Saturday, 28 April 2012

Inspired Patterns

Morning Everyone

It's a Saturday morning and my turn to share a card over at Make the Day Special blog and this week I decided to use a 'new to me' stamp set called Spunky Nature from My Cute Stamp, Emily stocks so many different stamp companies I thought I'd try something different from the shop..


The bold solid designs and the paired leaf pattern immediately made me think of the gorgeous repetitive patterns by Orla Kiely so this is my nod to her using the colours at ColourQ this week. 

The leaves are stamped straight onto the vanilla card and the flowers have been stamped and cut out twice in Burgundy and Spice so they could be assembled to make then look two tone, I thought the Paper Smooches sentiment was the perfect whimsy font to match the style of card too :0)

Next week I will be starting my Girl Friday duties over at CASual Fridays...eek, so exciting :0).. so this week I'm playing along in the players gallery for the last time, why don't you pop over and join in too.


I know us Brits complain about the weather so much but I really have had enough of the rain now!!
James still wants the washing machine in operation everyday without a thought to how I'm going to dry it all so consequently my house looks like the proverbial  'Wishy Washy's'  laundry because we have no tumble dryer either!! I'm not sure Wishy Washy would have a mountainous ironing pile though.... tut tut...can't blame the weather for that though *wink*

Thanks for looking in today :0)

Jenny x

45 comments:

  1. Hi Jenny! Congrats on becoming a Girl Friday!!! So excited for you and I can't wait to see what you'll be creating!

    The colors on this card are sooooo YUMMY, bright and happy!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gorgeous card and I love the new look to your blog :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Super card, as always, Jenny. Love how you used the colours. Congratulations on your forthcoming Girl Friday spot.
    Have a great weekend! x

    ReplyDelete
  4. Too cute!! Love that colour scheme! Can't wait to see you with your 'Girl Friday' hat on... it's soooo exciting!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Gorgeous card - I looooove Orla Kiely and agree that this is definitely a nod to her! M x

    ReplyDelete
  6. Modern, graphic yet soft and sweet. What a cute card!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Great card Jenny and these colours are super together

    Anne

    ReplyDelete
  8. These colors look great together! Adorable!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Your use of the challenge colors really works here! Love the look of this card.

    ReplyDelete
  10. You used these colors to perfection, Jenny! I love how you stamped the vines horizontally and popped up the flowers. Beautifully done! Thanks for joining us this week at the ColourQ!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Great retro look to this card Jenny, it's lovely! I agree about the rain, any day I expect an Ark to come sailing by my house!
    Val x

    ReplyDelete
  12. those stamps by My Cute Stamp are adorable...Totally love how you did the leafs as the background...this card is awesome...

    Have a wonderful weekend Jenny... :)

    ReplyDelete
  13. Supercute! Those flowers look like giant sweets :-)

    Tara x

    ReplyDelete
  14. Fab as always Jenny! I wouldn't know where to start with those colours but you've done a brilliant job.
    xx

    ReplyDelete
  15. fun and cheerful card. love the pink textured cardbase and flower patterns.

    ReplyDelete
  16. A super card Jenny! I love the layout and the font for the sentiment is fab. Did you use white ink or is it embossed? Sarah xx

    ReplyDelete
  17. Gorgeous! Love the colours you've used and fab stamps :o) Hugs, Lisa x

    ReplyDelete
  18. Such a pretty card...love the fun colors!

    ReplyDelete
  19. What a great use of the colors this week. I love that the flowers pop off the cardstock. Thanks for joining us at colourQ!

    ReplyDelete
  20. So cheery! Love how you stamped the flowers as a horizontal design!

    I'm looking forward to your CAS-ual Friday debut too!!

    ReplyDelete
  21. really cute card, jenny!! love how you used the colourQ combo... i wasn't able to come up with a thing!!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Oh, lovely take on the colour challenge!
    Cheers, Karen

    ReplyDelete
  23. I just love your fun happy card Jenny - all your cards make me smile, hugs x x

    ReplyDelete
  24. Hi Jenny
    Gorgeous card ... Love what you have done with those stamps ... I would be lost ....,
    Hugs Sylvie xx
    Raining here today Jenny x

    ReplyDelete
  25. Hi Jenny
    Gorgeous card ... Love what you have done with those stamps ... I would be lost ....,
    Hugs Sylvie xx
    Raining here today Jenny x

    ReplyDelete
  26. Great card Jenny, love the colours and fab stamps. I think the rain is natures way of saying we don't need a hosepipe ban! lol xx

    ReplyDelete
  27. great card! the colors are so happy and springy...they go perfectly with the stamps. good luck with the laundry - sending sunshine your way :)

    ReplyDelete
  28. Oh goodness, I don't know what I'd do without my dryer...even when it's sunny we get so many mosquitoes in the yard that they'd likely eat the clothes! Had to laugh at the ironing...we just don't do that around here ;)
    Love the bright fun colours of the card, and of course the perfect sentiment!

    ReplyDelete
  29. We don't have a tumble dryer either. A clothes horse was by far the cheaper option! This is such a bright and cheerful card, but I'm really looking forward to seeing your cards as a Girl Friday and not just in the players gallery!

    ReplyDelete
  30. Very cute Jenny. I love the distressing.

    ReplyDelete
  31. Gorgeous sunny card Jenny, isn't the rain a bit of a pain? Still it has to help with our drought LOL Gay xxx

    ReplyDelete
  32. Such a sweet card, love that image.

    ReplyDelete
  33. I love your bold colours on this lovely card Jenny. The background leaf panel looks great with the soft distressed edge. I hope its stopped raining!

    ReplyDelete
  34. What a fun card, Jenny, love all your stamping! Thanks for joining us this week at the ColourQ and sharing your card.

    ReplyDelete
  35. so cool, totally reminds me of orla's designs ... love the flower, cool little bit of seventies retro!

    ReplyDelete
  36. Very cool design. Can't wait to see you over at CAS Friday's next week. I fell off my chair when I read that you don't have a dryer. I have even more admiration for you now.

    ReplyDelete
  37. Love this!!
    Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays!
    Laura

    ReplyDelete
  38. Such a bright, cheery card Wishy-Washy (sorry - Jenny) unlike the weather :0)
    Margaret x

    ReplyDelete
  39. Jenny - I love the how you incorporated to color challenge into your card. Those solid image stamps are great! And of course, you can't go wrong with that sentiment. Great card!

    ReplyDelete
  40. I'll trade with you in a heartbeat!! After the sky turned all thunderous and dark this morning we had a sorry little 5 minute sprinkle to show for it. Not good for the tank so we have to bite the bullet and order water. Blah!

    I love your fun and cheery card! This colour combo totally stumped me but you have rocked it! :)

    ReplyDelete
  41. What a fun card, love this colour combo too!

    ReplyDelete
  42. This is so bright and sunny, Jenny. Surely we'll get some real sun soon. Keep your wellies on! x

    ReplyDelete
  43. Hey - look at you with your coloured card base Jenny! It looks fab - I love the Orla Kiely style and it's a fabulous use of the colours. I'm with you on the rain front - I think I'm getting Seasonal Affective Disorder! Vicky x

    ReplyDelete
  44. Jenny, this is awesome!! I love that subtle vine image behind the fun and cute flowers. And the colors in this are super fun and creative!! As always, you've blown my socks off!! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays! We're so glad you did!!

    ReplyDelete
  45. P.S. Just a few more hours before we get to play TOGETHER!! So excited!! XO

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment :0)

LinkWithin

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...