Everything's Coming Up Roses With the Dueling Darlings!

It's June 15th and time for another duel with the Dueling Darlings. For June our hostesses Carol (for team Divas, my team) and Shelly (team Dazzlers) chose the theme "Everything's Coming Up Roses" as the rose is the flower for the month of June.  Here's what Carol had to say about the lovely card kit she send team Diva:
"Your kit included DSP from JoAnns American Crafts and the glitter paper not sure what the company it is.  The rose images all came from a set I purchased on Wish.com and didn't have any kind of name of company name on it.  I have a rose from Gina K in there as well and I wrote her name on those images.  The roses are from recollections and the rest of the embellishments are from my stash.   Since roses come in different colors please color your rose in your favorite rose color that you either like to receive or send.  Please, also, let us know what your all time favorite color of rose is (if different from the rose color on your card).  I have attached meanings of each color if you are interested...
Red:  I love you, passion, respect, courage; Pale pink:  grace, admiration, elegance; Deep pink:  gratitude, refinement, appreciation; Orange:  fascination, passion, desire, pride;  Coral:  desire, fascination; Peach: believe me, modesty, sweetness;  Yellow:  joy, happiness, caring, true friendship;  White:  innocence, purity, loyalty; Burgundy:  undying love, unconscious beauty; Lavender: love at first sight, enchantment."


Here's my card:

I chose this deep, rich, glorious rose paper in Carol's kit as the background and based the coloring of my rose on the Gina K stamped image on the deepest reds on this paper.  The rose was colored with Copic markers and die cut with oval die and mounted on another scalloped die cut with the black glitter paper from the kit.  The oval die cuts were then mounted on a third die cut from a scrap of red cardstock.  I heat embossed the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from JustRite Clear "Large Fancy Sentiments"in detail black embossing powder, cut and mounted it on a strip of Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler cardstock, trimmed it with  piece of the the black lacy ribbon from the kit and rhinestone embellishments from the kit.  The design of the cards is from CAS(E) this sketch!, CTS #274 Here:

I was so delighted to receive this kit from Carol in time to make a birthday card for my friend's June birthday!  She loved it!!  Although I colored the rose on my card in red, my favorite rose colors range from peach to deep orange.  I have several favorite roses.  One is called "Evelyn", an  David Austin English rose, that is a peachy pink and very fragrant.  I particularly love it as my mother's name was Evelyn.  After the death of my mother about 30 years ago I bought "Evelyn" rose bushes for my sisters and my mother's brother to plant in honor of her. 

 My second favorite rose is one of the few roses that have flourished in our hot dry Arizona desert climate and is appropriately named "Arizona".  The color of the rose varies from pale pink to deepest orange and is reminiscent of our awesome Arizona sunsets!

Please check out the card creations from my Dueling Darling friends here:

Divas

Kelly     http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

Barb      http://inkingintoretirement.blogspot.com/

Carol    http://lostinmycraftroom.blogspot.com/

Heather  https://landofstamping.wordpress.com/

Laura Jean http://buckygirl.blogspot.com/

Suzy     http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=SuzyS1104

Tami    http://blueinksdesign.blogspot.com/

Terry S.  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=11182

Dazzlers

Jeanette    http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

Darlene    http://accordingtobijou.blogspot.com/

Debbie     http://theinkigloo.blogspot.com/

Debby B  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=littledeb&x=18&y=13

Paola       http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=110313

Shelly      http://shellymc2.blogspot.com/

Terry A.   http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=392549

Terry L.   http://itstotallyterry.blogspot.com/

Tracie  http://tracie-craftycreations.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!