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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Play Date Cafe Challenge #30

It's time for another Play Date Cafe Challenge!  The colors were selected this week by Mona and they are so soft and very pretty!  Here is the inspiration photo:

I played around quite a bit and ended up with using this lovely peacock from Hero Arts.
 Love the fancy tail on the bird! The peacock is stamped using versamark and  is embossed using Ranger Lettuce embossing powder. The background is created using Alcohol Inks Sunshine Yellow and Lettuce.

The accents on the peacock is pink liquid pearls.

The gorgeous paper on on the background is Webster's Pages 6 x 6 pack.

The challenge this week is hosted by me. :)
Our wonderful guest designer is Maile Belles, and her blog is  Simply Stamped by Maile Belles
The rest of the design team has created wonderful projects for the challenge. Go check them out!


Looking forward to everyone's entries.  Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

30 comments:

Alice Wertz said...

those colors are soooooooo pretty together! gorgeous card as always, Sue! love the delicate lace trims! i LOVE this beautiful peacock, too! =)

Julie Ranae said...

Wonderful interpretation of the colors this week, Sue...you are always so creative with your images and backgrounds : )

Barb said...

Sue, this is gorgeous! What a fabulous looking peacock! I love the use of alcohol inks and liquid pearls! And you're right...that background paper is so pretty!! :)

Sue Lelli said...

Your card is STUNNING! LOVE the image and the alcohol ink and the pink pearls are divine! And let's not forget the yellow trim. I really love this card!!!

Dawn said...

Love the soft and delicate colours this week Suzz and you card showcases them wonderfully.

Sanne said...

This is really beautiful and so elegant. Lovely color combo Sue.

vera rhuhay said...

Wow..your card absolutely Gorgeous,Sue!

Sarah said...

Beautiful! So elegant!

Jacqueline said...

You had a wonderful inspirational approach to this card - I mean it even looks like the beautiful quilt on the picture - the colors are so perfect! Enjoying this one!

Lisa Somerville said...

Very pretty! Wonderful image, love the Websters Pages papers, the work wonderfully with this weeks colors.

Virginia L. said...

Your design ROCKS, Sue! Love your placement of colors ad design is fabulous! CONGRATS on your BIG win at Hero Arts today! Doing my happy dance....all the way to London :)

Diane said...
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Diane said...

Gorgeous! sorry I can't spell today

Carol Q said...

aren't they just gorgeous colours! I love what you've done with them Suz and personally I wouldn't mind the bedding too!

Mona L. Pendleton said...

What a stunning looking peacock Suzanne! Thanks for the instructions - great inspiration to pull out those alcohol inks & give them a try! Fabulous way to work this week's colors - so glad you liked them :)

Stephanie Kraft said...

Just lovely, Suzz! The peacock is gorgeous and such a wonderful backgroun you created as well! Love it all!!

Nancy said...

wow, what a great color combo. I'm loving that peacock stamp and I'm especially loving your wonderful design...it's so pretty!
bless you,
nancy

Kathy Martin said...

Ahhhhh....such a beautiful card! LOVE the delicate lace! :)

Evelyn S. said...

I love the richness of this card! Beautiful work!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

ACk--loooove that peacock! I have some Fiskar peacock stamps--but I want this one! I also looooooooooove the embossing color- mmm! Green! This is simply beautiful! WOW--just love it all over! Great job this week! Love your stuff:)

Dotty Jo said...

Those are great colours Suzz, and look what you did with them! Gorgeous card, what a great stamp and what fabby embossing! Jo x

Louise (KardKrazy) said...

You were truly inspired, a great take on that inspiration piece, Suzanne. It's beautiful! Love the bright orange flowers (poppies?) on your blog header, too:)

Marimer said...

Que preciosidad, Suz, parece bordado, los colores y el sello son fantásticos.
Besitos. Buen fin de semana.

CinnamonSally said...

Beautiful card Suzz, very inspirational, Its a shame I am going away with work and wont have time to play as I love the colours this week!!

Ruby said...

A lovely card Suzz! I love the tail on that peacock, SO pretty, and the way you've worked the colours too. The pink liquid pearls just finish it off perfectly! :o)

Jill said...

Love the bold green embossing on the inked background- just incredible!!

craftimamma said...

Beautiful embossing of the peacock Suzz. The colours are perfect for the challenge and the card is just gorgeous.

I love the pretty lace you have used too.

Hugs
Lesley Xx

sewingseeds4U said...

What a wonderful use of the dp...and the techniques you added only enhance the bird. Just gorgeous!

peggy gatto said...

beautifully created!

Basement Stamper said...

Wow, what a gorgeous image which works great with the embossing and love the addition of the liquid pearls to the image!