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Sunday, 3 October 2010

Heartistic Licence



A striking, rich selection of colours can be found over at the Play Date Cafe this week. Chocolate & orange browns act as a perfect neutral foil to the opulence of hot pink and turquoise.

It's a simple card this week which is graphic enough to have shelf appeal. It's missing something typographical but the minimalist in me liked the focus to be solely on the hearts.

The decorative border punches are both EK Success & the hearts are made from Spellbinder's Nestabilities, other than that its made from scraps of plain card. No patterned paper, no stamping, no ribbon. I know, I'll never use up stash at this rate.

16 comments:

  1. Julie Ranae3 October 2010 at 15:52

    Ok...I don't know if I love the card more or the title of your post! As a creative writer, those things ALWAYS grab my attention!
    Anyway...this is a wonderful use of the colors, clean and graphic, just like you ; ) xx

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  2. Banu3 October 2010 at 16:10

    ooh striking card. I loved the use of buttons on the hearts and just the clean and elegant lines of the card.

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  3. Nigel3 October 2010 at 20:43

    Fantastic card but I think I may have to disagree with you about it missing something. The design is strong enough to stand on its own without needing words.

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  4. Cath Wilson3 October 2010 at 22:24

    Gorgeous, Paul and the buttons are the perfect embellishment for this.

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  5. alexa3 October 2010 at 23:28

    Know what you mean about the patterned paper - I'm never going to use mine up ever, either! Such a lovely card - you do elegant and simple together so well.

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  6. Maria4 October 2010 at 00:09

    Beautiful card! The bright hearts against the brown background is very striking...love it!

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  7. Lisa Somerville4 October 2010 at 01:56

    Stunning CAS design, don't think it's missing a thing! Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

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  8. Dotpat4 October 2010 at 11:51

    Those colours work really well together don't they, great card

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  9. Michele4 October 2010 at 15:50

    Fab card - great use of the colour scheme x

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  10. Sarah Anderson4 October 2010 at 19:51

    I love coming over to see how you've described the play date colours each week :) Great design, I love clean and simple like this .

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  11. Ruby4 October 2010 at 20:31

    Ooh YUM-MY!!! LOVE it Paul, one of my faves of yours so far! Love the way you describe the colours too, I always love reading your descriptions! Thanks for playing along with us again. I wondered what you would come up with for this week, fab job! :)

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  12. Lavender Rose4 October 2010 at 22:51

    This is perfect without a sentiment, love it!

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  13. Smita5 October 2010 at 15:10

    Gorgeous card!! Lovely.

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  14. Neet5 October 2010 at 19:54

    Brilliant and clever use of those colours - they have me stumped! Love your card, but then I always do.

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  15. Andrea Ewen5 October 2010 at 20:51

    Simply elegant Paul and I have to agree with Julie about the title of your post...how super clever! Your card is a perfect blend of all the colors, rich and classy. Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  16. Suzanne C6 October 2010 at 04:34

    Fab clean design. Very striking! I agree with no sentiment. It doesn't need it. Glad you found time to join us again!

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