Color Throwdown Challenge #831

 

Tammy brings us Color Throwdown Challenge #831 with a summery color palette 

of sage green, yellow, and coral.

 

I pulled out an older Greetery stencil set and the hardest part was finding an ink color

in my ink inventory that was closest to sage. 

 

Concord & 9th's eucalyptus was a close match and the image was die cut after

stenciling. I ran a panel through a lace doily embossing folder and adhered it to a 

card base. The bouquet was adhered and partially popped up for some dimension.  

After stamping the sentiment I felt that the card needed something so I assembled 

a loopy bow and adhered it near the stems. 

I'm not 100% pleased with my sage green and now I know I'll need to invest in

that color. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Challenge #829

 

I'm nearly down to the deadline for Color Throwdown Challenge #829--blue, lime green,

and green.

I remember starting a card with somewhat similar colors but never finished it

because I was sure I was stenciling it wrong. 

 

At first I didn't like how the leaves and berries overlapped each other. Using blues

and greens looked better than when I used red and green which left brown spots.

This time because the two colors blended well, I thought it fit perfectly with the

challenge colors. 

 

I ran the panel through a quilted cover plate, added the sentiment and a few

blue sequins. And a bit of spatter for good measure.

 

I'm off to link this up. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Challenge #826

 

This week's color palette for Color Throwdown Challenge #826 is pink, brown, and white.

I must admit that I'm not a fan of pink, but paired with brown changes my perspective.

Here's my card using supplies from Altenew's Chocolate Flowers Kit. I was drawn to the 

3D embossing folder and Amy Tsuruta enabled me to get the whole kit after I saw her

fun card. I love that the flowers are another of Altnew's Zero Waste dies which makes

me feel good about not wasting card stock.

The "chocolate" was embossed, trimmed, and adhered to a card base then decorated

with flowers and leaves that were cut from white card stock and colored with pinks 

and beige. An Altenew sentiment and some sequins finished off the card.

Off to link this up--I'm early for a change. Thanks for stopping by!

Featured Stamper for Color Throwdown Challenge #824

 

Hello, and Happy New Year!

 

My mitten and I were thrilled to be chosen the random winner for Color Throwdown 

Challenge #822 and with that honor was an invitation to be the Featured Stamper

for Color Throwdown Challenge #824.

Here's the graphic for the challenge with the colors of black, white, and grey.

Truthfully, I was stumped with the color palette. I couldn't go floral nor graphic so I 

decided to go cute with a dalmatian.

I assembled the Spellbinders dalmatian and fashioned a scarf from dotted paper. 

I stamped the sentiment and ran the panel through an embossing folder then 

adhered it to a card base. After adding some highlights to the pup and skates, 

I popped him up on the card.

 

Are you up for the challenge? I hope you are! We can't wait to see the gallery and 

your creative ideas using the color palette. You have until Monday, January 13th,

2025 at 6:00PM EST to submit your card. 

Many thanks to Color Throwdown for the invitation to join the first challenge of 2025!

Color Throwdown Challenge #822

 

Here's this week's Christmasy colors for Color Throwdown Challenge #822.

 

 

The very traditional green, red, and cream. And here's my gift card holder, a very

non traditional bit of clothing for someone who hails from Hawaii.

 

 I love seeing all the Christmas stockings and mittens that have been popping up 

and it may not be everyday wear but they'd be very welcome high atop a few

mountain ranges on Hawaii island.

 

I ran the die cut mitten through a cable knit embossing folder for a bit of texture

and added the lace trim, button berries and leaves. I finished off with a tag

stamped with a very old Hero Arts sentiment from my stamp inventory.

I just love the font!

Ok, I'm still early but I'll link this up over at CTD. Thanks for stopping by!

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Note: Special warm thanks to Michele for informing her geographically challenged

friend that the state of Michigan is known as the "Mitten State" because of its unique 

shape--a mitten! Besides the temps dropping to levels where you'd require mittens! 

Thanks, Michele!

Also, my mitten was chosen as the random winner for CTD822 and I'll be guesting

in the new year! Thanks so much CTD!

Color Throwdown Challenge #816

 

I consider myself "color challenged" but joined this week's Color Throwdown

Challenge #816 to honor a former Color Throwdown DT member, Barbara Anders 

who recently passed away.

I was on the My Favorite Things design team from 2015 till 2019 and Barbara

was a long time designer--possibly even from the very beginning. I always admired

her ability to create cards so effortlessly, from CAS to elegant and layered. 

Bar could do it all. 

 

Here's my card that I plan to send to her family.

 

Altenew's Hill Blossom stencil is one of my favorite stencils and I've made many

cards with it. It's a first for me to ink up brown leaves and I rather liked how it 

looks together with the orange blooms.

I cut out two panels from Reverse Wonky Rectangles and ran the Doily embossing

folder through one. The back panel was joined to the front to form a hinge and I

liked how the doily left a space for my sentiment.

