Time to Celebrate - CTD676

Today I’m sharing my card for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where the colors are red, cream and gold.

To create my card I used the MFT stamp set, Celebrate with Cake along with the coordinating dies. I honestly don’t know if this set is available or retired but its a fun set to stamp with and can work for a number of different occasions.

I stamped the cake layers in antique linen distress oxide ink, the cake stand in chocolate chip, the flowers in real red and the leaves in new leaf ink. In the center of each flower I added some gold Stickles glitter and popped up the cake and stand using foam tape. The background was die cut using the Outside In Stitched Rectangles dies and I used some woodgrain, Doodlebug pale yellow dotted paper and white card stock. I stamped my sentiment onto a white banner that I die cut using the essential fishtail sentiment strips dies.

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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Have a Novel Birthday

Hello! Good morning! I’m popping in to share a card that I created using the fun My Favorite Things stamp set Our Story. I don’t know about you but I’m an avid reader and once the fall/winter temps get cold I love to snuggle up with a good book, a cup of tea and my cat, so this set definitely speaks to me.

 To create my card, I used the pretty colors from the current Sunday Stamps Challenge and the MFT Our Story stamp set and Our Story dies. I used the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies to die cut a piece of Doodlebug paper for my background and a strip of Perfectly Plaid fall paper. I stamped my sentiment and die cut it using the Stitched Fishtail Sentiment Strips die.   I also used the Outside In Stitched Square Stackables dies to die cut a piece of Knock on Wood paper and Knit Picky paper for my images. I stamped my images and colored them using Copic markers then die cut them out and adhered them to my stitched square, popping up the girl in the chair, the stack of books and the cat with foam tape. I also used foam tape to pop up the stitched square which I adhered to my background.

Thanks - CTD505

Hello, hello! It’s Wednesday and time for a new Color Throwdown Challenge.

 For my card, I used the My Favorite Things stamp set Bold Blooms to create a thank you card. It drives me crazy that it looks like the color pinks on my card don’t match in these photos, there’s nothing worse for me than when I’ve taken the time to create a card and the colors don’t photograph well because the lighting is off even after editing. You’ll have to trust me when I say that the die cut Thanks was cut from raspberry fizz cardstock and two of the flowers were stamped in raspberry fizz ink and they do match. 
To create my card, I die cut a panel of soft stone gray cardstock using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle dies, then used the Diagonal Bars stencil and blended on some going gray ink. Next I die cut a bunch of the flowers and stems from the Bold Blooms set, using the Bold Blooms dies, and stamped the flowers in raspberry fizz and hibiscus burst and the leaves and stems in hawaiian shores and tropical teal (I really do love this color combination). After that, I die cut two of the thanks from the Thanks & Hello dies, one in white cardstock and another in raspberry fizz and glued them together slightly off so that the white would shadow the raspberry and then glued the thanks to the bottom of my gray panel. Once that was done, I arranged my flowers and leaves and adhered them down, popping up the one flower with foam tape for dimension. For a little bit of glitz, I added some teal sequins and some icicle Stickles to the center of the flowers.

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
 Joy Taylor - August Guest Designer

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Bold Blooms
Die-namics Bold Blooms

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Die-namics Thanks & Hello

A Whole Lot of Lovely - CTD491

 Hello there!  It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge!

Welcome to our May Guest Designer, Rachel Avarado.

 For my card, I used the My Favorite Things stamp set Springtime Blooms along with the Springtime Blooms die-namics and an old favorite, Cat-itude with the Cat-itude die-namics. I kept my card fairly clean and simple. I used a white card base and blended on some berry sorbet ink using a Diagonal Bars stencil. Next I used the Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle dies to create a frame with kraft cardstock. I also die cut a circle of berry sorbet cardstock and blended some berry sorbet ink along the bottom. Next I die cut a Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips die and stamped my sentiment from the Springtime Blooms set. After that, I stamped my images and colored them with Copic markers and die cut them out. I adhered them to my layout, popping up the cat 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
Rachel Avarado - May Guest Designer

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My Favorite Things SPRINGTIME BLOOMS Clear Stamps CS188
My Favorite Things SPRINGTIME BLOOMS Die-Namics MFT1079*
My Favorite Things INSIDE AND OUT STITCHED RECTANGLE Stax Die-Namics MFT847

My Favorite Things ESSENTIAL FISHTAIL SENTIMENT STRIPS Die-Namics MFT1124

Fall Fairy - (CTD466)

Hello!  I'm behind schedule for my Color Throwdown Challenge card but better late than never.

