"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese

Friday, April 6, 2018

happy happy birthday

Hello!!  Hope you had a wonderful week... we had lots of rain at the end, but hopefully that will clear up for the weekend.   Been busy making things for something I have coming up next week, but took a little time out to make a card for a few challenges:  Freshly Made Sketches, Color Throwdown and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.   When I saw the FMS layout I was really intrigued by it and tried out a couple of ideas, but they didn't work.  Finally settled on using an image from one of my favorite Stampin Up! sets called Kinda Eclectic and the poppy images from the Altenew set Painted Poppy.   I had to do things a bit backwards by die cutting the images first and then stamping them.   I started by stamping the outline in red and then adding the flower heads using pink.  The leaf was stamped in two shades of aqua ink.  I used the image from Kinda Eclectic to stamp the two bar elements of the layout in VersaFine CLAIR Morning Mist ink and then layered the poppies and leaf over the top.  The sentiment was created by stamping the happy from the Painted Poppies set in the same gray ink and then adding the happy birthday (from the Altenew Trigonometry set) in VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne.  I had meant to only stamp the birthday portion, but forgot to wipe the ink off of it before stamping.  


Hope you have  a wonderful day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SSS fog, Recollections white; Stamps:  Altenew; Dies:  Altenew and AJVD; Inks:  Stampin Up! Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette; VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne and Morning Mist

10 comments:

Greta said...

So creative & beautiful, Rosemary! Love the background & the sentiment--not a goof in my opinion!

Lisa Elton said...

I love how feminine and delicate this looks! Very pretty Rosemary. Hope the weather holds out for you and your little guy to finish off his spring break!

Anita in France said...

Soft and dreamy, Rosemary ... so very pretty! Hugs, Anita :)

Nancy said...

Love this creative design, Rosemary! So pretty!

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Rosemary :-) the whole design of this is stunning!! LOVE it :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Luv
Lols x x x

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Cool design with the poppy & falling dots, Rosemary! I like the double Happy too!!

Jen Brum said...

What a great card! I love those poppies and the polka dots in the background! So lovely! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Wanda Cullen said...

Beautiful take on the sketch and the colors! Love it! Thanks so much for joining us at Color Throwdown!

Linda Callahan said...

This is so sweet! Lovely poppies! Glad you,joined us at FMS!

Lori said...

Beautiful design! The double sentiment works perfectly here. Thanks for joining us for this week's Color Throwdown!