Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Play Date Cafe Creativity Challenge 22 (PDCC22)

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Hello friends! It's time for another Play Date Cafe Creativity Challenge! Julie chose the colors and created the fun graphic above. She described the far right color as "taupe", but I ran with my first take on it which was Kraft. When I first saw these colors, I immediately thought of the My Mind's Eye Life Stories Collection. The Red Damask paper in particular even has some blue distressing already on it.


While at Target earlier this week, I was browsing the scrapbook aisle (which, unfortunately at my Target, seems to get smaller and smaller). I happened to notice a lone EK Success border punch that I hadn't seen before (actually, I don't recall ever seeing EK Success punches at Target before). This one is called Scroll & Dots. Pretty fun, isn't it? My image/quote are from Taylored Expressions The Places You'll Go. The Dr. Seuss quote reads,
"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself,
any direction you choose."

How about 1 card, 2 versions? When I originally sat down to create my card, I was so caught up in the color scheme that I completely ignored the vacation/travel theme. Below is version 1. One of my favorite things to do is highlight a quote or special sentiment in lieu of an image. I used a Charles M. Schulz quote from the Verve set, Love's Flower. It reads, "All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt". After much thought on how to make chocolate fit into the vacation/travel theme :), I decided to change my image. In the interest of time and with very careful removal of foam tape, I was able to replace only the main image panel.


This is a special week for me because it is my turn to host! I sincerely hope you will join along in this week's challenge! I'd love to see your creations! Be sure to go over to the Cafe and link your post. If you use an online gallery, please use the keyword PDCC22. And, last but not least, be sure to visit my PDCC teammates for some wonderful inspiration.

Lisa Somerville
and, our Fabulous Guest Designer, Jean Franks Beck

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies Version 1 ~
Stamps: Love's Flower (Verve)
Paper: Kraft, Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink), Life's Memories (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Chai distress (Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: Mega Curved Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scroll & Dots border punch (EK Success), Ribbon, Crochet Lace (May Arts), Pearls (Prima), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Supplies Version 2 ~
Stamps: The Places You'll Go (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Kraft, Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink), Life's Memories (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Long Rectangle and Scalloped Long Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scroll & Dots border punch (EK Success), Ribbon, Crochet Lace (May Arts), Candy Dots (Pebbles), White gel pen, Markers and Glitter pen (Copic), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.