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At this time of year purple tends to make a reappearance, yet it has a reputation for being hard to use or wear. Throughout Autumn 2011 I'll be blogging some tips, tricks and projects featuring the colour purple and I'll also be pinning inspiration here. For full details you can visit http://notesonpaper.blogspot.com/p/purple-phase.html which also contains a full list of posts so far.
For the final post + palette of the series yellow + silver shoes have sneaked their way in to the purple-ness. #PurplePhase
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Julie from 'J-Squared' shared this page after I blogged about the same poem. #PurplePhase
[Yet] another project where I used purple with kraft. This travel journal was the final creative post of my purple series. #PurplePhase
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A colour palette taken from the 1st ever 12x12 scrapbook pages I made based on the Jenny Joseph poem about wearing purple. #PurplePhase
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This caught my eye on Kate Crane's blog - not simply because her pages always catch my eye but because above it she wrote: "...here's a journal page in progress. I forced myself to use purple 'cos I don't do purple! Not sure why .... I like it when I see what other people have done with the colour but I find it tricky. Now all I need to do is journal on this." #PurplePhase
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Louise of 'Boys, Bugs + Beautiful Buttons' let me know about her gorgeous purple layered Christmas decoration. I love this idea! [Louise's post links back to a tutorial on how to make it]. #PurplePhase
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Now *this* is how to wear purple! Jessica Colaluca from Design Seeds #PurplePhase
These cards really caught my eye even before I noticed Ginger had mentioned the series in her purple-spotting post. #PurplePhase
@Kirsty Neale's special guest project for #PurplePhase - complete with templates to download.
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Using purple with stone, brown and a tiny splash of teal. #PurplePhase
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Mel from 'Let's Get Scrappy' shared another layout influenced by some of the 'purple with neutral' colour palettes from the series #PurplePhase
I really like this bag, made by @Amanda Priestley - complete with lining which [coincidentally] matches her wallpaper! #PurplePhase
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Using purple ... with shades of grey. Outfit post. #PurplePhase
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Using purple ... with shades of grey. Outfit post. #PurplePhase
This palette is inspired by the bedding in my bedroom. Click through for photos of pattern + colour combinations. #PurplePhase
Interior from elle Decor - on the Henry Road blog. #PurplePhase
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Mel of 'Let's Get Scrappy' made a page using one of the #PurplePhase colour palettes.
Love this - even though / because it's a lot like some of my bedding. From Lune Vintage.
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Possibly the most traditional combination of the series. If you click through there's a cardmaking project using this palette. #PurplePhase
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Using purple as a pattern, with stone + denim. #PurplePhase
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A lovely page from ginger [of Ginger's Life of Spice] using the Glitz 'Dance in the Sunshine' range. I've used this range too and it's a great mix of colours with purple. Really usable. #PurplePhase
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This colour palette is based on a favourite necklace of mine. If you click through to the post you can see how my guest-blogger @Lara Watson interpreted this combination into a #scrapbook page.
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A beautiful post about a handmade [purple-themed] wedding. Click through to the post for more beautiful handmade touches by Emma and her talented bridesmaid who made her own dress + shawl! #PurplePhase
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Nice splatter-y splodginess on this page by Heidi Kelley [for the Shimmerz Paints blog] #PurplePhase
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Ginger from Ginger's Life of Spice compiled some of her beautiful purple creations in this post. Click through for more purple-shaded inspiration. #PurplePhase
Jenny from Inky Paws documented her love for purple shoes in this great page. The brown accents work so well. #PurplePhase
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@Kirsty Neale delved into her archive to share some purple splendour! #PurplePhase
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Helen from 'Craft Imperfect' let me know she'd tried out the 'purple with neutrals' combination I've been going on [and on] about! She made this great non-Halloween page using Halloween themed supplies. Thanks Helen! #purplephase #scrapbooking
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@Alexa's brilliant take on her own #purplephase. Click through to her post for a link to the digital templates she created and used here. [Free download]. #scrapbooking
From a post on the Henry Road blog loking at interiors featuring the purply shade of figs! "These colors are so easily reinterpreted into lovely rich living spaces.". #purplephase
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My #cardmaking project to illustrate using purple with coral. #purplephase
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The 7th colour palette from my #PurplePhase series. sing purple with teal, coral + black. Click through to see a #cardmaking project using this combination.
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A #PurplePhase guest post from @Sian Fair Click through to see the layout she created using this colour combination.
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Using purple with pink, red + denim. An outfit with retro floral prints ... and stripey pink Converse. Y'know ... the 'classics' of any lady's wardrobe. #purplephase
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One of my latest collages available in my shop. Appropriately purpley. #purplephase
Great purple/yellow combination by Louise Nelson. Click through to blog post for more splashes of purple too. #purplephase
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Journal page made + brought to my attention by 'The Crafting Owl' on UKScrappers. #purplephase
Inspired by #purplephase Sarah from Craft Among the Landrovers experimented with a purple colour-way on a Christmas card.
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Using purple with plum, fuchsia + cream. A combination in which the purple gains warmth from the addition of cream. Click through for an art-journal page using this scheme. #purplephase
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Another lovely combination of purple, yellow and grey from @Shimelle Laine. Made using a digi-kit which is still free to download if you're a TwoPeas member.
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Shimelle Laine look at you! i didn't even realise i had used those colours before. so different on the cream background!
Julie Kirk @Shimelle Laine Freakishly it was in the 'You might also like' bit of your PhotoLove post when I read it earlier.
Shimelle Laine well hey! apparently you also liked! how apt.
Purple Glimmer Mist over houndstooth paper - by Sharmaine Kruijver. I keep seeing purple with black lately ... might have to give it a go. #purplephase
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Sharmaine Kruijver I thought of you when I was playing with the purple mist :)
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![[Yet] another project where I used purple with kraft. This travel journal was the final creative post of my purple series. #PurplePhase](http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/117445502752154117_skxFBuTh_b.jpg)
![Louise of 'Boys, Bugs + Beautiful Buttons' let me know about her gorgeous purple layered Christmas decoration. I love this idea! [Louise's post links back to a tutorial on how to make it]. #PurplePhase](http://media-cache2.pinterest.com/upload/117445502752147703_rh0o1fxV_b.jpg)
![I really like this bag, made by @Amanda Priestley - complete with lining which [coincidentally] matches her wallpaper! #PurplePhase](http://media-cache4.pinterest.com/upload/117445502752120687_sHUHn7sr_b.jpg)
![A lovely page from ginger [of Ginger's Life of Spice] using the Glitz 'Dance in the Sunshine' range. I've used this range too and it's a great mix of colours with purple. Really usable. #PurplePhase](http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/117445502752101492_kEbYZBVD_b.jpg)
![A beautiful post about a handmade [purple-themed] wedding. Click through to the post for more beautiful handmade touches by Emma and her talented bridesmaid who made her own dress + shawl! #PurplePhase](http://media-cache2.pinterest.com/upload/117445502752098136_NL1yrNth_b.jpg)
![Nice splatter-y splodginess on this page by Heidi Kelley [for the Shimmerz Paints blog] #PurplePhase](http://media-cache3.pinterest.com/upload/117445502752098126_wnL7eLQb_b.jpg)
![Helen from 'Craft Imperfect' let me know she'd tried out the 'purple with neutrals' combination I've been going on [and on] about! She made this great non-Halloween page using Halloween themed supplies. Thanks Helen! #purplephase #scrapbooking](http://media-cache-ec0.pinterest.com/upload/117445502752090750_iu64EmCi_b.jpg)
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Emma Robinson Awwww thank you Julie! X