Wednesday, May 30, 2012

CTD194 - Happy Father's Day

Good morning friends!  It's Wednesday and time for the Color Throwdown Challenge.  The talented Barbara is our hostess this week and she's chosen some great colors for us to work with.


I have a customer who requested a few Father's Day cards in her order so I used this week's colors to create two cards for her.

For this first card I used the Retro Sketches #13 Challenge for my layout along with the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Happy Day and Houndstooth.  For both cards that I created I used mostly the same materials but just switched them up a bit and used different layouts.  It may be difficult to see in the photo but I stamped the large houndstooth pattern along the bottom right corner in soft sky on top of the My Mind's Eye designer paper to add some texture to that area.

For my second card, I used the Deconstructed Sketch #53 for my layout and the same materials as the card above. 



Supplies: Happy Day & die, Houndstooth, Tag die - PTI, My Mind's Eye dp, Twill, Twine, Brads, Foam tape.
 
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
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Kittie Caracciolo - Kittie Kraft - as our May Guest Designer

I hope you'll take the time to play along with the CTD challenge this week!

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14 comments:

Wanda Cullen said...

Lynn, I love both masculine cards you created...especially the layered tag on the first one! Great use of the colors!

Jen Shults said...

Oh this are fantastic! I love the tag on the first one combined with the gorgeous matching stamping! And your DS card is awesome! LOVE the bit of twine wrapped around the ribbon... that's brilliant! Thanks for joining us this week! ;)

Barbara said...

I love them both! Fab layouts and color use--as always!

dpkennedy said...

These are both great! I love the tag and your layout on both are just perfect!

Lori said...

These colors are great for Father's Day cards! Love both designs.

Vicki Stys said...

Lynn, both of these cards are perfect for Father's Day... great colors and mixture of stamps and paper and textures, too. I'm sure your customer will love them!

Jackie Rockwell said...

Wonderful color combo for a masculine card Lynn! The sketch looks fantastic on its side. LOVE it! So glad you played in this week's RetroSketches challenge!

Tracey McNeely said...

Fantastic Father's Day card Lynn, those colours are perfect!

Dawn Easton said...

Oh fantastic! Love those colours! The way you used the red is wonderful!!!

Wanda G (stampcat) said...

Hi Lynn!
Happy weekend! Great card and layout. Your work is always fun and inspiring. :-)

Joan Ervin said...

What awesome layouts and stamps you used for these beautiful Father's Day cards, Lynn...both designs are fantastic!!!!

Tammy Hershberger said...

These are AWESOME, Lynn! LOVE the way you used these colors, and your great use of both sketches! Fabulous layering and great details!

Broni said...

Both of these cards are just super, Lynn! What father wouldn't love to receive them?! You really made them so special with all the cool details, yet kept them very masculine!

Unknown said...

Father's day is just around the corner so I've been browsing for some ideas for fathers day cards and I've seen yours. They are truly stunning! Thanks for sharing. Kudos to the creator ;-)