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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

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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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lisa Henke

Lynn Put

Birgit Edblom - October Guest Designer

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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.

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lisa Henke

Lynn Put

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.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

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.