Monday, June 22, 2009

It's a Purple Monday

Well, as luck would have it my card for today fits two challenges! It's Monday, so it's my DT day for 365 Cards, and the challenge is to make Lavender your dominate color. And, lucky me, the challenge for today at Pile it On is to use Purple! I guess lavender is purple! For a person who does not like purple, I've sure used a lot of it lately! I smell a conspiracy!

I used the Cuttlebug floral screen embossing folder for my background. This is a folder I don't care for all that much, but I do think it looks nice here. And textured cardstock just looks fab embossed! The flower stamp is Stampin' Up and the greeting is Melissa Frances.

I used Stampin' Up Lavender Lace ink. The printed paper is a scrap of Chatterbox. It was the only company with soft purples in my stash! The little button brad is something I found at Oriental Trading Company a while back. I love finding cool stuff to buy in bulk...for cheap! And OTC is pretty cheap.

Iris are one of my favorite flowers. My mother used to grow them when I was a girl. I love how tall and delicate they are. This stamp is of a set of 4 tall flowers. They make great bookmarks too! (Geez, I sound like an ad for SU don't I?! These companies owe me kickbacks for all the free advertising I do! LOL)

I am not sure I'll get a chance to play along at 365 Cards every day again this week. I'll sure try! It's been fun the past few weeks making a card for every day. I do have some cards for tomorrow, so come back and visit. And I'll have some AMAZING blog candy going up this week! I know you won't want to miss that!

16 comments:

  1. That was so unfair!

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  2. this such a pretty card, gloria! love that shade of lavendar and i'm not even a huge purple fan!

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  3. I love purple! The card is great.
    Cheers

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  4. lovely card and very lavender looking.
    hugs.
    Lila

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  5. Very pretty card :-)

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  6. Gloria, for someone who is not fussed on Lavender/Purple you created a beautiful card.
    Hugs
    Fi

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  8. Anonymous1:57 PM

    Beautiful card, I'll tell my SU demonstrater you sent me. :)

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  9. Anonymous2:13 PM

    OMG... you lucky duck! I love the card!

    Thanks for Playing girl! (maybe we need another one from you this was too easy!)

    -- dalis dTC for Pile It On!

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  10. Gloria I thought of you when I read the challenge lol and knew you didn't like purple but you know what you did a fantastic job for someone who does not like it. The embossing folder looks great too.
    Hugs
    Michelle

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  11. Gloria, beautiful card and oh so lavender.

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  12. Hey, Gloria, I love your take on lavender...that embossing folder is quite striking with that color!

    Blog Candy, oh yumm, such fun and I don't have to feel guilty!

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  13. Gloria...great job on the purple challenge...I'm so not a purple girl either...your card turned out magnificent!

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  14. A beautiful card and love the contrast of the plaid piece.

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  15. Perfectly beautiful and the stamp lends itself to the colour.

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  16. Gloria,
    I love this card. When I first saw it I didn't read the name of the creator - then I saw it was you!! I LOVE that CB folder - one I DON'T have!! :( Great job!!

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