orange rose of victoria

i have just gotten back from the south pacific convention 

and we were lucky enough to have a play

 with the new blendabilities coming from stampin up 

but also got a free stamp set and pens to play with

woohoo!

i love being a demo!!

so i decided to use my new goodies for a colour challenge 

at the creative crew 

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using our favourite colour

mine is orange so these pens are pretty close

we were also encouraged to use our favourite colour 

in a new colour combo 

so i used a colour i don't like 

(old olive) and soft suede

 i also made a box card using the tutorial from split coast stampers which was easy to follow

i made mine with naturals specialty card which made it quite chunky and hard to fold

....just so you know lolol

firstly i stamped the flower using versamark and black embossing powder 

(although there will be a momento black ink especially for this purpose very soon)

 i coloured in the new flower stamp from the 14/15 catalogue using the new blendabilities we got

i started using the lightest one first and then got darker and darker

around the edges i used normal pumpkin and caramel markers and then added some crystal effects

inside the box/card i used some watercolour wonder dsp and a stamp from a new stamp set

this was sent to a friend for her birthday 

cheers ears