Perennial Lavender for PP759

by Joanne James12. October 2025 08:00

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Christy to host this week and she has a colour challenge for us to work with:

       

Whilst these colours are great for Halloween, I don't have much call for Halloween cards so I decided to tone down the green and pair them with Judy's layout over at Freshly Made Sketches and make a feature of some purple flowers - perfect for the current theme over at The Flower Challenge too. Take a look at what I came up with:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Perennial Lavender - I decided that not only should the flowers on my card today be purple coloured, but they should actually be a purple flower - so I went with one of my favourites, lavender. The Perennial Lavender papers were perfect for the coordinated sections of the card's background - the real challenge was to decide which ones to feature. I decided on a floral pattern combined with the mottled purple to really emphasise the colour.

Painted Lavender - I added some sprigs of greenery along with some (retired) diecut lavender stems to decorate my sentiment circle, that I sponged with a variety of inks to add a little texture to them and tied them with a double linen thread bow:

The Right Words - I finished my card with a sentiment from 'The Right Words' - a great set for sentiments inside and out and a trio of sparkly gems. 

Purple is one off my favourite colours and I love the purple and green combo of this week's challenge.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

 

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
 
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.
4.  Have FUN!

Enjoy your day; I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

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Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Comments (9) -

Ann Schach
Ann SchachUnited States
10/12/2025 2:18:25 PM #

Beautiful, Joanne! The die cut lavender spray has such a feminine sweetness about it. This amazing layout is perfect for showing off the beautiful paper. Your card is wonderful way to showcase the challenge colors! Have an awesome week!

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Christy Stanford
Christy StanfordUnited States
10/12/2025 4:48:50 PM #

I will pretty much take any excuse to make a Halloween card, but I love that you went in a different direction with these colors.  I still love that whole Painted Lavender suite and you made a lovely card with it!  We lived in Norfolk for about three and a half years and I think we only had one or two trick-or-treaters a year while we were there, so I can understand not having much call for Halloween stuff where you are.  Meanwhile, I have two giant bags full of candy and treats and will probably be stockpiling a little more before the big day--we got a LOT of kids last year and I ran out of candy!

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Stef Perry
Stef PerryUnited States
10/12/2025 8:57:36 PM #

Lavender is definitely the perfect floral to use for this challenge and those die cuts are so dainty and sweet!  It really made me pause and imagine how wonderful a fresh sprig of lavender smells. We don't have any in our yard and methinks my dear hubby needs to remedy that lol! Using the sketch was a great way to showcase those gorgeous papers too.  This is one gorgeous card, Joanne and I thank you for linking up with The Flower Challenge too!  

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Jan Clothier
Jan ClothierNew Zealand
10/13/2025 12:16:38 AM #

It was a pleasure to see this set and those papers back in action. They're perfect for the challenge. This is such a pretty card. Smile

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Michele Ferguson
Michele FergusonUnited States
10/13/2025 1:43:33 PM #

Joanne, I couldn't agree more with you about the 'purple flowers' and should have done the same!  Your lavender is just gorgeous - both flower, and color!!  Your friends and family must be over the moon happy to receive one of your beautiful cards.
Thanks so much for using our TFC colors AND the Freshly Made sketch!
=]

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Jen Timko
Jen TimkoUnited States
10/13/2025 8:36:53 PM #

Love these prints and that lavender is spectacular!  Your elements are so pretty with that print too.  So glad you joined us this week at FMS!

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LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne PuglieseUnited States
10/13/2025 8:51:42 PM #

A gorgeous take on green and purple....these are some of my favorite papers (why didn't I think of them) and your use of the sketch with them is perfect! Love all the little sprigs of greenery among your lavender!

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Claire Broadwater
Claire BroadwaterUnited States
10/16/2025 3:30:11 PM #

Joanne, this is so feminine and pretty!  I love this DSP and the delicate lavender dies.  I love the sprigs  of greenery and that bow is the perfect finishing touch!  Have a great Fall weekend!

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jaydee
jaydeeUnited States
10/18/2025 7:54:18 PM #

Joanne, great way to use the colors.   I love the soft, almost vintage feel of your choice of papers and florals.  The touch of twine is the perfect finishing touch.  Great use of the colors this week
hugs
jaydee

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