 

 

Two branches were stenciled and cut with the matching dies. One branch was

adhered directly to the card and the second was trimmed a bit and popped up

over the first. An MFT sentiment finished off the card.

For more information on this week's challenge and how you can send a card to

Bar's family, visit this post. Thanks for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches #649 AND Color Throwdown Challenge #806

It's not often that I enter two challenges but the stars aligned for Freshly Made

Sketches #649 and Color Throwdown Challenge #806.

So here's the sketch.

And here's the color palette.

 

And here's my card that combines both.

The nest and eggs were tossed in the holder for the dies and I don't know why I made

yellow eggs but I had an "aha!" moment and added the greenery. I love it when I don't

have to work too much.

I loosely followed the sketch although I thought about using an MFT hexagon die

but went rogue with the nest. I had to turn the orientation of the card to landscape 

format because the nest took up a lot of the card's real estate in portrait mode.

I stamped the sentiment on a patterned paper strip and embossed the background

with a dotty embossing folder. Done, with days to spare! Yay! 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

Color Hues Challenge #91 -- Red and Green

I'm joining the latest Color Hues Challenge to use hues of RED and GREEN.

 

 

I tried NOT to think of Christmas using other card ideas, but in the end I caved 

and went all in for the holiday.

 

 I reached for The Greetery's BotaniCuts Mistletoe and shaded the branch and 

berries using the same colored ink as the card stock. I assembled the branch

and found an embossed panel that was the perfect piece for the background.

I adhered the mistletoe branch and added the loopy bow cut from gold glitter card 

stock. I tried a white glitter bow (underwhelming) and a red bow (overwhelming)

and in the end the gold won. A simple sentiment from Altenew finished off the card.

I have about a week left to enter another card and I really want to try a non

Christmas theme. We shall see. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Challenge #802

I'm entering Color Throwdown Challenge #802 although I'm not 100% happy

with the colors I chose. Especially the blue.

 

 I wanted to use Pinkfresh Studio's Built on Dreams set but could not find a closer

shade of blue as in the graphic. Then I just decided to go for it since what I used IS 

a shade of blue--just more on the aqua side. 

 

Here's my first attempt, which is perhaps closer in color value to the graphic.

 

But the card seems "blah" to me, which is why I did the aqua one. I loved playing

with the Pinkfresh set. The sentiments can be used for different occasions and 

I'm a huge fan of shaped cards. So there it is.

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown #793

Playing along with the latest from Color Throwdown #793 being drawn to the 

unique color palette: orange, purple, and aqua.

 

 And here's my card featuring new mushrooms from Papertrey Ink.

 

 

I'm a huge fan of mushrooms and I liked the shapes and sizes in the set. I know that 

the colors are uncommon, but I think they give them a whimsical touch.

All of the mushroom parts and leaves were cut from Concord & 9th card stock

and inked to give them more dimension.

A panel was cut from Reverse Wonky Rectangles (again!) and ran through Memory

Box's Pinpoint Leaves Cover Die. I arranged the pieces and finished off with the

sentiment from MFT. 

Ok, I'm off to link this up. Thanks for stopping by!

 

One More for Color Throwdown 790

 It's not often I enter a second card for a challenge, but since some of my Concord & 9th

goodies were already out, a second card was born.

I remember wanting the Weekend Market Dies so badly when it first debuted. And I only

made ONE card. I had the body parts cut out and just had to "dress" her and accessorize

in the challenge colors. 

I assembled her on Altenew's Masonry Wall and cut out the sentiment with 

Oceanside card stock, and finished off the card.

Ok, off to enter my second card. Hope you're having a great weekend!

Color Throwdown Challenge #790

While playing with some older dies, I saw that I'm using the challenge colors 

for Color Throwdown 790 -- yellow, green, and aqua. 

 

Here's my card using Concord & 9th's Triple Step HI Dies and their card stock, too.

 

 

 After die cutting the letters from Oceanside card stock, I inlaid the flowers and leaves

with Buttercup and Parsley card stock, respectively. I found the sentiment, colored in

gradient greens and adhered everything to a panel that was embossed with

Altenew's Organic Linen 3D embossing folder. 

The leaves looked a little flat so I added some color with a YG03 Copic marker.

I'm off to link up this card. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown #781

 

I'm squeezing in a card to Color Throwdown Challenge #781. Here's the challenge graphic.

 

And here's my card using mostly Altenew products.

Flowers and leaves from the Mini Flower Cluster Layering Die Set were cut from

white card stock and colored with peachy/pink colors from The Stamp Market.

Two white card stock panels were cut from Reverse Wonky Rectangles then embossed

with a Sizzix 3D Lace Embossing Folder.

The panels were adhered together by a hinge and the flowers and leaves were

assembled on a slight diagonal. The sentiment and shadow were adhered below

the flowers and the card was finished off with sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you're having a good weekend!

