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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Hay There! - CTD489

Hay there! :) I hope you’re doing well. It's Wednesday and the start of a new Color Throwdown Challenge. This week we have the colors red, green and white to create with (don’t forget you can use any neutrals as well).

For this week’s challenge, I made two birthday cards using the fun new Lawn Fawn stamp set, Hay There along with the coordinating Hay There dies. For my first card, I started out with a white card base, then added a piece of red striped paper from the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow paper pack. I die cut the red paper using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables die and added it to my card front. Next, I die cut two stitched squares and on the smaller one I blended on some tumbled glass distress ink and stamped a sun from the Hello Sunshine set. I also die cut some new leaf cardstock using the Stitched Hillside Borders die and a white fence using the Little Picket Fence Border die. After that I stamped my images and colored them with Copic markers then die cut them out. For some extra dimension, I added foam tape to the green hill but also to the cow and adhered them to my die cut square and added the stitched mat. For my sentiment, I die a piece of white cardstock using the Happy Birthday Line Border die and stamped the “to moo” in black ink.

For my second card, I used the same supplies as my first card, all except adding my Happy Birthday sentiment onto a die cut banner.

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
Hannelie Bester - April Guest Designer

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Lawn Fawn - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Hay There

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Hay There

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

Lawn Fawn - Really Rainbow Collection - 6 x 6 Petite Paper Pack

Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine Collection - Clear Acrylic Stamps

Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Tumbled Glass

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Stitched Hillside Borders

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Little Picket Fence Border

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Happy Birthday Line Border

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Hello Friend - CTD488

Good morning! It’s my turn to play hostess over at the Color Throwdown Challenge this week and I’ve chosen some bright spring colors for all of us to create with.

Using the colors for this week, I created a card and coordinating tag using the Papertrey Ink stamp set Flower Power. For both the card and the tag I used some tropical teal polka dotted paper and the same stamped images which I did a little Copic marker coloring on the sunflowers. For the card, I added a strip of paper along the bottom, added a white die cut Mix & Mat Scallop piece which I popped up with foam tape and then my images popping up the top sunflower with more foam tape. I stamped my sentiment onto a small die cut banner and added some iridescent sequins to complete my card. For the tag, I used the Basic Bookmark 2 die, added a strip of teal polka dot paper, stamped my sentiment and added my stamped images along with a few sequins.

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen
Hannelie Bester - April 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.

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Thinking of You - CTD487

Hello! For the new Color Throwdown Challenge that starts today we have the colors Mint, Red and Pink to create with. We hope you’ll take the time to play along! Before I get to my card, I’d like to welcome this month’s guest designer, Hannelie Bester.

For my card, I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Bowl of Sunshine and A Second Helping of Sunshine along with the coordinating dies. To create my card, I added a die cut stitched panel of pink paper with red polka dots from Beautiful Beads pink & orange paper pack and a strip of red cardstock along the bottom. Then I used the Mix & Mat Scallops die and die cut a piece of white cardstock. Along the bottom of my die cut piece I stamped my sentiment which is from the Keep It Simple: Thinking of You set. I popped this whole piece up using foam tape and added it to my card front. Next I die cut and stamped my images. I used the ink colors mint julep, pure poppy and hibiscus burst. I adhered all of my images to the white scallop piece, popping up the scale.

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lisa Henke

Lynn Put

Hannelie Bester - April 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.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Thinking of You - CTD486

Good morning! It’s Wednesday and time for a new Color Throwdown Challenge. Our colors for this week’s challenge are peach, pink and apricot with a lovely inspiration photo.

After looking at the inspiration photo and seeing all of the beautiful blooms, I thought the Altenew Floral Fantasy stamp set would be perfect to use. I started out with a white card base, then used the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies to die cut a piece of white cardstock which I blended on some tattered rose distress ink. Next I used my Mist tool along with the Altenew stamp set Painted Greetings to stamp my sentiment. After that, I used the Floral Fantasy dies and die cut my roses and leaves. For the largest rose, I used the Stamping’ Up pretty in pink and regal rose with the first layer stamped off. For the other two roses I used blush blossom (SU) & melon berry (PTI) and apricot appeal & pumpkin pie along with kraft ink for the leaves. I really want to order some of the Altenew inks because I’ve heard such good things about them and they have fantastic colors. Once my images were stamped, I adhered them to my card front, popping up the large pink rose with foam tape and then added some Sparkling Clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins.