Container Garden - CTD685

Hello there! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have the spring colors of orange, green and kraft to create with.

For my card I used The Greetery’s Container Garden stamp set and dies along with the Jumbo Jar die to create a birthday card. I stamped all of the flowers in different shades of orange from pumpkin pie ink to only orange ink along with calypso coral with the centers of the daisies stamped in chocolate chip and ground espresso distress oxide ink. For the inside background of the jar, I blended on some antique linen and brushed corduroy distress oxide ink. For my background, I used a piece of green Doodlebug gingham paper and die cut it using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle dies. Inside the jar, I popped up the two main daisies and one bee and I also added some glitter to most of the flowers and the centers of the daisies.

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 see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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You Goat This - CTD684

Hi there, crafty friends! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some great new colors to create with.

For my card, I used the new Lawn Fawn stamp set, You Goat This along with the coordinating You Goat This die set. To create my barnyard scene I also used the Hey There stamp set and dies and for my clouds I used the All the Clouds stamp set and dies. All of my images were stamped, die cut and then colored using copic markers. 

For my background I die cut a piece of white card stock using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle dies and then blended on some fossilized amber along the bottom and using the Cloudy Stencil I blended on some speckled egg oxide ink along the top. To give the ground in my goat area some texture, I sprinkled on some water droplets which I absorbed with paper towel and then watered down some brushed corduroy oxide ink and sprinkled the area using a paint brush to give more texture with a darker tone. I used my Misti tool to stamp my sentiments and then added my images popping up the three goats.

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 see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Market Cart - CTD683

Hello! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some great new colors to creates with! We hope you’ll take the time to play along.

Some weeks when I’m creating my card for the Color Throwdown Challenge I use not only the colors but the inspiration photo as well, but this week since I was so exited to use my new Market Cart dies and Squeeze The Day sentiment set and dies from the latest Honey Bee Stamps release, I couldn’t resist and just went for using the challenge colors and adding in some neutrals like the browns and black.

I’ve been on such a kick for stamping and coloring images to create a card that die cutting and doing more paper crafting using the Market Cart dies was a break from that and a ton of fun. I started out by die cutting the cart from white card stock and the push handle and leg of the cart from black card stock. Next I die cut two of the awing pieces, one from white card stock and the other black and using the score lines I cut the black one and glued on the pieces to create a striped awning.

After that, I used some silver metallic paper and black card stock and cut and glued the wheel and also the middle scalloped piece of the cart. Once that was done I die cut the pots, flowers and greenery. 

Once all of my pieces were die cut, including the grass, I blended on some distress oxide inks to give dimension. I used lucky clover for the grass and greenery, vintage photo on the clay pots and walnut stain on the wooden display shelves for the pots. I also used a few copic markers on the flowers to highlight the detail in the die cut pieces. For my background I used a piece of gray gingham paper and then popped up the whole cart and the front flower pot using foam tape. To finish off my card, I used the new Squeeze the Day sentiment set and dies (I love that they have dies for their sentiments) and added it to the front of my cart.

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 see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Garden Party Mini Slimline Card - CTD682

Hi there, crafty friends! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some great new colors to create with.

For my card I used the Hello Bluebird stamp set Garden Party along with the coordinating dies to create a mini slimline birthday card. I also used a few images from the Fairy Dance stamp set which include the dragonfly and flowers.

All of my images were stamped, die cut and then colored with copic markers. For my background, I used the Hello Bluebird Mini Slimline dies and die cut a piece of white card stock which I blended on my cloudy sky using tumbled glass and peacock feathers distress oxide ink, but also a piece of orange polka dot paper. I used Grassy Hillside border dies and die cut a piece of green parakeet card stock then blended on some mowed lawn distress ink. I used my Misti tool to stamp my sentiment and the music notes in my background and then assembled my card, popping up the three birds and two bugs 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 see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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.