Tuesday 5 May 2015

Purple and yellow

A bit of a departure here from my usual colours and style. 
Less is More this week has a colour challenge. Use opposite colours the wheel:

                                                         



I decided that purple and yellow were my colours.


 I would never have thought of putting them together like this but it makes a lovely dramatic card. I coloured the Candi dots with a yellow pro-market and then stamped tiny flowers on them as centres and to emphasise the sunshine part  of the rhyme. (It's currently lashing down with rain and blowing a gale!)


I hope this is not too busy for Less is More. Having been schooled to leave lots of white space, I then couldn't resist mounting it on purple. I resisted adding a bow, though!
As well as Less is More, I'm popping in to the Snippets Playground as I was lucky enough to win this Woodware stamp set and the Candi a couple of weeks ago, so need to show it off. 
I've used snippets of card and ribbon. I must have had the purple card (which is embossed with a kind of fan pattern) for at least 4 years. I think I got it at one of those fill-a-box stands or shops where you say 'I'll have one of those and two of those and some of these' without really having any idea of what you might do with them. So I am glad I have used it at last. 
I'm planning a few more in different colour ways. 


10 comments:

  1. Aw Alison, how lovely to see you using the stamp set and the card candi. And beautifully too! I love it!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  2. Love this colour scheme Alison - and your pretty card!

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  3. Super striking and a great colour combo Alison
    Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
    Sarah xx
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  4. What a great card Alison!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
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  5. Gorgeous card, love how you've decorated the candi dots. Karen x

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  6. I love how you've stamped on the candi, great colour combo used like this.
    Thanks for sharing with us.
    Anita x
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  7. Hello there-Beautiful card and a lovely colour combination!
    Thank you for stopping by my Blog to say hello-and for taking the time to leave a comment,best wishes,Nessa xx

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  8. Such a pretty card made with your Playground prize. Striking use of colours too.

    Hugs, Sarn xxx

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  9. What a stunning card Alison. It's so cheerful and I love the yellow and purple colours.

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  10. Hello Alison, this is a lovely card, I especially like the stamping on the candi - clever idea x

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