Today, I am playing along with Papertrey's September Blog Hop. We were challenged to make a card based on this inspiration photo. I have to say that I was stumped at first, as I didn't really even like the picture (I can say that, because this is my blog!). But, then I thought about what I saw, which was: colors (black, aqua mist, yellow and red), simple, linear and graphic pattern, and a door. Here is my card:
I used one of my favorite stamps from Background Basics Retro to stamp something linear in the colors I saw in the photo. Very simple. I interpreted the door as a greeting, and used part of one of the Think Big Favorites to stamp 'hello'.
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Joyce it's fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your take on this photo...
especially the door!! :)
Fabby, fabby card!
Joyce I love this card! It has everything... color, simplicity, cleanness, bold, RETRO! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is perfect, Joyce! I love it!
ReplyDeletePerfect card Joyce! This is one of my favorite stamps to use. You made it shine.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving this card! Very cool interpretation of the photo!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful CAS, Joyce! I love the retro feeling!
ReplyDeleteVery CLEVER interpretation of the door and use of Retro for colors -- cleverly & simply beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card Joyce! I love the retro bg stamp and the LO! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOh, so pretty! The colors look really nice!:o) I used the same background stamp! lol
ReplyDeletelove it!! the stamp and colors are perfect!
ReplyDeleteGreat card, that is such a great stamp for this challenge.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card. Great take on the challenge photo. Love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful & fun CAS card!
ReplyDeleteI didn't like the picture either, but you sure made a great card based on it's colors and those geometric elements. The sentiment is fun and I like your card way better than I like that pic!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! I love the CAS style and the colors!
ReplyDeleteSuper interpretation, especially using the greeting as a door. So clever! I love the stamp you chose too.
ReplyDeleteI love your card Joyce , it's CAS and I think you nailed it. To be honest I wasn't crazy about the picture either. Love your card though!
ReplyDeleteTotally digging this card! I love all that white space! Just gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card!!! I totally love the colorful stripes and I love the CAS design!! I try to make CAS card, but I am definitely CAS challenged!! I love admiring those of you who can pull it off! absolutely awesome!
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the challenge! What a fabulous card!
ReplyDeleteEEk! This is adorable. I love the stripes at the bottom. very cool..and retro looking.
ReplyDeleteAs for the dies - it took my several tries to get them to work. I finally (and I have a Cuttlebug) ended up using the b and c plates plus 2 sheets of patterned paper and running it through about 4 times...a pain, yes, but it did work! :)
This is perfect!! It just proves that you can draw inspiration from anything, even if it isn't really something that catches your eye at first!! Love your card!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you used this stamp to create a very colourful but subtle striped effect. The thin lines and circles are so cool looking.
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