Friday, September 30, 2011

scripts & houndstooth

Happy Friday, all!

To celebrate, I thought I'd play along with this week's Playdate Cafe challenge.  Not hard to be inspired by this week's photos:


I mean, right?  amazing!  I picked on the books, the script, and all of the warm colors... and this is what I came up with:



I started out with a sheet of SU's very vanilla cardstock.  I stamped the hero arts houndstooth background in crumb cake ink, and then went to town with my distress inks.  I stamped a faint script image over the top of that.



I also distressed and sponged my white doily into the warm espresso color of the inspiration photo.  The library card image was also distressed, and the lady silhouette was stamped off onto scrap paper.  The sentiment and silhouette are from PTI's "iconic images" set.  I added 3 buttons for balance, and to reinforce the challenge colors.

Thanks for looking!
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15 comments:

  1. Karin ÅkesdotterSeptember 30, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    AWESOME take on both the colors AND the pictures from PDDC - Wonderful card too!!

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  2. AmberSeptember 30, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    this is beautiful!

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  3. Leigh PennerSeptember 30, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    I love your card, Elena! It's beautiful!

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  4. Bethany C MorrowSeptember 30, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    OH. MY. WORD.
    ::eats card::

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  5. KaraSeptember 30, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    gorgeous..i love this inspiration too!!i hope to play this weekend!!

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  6. UnknownSeptember 30, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    Wow..stunning. Great take on the challenge.

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  7. JoyceSeptember 30, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Great job on the challenge. Love how you included all the elements.

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  8. carol (krillsister)September 30, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    Gorgeous card. I like how you stamped a faint script over the houndstooth. The coffee colored doily & buttons make it so vintage.

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  9. Jen AdcockOctober 1, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    Amazing! I have to say that the houndstooth layer is out of sight! Seriously wonderful with the text and yummy distress inking. Such an incredible card!

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  10. Mad for PaperOctober 2, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Beautiful. I really love all the layering you did on that background paper.
    TFS
    Ang

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  11. Lisa EltonOctober 2, 2011 at 11:59 PM

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  12. Lisa EltonOctober 3, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    Love this to pieces Elena! The collection of button, the doily...everything!!!

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  13. Tracy ErcoleOctober 3, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    Beautiful card, the buttons and doily look fantastic :)

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  14. StacyOctober 4, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Your card is so pretty, love the design and the embellies! Thanks for playing with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  15. Michele GrossOctober 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Beautiful! Love how you pulled color in from the buttons! Glad you joined us at The Play Date Cafe!

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