare.