Wednesday 11 June 2014

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell's version of "Big Yellow Taxi" was a favourite song of mine back in my teens, although it was  to be many years before I managed to visit New York and  see a big yellow taxi in real life, so the words of the song always puzzled me because at the time I was under the impression that ALL taxis were black.

The taxi die in the X-cut Build-a-Scene London set is supposed, of course, to be a London Black Cab but by cutting it in yellow and adding a few stamped skyscrapers and a smudge of grey watercolour, I've taken it to the other side of the Atlantic (and if it was possible to get there so quickly in real life, I'd visit a lot more often!)


I'm joining in with
Addicted to CAS challenge #40 - Transport
Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #99 - CAS

11 comments:

sandie said...

I love this, such a cool idea to use the yellow card. I have this set and was going to use it but wasn't clever enough to go with the yellow card idea. Thanks for the future inspiration! Great to see you join us at ATCAS

Linda Beeson said...

I am in love with that adorable little yellow taxi

stressfreestamping said...

Great CAS card! I love the simplicity of the colors you chose too. Thanks for joining us at ATSM. :-)

Unknown said...

I'm imagining being in that fab yellow taxi visiting all those great shops in NY Jane! Great monochrome with that splash of colour. Thanks for joining us at ATCAS.

Karen x

OH Babs said...

Love the card, it really stands out on the page.

Deborah Frings said...

Simply fabulous!!! I do like the way the yellow taxi pops! Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week!

Loll said...

The pop of the yellow taxi is awesome against the black city silhouette. Great design Jane. Thanks for joining us at ATCAS.

Sarah G said...

Love the yellow taxi against the skyline - it really pops out of the gallery at ATCAS!

Deepti said...

The yellow over the black cityscape is looking so cool :) thank you for sharing with ATSM !

kreamina said...

Striking yellow against the black!! COOL

Darnell said...

This is such an awesome card, Jane! I love the black cityscape with that fog rolling in and that pop of yellow! Congratulations on the Top Three from ATCAS!! Hugs, Darnell