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

Friday, April 2, 2021

happy for you...

 Hello!  Hope you have a lovely week.  We have been having some nice weather leading up to Easter Sunday.  Hoping that Easter is nice, too.  I have a card today that I plan to send to my niece.  I learned the other day that she is having a baby in September!  I'm so excited for her and her husband.  They have a little boy and this time it is going to be a girl!  So... the colors for this week's Color Throwdown were absolutely perfect for a girl-inspired card!   A little over a month ago I purchased a stamp and die set from Stampin Up!  It has been sitting on my crafting space waiting for me to find the right card to use it on.  I stamped the flowers using Altenew's Blush ink and then cut them with the matching dies.  I actually stamped the flowers multiple times, but boy they still are really light!  There are layering dies and I used those as well.  They were cut from off white cardstock and layered on the stamped flowers.  I die cut a small rectangle from off white cardstock and stamped the sentiments from the set in a darker pink and black.  The leaves were die cut from light gray cardstock.  I added the strip down the side using one of my favorite Stampin Up! sets called Kind of Eclectic.   I layered everything up on the white cardstock panel and then finished with pearls to the centers of each flower.  The layout is based on this week's Freshly Made Sketches layout, but not exactly, lol!  Hope it passes muster over at FMS!  Will also be adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.




Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

11 comments:

Susie Moore said...

You did it again! Beautiful design!! Thanks for playing along with us again at Color Throwdown this week!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

How very beautiful Rosemary, what a lovely and happy card for a lovely occasion.
Faith x

Kim S said...

I adore those flowers and you've created such a lovely arrangement of them! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

Lisa Elton said...

Congratulations to your niece! What a lovely card to celebrate her happy news!

Kathy said...

Such a lovely design! Pinks, whites, greys are so perfect together! Love it, Rosi. 🌷

TK said...

Wonderfully soft and beautiful -- love the use of polka dots to ground the rest of your card elements

Judy Rozema said...

Beautiful colors and dies! Thank you for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Karren said...

Absolutely gorgeous card! Wonderful die-cuts and a great use of both the sketch and challenge colours. Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.

Anita in France said...

So soft and pretty, Rosemary ... the delicate layering is fabulous! The proud parents are going to be delighted with this beauty! Hugs, Anita :)

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Gorgeous flowers in the soft colors, Rosemary - love this!! Hope you had a Happy Easter and sorry I have been able to visit and comment much!!

Greta said...

What a gorgeous set & card, Rosemary! A keepsake for your niece!