Wednesday, November 30, 2011

CTD#170 - Santa

Hello there! It's time for this week's Color Throwdown (CTD170)!   I'm this week's hostess over at the CTD blog and I've chosen some semi-traditional Christmas colors for all of us to create with this week.  I hope you'll find time to play along.

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Tremendous Treats Holiday along with some My Mind's Eye designer paper.  I started out by stamping the fun Santa image from the TTH set, colored him using Copic markers, added some glitter to his cuffs, pom pom on his hat and the stars (see close up photo below)and then die cut him out using a circle Nestie die.  I kept the design of the card clean and bold using these colors, some large green rick-rack, scallop border and large yellow star with button and twine.
Be sure to check out what the other design team members have come up with for this week's Color Throwdown challenge!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Lydia Fiedler - Understand Blue - Our Guest Designer for November/December

Thanks for stopping by!

17 comments:

Joan Ervin said...

Your happy little Santa is sooo cute, Lynn....love how you used the pretty, festive colors!! Thanks for the great challenge!!!

Jodi Collins said...

I absolutely ADORE this! The colors are simply STUNNING together and your layout, coloring and embellishments are spot on!

Kelly Schelske said...

So cute Lynn, love that wide ric rac!

dpkennedy said...

He's a jolly little fellow for sure! This is super cute Lynn! I love the star and the big ric rac trim! Great colors this week!

Lori said...

This is too fun, Lynn! Love how you used the colors. Thanks for a great combination to try this week!

Wanda Cullen said...

After seeing your awesome card, I so wish I had not tweaked the colors to use more subdued tones! LOVE the bold, clean style of your card!

Vicki Stys said...

What a cute and fun Christmas card, Lynn! You rocked the color challenge as always!!!

Dawn Easton said...

Lynn, this is wonderful! Love that adorable snowman!

Broni said...

Wanda is right...your use of these bold, crisp colors is awesome! What a fun holiday card!

Michelle said...

The round Santa makes me smile. Your card is so bright and fun, very modern Christmas card.

Curt in Indy said...

Love the brightness of the colors on this. This is such a fun, cheery Christmas card. Great job on this! Best, Curt

Lesley said...

This is adorable Lynn! I love how you used the colours!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

This card is a stinkin' riot! I LOVE it! :)

Jingle said...

Adorable!

Anonymous said...

Sooooo cute and fun! Congrats on the shout-out by Cath on Moxie Fab World! :)

Helen F. said...

So darn adorable, Lynn! Congrats on being spotted by Cath~MFW :)

Annette Witherspoon ♥ said...

I love how you put all the colors together. That big ric rac with the star and the scallops. I just love it!!