Avonlea Meets Playdate Cafe

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It's been a while since I've participated in any challenges.  I've been so busy with other projects at the top of my list, I haven't had time to just 'play'.   I've been keeping up with all the challenges though.  Everyday I check my favorites and hope that someday I'll get a chance to participate.   In fact, I was supposed to be working on designing my cards for my Annual Christmas Card workshop yesterday.  When I saw Playdate Cafe's color challenge this week, Avonlea immediately came to mind.  Three of the colors featured in one of our newest paper packs, Avonlea (X1755B), are in Playdate Cafe's colors.  Avonlea has three trendy colors - Avonlea Teal, Avonlea Green and Avonlea Off-White.   I used the Avonlea Green and Teal cardstocks along with Slate Cardstock

The Playdate Cafe                                 Avonlea Paper Pack
             

I pulled the Raspberry color from our Flirty Paper pack (X7160B) which features another trendy color - Flirty Raspberry.   I thought this made a nice complimentary color Avonlea.

My card pattern came from Freshly Made Sketches.    Here is my card:

I used a rub-on from the Parlor Velvet Rub-ons (Z1742) and added a 2" butterfly cut from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge (Z1790).  "K" Shift <Accent 4>.   Final touches  - sparkles from the Black and Grey Sparkle Assortment (Z1754) and a sentiment from Words of Comfort (C1524).

Freshly Made Sketch:



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Comments

  1. StacySeptember 3, 2012 at 3:28 PM

    Great card love the butterfly, thanks for playing along with us at The Play DAte CAfe!

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  2. Linda SuarezSeptember 3, 2012 at 5:43 PM

    Ooh, I love that butterfly Gina! So pretty! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  3. Lesley September 3, 2012 at 8:09 PM

    Such pretty colors and I love that beautiful butterfly! Thank you for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  4. Cindy HallSeptember 3, 2012 at 9:03 PM

    I love the peaceful colors, and the butterfly and flourishes are so pretty! Thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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  5. Mandy LaCroixSeptember 3, 2012 at 10:00 PM

    The butterfly atop that flourish rub-on is so pretty! Great combination! I love it!

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  6. ~amy~September 4, 2012 at 6:39 AM

    gorgeous card...love the butterfly! thanks for playing with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  7. AllisaSeptember 4, 2012 at 2:11 PM

    Great use of color. Thanks for playing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  8. Jocelyn OlsonSeptember 4, 2012 at 9:53 PM

    What a pretty card! I love the flourish and the butterfly. Thanks for joining us at the PDCC!

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  9. Karen DaySeptember 8, 2012 at 2:45 PM

    How brilliant to use Avonlea & Flirty together for this combo!

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