Tuesday, March 29, 2011

H2H Sketch Challenge #49 & PDCC74

Hello, blog land...(or to the 2 or 3 people who happen to stumble across my blog.. ;)
I had a great weekend and now it's back to challenges!

Today's is the H2H Challenge as well as the Play Date Cafe color challenge. My cards today began with the PDC colors...they reminded me of a peacock...so bright & cheerful & spring-y... :)

Here's the inspiration photo:



And here's one of my cards of the day with these beautiful colors:

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(The gradation of the sentiment is a little hard to capture in a photo...it's more visible than it appears)

When I saw the colors I immediately thought of some Bo Bunny paper that I recently got called Peacock Lane. It showcases these colors perfectly. I used Flowers, Tweet & Plumes.

H2H was a sketch challenge this week:



This is my take!

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In case it's not terribly clear from the photo, the front has an open window. You can see a little better how it works out from the inside:

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It's a little bit "free floating"...! A little different than I've done before. The stamps are all from CTMH stamp sets...For the little vase of flowers, I stamped then colored is with Copics. It created kind of an "impressionistic" effect which I kind of like.

Well I guess that's about it! I'm glad spring is here...I'm inspired to create fresh & pretty projects!

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Pacific Point (SU)
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny Peacock Lane
Stamp Set(s): Thank You, Buttoned Together, Just Because (CTMH)
Ink/Colorants: White Daisy, Grey Wool (CTMH); Copic Markers: V12, V17, B24, C1, YG63
Embellishments: Paper flowers (stash); Brads (CTMH)
Tools: Scallop Circle/Circle dies (Spellbinders); Plus Label die (Cuttlebug)

14 comments:

  1. Great card Rachel! Thanks for playing along at the Play Date Cafe :)

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  2. Sweet card! I love the window opening. Thanks for sharing it with us at H2H! *Ü*

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  3. what a wonderful card! The window is super cool!!Glad you played with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  4. Great take on the sketch, love those flowers. Thanks so much for playing with us at H2H!

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  5. Oooh... I love those bright colors too! Very pretty cards!

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  6. OHHH! What a beautiful see-through card! LOVE it! Thanks so much for playing along with us and joining in the fun over at the PDCC!

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  7. Gorgeous cards! I especially love the second one with all those patterend paper strips and and the window! Thanks so much for joining us this week at The Play Date Cafe!

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  8. Very pretty cards! I'm glad you showed us the inside of your 'window' card, because it's just as pretty as the outside. Thanks for playing at H2H this week :o)

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  9. your card is beautiful, inside and out

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  10. Both cards are fabulous! Love the clear window. Thanks for joining us at H2H :)

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  11. Very pretty cards! Thanks for sharing with us at H2H!!!

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  12. Love your sketch card! I love the window and the free floating panels. The colors are my favorites! Thanks for joining us at H2H!

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