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

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Love You Always....

Hey there!!!  Wow... January is over!!  Can't believe how time goes by so quickly... especially the older I get!!!  Anywhoo... have a card to share that I made for two challenges:  ColourQ and Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge, the first one of the new year... YAY!!  



For my card I used the cute little TE a la carte' stamp:  Animals in Love - Whales.  The sentiment is from the TE set Birds of a Feather.    When I started out making the card I was going to use some Stampin Up! designer paper in real red, but when I pulled out the piece I was going to use I just wasn't that thrilled with it.  So I hunted around through my rather large collection of 6x6 pads and found the perfect piece in the My Mind's Eye Rosy 6x6 pad.  I just love all the My Mind's Eye collections!  I die cut the circle using a Spellbinders plain circle die and then stamped the whales on it using Tuxedo Black ink.   The little hearts were colored with Copic markers.  I stamped the whales a second time, colored them with Copic markers, trimmed them out and popped them up on the first image.   Some black/white bakers twine was tied around the circle and then the sentiment stamped using Real Red ink.   A scalloped circle was die cut from Rose Red cardstock and then everything was layered up.   As I was checking the TE store to make sure I had the name correct for the whale stamp I saw a super cute stamp with two Flamingos.  I love flamingos and so I think I'm going to need to get that stamp!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft, black & white; SU! rose red; PP:  My Mind's Eye Rosy; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic markers; Bakers Twine:  The Twintery; Spellbinders dies

23 comments:

Tenia Nelson said...

Super cuteness!!!!

Judy1223 said...

Rosemary, these whales are so cute! I love the layers of MME papers, perfect for the challenges. I hope you get the flamingo stamp...I can only imagine what cute cards you'll come up with!

Sylvia said...

This is so cute, Rosemary, love the little things you did on this card! Thanks so much for joining us this week at the ColourQ.

Scrumplescrunch said...

It is a great sketch Rosie, and I am pleased you popped up the Whales as it creates some depth to your card, and the B/W twine is a wonderful tactile element, it is a lovely card.
Smiles:)

joy said...

Adorable card! Love the paper you used and your Copic coloring is wonderful.

craftieodmae said...

ah that is so adorable!!!!! fantastic image!!

Christina said...

How sweet! My hubby would love these cute whales, and I love how you popped them up for dimension. Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ!

Kelly Collins said...

Very cute to make the twine the water!

Jenny said...

What an adorable way to use the colours Rosemary, loving the chacked paper and the cute whales :)
Jenny x

Anita Scroggins said...

Rosemary, I love the little whales on your card. So cute! Thanks for playing along with us at ColourQ this week.

Christine said...

Oh how cute! Very lovely!
Christine

Kara said...

so so cute!! thanks for playing with the CQC!!!

Lisa Lara said...

Oh this is fun Rosi. So adorable. I love the black and white twine in the middle.

Michelle said...

cute whales, Rosemary!

Brenda said...

These are the sweetest whales I have ever seen! Love the scalloped circle mat!

Elizabeth Allan said...

This is one whale of a cute card Rosemary!

Arielle H Gordon said...

This is so adorable, Rosemary! Love those sweet whales & how you curled the paper up on the bottom! Thank you so much for playing with us at the colourQ this week!

Melody said...

So cute! Love the popped up whales!

Tracey McNeely said...

Sweet images and great colouring.

Monika/Buzsy said...

Darling card Rosemary. Love the images, the colors... nice job with the sketch! :o)

Tracy said...

How cute is this?! Love this image and how you worked the sketch. I especially like how you used the twine! Thank you for playing along with TESC!
Hugs,
Tracy

Lisa Elton said...

Very cute, great use of the colors!

kingstonmama said...

Those whales are so cute. I love how you've colored them and the colors and papers you used are wonderful. I love it! :) Ann