Thursday 27 February 2014

Paint Me Happy

Hey there!
Well, the girls over at CASology are really keeping me on my toes.
This week the cue word is PAINT.
Great, I thought, as I rummaged around for an old tray of watercolours. But, after 2 hours in my craft room, all I emerged with was a bin full of soggy paper. I guess that's why the watercolours were put away last time!
This morning I went for a different approach and used colour swatches from a paint brochure.



I cut out each colour swatch and added them to a strip of card with foam tape. I didn't even have to think of how to arrange the colours - they were already in that order in the brochure. Easy peasy.
I managed to remember to stamp 'birthday' before I added the colour strip with more foam tape - then I just stuck on the 'happy' and a few scattered gems.

 No guesses for what I will be grabbing, next time I am at the DIY store!

CASology - Paint
Pixie's Crafty Workshop - Snippets


17 comments:

Di said...

Wow Caroline, you clever little sausage! This is fantastic - I love it! Ha, guess where I'm headed to next time I pass a hardware store :)

Hugs, Di xx

Doreen said...

Gorgeous CAS card.x

Debs said...

Awesome idea - love it!! May have to 'borrow' this idea sometime :o)
Debs xx

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, this looks fabulous!

Sue said...

WOW! I love this Caroline, such a great take on the theme and a really effective design.
Sue xx

Holly Young said...

I love this! Very nice design and dimension! I really like the little dew drops you added too.

Deepti said...

This is simply awesome :) love the paint chip dimension n perfect addition of the sentiment !!

Joyce said...

Fantastic CAS card. Love the way you created and then used your own paint chip sample. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

scrappymo! said...

Cute idea. Love the die on top of the samples!

wienerhoneymooners said...

Stunning, stellar GORGEOUS Job!!! I Love this so MUCH! Thanks so much for joining us at CASology!!!!

Aileen said...

These work brilliantly for the challenge. Love the added gems too. x

rosie said...

fantastic idea. perfect simple elegant yet so effective.

Pop's Cards said...

Hey sweetie I love this such a gorgeous creation :0) Hugs Pops x x x

Jen W. said...

I am forever stealing paint chips from the hardware store - they're such a great addition to any crafty arsenal! Love these blues and I'm glad I'm not the only one who forgets to stamp before adding dimension on occasion! LOL! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

Cathy said...

Fantastic card Caroline, you chose some gorgeous colours, Cathy x

Sarn said...

This is just a FANTASTIC CAS card. Love it.

Congrats on being showcased over at the Snippets Playground.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Lee said...

What a clever idea and so effective,well done you.xx