Thursday, July 29, 2010

Time for a Splash...of Color!


It's one of my favorite week's in
It's 'Color Splash' Week!


If you are not familiar with 'Color Splash'
it's a pretty simple concept.
Anything black and white with just a
'hint'
of color..and this week's color is....
green.


We are so happy to have


as this week's sponsor in The Cafe.
They not only provided our design team
with these fabulous stamps to create this
week's inspiration projects, but they
are also giving you the opportunity to win
the very same stamps that we used!


There are seven layers on top of this card base.

I used the 'Damask Butterfly' stamp to create the layered
background between the 'art deco' green border,
in which I used Martha Stewart's punch.
Spellbinders Large Labels dies were used to create the
frames for the 'Inspire Butterfly Collage' stamp.
A little patience and a good pair of tiny scissors
really goes a long way on this project.

Make sure you pop over to
The Play Date Cafe and see what the rest of our
fabulous design team have created to inspire you.
Then....get out your black, white and greens
and get creatin'!


31 comments:

Sharli Schaitberger said...

Julie,
I absolutely LOVE this card! The fact that green is my favorite color has nothing to do with it - I love the details, the HUGE butterfly, the writing, the ageing, the softness of the colors. Excellent!

Lisa Somerville said...

Lovely Julie! Wonderful added layers of the butterfly, the Damask butterfly makes a wonderful accent strip.

StampinCathy said...

This is just stunning and so inspiring. Love your take on this challenge.

Suzanne C said...

Gorgeous card! Very elegant and love the punched borders. Beautiful!

Michele Gross said...

Oh I loves me a good color splash!! :) Only 7 more days til my guys go back to school. :( for them. :) for me because I can finally get back to a schedule and start getting inky on a regular basis again! Really, really inky!! :D

Julye said...

Love your card and thankyou for your kind comment and becoming my 50th follower too.

Majo said...

This is a wonderful creation Julie, I love all the dimensions you put in your card!

Anne Jagger said...

Stunning Julie. Thank you for your lovely comments. Looking forward to playing at the PDCC this week. X

MariLynn said...

Julie, this is fantastic. Love, love, love the butterfly!

Crystal said...

I LOVE this Julie!!!!!!!

Emily Keaton said...

Your card is just beautiful, Julie! I love how you added your splash of green :)

Basement Stamper said...

Wow, this card is absolutely fantastic-I love the green you used as well as the butterfly image is beautiful. Can't wait to play this week!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

HOLY COW!! I loooooooove this card--that butterfly is GORGEOUS:) I love love love it! I love all the details on this card (esp. that border punch--must get!). AMAZING!!! I LOVE THE PDCC:)

~Tammy~ said...

Julie, I just love this! Your butterfly is beautiful and I am very inspired!!! I hope I get a chance to play this week because I loved that I joined in. What a fab and talented group I think I am addicted! {wink}

Ruby said...

This is stunning Julie!!! LOVE it, can't believe it's 7 layers, fab job! It was so much fun playing with those stamps too, they are gorgeous!

Theresa said...

Julie, your card is just stunning. That butterfly is gorgeous. The paper and layering is just fabulous.

Natalie said...

Love the way you've created this card with the layers, border and that gorgeous butterfly! Thanks for the inspiration!

Sugar Lump Studios said...

fantastic card! I love the colors! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

Jan Hennings said...

WOW! This is a beauty and I love that MS punch :)

Sarah Anderson said...

Oh Julie, one more follower to 500 - hope it happens soon!!
This is a beautifully elegant card. Love it, but I do love all your cards!! xx

Sharon Basel said...

Julie this is such a creative card. I just love everything about it! Using half the butterfly here is brilliant!!!!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Hey Julie, this is Kirsty from City Crafter, both of my emails to you has no reply, so I was just wondering if the emails went into the spam box, if you see this, can you shoot me a note, citycrafter@gmail.com Thanks!

Unknown said...

Such a pretty card Julie! And I love the layers...lots of them but it doesn't over do it...fabulous and PRETTY!

Mona Pendleton said...

What a gorgeous card card Julie! That butterfly looks fabulous & love this week's color combo :)

Jenny said...

So pretty Julie, love it! :) :) :)

Unknown said...

Just stunning, Julie! LOVE all the layers and how you used the damask butterfly to create the subtle background!!

Gerrie Johnnic said...

Most beautful! Wonderful eye candy.

Jessica Buffa said...

wow, love the layers of the wings on the butterfly! Fabulous layers on the entire card, too.
Gorgeous!
:O)
Jessica S

Crafty Aunt Dee said...

What a gorgeous and elegant card! The layers are so delicate and fantastic and the butterfly is fabulous. I love the added touch of green to the card. Thanks for sharing

nancyparker55 said...

Oh my this is so pretty. I can't believe it has 7 layers. Love the look.

Margaret said...

Gorgeous! I love the colors and that butterfly looks like it's going to fly off the paper!