'What you do speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you say.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Saturday 21 August 2010

After struggling with a DT project which was way outside of my comfort zone, I decided to play for a little while this afternoon – just because!!  Happily, the colours I used (which are some of my favourites) just happened to fit into this week’s Playdate Café Challenge, which is this colour scheme.

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21 August 2010 enjoy

It doesn’t look quite straight, but it is – it looks that way because I mounted the top layer onto thick foam tape for a change – the scanner has obviously struggled with the 3D effect.

All Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) stamps, with Distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage and Stormy Skies, then some Adirondack Pool added.

This is another scrapling I made quickly, yesterday.

scrapling 5

26 very kind comments from lovely people:

Helen said...

Beautiful!!! Love these images and it fits the colour scheme perfectly. Hope you now get your DT piece done!

Dotpat said...

Gorgeous Cath, love the colours you have used

Sarah A said...

Gorgeous Cath, love these colours too!
Funny how creative you can be when you are meant to be doing something else lol, thats how my PDC card came about, I was meant to be doing a layout (which rarely do unless forced) for tomorrow using papers and colours I would NEVER use!!

Sarah x

Zoechaos said...

WOW those colours are so crisp and well WOW. Love the images and the clocks. The scalping is really neat love these xx Zoe

Sally H said...

Gorgeous, Cath! I love the colours and those stamps are beautiful! Thanks for your lovely comments x

Chris said...

Gorgeous card Cath. Love those colours together and the little embellies you've added.

sam21ski said...

Lovely colour combo Cath and your choice of stamps fits the bill as ever, they look great xxxx

Tracy Evans said...

Love the idea of the scraplings, being able to use all my little bits on a small piece of art. Love your card too, nice seeing this image dones in some different colour combinations. Tracy Evans x

Suzanne C said...

Gorgeous! Love your scrapling and your card. The colors in your background are blended beautifully. I find that if I stop and play it rejuvenates my design mojo which helps me finish whatever I am struggling wiht. Hope that's what happened for you! Thanks for joining us again at the PDCC.

cockney blonde said...

Love it Cath. I think I may play about with scraplings tonight or if not tomorrow, x

Sid said...

Very effective and great match to the challenge !!

scrapperjulia said...

Very Cool Card! I have this stamp which I love. Thanks for the inspiration!

Lisa Somerville said...

Lovely! Wonderful use of this weeks colors! Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

Anonymous said...

my fave colours...loving the card but really adore the scrapling...nice inking as always!

Jo Capper-Sandon said...

I do love your style. Both of these work well, with little details that 'make' them. Love the arrows on the first which guide you round (and the clock hands)and the tiny eyelets on the second.

Paul B said...

Beautiful creations as always Cath. You have such a talented eye for design and layout. Pxx

Netty said...

Both gorgeous Cath, I especially love the umbrella man that is such a great stamp.....envy sitting in here........sigh sigh.
Have a great Sunday, Annette x

Neet said...

Love those colours Cath.

Ruby said...

Ooh this is lovely! I I really like the diamond background you've used behind the wording. Your scrapling is great too. I am hopeless with this kind of style. I hope this helped you get back into your DT project! Sometimes it pays to work on something completely different. Thanks for joining us this week at the PDCC!

Sugar Lump Studios said...

I love the colors you used and they work perfectly with the stamped background! awesome work!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OH MY--I love that card! It has fab images! I love your scrapling!! These are just WONDERFUL! Thanks so much for playing along and joining in the fun at the PDCC:)

Jean Franks Beck said...

Gorgeous background, and beautiful use of those challenge colors! They're both great!

Anke said...

Oh Cath I love your works, the colors are so beautiful and the images are wonderful.

Hugs
Anke

Unknown said...

Lovely card and scrapling, Cath! Thanks for playing with the Play Date Cafe!

Anonymous said...

I love both of these, such great colours. xx

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card...perfect for this theme, love the image and the colours....Beautiful work
x
Vicky