Tuesday, January 28, 2014

CASology Week #80: Purple




Welcome to Week #80 at CASology, where the cue word is PURPLE.  How fun is that?  How do you feel about purple--love it?  hate it?  I had a good time with this challenge.  I like purple, so I was like--bring it on--how many shades of purple can I get on my card?

I pulled out my stash of paint chips I had swiped from our local paint store way back when.  I found one that had lots of shades of purple on it, and based my card around that.  I cut the paint chip down to size and used it as a border on my card.  I stamped my sentiment (from Bigger Blooms), ran my white panel through the Big Shot with the Picnic Plaid Impression plate, and then adhered two die cut Prim Poppy die cuts in Royal Velvet and Winter Wisteria.  Popped my front panel up with dimensional adhesive, stuck on a few sequins, and I was done.




In case you are wanting to paint your house these colors--here are their Sherwin-Williams names, top to bottom:  Purple Passate, Mythical, Ash Violet and Grape Mist.  

Check out the beautiful designs from the CASology Design Team members and see how they were inspired by PURPLE.  Then, please play along and link your creation to the CASology blog by Sunday, February 2 by 4PM (CST).    


How will you be inspired by PURPLE?


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30 comments :

  1. Gorgeous card Joyce, you know I love that die!

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  2. Rocking the purple Joyce! Love the added touch of the impression plate.

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  3. I love how the flowers compliment the paint chips...gorgeous Joyce!

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  4. So pretty! I love how you used that paint chip sample!

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  5. The different shades of purple look lovely on your die cut blooms!

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  6. I am quite a fan of purple (my school colors) but don't use it enough on cards. Love how you used the different shades of purple. :)

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  7. Lots of pretty purple Joyce!! Lovely card ;0

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  8. Wow! I love it. The color I have the least of in my crafting stash is purple. Not due to a hatred of it... just don't have a lot of it. I remember when everyone started going ga-ga over paint chips. It is nice to see them still in action from time to time. This is such a gorgeous, crisp, clean card. Love the subtle texture of the background.

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  9. Love the way you've incorporated different shades of purple into this!

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  10. WOW,what a perfect way to use those purples! Me? I adore Purple (oops, even gave it a capitol letter so it must be good) but I rarely use it as a main colour on cards as there are so many shades and can sometimes be difficult. Using the multiple shades together is awesome!

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  11. Love how you created this card. So elegant

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  12. I thought that might be a paint chip peeking out from your card front...clever you! Those flowers are so gorgeous!

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  13. Wow, Joyce, this is gorgeous ... fabulous idea to use the paint chips as a border panel ... wonderful with those gorgeous blooms! Anita :)

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  14. So Gorgeous!!! Love those colors Joyce :)

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  15. so pretty! love the shades of purple along the side!

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  16. The idea of paint chips is superb :) lovely embossing too

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  17. This card is perfection Joyce! I love purple on a card and you did an amazing job inspiring us ...but you do set the bar high:)
    Love the inlay flowers and the shades of purple to the side.

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  18. Now look at you...paint chip cards! Super creative...beautiful shades of purple...what a great cue word this week! You are doing such a good job on this design team Joyce...I agree with Marybeth...the bar is very high!

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  19. Every time I see that die I love it more. I guess I need to get it. The paint chip border is genius and the way it all goes together is beautiful.

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  20. Absolutely gorgeous card. I love the use of the paint chip as the border. The embossed background is wonderful and the die cut in variant shades of purple is beautiful. Love it!

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  21. I can tell from your card how much you love purple. :) Love the way you used the different shades of purple! Fab design!!

    Hugs, May

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  22. Great card ..love the idea of purple color pallet on edge of card :)

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  23. The embossing is DIVINE, love how many shades that you have done, lovely!!!!

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  24. Love all the shades of purple, especially the two shades on the poppy die - I actually did paint my house purple in WA, but can't see doing that in San Diego :)

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  25. What a wonderful use of paint chips! I love your card style, Joyce--refined and beautiful!

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  26. What a wonderful use of paint chips! I like your card style, Joyce--refined and beautiful!

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  27. Awesome use of a paint chip! I love it as a border! And the flower in two shades of purple is so yummy.

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  28. Pretty purple! I love your beautiful card design!

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  29. not sure how I missed this one...this is just beautiful and what a fun use of paint chips too. So happy I have a nice little stash of those. Your flowers are just stunning and I love you layered look, it really gives you the illusion of more than 2 flowers...just beautiful and so inspiring.

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  30. I never thought to hit up my stash of paint chips...brilliant! What lovely shades of purple...it is obvious that you like it! Well done, Joyce!

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