Monday, January 25, 2016

Papertrey Ink January 2016 Blog Hop

The inspiration photo Nichole Heady gave us for the Papertrey Ink January 2016 Blog Hop had me stumped for a while. Don't get me wrong, I loved being introduced to the bright, colorful art work of Rex Ray, and immediately was struck by the beach vibe this piece, had but just couldn't translate it into a card.


January inspiration


In the end, the black base and the way it was outlining the rounds of teal/aqua became the starting point for my card. Once this decision was made, it was easy to narrow down the design to be based on the Leaf Silhouette die set. The die was cut several times to get the Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal and Terracotta Tile pieces needed to fit back into the black outline piece.





This leaf is popped up on a rectangular panel that is woodgrain embossed in a nod to the wood grain on the orange images (does anyone else see surf boards?) in the Rex Ray piece. Before the panel is embossed, a sentiment from the Thank You Kindly stamp set is added.




The sentiment font also echos the long, lean lines on the inspiration piece.

I can't wait to see how others were inspired by this inspiration piece.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

41 comments:

  1. What a wonderful inspired design Jacquie! love that leaf die with it's colorful inserts - and set against the white embossed woodgrain! Beautiful!

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  2. This a stunning interpretation of this challenge!

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  3. You come up with the best ideas, Jacquie! Wow--what a wonderful card! Mine will probably never get sent, but this will brighten someone's day!

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  4. Oooh ... I just played with my Leaf Silhouette die so this card caught my eye immediately. It's fabulous, Jacquie!

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  5. Oh, I love everything about this card! Fabulous take on the inspiration photo!

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  6. Now we're talking - this is one fabulous design; a truly inspired interpretation of the photo. And yes, surfboards were the first things that I saw.

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  7. I think we all thought of surfboards! Love the thought process you had, with the leaf. So cool!

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  8. This is a favorite die of mine, and I'm sure to CASE your gorgeous card! I love everything about it!

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  9. Oh how wonderful! Love the leaf in all it's splendid colors and the wood grain background is simply PERFECT, Jacquie

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  10. I love the CAS style of this stunning card!!

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  11. CAS it is and beautiful as well! These colors make your leaf pop nicely.

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  12. Oh, I LOVE this! CAS perfection, Jacquie!

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  13. Great take on the challenge, Jacquie. Lovely.

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  14. Love, love this card! So creative, very inspiring to me.

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  15. Jacquie, this is wonderful! Love the textured woodgrain background and pop of colors with the inlaid leaf!

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  16. This is simply fabulous, Jacquie.
    I love it.

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  17. Love your colorful leaf silhouette, Jacquie! Isn't it fun to see how each of us interpreted the inspiration image?

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  18. Fantastic take on the photo Jacquie. Love that leaf. Looks like stained glass. So pretty and creative.

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  19. You know how when you're looking at the line up of all the cards during a blog hop, and one of them really stands out and you say "why didn't I think of that?!!"...well, that's your card! CAS perfection and translates beautifully from the inspiration photo! Wonderful card Jacquie!! :0)

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  20. Wonderful shape, colors, wood grain embossing...just perfect!

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  21. Absolutely love everything about this!

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  22. Love, love, love your beautiful card! Spot on with the challenge and just so lovely and inspirational. I think I need this die now, ha ha!

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  23. Stunning Jacquie! Seriously one of my favorite cards in the Hop!

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  24. Wow!! That is so striking and just beautiful!!

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  25. Bright, crisp, clean and a-mazing colors... a beautiful interpretation!

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  26. This is just fantastic, Jacquie! I can't believe that your sentiment is still looking fab, even after the embossing! Awesome!
    =]

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  27. Awesome card! Great take on the inspiration!

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  28. Your in-laid Feather is Fantastic!

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  29. Love the wood grain embossing and simple white background to make the feature pop. Lovely!

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  30. Jacquie your design is beyon gorgeous! Oh how I love this! You rocked the blog hop with this beauty!

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  31. WOW, so clever and so lovely, Jacquie!!!!
    Have a wonderful day!!!!

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  32. Fantastic design, and I love how you did that leaf and the texture on your card front.

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  33. Oh gorgeous Jacquie, you nailed it with this pretty CAS design!

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  34. One of my favorites from the gallery.

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  35. You do really nice work. Thanks for sharing your card! Great inspiration for me =)

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  36. Lovely card. I love all your color choices.

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  37. I'm glad you finally got the idea because it was a fantastic one, Jacquie. That leaf is so stunning, made even more so by it's woodgrain background.

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  38. love your take on this challenge by bringing in all the elements in a very tasteful way. Great way of bringing the colours in on that leaf the way you did! Good job

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