Thursday, July 7, 2011

Summer Fruit Inspiration for a Friend

This card is all about loving our groovy summer season. The colors are warm and fruity and I'm cherishing every sunshiney moment I spend with friends.

Inspiration
Summer (I went with the colors of summer): Crafty Catz Challenge #89 ~ Colors of Summer; Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #27
Anything Goes: Allsorts Challenge #110 ~ Free and Easy July; PaperTake Weekly Challenge; Sentimental Sundays Challenge #62
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #125 ~ Card for a Friend
Die Cut Dreams 321 Recipe Challenge
3 shapes(circle, scallop circle, rectangles), 2 colors (pink and orange), 1 ribbon
PaperPlay Challenge #1127 ~ Fruity
I was greatly inspired by fruity oranges and watermelon for my colors.
Simply Create Challenge #47 ~ Silhouette I used a bird silhouette image.
The Craft Garden July Challenge ~ Birds
My Creation
Image Detail
Ins and Outs ~ Summer Fruit Inspiration
Stamps: SU Punch Potpourri and All Holidays
Paper: SU CS (Very Vanilla, Rose Red), SU Sweet and Sour DP
Ink: SU (Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie)
Accessories: SU Rose Red Seam Binding, Punches, Scallop Circle #2 Die
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15 comments:

  1. carolJuly 7, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Hi. Thanks for joining us this week at Crafty catz, your creation is lovely, x carol

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  2. Shannon WhiteJuly 7, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    What a Pretty card! Love the color combo, so Summery and Cheerful!

    Hugs
    Shannon 8-)

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  3. DebsJuly 8, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Gorgeous card Cat - stunning colours.
    Thanks for playing Free & Easy with us at Allsorts this week.
    Good luck.
    Debs xx

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  4. NicolaJuly 8, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Gorgeous summery card, great colour combo and love the little birdie!Thanks for playing along with us at Allsorts this week and good luck!
    Love Nicola xxx

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  5. Maggie LamarreJuly 8, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    wow i luv your card and the bird...
    Don't forget to join our linking party going on this week at
    http://www.passionatelyartistic.com/2011/07/weekly-talent-search-with-linking-party.html
    Maggie
    http://passionatelyartistic.com

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  6. CherylJuly 8, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    Gorgeous card! I love the colors you used.



    Thank you for joining our Anything Goes (with a sentiment) challenge at Sentimental Sundays .

    ~Cheryl~
    Stop by my blog to check out my blog candy!

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  7. DragonladyJuly 9, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    Lovely summery colours, thank you for sharing at Die Cut Dreams.

    Hugs Ali x

    PS Don't forget to play in my candy too here

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  8. AndreaJuly 10, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    I love these colours. Thanks for joining us at Papertake Weekly

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  9. UnknownJuly 10, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    I adore this color combo! I just love how SU coordinates so beautifully. Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us for Sentimental Sundays Anything Goes Challenge and I hope you join us again next time!

    ~Heather
    Kurly-Q

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  10. Stacey G.-2 Craf-t-4uJuly 10, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    This is fantastic! Love the colors! Thank you so much for joining us at Sentimental Sundays. If you have not done so already, you may want to hop over to my blog, as I am hosting a no strings attached blog candy with several prizes to win. I apologize if I have already given you this invitation.

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  11. Jeanne StreiffJuly 11, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Love the colors! Thanks so much for joining us this week Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings challenge!

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  12. KerryJuly 12, 2011 at 5:42 AM

    A beautiful card.

    Thanks for playing along with The Craft Garden challenge this month

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  13. mommyof5kidzJuly 12, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Absolutely beautiful! ! Thanks for playing with us at Really Reasonable Ribbon!

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  14. lisbethJuly 14, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    love your card, thanks for joining us at Simply Create this week

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  15. UnknownJuly 22, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    just beautiful, thanks for joining SC!!!
    great to see you back again, btw

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