:::Purple:::

Posted on February 3, 2008 by gothicarches

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This weeks theme at Gothic Arches is “Purple”…my favorite color. I am a February baby, my birthstone (amethyst) and birthflower (violet) are also my favorite color. What do you think of when the color purple is mentioned? Violets growing sweetly in a meadow? Rich jewels on the Queen’s crown? A deep rich starry sky? Whatever the thought may be we want to see it here at Gothic Arches.

A bit about our hostess:

My name is Nancy Maxwell James and I live in Michigan with my husband and our 3 fur babies. I have three children: Ian who is a collage student, Andrew who is serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq, and a daughter Allison who is also a student. I love mixed media, cards, scrapbooking and genealogy. I also love all the wonderful artists and friends I have met through blogging.

In celebration of my birthday this week I selected purple as our theme. I have always loved the color and have many trinkets and keepsakes that I collect that are purple. My Grandmother also loved the color and passed down many precious heirlooms to me because we shared that love.

You many visit my blog http://vintagepapers.blogspot.com to see more of my artwork.

Can’t wait to see the pretty purple creations this week! 🙂

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83 Responses

  1. Nancy Maxwell James, on February 3, 2008 at 2:16 pm said:

    I am looking forward to seeing all the beautiful purple creations this week! 🙂

    Here is mine:

    http://vintagepapers.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-gothic-arch.html

    Have fun creating! 🙂

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  3. Dymphie, on February 3, 2008 at 2:27 pm said:

    It’s been a while since I made an arch, almost forgot how fun this shape is. Here’s my night sky butterfly longing for the moon:
    http://papierenavonturen.blogspot.com/2008/02/gac-purple.html

    Wishing you a wonderful birthday Nancy!
    Dymphie

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  4. Sandy, on February 3, 2008 at 2:54 pm said:

    Wow wonderful theme. Here is my arch. Thanks for looking.

    http://stempelchaotin.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/gothic-arches-purple/

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  6. Eija, on February 3, 2008 at 4:30 pm said:

    Hello! Here is my card.

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  7. Robyn Phelan Sharp, on February 3, 2008 at 4:35 pm said:

    I love purple too…Here’s my entry…
    http://feelinsharp.blogspot.com/

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  8. Caryl, on February 3, 2008 at 5:03 pm said:

    I love purple! What a wonderful Theme!
    http://carylsrealm.blogspot.com/

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  9. Tova, on February 3, 2008 at 5:05 pm said:

    Wow ! it’s not easy for me, ’cause I hate purple, lol !!!
    But a challenge is challenge, then I nevertheless made my arch :-))
    http://scraptova.canalblog.com/archives/2008/02/03/7807476.html#comments
    TFL !

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  10. Kily, on February 3, 2008 at 5:44 pm said:

    Not so easy… I don´t like purple…but I try! My first entry:
    http://kilys.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/purple/trackback/
    TFL

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  11. kreativgeschwafel, on February 3, 2008 at 6:05 pm said:

    Nancy, I hope you’ll have a wonderful birthday this week! 🙂

    Here’s my entry for the theme “purple”:
    http://kreativgeschwafel.wordpress.com/
    Thanks for looking,
    Ilonka

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  12. Ros, on February 3, 2008 at 6:15 pm said:

    Lovely colours to use today. Looking forward to seeing all the other arches.
    http://stampandscrape.blogspot.com/2008/02/ophelia.html

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  15. Kris Dickinson, on February 3, 2008 at 8:21 pm said:

    Here is my entry for this week:

    http://nostalgiccollage.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-paris-and-pearls.html

    I had a great time playing with a color I rarely use….thanks!

    and……Thanks for looking!

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  16. Marion, on February 3, 2008 at 8:34 pm said:

    One of my favourite colours, so thanks for the lovely theme!
    http://bockel24.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arch-purple.html

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  18. Louise, on February 3, 2008 at 8:48 pm said:

    Nancy, happy birthday to you. Thanks for the purple challenge.
    http://kardkrazy.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arch-challenge.html

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  19. Filetta, on February 3, 2008 at 8:54 pm said:

    here is my purple arch !

