Thursday, March 22, 2012

An Upcycled Mother's Day

Hello everyone!  It's time for another Play Date Cafe challenge!  We've softened the colors from last week a bit.  ;-)


The colors - as named by Jaclyn Miller, our color story coordinator - are Raspberry, Harbor and Honey Mustard.


This went together pretty quickly:  a blue card base, fluffy blue ribbon, and an upcycled-tag from the clothing store, Hollister.  I saw all three colors in that tag, but tried to cover up the tag's wording with chipboard pieces from Girls' Paperie.


The tag is mounted on a piece of raspberry cardstock, edges punched.  Real, honest-to-goodness bakery twine was used in the making of this tag!  (yum.)

Our sponsor this week is Mr. Cricut Crazy --

Check out the fab prize at The Play Date Cafe, and be inspired by all the creative goodness our team has to offer you.  :-)

Thanks for popping by!  I'll be around to visit your blogs when my mom goes back home this weekend.  In the meantime, we're shoppin' til we're droppin', and visiting extended family, too.  It's so much fun to see my mom again (it's been almost two years since our last visit).



Paper: Bashful Blue - SU; raspberry - DCWV
Fibers: twine (bakery)
Other: blue ribbon - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store; Deco Fan punch - Martha Stewart; chipboard letters - Girls' Paperie; pearl; metal clip - Mark's Finest Papers; tag - Hollister jeans
Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
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19 comments:

Marisa said...

Way to use the colours, Colleen.

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Very nicely done!

Janny's Cards Creations said...

Beautiful colours en card. Janny

~Tammy~ said...

Oh how I love that juicy bow!!!! So soft and pretty!

Linda Callahan said...

Oh that recycled tag! I love finding the unexpected on cards!

Annette Allen said...

so beautiful...awesome design and love that ribbon..

Lisa Elton said...

How fun! Great way to recycle the tag Colleen!!

Jinny Newlin said...

Oooo that ribbon is AMAZING! Beautiful work, Colleen!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OHHH! What a gorgeous card--LOVE those letters and the border punch. Your papers are the perfect match to this color story! YOU ROCK:)

Hope you are enjoying this visit with your mom!

Unknown said...

How beautiful! Great way to use the tag and the colors in it are perfect for the challenge.

I am going to visit my daughter next month. I can't wait! Have fun with your mom.
hugs,
Ellen

Benzi said...

Love those big chipboard letters, Colleen. And, I really like the raspberry, too...yummy.

Glad you're enjoying the visit with your Mom...shopping sounds like fun.

Unknown said...

This look amazing. Those colors are wonderful. So glad to hear you are enjoying your visit with your Mom!!

chilli pip said...

love this card Colleen, I love making cards with chipboard letters but i do find them difficult to get in my area. Love the contrast of the small "m" Glad you are enjoying your Moms visit . Take care

Maria said...

Very creative! Love how you used the letters! Beautiful colors and gorgeous bow! Have a wonderful weekend!

Bonnie said...

I love that pretty blue bow! And I love how you used these colors.

Stacey G.-2 Craf-t-4u said...

Love that bow! Great use of the colors too! Love the letters!

Donna B. said...

Great use of the colors Colleen!! I'm sure your mom loved this card!!

Emily Keaton said...

What a great way to upcycle a cool clothing tag--and aren't you lucky that it incorporated all of this week's colors??

Andrea Ewen said...

Wonderful tag, Col...that blue bow is just mesmerizing! Love the softness of it!

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