Monday, June 20, 2011

Bright and Bold Birthday

We had a public holiday today for National Heroes Day.  Unfortunately it was a yucky day. The sky has been dark and threatening all day but instead of rain it's just been disgustingly humid.  We took the hounds for a long walk this morning and all four of us came back looking decidedly wilted.  After that we broke down and turned on the air con and watched a movie ("Easy A" - pretty good I thought).  Later on we ventured back out.  Luis puttered around and did a few odds and ends while I escaped to the Craft Cave to put together a card for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge.
Supplies:  CS: Bazzill Basics; Stamps: Hero Arts & PTI; Inks: SU, VersaFine, VersaMark; Punches: McGill Creativity & Marvy Uchida
Love the bold and bright colours this week!  I pulled out a Hero Arts flower stamp that I hadn't used yet.  It's calling out to be coloured in but for this challenge I just wanted to use the outline of it in the challenge colours.  Some PTI polka dots in VersaMark to jazz up the colour panels, a bit of bling and voila!  A cheery birthday card.  :)
Hope you all have a lovely evening.  Tomorrow I have to work in the morning and then have the joy of going to the dentist.  Blerg!  How did I get so lucky!  :S  

10 comments:

Karen B. said...

Such a fun and happy card, I really like the strips of color broken up by the colored white background flowers.

~amy~ said...

such fun colors...cute card!

Lynn said...

Love your design Jen!

Kim S said...

So fun! I love the layout and the mix of colors!

Emily Leiphart said...

I hope your dental visit wasn't too bad, Jen. :) Love your happy card! That HA flower is fabulous. You should look at this card when you get back from the dentist.

Andrea Ewen said...

What an absolutely darling card, the flowers are just adorable and you've arranged our colors beautifully! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

Andrea L - EnchantINK said...

So envying your summer heat! Bring on summer!!!!! We have a "gale force wind" warning tonight! It will probably fizzle out ... but it is really cold. This funky card has certainly brightened my spirits! Hugs xxxaxx

Anonymous said...

Fab take on the challenge! I am always a sucker for polka dots, bright colours and flowers!

Jenny said...

Wow thats a bright zingy card, love the design.
oooo the humid weather would knock me out, it's worse than hot dry i think .Hope it breaks soon :)
Jenny x

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

SUPER fun card! LOVE those blocks of color! Great design for this bday card:) THANKS so much for playing along and joining in the fun over at the PDCC!!!