I'm playing in a brand new challenge today called The Card Concept #1. I loved the color scheme of this challenge, and was also inspired by that fun city scape photo.
I used my Memory Box dies--Cityscape Nightline and Cityscape Silhouette, layering the kraft over the pink. I grounded those dies with a thin strip of Dark Chocolate and one of the border stamps from PTI Simple Valentine. The tiny pink hearts are from the centers of one of the Tiny Tags dies.
I am guessing this card is either Clean and Simple or Clean and Layered. What do you think?
I had the most fun lunch yesterday with my crafty friends, Cathy Weber of Empty Nest Crafter and Marybeth Lopez of Marybeth's Time For Paper. We have gotten into the habit of meeting up a couple of times a year in Orange County, which is about equidistant from each of us. I think we could have talked for hours. We had lunch at a new restaurant called Urban Plates, and I was very happy that Cathy and Marybeth liked their food. My DH started working for this restaurant company a couple of months ago, and if it is successful, that is where my stamp money will be coming from. There are only 2 restaurants so far--Del Mar and Irvine, but if one opens up near you, please eat there (a lot!)
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| Left to Right: me, Cathy, Marybeth |
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Joyce, how wonderful that you get to meet your blogging friends and enjoy a meal and talk too! Love your card! And also your sympathy ones...that is what I went for with this colour challenge as sadly, I need to replenish my stock of sympathy cards also!! have a great week!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards, Joyce! I love the layering on your first one and your one layer cards are fabulous. Leah has already played along with that challenge. I am up for giving it a go. So excited to see your lunch photos. So jealous, of course. But glad you gals had a good time.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card. I think it can be both clean & simple as well as clean & layered. Lucky you to have lunch with your crafty friends. You all look great.
ReplyDeleteIt is so nice that the three of you are able to get together for lunch and visit. My BFF is Colleen (above comment). It is so great to have stamping in common. She gets to come up for a visit on the 18th. Can hardly wait. Your city scape is lovely and the sympathy cards are so pretty. I love all three of those stamps.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome to get to meet up with other crafty gals and bring some business your way too! LOL! Checked out the UP site and the menu sounds pretty yummy!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards and I especially love the pink and kraft cityscape.
Glad to see you enjoyed time with your blogging friends. I wish I could join in the fun with crafty ladies! I used to live in Irvine for 2 years and visit to see my friends there from time to time. I'd like to stop by Urban Plates next time. Good luck on your hubby's company so that you need no worries about your craving for new stamps. :) Hugs, May
ReplyDeleteAhhh...how nice for you Cathy and MaryBeth to meet regularly! I love all your cards...first one I would call clean and layered and I absolutely adore it. Your three sympathy cards...swoon...love them!
ReplyDeleteYou cityscape is perfect and I love the addition of the little hearts! Thanks for joining us at The Card Concept this week :)
ReplyDeleteYour three one layer cards are so pretty and beautifully balanced with the sentiment.
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A beautiful array of cards, Joyce! I think that your first card is a challenge winner! And how wonderful to be able to visit IN PERSON with bloggy friends. Lucky you! : ) Bev
ReplyDeleteFirst, you cards are amazing and I love your city scape card, so sweet and so perfect!!! Love those hearts. Your one layer cards are amazing too and make using a difficult card a bit easier, these are stunning. Now on to your lunch...so stinkin' jealous, every little bone in my body jealous!!! I will be there next year, so I am looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteHi Joyce :) I loved all the cards u shared, I however felt that these Cora r difficult to work with but the entire DT made it look so possible and lucky you to meet ur blog friends, I am sure it's fun :)
ReplyDeleteJoyce your sympathy cards are soft and gentle, sure to bring comfit. And I am SWOONING over your darling cityscape!!! LOve the pink windows!!!
ReplyDeletePretty girls and pretty cards Joyce. I love your cityscape card and those wonderful sympathy cards. I would say your card would be more CAS. Thank you so much for sharing with us on the first challenge at The Card Concept!
ReplyDeleteAwww, what a great photo of you all!!! Sure hope the restaurant does well. Great job with the sympathy cards ... florals are a sure-fire focal point for those. And on your beautiful skyline card, I'd say Clean & Graphic? Love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat one-layer sympathy cards and the cityscape card is so adorable (love the heart accents). Best wishes for the restaurant - I'd join you if I lived near by!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Joyce!!! Love all the cards but the first one is my fave with pink hearts :)
ReplyDeleteGreat cards, Joyce! I love the one with the City Scape -- it looks wonderful! I will have to check out the Card Concept Challenge....
ReplyDeleteAnd how fun that you got to get together with Cathy and Marybeth! Sigh.... I wish we lived closer! California sounds pretty nice right about now....
Love how you've incorporated the city from the photo as well as the colours! So glad you joined us at The Card Concept, Joyce!
ReplyDeleteStunning cards! And how fun that you got to meet up with some crafty friends...you are all such talented ladies whose blogs I thoroughly enjoy.
ReplyDeleteYour city card is gorgeous and I love the colors. Hope to find time to play.Beautiful one layer sympathy cards too Joyce.
ReplyDeleteI had so much fun catching up with you and Cathy. Are you sure you don't want to make the picture of us much smaller :)
That skyline card is beautiful - a winner for sure! How I envy you having blogging/crafting friends to meet with.
ReplyDeleteOH it's lovely!! I'd say Clean and layered for sure! I love that skyline die! So pretty! Thanks so much for playing along with the first Card Concept Challenge! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat cards, Joyce! So fun to meet up with crafty friends. TFS!!!
ReplyDeleteLunch with kindred spirits ... how lovely ... and perfectly yummy, Joyce! Love all the dimension on your CC card ... and the splendid simplicity of the sympathy ones! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteoh wow, this s stunning, so glad you played along with us at Card Concept!
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So great that you could get together with some crafty friends.....in some warm weather too! Love your cards. You have a knack of rocking cityscapes!
ReplyDeleteYour skyline card is so lovely Joyce. I love your use of repetition in the wee pink hearts repeating the border stamp, and the dark brown banner shadowing your sentiment and the dark brown strip. Perfect. Thank you so much for joining us in The Card Concept's first challenge.
ReplyDeleteLove the cityscape card - great way to use the colors and I would call it clean & layered. The sympathy cards are perfect and what fun to meet up with blogginf friends!
ReplyDeletebeautiful!! hope u had a wonderful time!
ReplyDeleteWOW! These are all so BEAUTIFUL! Love the cas-ness and great designs! Have a wonderful week-end, hugs, Karin
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! Truly! I adore the cityscape. And I really like the leaves done in blue. I'm so glad that you linked it to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you! I enjoyed seeing your work. Thanks again! ~Michelle
ReplyDeleteFabulous collection of cards! Love the blue foliage! Thanks for joining along with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteGreat stash of card for restocking. Love your cityscape card. So neat!
ReplyDeleteJoyce, of course my favorites of all your cards are the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge...you totally nailed that with your beautiful variations on a wonderful CAS design (love your stamp collection!) and the theme of restocking the shelves...sympathy cards are so much harder to make when you NEED them. Your cityscape card, however, is stunning and wonderfully creative! I just love it! Thanks so much for playing along with the OLS challenge!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love the pink behind the windows and the gorgeous hearts - so original!
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