Roses on a Vine

Hey everyone, sorry it's been a while since my last update. Ive been flat out this week with 2 sick little boys, both with temperatures, headaches & sore throats (Jack informed me yesterday 'it hurts when i swallow my spit'...mmm...lovely! lol) but no other symptoms, no cough, mucus or anything. Not that i'm complaining mind you but its the oddest flu they've ever had. FYI...Ive been to the doc's, Its not THAT flu! LOL
Anyway, back to why your really visiting me, my new card. So I've been working on this baby for about 3 days (in between caring for very demanding, grumpy little boys) You could say it's been a work in progress. The baroque motive 'vine' took AGES to cut out...about 3 1/4 of the way through I had a thought 'Is this actually going to look any good?' Too late, im not stopping now! I actually did it twice, the first time in K.Kiss ink, but it didn't stand out at all, so I had to redo it in Old Olive. grrr

Doesn't matter anyway, Im happy with the result, I just love that rose set so much. I've been playing with roses of different colours, & even different amounts of ink on the stamp. I usually double stamp off the large rose (for the interior colour) but just lately i've tried only stamping off once & the colour is amazing! Really strong!
Well, the boys are arguing...again, will sign on soon X