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

Saturday, February 4, 2023

hello friend

 Hello!  Popping in with a clean and simple card for Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches.   I used the Concord & 9th Eclectic Garden stamps and dies for this one.  Take a look. 


I like challenging myself to use colors in ways that are a little different, but still pleasing to look at.  T To that end I spent sometime thinking about how I wanted to use the colors with the hummingbird dies from the Eclectic Garden die set.  I finally settled on using pink, red and brown for the birds and brought the green in using one of the circle images from the stamp set.  I die cut the birds from a light brown cardstock and then alternated the pink and red cardstocks on each bird.   I trimmed a strip of white cardstock, temporarily adhered it to the white cardstock rectangle and then stamped the circular image.  I then popped up the strip with foam squares.  To bring in more of the brown I stamped the sentiment on the brown cardstock with watermark ink and heat embossed it in white.  That was trimmed down and adhered to the card front using foam squares.  I adhered the hummingbirds and then added some Memory Box Fairy Jewels in pink, red, green and brown to the card.  


Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!


10 comments:

Jacquie Southas said...

What a cool way to use the sketch and add interest to your design! Thanks so much for playing along with us at FMS this week.

Jen Mitchell said...

I love how you created the hummingbirds to be like a mirror image. So pretty! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Greta said...

Just love your beautiful hummers, Rosemary!

TK said...

Simply stunning! Wow, I love the unique use of the colors, and those hummingbirds are stunning all on their own. What a beautiful card, Rosemary

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

What a gorgeous design, Rosemary!! Love your birdie pair on the textured stamping!!

Lisa Elton said...

What pretty little hummers! My hubby was just saying the other day that he cant wait for ours to come back. Wonderful card, Rosemary!

Jen Brum said...

What a beautiful card! I love those hummingbirds! They're so pretty! Love all the sparkly jewels too! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Linda Callahan said...

These hummingbirds are as sweet as can be! pretty card! Glad you joined us at FMS!

Lori said...

This is fabulous! The stamped background sets off the die cut bird duo perfectly. Thanks for joining us for this week's Color Throwdown!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

I love how you used the colours Rosemary, the birds are gorgeous, and the green stamping is just perfect. I love your take on the sketch too, a clever design. A Gorgeous card.
Faith x