Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Play Date Cafe Challenge #28

Look at the gorgeous color combination from  Julie for the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week.


Yummy pink, black, grey, and white. I love this mix of colors. I immediately thought of Valentines Day. :)
I even pulled out my heart punches and started a mix of hearts. But then I got distracted by this beautiful new stamp from Stampendous called Ranunculus Field and started of stamping that and playing with my watercolors.

The flowers are stamped using Versafine Black Onyx and colored using my watercolor pencils and waterbrush. I accented them with Crystal Stickles from Ranger.

The edges are sponged using Memento Rosebud. The background is a lovely stamp from Verses which has the entire How do I love Thee poem from Elizabeth Barrett Browning which I stamped using the Versafine Smokey Grey.

The scroll work is the Fleur De Lis Pendants from Spellbinders. The grey cardstock is embossed using a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Victoria.
The challenge this week is hosted by Ruby

Our wonderful guest designer is Ashley Cannon Newell, and her blog is  A New Design
The rest of the design team created beautiful projects for the challenge. Go check them out!


Hope you get a chance to play along with these beautiful colors! Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

30 comments:

  1. This card is absolutely amazing, Sue! I love all of the elements and just the right shades of pink : )

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  2. so very elegant! that stamped image is gorgeous with your coloring, Sue! i love this!

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  3. What a gorgeous card Suzz, love that stamp and how you have layered it with the poetry stamp. Great use of the colours too! Jo x

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  4. Don't know what to say!! It's just stunning..... beautiful and gorgeous all put together!

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  5. Fantastic colours and a beautiful card.... hope to get time to play this week... You have really inspired me with this one

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  6. Beautiful Card - I love the Fleur de Lis pendant!

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  7. Such lovely colours this week Suzz can't wait to get started, love your inspirational card so pretty!

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  8. Love your watercoloring, Suzz.. so soft and lovely and the black just makes this all so stunning!!

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  9. Wow Suzanne! So pretty! That Fleur De Lis Pendant looks wonderful framing your beautiful watercoloring!

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  10. Oh, Sue, this is gorgeous! So feminine with the lacy accents, and these colors are wonderful together! Can't wait to try them for myself!

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  11. Is this ever gorgeous!! Love the delicate and pretty design!! You used all the colors so beautifully! Thanks for the inspiration :)

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  12. Oh Wow, Suzz this is totally wonderful. I love the image and I'm sure it's almost the same (if not the actual one) as a stamp I bought at the Alexandra Palace Stamping exhibition in London, that I went to a month ago. I must go and check ...... and get it inked up, Lol!

    Thanks for more of your special inspiration.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  13. What an elegant, clever, beautiful...hmmm.... lovely design - SUPERB Sue...you ROCK!

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  14. So beautiful, Suzz! I love the color combination too! Always gorgeous, quality work!

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  15. Just stunning! The flowers are beautifully framed, and your white embossed panel works wonderfully with your image.

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  16. oooh that is divine Suzz. I have that fleur de lis pendant and have had great fun with it. your colouring is just beautiful

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  17. Well, Suzanne...this is so elegant and beautiful.

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  18. Super awesome job this week! LOVE that new stamp from Stampendous! Great use of watercolors too--mmmm! Beautiful! Love your scroll too! You always have the coolest tools and tricks and tips! LOVE it:) Great job this week!

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  19. Such a classic color combo from which you created a very classy project. I especially like the black diecut pieces at the four sides and the rhinestones.

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  20. Beautiful card! Your flowers are AMAZING! :)

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  21. Love the contrast of the pink and black and the fleur de lis are so elegant!

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  22. Such Perfect Inspiration SuZZ and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the card you made!!!

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  23. I saw this stamp at Archivers yesterday and passed it up! bah, boohoo! it's beautiful how you created and designed with it! Lovely! TF!
    Pam Going Postal

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  24. Stunning card and I love the poem background. All the elements fit together beautifully. Tracy Evans x x

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  25. This is absolutely gorgeous and elegant, Sue! Looooove it!!

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  26. This is elegance at its BEST! WOW!

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  27. Gorgeous card, that nestie die cut is such a great feature!

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  28. I love, love, love this card! There's something so fresh and artsy about it... you could frame it!

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