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

Saturday, January 30, 2016

darn amazing...

Hello!!!  Crazy weather continues here in the PNW!  Yesterday we had hail!!  The first time it hailed I just happened to be out on a walk so I got a little soaked!  Thankfully the second time it started hailing my little guy and I were in the car heading home from school.  All this crazy weather has made me want to just spend the time inside making stuff.  Got a couple of things done last night and I'm sharing one of them now.  Sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed by all the crafting supplies I have and when that happens I find that doing some simple collage stamping helps me feel less scattered and overwhelmed.  Last night was one of those times so when I set about creating a card for the current Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches challenge I pulled out some of my favorite (and older) Stampin Up! sets to create my card.   I used Summer Silhouettes, Gorgeous Grunge and Kinda Eclectic.  The sentiment and die are from My Favorite Things.  After die cutting a panel of white cardstock I started stamping and then had to start all over again because I stamped one of the images in the wrong ink color!  After all the stamping was done I die cut the word amazing from the panel.  Several additional words were die cut and adhered to the top one.  I adhered some washi tape behind the negative space and then inlaid my die cuts back into the panel.  Love all the mix of images and the colors!!



Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, Simon Says Stamp fog; Stamps:  Stampin Up! and My Favorite Things (Amazing); Dies:  My Favorite Things (amazing word die) and A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Stampin Up! (So Saffron and Crumb Cake), Simon Says Stamp Smoke, Memento Tuxedo Black

19 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Beautiful!

Greta said...

Modern & beautiful with your incredible collage stamping, Rosemary! Love this great card! I'll say the weather is crazy--one minute bright sun & the next it's pouring down rain & so dark you'd think it was 5pm even thought it's 1pm!

Wanda Cullen said...

Wow, I just LOVE this card! So simply yet so striking! Always love seeing your creations in the throwdown gallery!

Jen Brum said...

This card is pretty darn amazing! Love it! Love how you created this look! It's such a beautiful card! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

paperkicks said...

Such a sweet, clean card. Thanks for sharing!

Lisa Elton said...

This is ridiculously PRETTY Rosemary!! You do collage stamping so well and I love the inlaid die cut!

Linda Callahan said...

This is beautifully stamped and layered! Love it! Glad you joined us at FMS!

Linda Handford said...

Really pretty card

Nancy said...

Oh, Rosemary this is just lovely! The colors work so perfect with your design! I know what you mean about supplies. It does get overwelming for sure.

Martha said...

OH...Rosemary...Rosemary...this is simply AMAZING, and beautiful!
You know how much I love your collage-stamping.
I want to come right over to admire this beauty IRL.
You've used the pretty colors, in-laid sentiment, & sketch SO beautifully.
It's a WINNER...for sure!

So glad you were not injured by the hail while out on your walk. Take care!
We've had some unusually WARM temperatures for January...in the 80s.

Vickie Z said...

Fun us of the colors and sketch! Love the images! So glad you joined us at CTD!

Lisa Lara said...

Absolutely brilliant Rosi. WOW. This is just such an "Amazing" card. So cool. I missed the hail. I have been sleeping so much lately.

TK said...

Wonderful! I love the collage stamping, and the images used!

Anita in France said...

Stylish and wonderfully contemporary, Rosemary ... you are the queen of collage stamping ... this is just so gorgeous! Hugs, Anita :)

Claire said...

Another beauty Rosemary - I keep meaning to try that technique! Loving that neutral colour scheme!

Petra Swart said...

Oh, you are just sooooo good at doing lovely collage stamping, Rosemary!!! This is so beautiful and congrats on being among the winners at FMS!!! You inspire me to try and do some collage stamping myself!!!
Have a wonderful day and hope the weather is fine!!!!

Greta said...

Well-deserved HM at FMS, Rosemary!

Lee Ann Barrett said...

Simply stunning, Rosemary! Love your use of the sentiment die, and those colors- love the colors!

Barb Ghig said...

Really beautiful collage stamping, Rosemary! I love how you played with the color combo and sketch...a really STUNNING card!!!