This is my take on a card I saw on Pinterest recently. I cannot attribute it because the post doesn’t give any information. Initially I thought I would make the die cut background a soft gray and build the other bits around it, but as you can see I reversed myself and made the background purple. I found some blue CS and some light gray CS in my stash that seemed close enough to the colour swatch and die cut several flowers using a Memory Box die called Layered Periwinkles. Then I layered the gray and blue together. After which I added them to the background piece. Using a darker gray scrap I die cut some leaves which are also from Memory Box but this time called Layered Impatiens. The sentiment is stamped in Hickory Smoke ink and is from a Hampton Art set.
I was supposed to go paddling in the Angels Abreast Dragon boat this afternoon, but the wind is too strong making it unsafe. Instead I’m crafting. Although we are having a lot of sunshine along with drought conditions, the wind is keeping things quite cool. A good soaking rain day would be great right now.
Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day.
Lavender House Creations 
Fabulous use of the colors! I like your two toned flowers against that background. Thanks for joining in at JUGS.
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Many thanks.
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Lovely! I like the flowers.
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Thanks.
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Your flowers are beautiful. Love the purple background.
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Thanks. My purple isn’t quite the same as the swatch but its close enough.
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Great decision to incorporate the colors into this challenge. Very pretty. We, too, desperately need a good soaking rain.
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Thanks Gayle – from what I can see for the foreseeable future there is no rain coming. Fire season in full swing and truthfully everyone is a little nervous.
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I’m sorry to hear that Johanna about your weather. We, too, need rain and now the smoke and haze from the forest fires in Canada have made their way into our area. We are staying in the house and hopefully tomorrow will have better air quality. Stay Safe.
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I feel bad that the smoke is drifting down to your area even though I know it isn’t my fault. Staying indoors is best when it is smoky. Thankfully this house has an air filtration system so we can keep the air fairly clean year round.
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Very pretty — you’ve used the colors beautifully! Thanks for joining at JUGS
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Thanks so much.
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Fab design!
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Thanks a lot.
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A great use of the colours. Liking the white on the purple to bring the flowers into more focus and contrast. xx
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Thanks and I’m glad you like it.
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Very pretty. Love the purple background for those lovely flowers.
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Many thanks
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Hopefully you enjoyed your unexpected crafting time. This card is great and the way you used the colors is beautiful.
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I love the purple for the background; your gray and blue flowers and leaves look nice on the purple. pretty card.
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Thanks Lisa. I tried to use the colours a bit differently to the norm to see what would happen. At first I wasn’t sure but now I quite like it.
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I love the way you used the colors from our challenge! That purple in the background really makes your blue and gray flowers pop on the awesome design. Thanks for playing along with us at JUGS!
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Many thanks. I had fun creating this one.
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