Color Throwdown #103 & CAS-Tastic Wednesday

Are you ready for another Color Throwdown Challenge? Tammy chose this week's colors and I love 'em!!
It's also CAS-tastic Wednesday and the challenge for this week is to use bling!

I had so much fun making this card! First thing I did was to reach for my Webster's Pages 6 x 6 collections--I thought I remembered that these colors were in one of them and sure 'nuff they were. Simple, simple layout, letting the paper do most of the work. All I had to do was add the bling and I decided a rolled flower, using MFT's Rolled Flower Die-namics die and some die cut leaves would be just the ticket to round things out.

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD103 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Makiko Jones - MakInk Studio

And, I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, and don't forget to check out my team mates' blinged-up creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: none
Paper: River Rock, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery (SU!); Webster's Pages 6 x 6 pad
Ink: none
Accessories: bling (Making Memories; ribbon, flat back pearl (craft store); Rolled flower Die-namics die (MFT); Cuttlebug (Provocraft); leaf die (SU!)

Not Quite Wild Marina? Color Throwdown #102/CAS-tastic Wednesday

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Yeah, it's a lame title--but it's all I could come up with. It's time again for Color Throwdown. This week LeAnne chose the colors...
So, what do you think? Two blues--they threw me.

The CAS-fantastic Wednesday Challenge for this week is All Things Summer so I decided to go with flowers. That's summer, right? I started by stamping a card base of PTI Vintage White card stock with an image from Turning a New Leaf in Wild Wasabi. I don't have any of the new SU! colors yet, so LeAnne generously gifted me with a sheet of Marina Mist. It really is a gorgeous blue. I stamped a strip of it with Polka Dot Basics II in Not Quite Navy. Then I tied a piece of twill around and added a folded scallop flower and two rolled flowers using MFT's Rolled Flower Die-namics die. Finally, I added some punched out leaves and called it good!

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD102 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity--on leave for several weeks
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Makiko Jones - MakInk Studio

And, I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, and don't forget to check out my team mates' creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

This set also works for a bunch of the DTGD challenges going on this week at SCS: DTGD10rsalamon, DTGD10AmberDawn01, DTGD10gbedwright. Get the deets here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Polka Dot Basics II (PTI)
Paper: Vintage White (PTI); Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi (SU!)
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Not Quite Navy (SU!)
Accessories/Tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Rolled Flower Die-namics die (MFT); leaf die, scallop punch (SU!); twill; button/twine (PTI)

Miracles

WOW!!! Did everybody have a great time at the CTD 100 celebration?! I know we did!! Thanks so much for all the participation and the wonderful comments--we were just blown away by the response! We had some awesome prizes and will be announcing the winners on Friday, July 16 on the Throwdown blog. And we appreciate all those prizes donated by all those fantastic companies/individual so very much!

So, are you all fired up and ready for a new challenge to help us start our second 100 challenges? Our newest team member, Laura, chose these colors and I love 'em!!!

I decided to do a little CAS with this card because it's my CAS-tastic Wednesday card, too. The challenge is S-I-M-P-L-E--use at least three of these techniques/items on your project: Stamped image, Inked edges, Masking, Piercing, Lace, and Embossing. Fun stuff, huh? I used four on my card: Stamped image, Inked edges, Piercing, and Embossing. Actually, I used two kinds of embossing--does that count twice? ;-)



I'm using Taylor's Sketch #120 for my layout and her stamp set called Faith and Hope. First I dry embossed the top Kraft layer with my Leafy Branch Cuttlebug embossing folder then I stamped the swirly images on PTI Rustic Cream with Versamark and heat embossed with clear detail embossing powder. Then I sponged over top of that with my Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze ink, leaving the embossed areas showing. I love this technique! The rest is just following the layout, with a little paper piercing on the sentiment panel. Finally, I made a rolled flower from MFT felt using the Rolled Flower Die-namics die and a couple of leaves with Kiwi Kiss/Vanilla satin ribbon.

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD101 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity--on leave for several weeks
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Makiko Jones - MakInk Studio

And, I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, and don't forget to check out my team mates' creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Faith and Hope (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Basic Black, Kraft (SU!); Rustic Cream (PTI)
Ink: Versamark, Versafine Vintage Sepia; Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss (SU!); Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Leafy Brance embossing folder (Provocraft); Classic Square and Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Rolled Flower Die-namics Die, felt (MFT); ribbon (SU!); Clear Detail embossing powder (Judikins); heat tool

Thank you for all that you do - CAS-tastic Wednesday Challenge

Howdy! I've got a CAS-tastic Wednesday challenge for you! This week we have a sketch and we'd love to have you play along! Here's the sketch:


And here's my card:


My card base is MFT Whip Cream card stock. Next there's a layer of Fossil card stock using the Jumbo Scallop Die-namics Die and some paper from Basic Grey's Kraft Basics 6 x 6 pad. I've added a strip of denim from an old pair of DH's jeans (thanks, honey!) and some MFT twill. The sentiment was stamped on some Basic Grey Manilla Basics with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and an image from MFT's Thanks a Bunch set, cut out with a Deckled Edge Nestablities die and popped up on Pop Dots. Finally, I added some buttons from MFT's Earth Girl Collection, tied on with twine.

