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Friday, January 17, 2014

BlogHop - Tropical Fusion!

Hello! and welcome to our Tropical Fusion Bloghop featuring Pantone Color of the Year, Radiant Orchid. You have probably just visited the intricate and lovely designs of the very talented Lisa Rivas.


Here are my design offerings in the spirit of tropical fusion. My inspiration comes from my travels to the tropics (which has not been nearly often enough). What I remember, walking through the jungle, is the proliferation of vines and how the greens emphasized the color and richness of the flowers! And since I am really craving tropical warmth and color during this gloomy, foggy, rainy time of year that seemed like a good place to start. So I began with a simplified flower vine and bold flowers on green. I wanted very simple shapes and crisp color to showcase the radiant orchid (and my old favorite orange).

I've never heard of a tropical paisley, but I have been doodling a lot of paisley's lately, so I decided to create one! Hope my designs give you a little hit of joy and warmth, especially if you live in the cold northern hemisphere!

©2014 Carrie Tasman All Rights Reserved

 and one more...

©2014 Carrie Tasman All Right Reserved

©2014 Carrie Tasman All Right Reserved
Paisley Dog Bed
Thank you for visiting my blog! I hope you have enjoyed your visit. Your next destination on the Tropical Fusion Tour is the talented designer and blogger, Anne M Bray at Pattern Recognition. Enjoy!  

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If you've just joined our blog hop please go to Groovity Designs where you can start from the beginning of the blog hop! A big Thank you to Mary Tanana at Groovity for organizing and getting this blog hop hopping!

39 comments:

Anne M Bray said...

These are great, Carrie! I especially like the paisley.

Oh dear. You have Captchas. LOATHE

Ellie Fidler said...

Awesome, bold and beautiful Carrie. I like the tropical paisleys!

Lesley Todd said...

Lovely! Your colour palette is lush!

bethania said...

Beautiful, crisp take. You got a very good visual description of the tropics. Congrats!

Rebecca Stoner said...

Great collection Carrie. I love your take on the theme which is definitely very tropical! I especially like the top design and it has brightened a very grey day here!

marcyt said...

Your paisleys make me smile!

Dawn Clarkson said...

Really love the paisley's!
Great stuff x

Maike said...

Beautiful designs Carrie, love how you worked with the greens.

Jolene said...

Love the tropical paisley! So fun! And the color palette is great!

Onneke said...

Love your work Carrie, beautiful collection x

Lisa Rivas said...

So fun your work and this jungle approach is brilliant and the designs are fabulous!
Also I really love your use of words like Jetson, Jungle, Tropical Paisley!
Congratulations on a stunning collection and great post! Job so well done. :-)

deborah velasquez said...

Wow! this is just so delicious!!!! Gorgeous!

Claire O'Connor said...

Love the colorplay!!! Sheer deliciousness! Love the unusual and vibrant combo of colors here -- really a happy, creative marriage!

Miranda Mol said...

Wonderful as always, love your orange and purple, woow..

Unknown said...

Lovely Work Carrie!

Unknown said...

Love your patterns Carrie!

CreativeDoodlez said...

Delightful creations, Carrie! I love your paisleys, they're fun!

Mary Tanana said...

Love, love these colors together!! I think the paisley is my fave, I think your dog's fave too??

Joni Barriere said...

Fabulous color palette and great designs. You even gave a radiant orchid header image!

ludmila adams said...

Wonderful colors, thank you for sharing your dog's picture too, made me smile.

LA said...

Wonderful colors, thank you for sharing your dog's picture too, made me smile.

Karla said...

gorgeous collection. congrats! the tropical paisley is my favorite. :)

Virginia N.K. said...

Lovely pattern and thumbs up for the mockup!

Virginia N.K. said...

Lovely pattern and thumbs up for the mockup!

Unknown said...

I love your paisley patterns! Wonderful work x

marie delisle Holmberg/Chic said...

Very articulate use of colors and composition, Nice work!

Unknown said...

Such a fun collection, the bold colours are working great!

Unknown said...

Your designs are fantastic! Lovely choices of color.

gooseberrymoon said...

Beautiful collection, love the colour palette!

Wini said...

Absolutely stunning designs. Very colourful, bright and joyful. The first one is my fave. Love the dog bed too!!

Trina Esquivelzeta said...

Wow, great work, love those patterns.

Lisa Deighan said...

Gorgeous. My fave is the top. Love the colour palette very strong,

Femi Ford said...

great use of contrast carrie! log the dog bed :)

Dreaming on a Star said...

Fab work Carrie. Colours are popping ! x

Tina said...

Lovely!! great idea to make a tropical paisley. The dog bed looks wonderful...

Faye Brown said...

Love your designs and colours! very striking

Unknown said...

Carrie, love these patterns always magical..a sense of the ethereal.

nanditark said...

Wonderful patterns!

julie said...

Carrie- so pretty! I love your folksy take on it. I am also loving your dog bed! julie