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

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

beautiful.... inside and out

Hello friends!!  Well I made it through the first day of school with my little guy!  He has only half days this week and because of that I thought I didn't have to pack him a lunch... unfortunately I did!  So after I got him all settled at school off I went to cobble together a lunch for him and get it down to the school in time!  I did not take any pictures of him (I know... bad mommy!), but maybe I will tomorrow.   At one point I did wish I had a camera, though.  His teacher told the kids to get a buddy and hold hands.  To my delight I saw him holding hands with sweet little Ella... one of his friends from preschool! It was too cute!! Ella's mom did get a picture of them!!  Anyway... enough of that!  I do have a card to share.



Once, again, I combined this week's Dynamic Duo color challenge with Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday sketch.  I really kept this one clean and simple... I'm in that kinda mood right now.  (You wouldn't know it from my Shining the Light card, though...ha!)   I used a lovely set of stamps from The Craft's Meow, Celebrating You.  I stamped the fuschia once using Hero Arts Punch chalk ink and trimmed out the flower portion.  The fuschia was stamped a second time using SU!'s Pear Pizzazz (I don't have Lucky Limeade) and the leaves trimmed out.  The flower was then assembled on the white strip and the sentiment stamped using Pear Pizzazz.  The red cardstock was embossed using a new SU! embossing folder Fancy Fans.  The pattern is sort of designed to look better on the horizontal rather than the vertical and I thought that it would bother me having it vertical, but I actually like it that way, too! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Poppy Parade; Stamps:  The Craft's Meow; Inks:  Stampin Up! & Hero Arts; Embossing Folder:  Stamping Up!

18 comments:

Lisa Elton said...

Wow what a gorgeous bloom that is! Beautiful card, thanks for playing along with us at Dynamic Duos!

Tracey McNeely said...

Rosemary that is such a beautiful card. Great job on the challenge.

Tenia Nelson said...

So so pretty!!

Jennipher said...

Very nice! Love that sentiment.

Karen Aicken said...

This is so pretty! I love the words, and the way you layered the flower stamp. Great layout and thanks for playing along with the Dynamic Duo's challenge.
Cheers, Karen

Hanne said...

Such a lovely card.

Mona Pendleton said...

So pretty Rosemary! The blossom looks beautiful and I love the textured background!

Kim S said...

What a stunning use of the colors...the simple layout lets the gorgeous fuschia and equally gorgeous sentiment shine! So glad to see you at Dynamic Duos!

Christine said...

What a nice one! Beautiful with the red embossing!
hug
Christine

Anonymous said...

This is beautiful. I love how that gorgeous flower pops off the white, and that sentiment is just fabulous. Love the embossed background, too. Fantastic card. Glad you could join Dynamic Duos this week. ;-)

Viv said...

More gorgeousness again Rosie, just adore that red and the lovely flower too.Oh I well remember when my three had their first day at school, I was so sad to see them go lol. Forgot to take pictures too.....so wish I had now of course. All three grown up now and two have babies of their own now....oh my where did all that time go??? :) Viv xx

kingstonmama said...

Oh, so pretty. Gorgeous bloom and a fabulous sentiment. Love it. Ann

Carol L said...

Absolutely gorgeous! I love the floral image and that fabulous embossing!

Robin K. said...

I'm glad your little guy had a good first day of school! You must be so proud:). Your card is a beauty!!! Love the embossed piece - it really pops with the white!

Lisa Lara said...

Oh this is my favorite Rosi girl!

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

Superb fussy cutting on this card, Rosie! Love the embossing too :) I'm glad your little one had a great time at school!!

Greta said...

Fantastic card, Rosemary! I love that new embossing folder--perfect for this card with just the right amount of texture. How fun watching your baby grow up! Would love to see a picture.

Michelle said...

this card IS a beauty! Love the embossed background!