Monday, October 22, 2012

Swirly Birthday


Over at Play Date Cafe they are celebrating their 3rd anniversary with a new look and a week-long party, and there are lots of goodies on offer.

This week's colour scheme is:


Flame ... Grape ... Mulberry



I made two versions of this card, simply because the first version (below) looked more orangey rather than flamey, so I redid it using a redder colour.  Then I got a smudge of ink on the second version (above) just to the right of the "Happy",  and I saw stars.  Lots of them.  Can't decide which version I like better.


I'll enter the orangey one in A Blog Named Hero's CAS challenge, seeing as it's the more CAS of the two.



The swirly stamp is a freebie from a magazine, and the sentiment and star are from Hero Arts CL139 Birthday Messages.

10 comments:

  1. Love your stamping, Shirley-bee! This is one FABULOUS take on the color challenge!

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  2. Love both versions! The rounded corner on the card base really echos the shape of the swirls - nice touch. Good save with the stars...they look like they were absolutely meant to be there!

    Thanks for the mention of the "flame" color...don't know what I was thinking but I used red on my card - Duh me!!!

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  3. I really like the addition of the stars!! It's amazing that such a CAS card could be so totally festive!

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  4. i love this!!! very cool image, and perfect colors for the challenge! Thanks for joining us in the Play Date Cafe!
    -Rachel w k
    rwkrafts.blogspot.com

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  5. Fun CAS card! Thanks for playing at The Play Date Cafe.

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  6. Beautiful swirls! My favorite is the second color composition, but love both versions.
    Much energy goes out of these images!

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  7. Such fun cards! Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  8. Ooh how funky!!! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at The Play Date Cafe during our 3rd Anniversary Celebrations!!

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  9. Funky and fun! Love them! Thanks for joining in the challenge with us over at A Blog Named Hero! ;)

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  10. Such fun cards! Thanks for playing with us at A Bolg Named Hero!

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