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

Saturday, April 4, 2015

masculine birthday...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a quick post to share a card I made for a couple of challenges:  Color Throwdown and Dies R Us challenge - one for the boys.   I just recently found Dies R Us and was blown away by their die selection.  I haven't had a chance to buy anything yet, but hopefully in the near future I can change that.   


The color palette from Color Throwdown just said "guy" to me.  I used a recently purchased Stampin Up! set called Sheltering Tree.  I stamped the tree, ground and swing using all of the colors in the palette and then die cut it using a MFT fishtail flag stax die.  I cut a piece of kraft cardstock and then partially embossed it using a woodgrain embossing folder (although you can't really see it in the photo).  I die cut a circle of black cardstock using a Spellbinders plain circle die to use as a mat of sorts for the banner.  Before adhering the banner to the circle I tied some black twine around the banner.   After everything was layered up I added the sentiment (from the Altenew set Label Love).

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI rustic white & kraft; Stamps:  Stampin Up! and Altenew; Inks:  VersaMagic Pumpkin Spice and Brick Red; Memento Pistachio and Cantaloupe; woodgrain embossing folder

16 comments:

Scrumplescrunch said...

Hello Rosie,
I wondered what a maculine card was until I read your post.Only joking I knew you meant Masculine, I miss a letter all the time when I am typing as well.
The card is impressive, I say this because as you know I do not make such cards, find them to difficult.
So I admire all who make them, this is a beauty as it holds my interest. I am drawn to the bottom of your Flag where your swipes of Paint/Ink are sitting like this detail very much.
Hope you are having an enjoyable Easter.
Smiles:)
Sue

Anita in France said...

What a lovely stamped scene, Rosemary ... great use of those fabulous colours! Joyeuses Pâques! Anita :)

Lisa Lara said...

Hi Rosi! Happy Easter to you and your fam. Love your tree and ground just from layered stamping. Awesome. I really love your layout with the sentiment strips. I'll have to check out "Dies R Us" TFS.

stampwithsandy said...

Great card! I love these images on the banner, and the addition of black is so striking!

Tenia Nelson said...

LOVE!!

Nancy said...

Perfect masculine card, Rosemary! You are so creative! Happy Easter to you and your family!

Darlene said...

WOW what a fabulous card! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘ONE FOR THE BOYS’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!

Darlene (DRU Blog Leader)
DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Nat said...

Hi Rosemary, Do I ever love your masculine design, the colours and rustic twine is perfect. Awesome! Wishing you a very happy Easter! :)

Wanda Cullen said...

Love your clever idea to create the scene on a banner flag! This is a fabulous guy (or gal) card! Thanks for joining us at Color Throwdown!

Lisa Elton said...

I like the scene you created on the banner!! This is pretty Rosemary. Hope you had a very Happy Easter!

Greta said...

Oh my goodness--this is just wonderful, Rosemary! Perfect use of the colors!

Vickie Z said...

love the design and images...wonderful use of the colors!! Thxs for playing at CTD!!

Tammy Hershberger said...

Fantastic design... the tree image is perfect, stamped on the fishtail flag! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown!

Barb Ghig said...

WOW! I really love how you created your scene on the banner! Such a stunning card, Rosemary!

Deepti said...

Wowzers! so creative and artsy :)

Jenny Alia said...

Great colors and lovely design. Love it! Thanks for joining us at the Dies R Us Challenge this time. Hope to see you back again soon! -Jenny, DRU DT