When Friends Gather... CTD517

 Happy Halloween! It’s hard to believe that it's October 31st and we’re moving into November already.

Today starts a new Color Throwdown Challenge with some great fall colors and we hope you’ll play along.

 For my card I used the Hello Bluebird stamp set Fall Friends along with the Fall Friends dies. As soon as I saw the inspiration challenge photo with the books, I knew I wanted to use these cute images. I started out by stamping several of the images from the set and coloring them using Copic markers then die cut them out. Next I used some Lawn Fawn Knit Picky Fall paper and die cut my frame from the brown patterned paper using the Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame Die #3. For my background, I used a piece of teal paper from the same knit picky paper pack and for my hill slope, I used some Happy Harvest Doodlebug paper and die cut it using the Stitched Hillside Borders die. I adhered all of my images, popping up the fox with foam tape, and then added my panel to a white card base.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

 Birgit Edblom - October Guest Designer

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Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice - CTD516

 Hello, crafty friends! Today is Wednesday which means that it's time for a new Color Throwdown Challenge.

For my card, I used the Hello Bluebird stamp set Autumn Gatherings along with the Autumn Gatherings dies to make a fall themed card for a friend. The little critters in this stamp set are adorable and the sentiments that coordinate are super fun. I started out by stamping the fox image along with a few leaves and a pumpkin and colored them using Copic markers, then die cut them out. I just love how when you die cut these critters, the arms die cut leaving a slot to slid in everything from a coffee to pie. I used the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies and die cut a white rectangle, then used some tumbled glass and peacock feathers distress inks and did a blended background. Next I die cut a piece of cream cardstock to ground my images and blended some cocoa ink along the edges and adhered that to the bottom of my rectangle. Then I adhered that to a stitched die cut rectangle of tropical teal cardstock. I added my images, popping up the fox using foam tape. I used a white card base and added a die cut stitched piece of Doodlebug Design happy harvest paper with a strip of Lawn Fawn Knit Picky teal paper toward the bottom. 

For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

 Birgit Edblom - October Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

You’re the Cream to my Coffee - CTD515

 It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge.

For my card, I used the Lawn Fawn stamp set Thanks a Latte along with the Thanks a Latte dies for my main focus with the coffee mug and I also used the Pick of the Patch stamp set and Pick of the Patch dies for the white pumpkins, squirrel and leaves and the owl is from the Jump for Joy set. I started out by stamping my images and coloring them using Copic markers and then die cutting them out. I used an Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables die and die cut first a piece of brown Knock on Wood paper and then a piece of Knit Picky Fall green paper and adhered them together. Next I stamped my sentiment onto a white banner and added that along the bottom of my die cut rectangle then I added my stitched rectangle onto a piece of chocolate chip cardstock and adhered that to a white card base. Then I adhered my pumpkins and leaves and popped up the coffee mug with hedgehog, squirrel and owl with foam tape.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

 Birgit Edblom - October Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Pick of the Patch - CTD514

Hello, hello and happy Wednesday! We’ve got a new Color Throwdown Challenge that starts today and we’ve got the perfect colors for creating fall themed cards.

For my card, I used the new Lawn Fawn stamp set Pick of the Patch along with the Pick of the Patch dies. I’m entering my card into the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #38 which is Awesome Autumn. To create my card, I stamped a bunch of the images I wanted to use including three of the corn stalks from the Happy Harvest stamp set, then colored them with Copic markers. Next I die cut some chocolate chip cardstock using the Leafy Tree Backdrop Landscape die then I  die cut some Knock on Wood kraft colored paper with the Little Picket Fence die and some yellow Knit Picky paper using the Stitched Hillside Borders die. Once that was done, I using some tumbled glass and stormy sky distress ink for my background and I blended on some wild honey along the top edge of my stitched hill. After that I adhered my images, popping up the two squirrels and the center jack-o-lantern with foam tape. I tried to make it look as though the little squirrel in the middle was popping out of the pumpkin by adding some black pen lines around the lid of the jack-o-lantern.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

 Birgit Edblom - October Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Koi - Wishing You Love & Peace

 Hello! I hope all of you had a great weekend. Today I’m sharing the card I created for my husband’s birthday which was a few weeks ago.

 I used the Hero Arts stamp set Color Layering Koi along with the Color Layering Koi Frame Cuts to create my card. I knew my husband would love the koi fish images since we have a pond with five different koi. To create my card, I used a white card base, then watercolored a piece of watercolor paper using my Jane Davenport watercolors. Once that was dry, I blended on some crushed olive and peacock feathers distress ink to intensify the watercoloring. Next I stamped the bubbles from the set using the same peacock feathers ink and then lining up my sentiment, I used my Misti tool to stamp it in black palette ink. After that, I die cut and stamped my images in only orange (SU), black, pure poppy (PTI), simply chartreuse, hibiscus burst and raspberry fizz. I adhered all of my images to my card front, popping up the koi fish and the waterlily with foam tape. The last step I did was to add some Glossy Accents to the stamped bubbles and random dots in my background and the eyes of the koi.

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Warm Wishes - CTD513

Hello there! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge. Before I get to my challenge card, I’d like to welcome this month’s talented guest designer, Birgit Edblom.

 For my card, I used the new Lawn Fawn stamp set Thanks a Latte along with the coordinating Thanks a Latte dies. I started out with a white card base, then added a piece of green plaid paper from the new LF Knit Picky fall paper pack which I die cut using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables die. Next I added a horizontal strip of some enchanted evening retired designer paper and die cut some white cardstock using the Stitched Mini Scallop Square Stax. Once that was done I stamped my images and colored them with Copic markers then die cut them out (I stamped the spoon from the Love You a Latte set). Before I adhered my images to the scalloped square, I added a light shadow using a T1 gray Copic marker. I popped up the mug and scalloped square using foam tape. Then I used an Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strip die and stamped my sentiment. To give my card more of a winter look, I used the Mini Snowflakes dies and some of the new Sparkle Cardstock Pixie Dust.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location. Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

 Birgit Edblom - October Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.