Saturday, August 21, 2010

Every rose has its thorn

















I made this card for a specific challenge  -  to make a card with a song of your choice in mind. I chose: every rose has its thorn by Poison. I had just seen a documentary about the band on MTV and this beautiful ballad got stuck in my head. As soon as I saw the challenge and started singing the song I thought of this image - Love is gone from plate #29. It's very goth and rock'n'roll, don't you think?.

I started by choosing matching papers. I had a small rosy panel that I matched with a stripey one from BG. I then coloured my image with coordinating promarkers. I wanted the circular part of the sketch to look like a rose so I cut out circles in different shades and sizes. Then I assembled them so they would look like a rose. To accentuate the detail I added a small piece of leaf-ribbon in the left lower corner. It was white, but I coloured it with my promarkers to match. The final touch was some glitter to the wings and rose and pearls in the corners of the card.


















/Katarina
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11 comments:

  1. KymKreatesAugust 21, 2010 at 6:40 AM

    This is marvelous! She represents this song exceptionally well and I do get the flower in the center! Very out of the box! Way to go!

    xoxo,
    Kym

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  2. ConnieAugust 21, 2010 at 6:43 AM

    Those circles caught my eye Katarina. You carried this one off just fantastic!
    Connie

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  3. Alexandra LundgrenAugust 21, 2010 at 10:46 AM

    beautiful! I love the way you used the circles to create a flower that the image is the center of. Fabulous coloring and the glitter is done perfectly! WOW!!!

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  4. jenniferAugust 21, 2010 at 4:02 PM

    neat idea, I love the floral theme

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  5. Christine RileyAugust 21, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    This is beautiful, I love your layout!
    Hugs, Christine

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  6. MickiAugust 21, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    wonderful card and love the circles as a matting for the image. The song fits this image perfectly. Definitely love the glitter.

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  7. WickedPixieAugust 21, 2010 at 7:04 PM

    Great card! She does represent the song so well, and your rose behind her is so creative! :-)Traci

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  8. LisaAugust 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    So pretty! Love that song too!

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  9. AngelaAugust 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    Great card!! Love her wings and that song really represents here so well!!
    Hugs:)
    Angela

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  10. sweetpeastampsAugust 22, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    Katarina, this is gorgeous, I love her wings. You did a fabulous job on this.

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  11. Holley (Tondre) BarnhartAugust 23, 2010 at 12:11 AM

    Love the sparkle Katarina, it really adds the extra eye catching feature to the card. Beautiful work.

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