Saturday 20 February 2016

Been Tango'd!!

Wet, windy cold and miserable here and am away later today until tomorrow night on a course so am hoping the winds ease down a bit for the drive.
I have looked at those who use bright card stock on Pinterest and their own blogs so effortlessly with envy and have kept saying to myself this is a way of using up that tons of coloured card you posses instead of just using it as matting for images and patterned papers. So yesterday I took the plunge and CASE'd a card I saw a couple of years ago, making it with one of the brightest colours I have.

Talk about 'you've been tango'd'!!

(Think I might do a purple one next - as I have a friend who simply loves purple and it means another sheet of card used up.)

The image and sentiment from SU Bloom With Hope set, stamped and white embossed, a small scrap of grossgrain ribbon in the same colour as the card and a couple of teeny pearls. Finito!

I resisted the temptation to put more blingy bits around the flower heads! Quite pleased with this CAS effort although still a long way to go to convince myself that some cards DO NOT NEED lots of embellies!!

Challenges -
Allsorts - Birthday Wishes
Crafty Catz - CAS
Choc, Coffee & Cards - Anything Goes
RRR - Celebrate

Thanks for taking a look - and thanks for any comments/tips you leave me. Have a great weekend. xx

21 comments:

aussie aNNie said...

Gorgeous CAS card,
the colours are just gorgeous.xx
{aNNie}

Lee said...

Oh Viv,this is absolutely Beautiful I love it.Same weather here too.Take care.Hugs x

Sarn said...

OOOH I LOVE IT VIV. No, I did NOT leave the caps lock on accidentally . .. . I MEANT to emphasise my love of this CAS tangoed card! Safe travelling my friend.

Hugs, Darnie xxx

Meggymay said...

Wow, Viv that is a fantastic way to use the bright card stock, its a great CAS card.
Yvonne xx

Kathleen said...

I know just what you mean about the card, Viv and I have to say that I love this card and that I think that secretly orange is my favourite colour.
Weather exactly the same here today and also this evening. Hope you had a safe journey.

Kath x

brenda said...

A perfect Birthday card for our theme this week Viv, many thanks for joining in at Allsorts challenge.

B x

Canonbury creations said...

Wow I had to put my sunglasses on Viv! Great layout and very striking those flowers look as if they're embroidered. Perfect CAS card.
Val x

pinky said...

Its absolutely perfect and makes such a statement Viv!

Loll said...

GREAT job Viv! Another CAS masterpiece. The bright orange background is perfect with our simple white embossed flower and sentiment. The design is CAS perfection! xx

cotnob said...

A gorgeous card Viv, a lovely sight on such a miserable day - a brilliant design.
Pauline
x

linby said...

wow - what a lovely bright cheerful card - might give that a go myself - if I remember!

Doreen said...

Love your gorgeous card.Fab colour and stamp.xxx

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

A brilliant CAS design Viv. Well done for resisting more bling - the 2 pearls are perfect!

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Viv, a beautiful sunny colour and stylish design.
Thank you so much for your kind wishes, it means so much.
Sue xx

debby4000 said...

Fabulous card, love the CAS design.
luv
Debby

Pia S said...

The temptation is there to add more stuff on my own cards, but seeing the results of others who have resisted i know it doesn't need anything more. Guess that's the way you feel too. You were a good girl stopping in time, this died not need anything more and I love this bright colored CAS design.

Cindy said...

This is beautiful! Thank you for joining us at Chocolate Coffee and Cards challenge. Hugs, Cindy

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

ah Viv yes think a purple one of these would be good have friend who love butterflies and purple she'd love that .. well done on your bold move though!
Thanks so much for popping over and for sharing.
Happy WOYWW! Shaz in Oz.x #25

{Shaz in Oz – Calligraphy Cards}

Karen Letchworth said...

This is lovely, Viv. Orange is a less-used color but it SO vibrant and lovely. Thanks so much for joining us for our Celebate Challenge. I love having you play along, and I hope that you will stop by to join us again soon. And don't forget to check out all the fabulous ribbons, laces, trims, flowers and more at Really Reasonable Ribbon.
Blessings,
Karen Letchworth
Design Team
Really Reasonable Ribbon

Mia Scott said...

Lovely clean and simple card!
Thank you for joining in with the ‘No Design Paper’ challenge at Crafty Catz. Mia – DT Member xx

cherry said...

lovely cas card....thanks for joining us at RRR