Hello Honey!

It’s Play Date Cafe day and we have some pretty, cheerful colours for you to play with…



I used the new PTI honeycomb stamps and dies and the butterfly is PTI too.  I LOVE popping out the inserts of these dies, they are soooo fun!



That graphic is gorgeous, isn’t it!

We have the fabulous Teri Anderson guesting with us today, I just LOVE her style, it’s so fun and happy!

This week we are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp, for more details visit our main PDCC blog.

Pop over to the Cafe for all the deets and our DT line up, you will be impressed.

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Hello! Yellow conjures up sunshine, don’t ya think?  That or eggs lol.  Today’s colours for our new Play Date Cafe challenge definitely cheer you up. They are so pretty!  Here’s what I created.

As I linked it up to the gallery I thought how much it was like another card I recently made for PDCC, despite it actually being a combination of different elements in my head lol.  Funny how that happens sometimes.


I used more of the little clocks from Uniko Studio for this card, stamping them in a smokey grey.  I just LOVE the sentiment in this set, it’s so true.  Real friendship is all about being there in the good and not so good times.  The papers are from Authentique Blissful 6 x 6 pad, love it!

Pop by the main Play Date Cafe blog for full details of the challenge and check out the DT samples.

Our sponsors are Simon Says Stamp…

Our suggested colours are Charcoal, Ash and Butter.  I could quite happily whip up a few more cards in these colours, so inspiring!

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Gorgeous Colours Over At The Play Date Cafe!

Yay, it’s nearly the weekend!  I’m really ready for it, it’s been a full on week so far, but in a good way. 

It’s time for some luxurious colours at The Play Date Cafe this week, think rich, deep and exotic.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them (as Sav would say!)

Here is my interpretation of these beauties.. (sorry my photo of the card is a bit wonky, it is straight in real life..honest)

I’ve been doing a lot of cutesie lately so thought I would mix it up with a bit of elegance and this Skipping Stones butterfly came to mind.  Have I told you that this is one of my favourite images to colour?  (umm yes Ruby, toooo many times lol).. Well just in case I haven’t I will tell you now.. this IS one of my favourite things to colour!
I needed to get over my CAS single layer card from the other day and add some layers so this is layered up and up this time!

Here’s my step by step..

1. Mat card base with purple patterned paper
2. Mat again with a smaller piece of gold patterned paper
3. Die cut patterned paper with Button Boutique tag dies so that the bird cage pattern shows on the left, ink edges with distress ink
4. Tie twine around the label before attaching to card with pop dots
5. Die cut doiley in plum, attach directly to label
6. Stamp, colour and cut out butterfly, attach to card base using pop dots
7. Add gems to butterfly
8. Stamp sentiment, ink edges and attach to card to finish

Here is the gorgeous inspiration picture, the suggested colours are Burgundy-Gold-Plum.

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp this week, so don’t forget to pop on over to the main blog to find out what the prize is and grab yourself a chair and a cuppa to peruse over all of the other DT projects for this week, they are all so inspiring.


Before I go though I thought I’d share my creative goals for 2012.  My friend Lisa Arana of dahlhouse designs created this lovely little graphic for me.  She matched my blog colours so well, didn’t she?  I LOVE it!  Thank you Lisa, you’re a sweetie.  She does the most amazing cards and creates watermarks too, you should pop by for a visit.  

I’m hoping this will keep me focused in the right direction.  It’s very easy to get distracted in this blogging world with so much inspiration everywhere you look!



Well I’d better go, it looks like I have a lot to get on with!

Ciao for now.

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Smiley Flower!

Happy Wednesday

Sorry I haven’t been around much this week.  I’ve been working on lots of orders and DT projects so it’s been busy, that plus my little one has been off poorly so it’s been a bit full on.
I have a quick card to share with you today that I hope makes you smile.  The stamp is from Paper Smooches’ Perky Plants, the papers are Cosmo Cricket Pixielicious.

Have I told you I LOVE colouring?!  Well, I do lol.  If you haven’t played along with our Color Me Creative creative challenge yet there’s still time so pop on over.  If you want to start out using Copics or hone the skills you already have there is a course over there for you too.  So come and join in the fun with us!

This card is based on the Fetch-A-Sketch challenge using the sketch below and Simon Says Stamp's inspirational picture, also below.  The poppy picture inspired me to use my little flower stamp.

My central band is my ribbon and the ribbon also acts as the star on the sketch.




 

Have fun! I’ll be back tomorrow with an elegant card for Play Date Cafe.

Enjoy the rest of your day!