Sunday, September 25, 2011

Papertrey September Blog Hop







Today, I am playing along with Papertrey's September Blog HopWe 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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23 comments :

  1. Joyce it's fabulous!!
    I LOVE your take on this photo...
    especially the door!! :)
    Fabby, fabby card!

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  2. Joyce I love this card! It has everything... color, simplicity, cleanness, bold, RETRO! Awesome!

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  3. Perfect card Joyce! This is one of my favorite stamps to use. You made it shine.

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  4. I'm loving this card! Very cool interpretation of the photo!

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  5. Beautiful CAS, Joyce! I love the retro feeling!

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  6. Very CLEVER interpretation of the door and use of Retro for colors -- cleverly & simply beautiful!!!

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  7. What a fabulous card Joyce! I love the retro bg stamp and the LO! Wonderful!

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  8. Oh, so pretty! The colors look really nice!:o) I used the same background stamp! lol

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  9. love it!! the stamp and colors are perfect!

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  10. Great card, that is such a great stamp for this challenge.

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  11. What a fun card. Great take on the challenge photo. Love it!

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  12. I 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!

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  13. Great card! I love the CAS style and the colors!

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  14. Super interpretation, especially using the greeting as a door. So clever! I love the stamp you chose too.

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  15. I 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!

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  16. Totally digging this card! I love all that white space! Just gorgeous!!

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  17. What 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!

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  18. Great take on the challenge! What a fabulous card!

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  19. EEk! This is adorable. I love the stripes at the bottom. very cool..and retro looking.

    As 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! :)

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  20. 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!

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  21. I 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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