Thursday, July 4, 2013

SUMMER OF COLOR...WEEK 4

Welcome to Summer of Colors week 4,  this week is another favorite color combo for me. Winning the most votes for this week is PINK AND GRAY!! These are such pretty colors, maybe not summer colors but still fun to play with. These colors make me wish I could knit a scarf or sweater. I've played with these colors before and my half bath is gray and one time has splashes of pink all around. I really wanted to show you the bath but can't find the old pictures of it. For a quick inspiration walk thru these colors this week will be of my past art with these colors. Starting with the images above, it was my first time wanting to paint BIG and the colors pink/gray were calling me that day. This was so much fun to do, I just played and kept putting down layers of pinks and then some gray and white. The tissue paper added some texture to it,  need to do this more. Now for some sharpie doodles...
My favorite thing to do in 2011/12 was doodling with Sharpies. That middle one shows that Christmas trees can be whatever color you want, lol.  The last one is a favorite because it was inspired by my nieces shirt. Next up is some paper scraps inspiration..
These were made when I had some scraps and only a little time to play. Sorry they look dark here, the lighting wasn't good when I took them. I love using up my scraps this way and keep a little 4 drawer holder full of them. Thanks for letting me walk you down memory lane, next up is what I did make for the week.
I jumped right in with the sketch idea from last weeks card. This shows again how to use up your scraps or strips of washi tape is fun too. At first I didn't like these cards but they have grown on me and I like them now. These colors reminded me of Valentines Day so these are my I Love You set of cards. If I had to choose the last one is my favorite, which one is yours?
I LOVE these two, wanted a different look for these. Most of my gray/pink papers were pattern so I decided to go for it and mix them in the first one. This is new for me, PP usually scares me from mixing them. I LOVE the result though. Click on the images to see better. The bottom one came together by using doily which I knew would be pretty with these colors. Like how this one came out too. I have no one to give these too but it's nice just to have them just in case for the future.
This one is inspired by my dear friend Tracey who is a whiz at making cards. I knew one of my cards had to have a banner and I really wanted to use a doily again. The THANK YOU is from a new $1 stamp I bought that morning at Walmart. I love how this one came out. Picking a favorite out of this set is too hard so I choose ALL OF THEM! Can you pick a favorite?
 
I am so glad to have played along again in SOC, love seeing my card pile getting bigger. At the end of the challenge some of these will be getting mailed out, excited to have my own cards to send for family and friends. Wonder what colors will be voted for next week, soooo fun not knowing!!
 
Last week's colors as you could see make me very happy!! Finding out that I won the giveaway for that week was SOOOOO EXCITING AND WOW FOR ME!!! Thank you for all the comments on that post and the congrats from the community. I can't wait to play with my new goodies, still can't believe that my name got picked, YIPPEEE!! It's been so fun and inspiring to visit all the blogs thru SOC each week and see all the amazing projects everyone has. If you haven't joined in yet, jump in and play along. Thank you Kristin for being such a great host and making our summer COLORFUL and INSPIRING and FUN!! Will be sad when this challenge is over, sigh!
 
For my friends celebrating the 4TH OF JULY TODAY with me, have a fun SAFE day with your loved ones. This is my 2nd favorite holiday and I can't wait to celebrate it today!! Thank you again for all your sweet helpful comments. HUGS!!

18 comments:

  1. Hi Dawn! Happy 4th of July to you and your family! I loved seeing all of the amazing photos of your awesome creations for this week's SOC color scheme! I especially love the beautiful cards you created! Girl, you are ROCKING these challenges!

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  2. Happy 4th July, have a fun, safe time. WOW you have been busy. It was fun reading this post and seeing all your creative projects. I can't believe you want us to choose a favourite card... I think they are all great.
    Can't wait to see what you do with next weeks colours.
    Love me :-)

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  3. I didn't realize you won last week's giveaway - CONGRATULATIONS DAWN!!! That is so fun! I love your pink and grey cards too! If I had to pick a favorite, I think it would be the thank you card on the bottom, but I love them all!

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  4. I really like all of your cards...! I love the strips, too!!

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  5. Love the variety of your ideas in gray and pink!

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  6. Fabulous! Love the Background and all the other beautiful projects. Oh and my fav is the first anniv card. Elegant!

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  7. These are lovely. Love the bunting and doily on the last card especially.

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  8. Happy 4th of July!!. I'm so thrilled to see a variety of art you made for SOC pink & grays!. WOW, you've been busy :). YAY again for the winning!. I'm having a nasty problem with getting online these days, believe it or not I can't even get access to my own blog!. Could be the browser, still can't figure this out, LOL. I might miss the next SOC, oh dear. But lucky that I get to visit here today!. My fav piece this week would be the impressive stripy cards!. LOVE!. Wish me luck!

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  9. Thanks so much ladies for your visits and fun comments. I like reading which ones are your favorites. Can't belive it's been a month already, slow down summer!! Wonder what next week's colors will be, so excited!

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  10. Wow- what wonderful and diverse entries in this beautiful color combination- your muse is in full force- lovely art!

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  11. It was good to see you picked up paint and paintbrush for this week's SOC challenge. I love all that texture. And of course, your cards are simply adorable. You already have a mountain of them.

    I'm running very late and trying to get to everyone, but needed to stop by here before going to the list. Glad you won this week's stash, too!

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  12. Loved walking through you pink & gray art! I especially love the paintings at the top & your cards...so lovely! Cannot wait to see what colrs we get to play with next! :)

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  13. Hi Dawn all your cards are fabulous. I think my favorite is the last one. That Thank you card is awesome. Love the Anniversary and Wedding card too. I think it's wonderful that every week you manage to show us a variety of creative stuff that you do with the challenge. Love your scrap collages too, that house looks very pretty.
    Thank you for your comment on my blog.We just came back from our trip yesterday evening. Will email you as soon as I can.
    SusaN

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  14. Wow, so many projects! All are cool, but personally I like the cards best.

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  15. Hi Dawn! Thanks for visiting my blog! I just saw your question about my purple & Lime "Queen"...I simply stitched the border of the card with purple thread...just did the stitching on an angle...I'm NO SEAMSTRESS by any means (lucky if I can sew a button!) so this was pretty easy! Hope that helps!! :)

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  16. Wow...you got busy with pink and grey!! love your cards, especially the doily and bunting :)

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  17. Hi Dawn - I can see how much you love this combo! I especially love the thankyou card with the bunting :o)xxx

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