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  20. Karen Owen, on February 3, 2008 at 9:06 pm said:

    This was a great theme. I love purple, but I don’t use it very often in my art, so it was good to shake things up a bit.

    http://karenink.typepad.com/karens_muse_and_musings/2008/02/the-discerning.html

    Thanks for looking!

    Karen

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  22. Rosalie Ackerson, on February 3, 2008 at 9:32 pm said:

    Here is my first entry. I just had to stop and do a purple arch.
    http://rosalieackersonartworks.blogspot.com/

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  23. Cynthia (Rainbow Lady), on February 3, 2008 at 9:52 pm said:

    How anyone cannot like Purple is beyond me! As everyone who looks at my blog knows it is my favourite colour so thank you for this challenge.
    Thanks for looking too.
    Love Cynthia X

    http://rainbowladyscraftyblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-gothic-arch.html

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  24. Willy, on February 3, 2008 at 11:19 pm said:

    Purple ..!!! I don’t like that colour, but it’s a challenge so here is my entry:

    http://willyanderson.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arches-purple.html

    Willy

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  25. Kriss Cramer, on February 4, 2008 at 12:49 am said:

    Happy Birthday to you, Nancy…whatever your date is in February! I’m also a February birthday and that’s what inspired by arch today. I’ve posted it at http://art-interrupted.blogspot.com/.

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  26. gaby braun, on February 4, 2008 at 1:23 am said:

    Oh my God! I’ve made a mistake! You’ve said purple, but I had pink in my mind and make a pink arch! Sorry!

    http://gaby-cajubrasil.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothicarches-pink.html

    This happens when you have to many things to make.

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  27. Tami Roth, on February 4, 2008 at 3:54 am said:

    Happy Birthday, Nancy! Here’s my Purple Arch!
    Tami R.

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  28. Katelyn, on February 4, 2008 at 3:56 am said:

    Wow, I didn’t think I’d like purple, but I ended up making 3 purple arch pieces. This is my favorite:
    http://www.stampingmad.com/gothic-arch-challenge-purple-arch/

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  29. Judy, on February 4, 2008 at 4:45 am said:

    Here is my purple challenge-
    http://mangaroamade@blogspot.com

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  30. Linda, on February 4, 2008 at 5:59 am said:

    Here’s my arch. Thank you for the challenge to use this color…I always forget how much I like it!

    http://lambworld.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arches.html

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  31. Lorraine Beaumont, on February 4, 2008 at 8:21 am said:

    Happy Birthday, Nancy! Here’s my “Purple Passion” card:

    Gothic Arch Purple

    Thanks for looking!
    ~Lorraine

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  32. Liesbeth, on February 4, 2008 at 9:07 am said:

    Here is my purple arch, thanks for looking !

    http://liesbethart.blogspot.com/

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  33. Marina, on February 4, 2008 at 10:11 am said:

    My very first Gothic Arches challange, I hope you will enjoy looking at my first try to make Arches. Thanks for visiting.

    http://marinahuisman.punt.nl/?gr=793822#448491

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  36. Nellie, on February 4, 2008 at 1:03 pm said:

    Purple is one of my favorites too. Here is my arch for this week
    http://dutchstamptramp.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arches-purple.html

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  39. Cathy, on February 4, 2008 at 4:09 pm said:

    here’s mine:

    Happy is the Heart of an Uncaged Bird

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  41. Gerda, on February 4, 2008 at 6:43 pm said:

    I love purple, have done all my life , also in combination with orange….my first bike was painted in those colours!Anyway, this is my purple gothic arch:
    http://freubelgerda.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arch-purple.html

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  43. Debby Harriettha, on February 4, 2008 at 6:58 pm said:

    What a great theme. Thanks Nancy!
    You can find mine here:

    http://innerreflections.typepad.com/

    Debby

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  44. Lisa Renea, on February 4, 2008 at 8:03 pm said:

    I can’t wait to see all the challenge creations! Not my usual, but you can view mine here:
    http://tatteredtiara.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arch-challenge-purple.html

    Great challenge Nancy!

