A Rose is a Rose...

When I saw this vintage rose image from Free Vintage Digital Stamps, I knew that I had to create something with it.  Such a gorgeous image!  I made my rose pink in honor of the pink roses I received for my birthday (from my valentine J).  Pink because "the red ones didn't look very good".  I love the pink and they smell divine!

A Couple Details:

• I hadn't paper-pieced in a while and thought this was a great image for the technique and would also use up some scraps.  I printed it fairly large onto Stampin' Up! "Sahara Sand" card stock, then printed it three more times onto pink and green patterned scraps for the rose, front leaf / stem, and back leaf.  
• TIP:  don't waste ink and paper by printing the entire image for one small section of piecing.  For the leaves, I cropped the image as small as possible to capture the leaf image.  

• Since the rose is "drawn" in black, I accented with black elements throughout for drama.  It really makes that rose pop!
• To make the tails of the seam binding bow into ringlets, I wrapped the seam binding around a pencil and held it under a heat gun for a few seconds.  Let cool, then remove the pencil.

Challenges:

Divas by Design: Challenge #20 - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: #106 - Use a Digi Image
Stampin' Royalty: Challenge #109 - Valentines Day-It's All About Love!!
Ribbon Carousel: RCC38 - Paper Piecing With Kim

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! ‘Rose Red’, ‘Sahara Sand’
Pattern Paper: scraps; Making Memories spiral journaling page ‘5^th Avenue’
Image: Free Vintage Digital Stamps 'Vintage Rose'
Stamps: SU! ‘All Year Cheer’, ‘French Script’
Inks: StazOn ‘Jet Black’; ‘VersaMark’; ‘Distress Stain ‘Victorian Velvet’, ‘Pumice Stone’; Perfect Pearls Mist ‘Heirloom Gold’
Embellishments: Hobby Lobby crochet lace; ribbon; Hug Snug seam binding; photo corners
Tools: ink jet printer; Stamp-a-ma-jig; heat tool; Wondertape