Tuesday, 31 May 2011

PDCC 83, Less is More

Hi all, today I have a card for a couple of my favourite challenges: Less is More and The Play Date Cafe Challenge. So here are the inspiration pics:



Less is More graphic:

And here's my take:




A white linen card base and panel stamped in Tuxedo black and coloured with my Faber Castell watercolour pencils. The stamp is by Whipper snapper Designs and is called Spring Squares.



I coloured the background on two of the squares and parts of the other two images in green, and whilst getting into this very simple colouring realised quite how intricate this design is. I now want to do this again, but in all the colours of the rainbow!

Finally added some flat backed pearls to the flower to finish my CAS card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline xx

40 comments:

Suze Bain said...

This is fab. Great stamp and I love how you've coloured it. xx

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card :-)I love the stamp you used ,,, lovely and the green white combo is gorgeous :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Dolly Daydreams said...

Love your spring squares very stylish indeed.

Marie

Marlena M. said...

Love your take on those colors! ;)

Carol said...

This is gorgeous, love the shade of green you've used. Carol x

Stamps and Paper said...

Love your colours green and white...love your touch with the pearls they just finish off your card.

Anne

Anonymous said...

very very pretty.. love the colours, stamp and how you have coloured them :)

G Peplow said...

Hi there Pauline, Great card, pretty stamp and colours:0) xxx

Colleen Dietrich said...

Pauline, this *would* look really neat in all colors of the rainbow. It'd make a great set to give away / sell! I like those three little pearls in the bottom corner. :) THanks for playing with us at THe pLay Date Cafe!

Lana said...

So fresh! I love how you coloured images! :)

Mandi said...

We've seen a few larger proportioned centre squares, but, I like it!
Funky design, just super!
Thanks Pauline
Diva LIM mandi
Less is More

Dana said...

Love your card. I like what areas you chose to color as well as the choice of color. Nice job!

Michelle Short said...

Beautiful stamp and the shade of green too, I love it on the linen CS - beautiful xx

Zoechaos said...

Fabulous card wonderful shade of green. XOXO Zoe

Karen P said...

Simply stunning, love the colours you've used, is so different Kx

Kathyk said...

Smashing card

Kathyk

Anonymous said...

Great card - so simple and fresh! And it could work in so many ways, with other colours, a rainbow of shades, or if you cute apart the squares to arrange them in a row.....
Heaps of possiblities!
TFS, hugs, Ruth S

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

This is so darling, love the sweet and fresh colors!

Caroline Hallett said...

Really lovely card - great colours x

Jo Street said...

Really lovely card, I love the colours x

Ciara said...

I love how fresh this card is with that green colour. The pencils look great on the linen card too, xx

Sasha said...

Such a lovely, fresh, bright and funky card, Pauline xx

Ruby said...

This is lovely Pauline, I haven't tried those pencils, I do own one I think lol. Love how you've interpreted the sketch. Will have to check those sketches out, I'm def. a sketch girl. Let's set a date for some more coffee soon! Thanks for playing along with us at The Play Date Cafe!

Liz McGuire, said...

Cool card,

Liz x

Anonymous said...

Fabulous image and love the colours!
Helen x

Lorie a.k.a.The Peddler said...

Pauline! Oh, so pretty. You just keep amazing me. :)

Heather said...

Fabulous card, gorgeous image and yes I can see this would look stunning in multi colours!!
hugs
Heather xx

Sara I. said...

Sooooo stinkin' cute!!! Love how you colored the squares and looks awesome with that design!! Fab job girlie!!

Ann said...

Perfect colouring for this lovely stamp. Really sweet simple card design.

Mona Pendleton said...

Cute card Pauline! Sweet and simple :)

Jinny Newlin said...

Such a great design, Pauline! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Play Date Cafe!

Erica said...

I like the monochromatic look of this card.
Thanks for commenting on mine.

Victoria said...

Beautiful card Pauline! Love the simplicity and the pretty image!
Hugs, Victoria ~x~

Chrissie said...

Fabulous card.. with a superb image in stunning colours!
What more can I say... love it!
Thanks so much.
Chrissie
Lady LIM
"Less is More"

Deborah Frings said...

Absolutely love it!!! Super image, great colouring - perfect!

Susan said...

Pauline, this is just as cute as can be! Love the soft greens you used!!
My card is HERE

kingstonmama said...

What a great stamp! I love the way you've colored it. That green looks fabulous!

Vicky Hayes said...

I love that you just used the green to colour your image. Beautiful! Vx

Monique said...

Great stamp Pauline.. Love how you popped it out:)!!

Jaclyn Miller said...

Such fun images and a great way to highlight the pop of green. Thanks so much for playing along at The Play Date Cafe.