Red, pink & white

Hi everyone

Julie is hosting the Play Date Cafe challenge this week, and gave us this fabulous colour combination. I'd been thinking this week I'd like to do another red themed card, so I was really pleased when these colours were chosen!

Gorgeous colours, huh!  Anyway, all of the design team were chatting and I'd said I need to get out my caged bird by Tim Holtz, Julie said the same so as a few of us had the die cutter we thought we'd see what we could come up with using it.  The bird cage is not a challenge requirement, it was just us having a bit of fun with an idea.  All you need to do is make something; any creation, be it mixed media, scrapbooking, card etc. etc in the challenge colours and you could win a great prize from our sponsor this week, Lawn Fawn Stamps!

This is a fingers crossed, hope my Blogger will work, post!  I took the photo on Sunday night and unfortunately it looks really cream, but it is in fact pink, white and red, as it's supposed to be!  I played around with it for ages, but it needed to have the photo taken in natural light, and I ran out of time with getting ready to go away.  I hope you can forgive me for it looking the wrong colour.  It's so much brighter, and whiter, in real life!!

Lindsay Amrhein very kindly sent me a link to a ribbon tutorial.  I'd seen how she'd done a ribbon on one of her cards on her blog and loved it.  I had a play and this was what happened, it's ever so easy to do and I'm really pleased how it turned out!  Very OTT!

Here are the details of how to make it...

1. Cut out pink cardstock to cover card base, distress edges
2. Cut out scalloped paper, distress edges
3. Cut out patterned paper with 'My Sweet' set off centre to allow room for the cage, distress edges
4. Using grungepaper cut out bird cage, paint white, bend to make it curve, add pearls
5. Cut out the bird in red paper, using 'bitty grunge' stamp texture using white ink pad, cut out pink polka dot wing.  Assemble into cage (still not sure I like him inside the cage so I brought bits of him outside to make him a bit happier!)  Add pearl eye!  I had actually forgotten this bit, so my Marmie (Mum) said that as it was a love themed card I could just say 'love is blind' inside lol
6. Make fancy bow, stitch double button to centre of bow and add pearl to finish
7. Spend ages faffing around trying to make your white card look white and then give up trying!

Dies: Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Caged Bird
Papers:Prima Marketing - Shabby Chic Collection - My Lovely
Accessories:  Pearls, buttons and ribbons from stash, Tim Holtz distress ink - 'worn lipstick' and 'tattered rose', white paint for bird cage

Anyways, are you ready to play along?  Pop on over to the Cafe and link your post. If you use an online gallery, please use the keyword PDCC36. Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's inspirational pieces! 

Julie Ranae (Senior DT)

Sarah Anderson (Senior DT)

Lisa Somerville

Savannah O'Gwynn

Stephanie Kraft

Suzanne Czosek

and our Celebrity Guest Designer this week, Kelly Marie Alvarez.

We'd love to see your creations!