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

Thursday, February 20, 2020

hello, beautiful...

Hello!  Hope you are having a great week!  I'm popping in with a card for my two favorite challenges:  Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches.  I will also be posting this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge and the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash challenge.  The colors from CTD are pretty bold and for the most part I went a bit softer with them.   This happened because I used watercolor pencils to color the Reverse Confetti Butterfly Wreath and they tend to produce a soft color value.  The wreath was stamped in VersaFine CLAIR Morning Mist.  After I finished coloring the wreath I die cut it with the matching die.  I used the RC Snow Star cover plate for the front of my card.  I was going to remove the little diamonds in the stars, but decided to keep them in place so I put a bit of washi tape behind each star and then added some additional cardstock to make the panel a little sturdier.   I adhered the panel to a white cardstock base with foam tape.  The wreath was adhered with more foam tape and then I cut thin strips of gray, bright green and white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in Morning Mist on the white strip and then adhered all of them per the sketch.   I finished off the card by adding lots of sparkly sequins that depending on the light look purple or fushia.



Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

11 comments:

Lisa Elton said...

This is so pretty Rosemary! Wonderful use of the colors and the sketch!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

I LOVE how you have used the sketch this is a really beautiful card.
Faith x

Wanda Cullen said...

Love this beautiful butterfly wreath! You rocked the softer tones of the throwdown colors!

Viv said...

Another gorgeous card here Rosie!loving those pretty flowers too, makes a lovely wreath.Thanks for the congrats also ;) hugs Viv xx

Greta said...

That butterfly wreath is so neat & I love how you colored it, Rosemary! Beautiful card!

TK said...

Soft and subtle, but on so beautiful!

Anita in France said...

Soft and so pretty, Rosemary ... the flowers make for a perfect backdrop for this lovely wreath! Hugs, Anita :)

Vickie Z said...

Great use of the sketch and colors! Sweet wreath! So happy you joined us at CTD!

Greta said...

Congrats on another shout out at Color Throwdown!

Karren said...

Beautiful wreath and perfect for the sketch! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Wonderful wreath, Rosemary! Just love the colors and the texture of the background!!