New tattoo design..............

I have been doing an acrylic painting of a rose with barbed wire and Ivy wrapped around it, which got me to thinking I would like something similar as a tattoo, and this is what I have come up with. Will be having it done by the very excellent Karl at red Dragon in Horsham, at the end of the month.......can't wait!
.......and it is now done......here is the pic .............

Couple of cards

Made a superhuman effort to actually make some time for crafting yesterday, and made a couple of cards using one of my new stamps. Very simply made, with matting and layering and peel off edging. The rose was stamped on the green, and the stalk was coloured with aquatone pens. The head of the rose on the red card, was stamped on red card, cut out and adhered with silicone, then covered with glossy accents. The head of the rose on the other card was stamped on red silk card, embossed with clear powder, and highlighted with.......................believe it or not..........sparkly red nail varnish!!! I then wrote the greeting with a glue pen, and sprinkled it with red glitter.