Monday, May 25, 2009

May Papertrey Blog Hop

It's blog hop time at Papertrey. Every 25th of the month, they have a blog hop and this month's theme was to showcase the color YELLOW! Ok, so I knew I wanted to use some grey with the yellow. I thought about adding navy, and then I looked at my Martha Stewart magazine cover for May 09, which has a yellow background with a orangey-berry colored chair on the front with this chevron style pattern on it. Here's the cover...
And here's my card inspired by the cover (with grey added) ...
I made the chevron pattern by cutting strips of Berry Sorbet and then stamping a few straight lines from Faux Ribbon with matching ink. Then I stuck them down on a scrap piece of card stock to create one piece to work with. I used a few bits of textured Bazzill card stock for the accent on the side and for the flower, which I balled up to make it crinkly. Here's a closer shot, which shows the details a little better, including the stamping on the tag.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Hope you enjoyed my card and your holiday weekend!

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Card stock: Lemon Tart, Berry Sorbet, Bazzill grey
Stamps: Background Basics: Text Style, Faux Ribbon, SU! Great Friend (yellow stems on tag)
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, SU! Basic Gray
Ribbon: Berry Sorbet luxe satin
Button: Lemon Tart Vintage button collection
Other & Tools: Cuttlebug, Sizzix Dies (Flower Layers #3; Tag Scallop Combo #2), SU! Top Note Die, Fiskars paper trimmer, EK Success 3/4" circle punch, DMC Floss, Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape

28 comments:

Tenia Nelson said...

Super cool card!!! tfs!!

Karen H. (kthaman) said...

Love it. Great color combo and composition.

B said...

Oh fun! Love your colors!

Leigh Ann Baird said...

Great color scheme! Lovely card!

AKiteFlier said...

SUper inspiration from the mag cover - way to bring it home to your card!

Melissa said...

Love these colors and such a great card!

IamDerby said...

Love your color combo... so bright and cheery

Bonnie said...

Great inspiration!! Love those colours!oreight

peggysue said...

Look at that chevron pattern, wow! Looks great and I like those colors!

Cheryl said...

Very cute. Great color combination--I never would have thought of those three together, but they look beautiful on your card!

Deanna said...

Wow, great inspiration and color combo. Awesome card!

KatieTurtle said...

Fun- clean and simple!

Lori said...

Very nice!!

Katie said...

What a great color combo...lovin' the background detail!

Allison Cope said...

Very cool colour combo! Love that red, grey and yellow together!

Karen said...

What a fab color combination! And just love all the stamped patterns that you mixed up here...looks great! :>

Ally said...

Wow, so pretty! What a great color combination!

Heidi said...

Very pretty! I really like those colors together!

Anabelle O'Malley said...

Awesome card! I love the colors you picked.

Terri Trotter Earley said...

What a fun color combo. Never would have put that together, but it sure worked for you.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Debbie said...

Love the colour combo!

Tanya said...

Great color combo, never would have thought :) I love the stiped background you created!!!

Tiffany Heilman said...

Love the chevron print you created. love the layout. love the colors. love your card!!!

Babies-Beth said...

The chevron is great! So easy to do, too, I'm going to try later!

Lisa H. said...

oooo, this color combo rocks! seriously going to try this one. great layout and just an amazing card.

Janelle said...

Love your colors. Perfect inspiration piece. The chevron strips add so much. Great job!

Chris said...

very cute card!!

Amy said...

What a great color combo! I love your chevron stripes, too!