Featured Stamper for Color Throwdown #758

I was so surprised when I found out that my entry was chosen as the random winner for

 Color Throwdown Challenge #756 and that meant an invitation to be the Featured Stamper 

for CTD #758. And I graciously accepted.

The colors are pink, green, magenta, and white. 

 

Here's how I was inspired.

I chose The Greetery's Spring Meadow set paired with some new Concord & 9th inks.

Dragonfruit and Carnation were the best choices for my project although CTD

allows for some leeway with the color palette. 

I was trying to create an OLC but stenciling the image on an angle was a bit too 

challenging so I decided to stencil, then cut out the bouquet. I adhered it to a panel, 

stamped the sentiment, and finished off with some clear sequins

You have until Monday, September 4, 2023 at 6PM EST to link up your projects.

Thanks to the CTD team for the invitation to join you for this week's challenge

and we hope to see you n the gallery!

Color Throwdown #756

I love leaves. I must own a zillion leaf dies and stamps. So when I saw that the

color palette for Color Throwdown Challenge #756 was green, orange, and brown,

it was a no brainer to enter.

 

I chose a large oak leaf and smooshed, blended, and spattered three of them. 

A woodgrain piece was distressed on the edges and adhered to a card base.

The leaves were adhered and finished off with the sentiment.

Off to link up my card. Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner for CTD756 and I'll be the

Featured Stamper for a future challenge! Thank you, CTD!

Color Throwdown Challenge #743

This week's Color Throwdown Challenge 743 is pink, lime, and white.

 

Here's my card using Altenew's Blooming Flower Bed Stencil. Again. 

 

This time, stenciling was a breeze because there was only one color for the flowers 

and green for everything else. Stenciling was done directly on the card base and

I wanted to add a little something so I DIY'd a frame from two rectangle dies

and added the sentiment. Clear sequins finished off the card.

Off to link this up, early for once. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Featured Stamper -- CTD717

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that my card was the random winner over

at Color Throwdown Challenge. And as the Featured Stamper, I was invited to guest 

for Challenge 717.

 

 The color palette is mustard, pink, and green. 

Truthfully I was a little worried but then I remembered I didn't open or use some goodies

from Concord & 9th and used them for the very first time.

The alphas were cut from white card stock and the flowers and leaves were cut from

colored card stock and a bit of color was added so they wouldn't look so flat.

I inlaid the pieces into the alphas and adhered them to a quilted card base. I'm not sure

if you can see it well but teeny tiny green gemstones were added to some leaves. I 

finished off the card with the secondary sentiment.

 

It's such a happy card with the springtime colors--even though we're headed into fall.

Or is it winter? No seasonal changes here in the islands so I'm always clueless.

 

Thanks to Color Throwdown Challenge for the invitation as the Featured Stamper.

Hop on over to the blog and see how the rest of the design team featured the colors

and play along if you can.

One Card, Two Challenges

It's not often that I enter two challenges at once, but my card fits the criteria for

Color Throwdown 715 and Freshly Made Sketches 558.

 

 

Here's my card. The Throwdown colors are green, orange, and white and I just

realized I threw in a bit of gold. Uh oh.

The leaves and sentiment are by Waffle Flower Crafts. I own a bunch of leaf dies

but have to admit that these are among my faves. The solid portion was colored with

Zig Markers and a waterbrush and the gold outline was adhered slightly offset

and bent a little for interest. I stamped the sentiment in brown ink and rounded

off the right bottom corner.

 

Off to enter these--both deadlines are tomorrow! Yikes!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the random winner of the challenge! As the

Featured Stamper I'm invited to join a future challenge. Stay tuned!

 

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My card was also chosen as the Queen of Clean on Freshly Made Sketches!

SO very honored--thank you, Jacquie!

 

Color Throwdown 705

I'm not one to enter color challenges--because I'm color challenged. Unless

the colors jump out and I have an idea, then I'll pass. But this week's challenge 

at Color Throwdown did just that. Jumped out at me and I had an idea.

 

 

Leaves came to mind, although the purple made me decide to use gingko leaves.

I colored three of them, spattered them with white paint and adhered them to a 

white card base. Clear sequins, a Memory Box sentiment and rounded off corner 

finished off the card.

And that's a wrap. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Challenge #613

 Joining Color Throwdown Challenge #613 was a no brainer. Just look at the 

inspiration photo. Yep, those vibrant colors and leaves--I just couldn't resist.

 

 

 Here's my card using Concord & 9th's Leafy Layers Dies.

The solid and outline leaves were cut from white card stock and ink

distressed. I assembled them off center for a bit of interest and  spattered

on some gold ink.

 

I adhered them to a kraft card base and tucked in a few green leaves.

The stamped sentiment finished off the card.

I'm off to link this up. Thanks for stopping by!