 For my card, I used the My Favorite Things stamp set Fairy Happy and Fairy Happy Die-namics and created a fall themed birthday card using this week's colors.  I started out with a white card base, added a horizontal panel of simply chartreuse and then a die cut panel of perfect plum which I die cut using the MFT Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle Die-namics. Next I added a vertical piece of Doodlebug Designs fall designer paper and a white rectangle which I die cut from the Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle Die-namics as well.  After that, I stamped and colored my fairy using Copic markers then die cut her out.  I wanted a feel of her flying in a swirl of leaves so I stamped the leaves from the Pure Innocence Jumping For Joy set and added them to my card along with the fairy which I adhered with foam tape.  I added a die cut and stamped Stitched Sentiment Strip and some Wink of Stella glitter pen to her wings and I was done.

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

Michele Ferguson - October Guest Designer

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My Favorite Things FAIRY HAPPY Clear Stamps CS206

My Favorite Things FAIRY HAPPY Die-Namics MFT1121

My Favorite Things INSIDE AND OUT STITCHED RECTANGLE Stax Die-Namics MFT847

Pure Innocence JUMPING FOR JOY Clear Stamps MFT PI255

My Favorite Things STITCHED FISHTAIL SENTIMENT STRIPS Die-Namics MFT1123

Foxy Thinking of You - (CTD463)

Hello there!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.  Before I get to my card, I'd like to welcome this month's talented guest designer, Michele Ferguson.

For my card, I created a clean and simple thinking of you card using the My Favorite Things stamp set, Fall Friends along with the Fall Friends Die-namics.  I started out by adhering a panel of kraft cardstock to a white card base.  Next I cut a square piece of some orange gingham Doodlebug Designs paper and adhered that to my kraft cardstock panel.  After that, I die cut a white cardstock panel using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle dies and Square Peek-a-Boo Window die and adhering that to my card with foam tape.  I stamped my images and colored them with Copic markers, then die cut them out and added them to card front popping up the fox.  The sentiment is from the All Smiles stamp set and was stamped onto an Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strip.  As a final touch I glued on a few fall colored sequins.

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

Michele Ferguson - October Guest Designer

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My Favorite Things FALL FRIENDS Clear Stamps CS143

My Favorite Things FALL FRIENDS Die-Namics MFT980

Lawn Fawn OUTSIDE IN STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts LF1442
My Favorite Things SQUARE PEEK A BOO WINDOW Die-Namics MFT1113
My Favorite Things ESSENTIAL FISHTAIL SENTIMENT STRIPS Die-Namics MFT1124

SMILE - (CTD460)

Hello!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!

For my card, I used the My Favorite Things stamp set Plentiful Petals along with the Plentiful Petals Die-namics to create a birthday card.  I started out with a white card base, then I die cut a panel of white cardstock using the Single Stitched Rectangle Frames and using the inside of the frame I used the Chevron Grid Stencil and blended on some brocade blue ink.  Next I glued on my stitched frame and adhered my stenciled center panel and stamped my sentiment from the All Smiles stamp set.  After that, I blended on some new leaf ink onto the bottom of a piece of new leaf cardstock and die cut my large Double the Smiles Die-namics sentiment and glued that above my stamped sentiment.  Next I stamped my three flowers in pacific point ink, the leaves in new leaf ink and the centers in limeade ice ink and die cut them out.  I adhered my flowers, popping up the largest one, and my leaves and glued on some sequins in the centers and two iridescent green on the stenciled panel. 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

Tammy Hershberger - September Guest Designer

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