Saturday 18 September 2010

Joy

Beautiful colours at the Playdate Cafe this week:
 I think the colours are gorgeous, but I wasn't sure how to put them together.  I had a look in my tin of ATC "blanks" and found some tri-fold cards that I had never used, so I decided to give it a whirl:


The background is coloured with a combination of Distress Inks and Adirondack Ink, then overstamped with stamps from Clarity, Lavinia and My Mind's Eye.
I painted some card with Claudine Hellmuth paints and punched out my flowers, then added some inked old book page strips for the border.
The sentiment is by Elusive Images.
I love this combo ( did I mention that before? Lol!), it's really bright and cheerful.

Have a good weekend.  We're going treat shopping in a minute - woo hoo!

Thank you Playdate Cafe, and thanks for looking.  X

16 comments:

Sarah A said...

Wow Anne, this is stunning, the colours are so vibrant! I too had a hard time wondering how to put the colours together but you have done it perfectly!! Much better thatn mine!!

Sarah x

kjjc said...

GOSH YOU HAVE DONE WELL. THIS IS NOT AN EASY COMBINATION AND NOT ONE I WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER BUT YOU HAVE MANAGED BRILLIANTLY. WELL DONE.

sparkles said...

Lovely bright colours this week and you have certainly made the most of them. Gorgeous!
Barbara

Helen said...

Anne, this is just fantastic! I love your use of these colours - I struggled far more than you did. Hope you had fun treat shopping!

Michele said...

Gorgeous! The colours looked so difficult to put together, but you've made it look really easy! `

Hearts Turned said...

Love this, Anne! You made the colors work so fabulously together!

Hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend!

Julie

Andrea Ewen said...

Wonderfully bold and vibrant colors, Anne! Love the look of that tri-fold card, the whole project is just gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with us this week at the Play Date Cafe!

Netty said...

This is so lovely and vibrant, I adore this. x

Lisa Somerville said...

Wonderful trifold card, love the background. Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

Paul B said...

Beautiful. Like you, I love how colourful this scheme is. And this card is full of artiness, creativity and colour. Pxx

Zue said...

Lovely vibrant colours and I love the way you have done the flowers.
It is very effective!
Sue xx

Sarah Anderson said...

This is just STuNNiNG Anne :) I love it - the distress ink background, the teeny weeny toadstools, the tri-fold card... Thanks so, so much for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe :)

Neet said...

A stunning piece of work Anne. I looked at the colours and thought they would jar but you have proved me wrong. This is gorgeous.

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful design! Love the inked background and great design. Wonderful arches. Thanks for joining us at the PDCC.

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OH WOW--this is a great creation using our colors! These colors are lush--I agree:) I love this tri-fold card! Great job all around:) So glad you joined in the fun this week:) THANKS for playing along with us at the PDCC:}

Pat said...

That is a lovely card The colors have so much depth! I enjoyed nosing around your blog & enjoyed all the art.
Hugs, Pat Smith