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  48. Rosie, on February 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm said:

    Here’s my purple entry!! Sorry it’s not brighter…

    Gothic arches – purple

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  51. ~*~ Patty, on February 5, 2008 at 12:22 am said:

    Purple, such a pretty color!!! Here’s my arch:

    Gothic Arches

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  52. Jeri Aaron, on February 5, 2008 at 12:26 am said:

    Finally – here is my purple arch ~

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  53. poetryman69, on February 5, 2008 at 2:35 am said:

    no arches here but I enjoy the creativity

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  54. Kersten in Alaska, on February 5, 2008 at 5:50 am said:

    Here’s my purple arch – I forget how much I love this color! I don’t use it nearly enough in my day-to-day creativity.

    Peace,
    Kersten

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  56. Tova, on February 5, 2008 at 8:49 am said:

    Beautiful collage !

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  58. mapie, on February 5, 2008 at 10:56 am said:

    My purple arch is here.

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  59. Nan, on February 5, 2008 at 4:02 pm said:

    Here’s my entry for this week’s challenge…http://pandoras-artbox.blogspot.com/2008/02/sundays-daily-artgothic-arch-sunday.html

    Thanks for looking!

    ~*~Nan~*~

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  61. SaLi, on February 5, 2008 at 9:47 pm said:

    here is my entry for this wonderful theme

    http://stempelreich.myblog.de/stempelreich/art/5769022/GA_purple

    thanks for looking!!

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  62. Kris Dickinson, on February 6, 2008 at 1:21 am said:

    I decided to do one more…this time with last week’s theme as well, dogs and purple:

    http://nostalgiccollage.blogspot.com/2008/02/gothic-arch-challenge-dogs-purple.html

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  63. Patricia, on February 6, 2008 at 3:43 am said:

    This was a beautiful choice of themes. I have mine all done and on my blog. I can’t express how thrilled I was to see my arch on the blog here. Thank-You. I look forward each week to these lovely challenges.

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  65. Maryanne, on February 6, 2008 at 5:23 am said:

    Purple isn’t my fav, but what an exchange of color and spirit.

    Maryanne

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  67. Maryanne, on February 6, 2008 at 5:31 am said:

    Fantastic art. here’s my link.

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  68. tchou, on February 6, 2008 at 7:27 am said:

    great theme! thank you!

    here is my entry:

    http://www.scrapenreve.com/

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  71. Deb Lewis, on February 6, 2008 at 7:59 pm said:

    After months of wanting to join this fun challenge… who can resist purple! Here’s my link and thanks for taking a peek! Deb
    http://vintagemoonstudio.typepad.com/vintage_moon_studio/2008/02/gothic-arch-cha.html

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  75. Linda M, on February 7, 2008 at 1:43 pm said:

    I’m always a late comer. I have to think about these things first! Anyway, here’s mine:

    http://redplaid3.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-arch-challenge.html

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  78. Janny, on February 7, 2008 at 11:22 pm said:

    Ik hoop its purple enough;o) Here is mine, the first Arch.

    http://wwwtricolore.blogspot.com/

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  79. Chouquette13, on February 8, 2008 at 9:50 am said:

    My participation for this challenge I like very much your subjects
    Thank you for your ideas

    http://chouquette13.canalblog.com/archives/2008/02/08/7874897.html

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  81. Keron Lee, on February 10, 2008 at 1:58 am said:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCY – I hope you had/have a lovely day doing EXTRA special things & that 2008 is a great year for you & yours!

    http://tinyurl.com/36fnj9

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  82. Wanda H, on February 10, 2008 at 2:03 am said:

    I finally managed to participate in a challenge on this site… yay!!! You can find my entry here

    http://artbywanda.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-gothic-arch.html

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  83. CreativSpirit, on February 10, 2008 at 11:49 am said:

    Although I am very late with this challenge, here is my entry

    http://creativspirit.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-gothic-arch.html

    Rob

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