PDCC 45

Happy Thursday everyone!  Hope your week is going well so far, it's nearly the weekend again.  Yay, more time to play with my card making supplies!!

It's time for another challenge at Play Date Cafe, and it's an exciting week for us too...

We have Andrea Ewen joining us as our new Private Blend Designer.  Andrea does some amazing work with punches, her cards are beautiful.

We also have Sankari Wegman as our celebrity guest designer.  Sankari uses lots of colour and I just LOVE what she does with liquid pearls, she makes some fab cards :o)  As you know I do like my colour!  So please give a big welcome to both of them, and pop on over to their blogs to see what they've created.

The colours this week are a plum, tan and beige.  Here's what I came up with...

I have to make a little confession.  I really don't like this card at all.  It's not very me.  I like the colours, so it's not that, it's just a bit plain for me I think, but I couldn't decide what to change.  Natasha whipped it out of my hands and said I shouldn't be so critical about it, I should just blog it!  Goodness me, my 10 (nearly 11 year old) is turning into a right old bossy boots lol.  She goes back to school tomorrow.  Aw, I'm really gonna miss her, I hate it when she's back at school, it's so much fun having her around.  We have such a giggle, she's very funny.

For the ribbon I tried a technique that Debbie Olsen uses quite often.  I've been meaning to try it out for a while, so was pleased when I actually had a go.  Another thing off my to do list :o)  Thanks for the inspiration Debbie!

This is the PDCC inspiration picture, which I actually found very inspiring, it just didn't look that good when I put it all together lol.  If I'd have had a bit more time I think I'd have had another go at it.

So to make the card...

1. Mat a plum cardstock base with patterned paper
2. Die cut labels in tan and white cardstock
3. Stamp two flowers on white die cut label, stamp sentiment
4. Punch hole at either side of the label and slot ribbon through, attaching at the back
5. Tie bow to side
6. Add twine to buttons and fix to card with pop dots
7. Hold card out in front of you and frown, wishing you had more time to play and do another one

Stamps: Papertrey Ink 'Signature Greetings', Ippity 'Now and Always'
Papers: Black Market Paper Society 'Let it Bloom', Bazzill Cardstock
Accessories: SU! polka dot ribbon, buttons from stash

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's inspirational pieces, and hop over to the main blog too as we are sponsoring this week's prize.

Julie Ranae (Senior DT)

Sarah Anderson (Senior DT)

Lisa Somerville

Savannah O'Gwynn

Suzanne Czosek

Andrea Ewen

So come and join in on the fun!  Pop on over to the Cafe and link your post. If you use an online gallery, please use the keyword PDCC45, and don't forget to use our inspirational colours to be eligible to win!