Friday, 26 June 2009

Pretty in Purple

I always think of 'Birthday Dog' (by Penny Black) as a boy...I'm not sure why...but I thought I'd have a go at a bit more of a 'girly' card with 'him', and use shades of purple...the theme for this week's Pile It On Challenge. I followed the Pink Elephant Challenge sketch...adding a few extra bits'n'pieces, and I'm also going to enter this card for the Charisma Cardz 'Anything Goes' challenge.

I don't very often use purple on my cards...it's not that I don't like it...I just don't find it very easy to combine with other colours...so I've avoided that problem here by using two shades of purple card - the lighter shade has been embossed using the 'Happy Birthday' Cuttlebug folder. The flowers and the ribbon are all from Poppicrafts, and the card candy is by Craftwork Cards.

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13 comments:

  1. Lilacanglia26 June 2009 at 08:48

    super card,
    gorgeous colour,
    Hugs
    Angie

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  2. Riet26 June 2009 at 18:34

    What a beautiful card Helen.

    Hugs Riet.x

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  3. Annie26 June 2009 at 19:33

    ah so gorgeous and cute - love it.
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  4. Carole26 June 2009 at 19:55

    Really sweet card, love the cute dog and purple...I think of this image a boy too!
    Hugs
    Carole x

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  5. Victoria26 June 2009 at 21:47

    fab card x

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  6. Anonymous26 June 2009 at 21:54

    hi helen!
    I think of him as a boy too, not sure why. I have to ask you one question, your big babies in your profile image what breed are they? they are gorgeous!

    ohhh... about the card, I really like all the texture you added to the Pink elephant sketch and the puppy image is so well colored!

    Thanks for Playing w/ us!

    -- dalis DTC for Pile It On!

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  7. Kaz27 June 2009 at 22:06

    Funny cos I always think of this image as a male one but it does work as girly too as your cards shows so beautifully.
    Kaz xx

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  8. Pauline C28 June 2009 at 09:54

    Aww Helen this is really sweet - love the doggie and shades of purple :-)
    Pauline x

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  9. Unknown28 June 2009 at 18:11

    Another great card, and love the image.

    Thanks for joining us at Charisma this week.

    Jan xx

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  10. Carol28 June 2009 at 21:52

    How cute Helen! i don't use purple very often either but yours looks fab :)
    thanks for joining in with my sketch challenge....

    Hugs
    Carol x

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  11. LORi29 June 2009 at 04:04

    Super fun and cute card!! Thanks for joining us this week at TPE!!

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  12. Sally30 June 2009 at 09:24

    Great card. Love the embossed background. Thanks for joining us at Charisma.

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  13. Vee1 July 2009 at 20:13

    Oh such a cute card. Thanks for joining us at Charisma this week.
    xx Vee

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x

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