Friday, 2 April 2010

Rhapsody in Blue - PDCC 23

This gorgeous picture inspired this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge - shades of blue.  I love blue, it's one of my favourite colours.  I decided to go for flowers, even though you don't get many truly blue flowers.


I took two Stampington stamps, Floral Documents, which I stamped in Adiriondack denim, on some smooth white card, and tore the edges which I then distressed with faded jeans and tumbled glass distress inks and stuck to a white cardstock.

I stamped Poppy Pods in faded jeans, on another scrap of white card, and cut out the two poppy pods and the edges which I stuck to the edge of my card (I had to trim it down to fit).

Then I took Tim's butterfly which I stamped in the dark end of the  Kaleidacolor blue breeze pad (this was about my third attempt at the butterfly - the metal one didn't work properly, the other inks i tried didn't look right either) and I finished it with two prima flowers held together with a blue brad and stuck on with glossy accents.

16 comments:

Lori said...

I love blue, too, and this is an AWESOME card! Love the stamps you used, of course, I love any flower stamp, lol. Great work, love all the blues, have a great Easter!

flutterbycrafter said...

Fab u lous, love it. You are so creative. xx

Lisa Somerville said...

Love your mixture of images. Great take on this weeks colors. Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

Tinkertaylor said...

Stunning.... just love all the shades of blue you have used

Suzanne C said...

Gorgeous layering of images. Love the flowers in blue. (You are right blue flowers are hard to find. :) Thanks for playing along at PDCC!

KarenB said...

I saw the thumbnail piccie over at Play Date Cafe, and I just had to link across and take a closer look. Wow, it's fabulous!

Hels Sheridan said...

Gorgeous card Helen...tis beautiful x

Anonymous said...

Very pretty!

Rock Chick Tink said...

Blue flowers are hard to find, but I think they look lovely on your card! Really pretty layering too! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week. Hope you join us next week too! :o)

Ruby said...

Blue flowers are hard to find, but I think they look lovely on your card! Really pretty layering too! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week. Hope you join us next week too! :o)

Anonymous said...

So beautiful & so inspirational! Love it! xx

Jean Franks Beck said...

Gorgeous - love the mix of stamps and embellies you used!

Lynn Stevens said...

great choices for your stamps and just as pretty as can be! Happy Spring!

Julie Ranae said...

So glad you enjoyed this week's color story over at The Play Date Cafe....you really can tell you enjoyed it : )

Unknown said...

Beautiful, Helen! Love the mix of stamps you used.. Thanks for playing with the PDCC!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

LOVe that butterfly!! LOVE it--great job on the color combo! Thanks for playing along with us at the PDCC!