I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, and don't forget to check out my team mates' creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Thanks a Bunch (MFT)
Paper: Whip Cream, Fossil (MFT); Kraft Basics, Manilla Basics (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Pumice Stone Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Deckled Edge Nestabilities (Spellbinders); buttons, twill (MFT); twine (PTI); sewing machine; denim (stash); Jumbo Scallop Die-namics Die (MFT)

One person

It's time for another CAS-tastic Challenge! Today's challenge is a color challenge: blue, yellow, and a neutral. Here's my card--I'm using Clean & Simple FTL95 for my layout.


I'm using another new Verve set called One Person. My patterned paper is from Chloe's Closet by Making Memories. I stamped the sentiment on patterned paper and following the sketch, added a scalloped border and some ribbon, then some Prima flowers and a button. I'm not a fan of leafless flowers, LOL, so I added some punched out leaves, even though they're green ;-) I also added some distressing, both with a tool and with ink.

I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, and don't forget to check out my team mates' creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: One Person (Verve)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!); Chloe's Closet (Making Memories)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Vintage Touch Tea Dye (PTI)
Accessories: border punch (SU!); Prima flowers; button (MFT); twine (PTI); ribbon (craft store); distressing tool (Tim Holtz)

I spell Hero DAD

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Ready for another Color Throwdown!? How about a CAS-tastic Challenge, too? I've got 'em today for you. Broni is our CTD host today and here are the colors she chose:

And, the CAS-tastic challenge for today is to make a Father's day card.

I'm using Mojo Monday Sketch 143 for my layout and I'm fudging a little on the colors. I hope Broni won't send the color police after me ;-) I love this Basic Grey Boxer paper for masculine cards and these colors are very close. I made my "blue ribbon" with My Favorite Things' new Sunshine Die-namics die and punched out the center with a 1 1/4" punch after stamping the sentiment from Clearly Sentimental About Fathers. The letters spelling dad are from a Tim Holtz Grungeboard set of alphabets I have and I colored them with Shabby Shutters Distress ink. The twill is new at MFT, as well. I really wanted to add some brads and stuff, but I was trying to keep it, if not really CAS, then not too busy ;-)

Here's the inside:


Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD97 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity--on leave for several weeks
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, too, and don't forget to check out my team mates' creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Clearly Sentimental About Fathers (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy (SU!); Boxer 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Not Quite Navy (SU!); Shabby Shutters Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (provocraft); Sunshine Die-namics die, twill (MFT); 1 1/4" punch (EK Success); twine (PTI); lacing brads (Karen Foster); ribbon (craft store); Grungeboard alphas (Tim Holtz)

Cool Saffron Pumpkins - CTD #96

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See that blinkie off the the right? Yep, we're coming up on 100 Color Throwdown challenges and we're celebrating in style! Put July 7th on your calendar--you will NOT want to miss this. You can see this post for more details.

So, today, Tammy's got a gorgeous color combo for us! I really, really love it!
Ain't it purty? Today is also CAS-tastic Challenge day and we have a fun and right-up-my-alley kinda challenge: buttons. You know I love me some buttons :)

My layout was inspired by this sketch from Sasya's Sketch Challenge. I thought this was such an interesting sketch I had to try it. This patterned paper is perfect for all three challenges, I think. My base card is So Saffron. I layered the patterned paper on Pumpkin Pie, then added a strip of lace, sewed onto some twill for stability, added a little paper piercing, and popped it up on the So Saffron layer with foam tape. Next I stamped the sentiment, from PTI's Mega Mixed Messages, with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and added the buttons, tied with twine. I was so thrilled to find a use for more of those big honkin' buttons ;-)

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD96 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity--on leave for several weeks
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, too, and don't forget to check out my team mates' creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron (SU!); Mango Frost mat pack (DCWV)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: lace (craft store); twill; buttons, twine (PTI); paper piercer (Ornare); piercing template/mat (SU!)

Clearly Sentimental About Vacations - MFT June Teaser, Day Five, CTD #95 , and CAS-tastic

I've got the last teaser for MFT's June release for you today. Today the Design Team is showing you three new sets: Clearly Sentimental About Vacations, WTG Goes Green, and Who's That Geek Guy. All very fun! To see more of these sets, go to Kim's blog at 11:00am and she'll have a list of who's sneaking some peeks. And don't forget the release party tonight at the Member Company Forum at Splitcoast from 8-10pm and the Hop and Shop right after starting at Kim's blog.

This post is also for The Color Throwdown Challenge and CAS-tastic Challenge. A triple hitter, LOL! However, I feel it's only fair to warn you that these cards are BRIGHT! You may wanna get out your shades before viewing, heh, heh.

Here are the colors that that wild-child LeAnne chose for the Color Throwdown Challenge:
I actually LOVE this color combo--my brand new BRIGHT Delovely paper is perfect for it. OK, the green is not *exactly* Green Galore but it's close, very close.

I really, really tried to make this card work for all three things--completely intending to make it CAS but it just wouldn't STAY CAS, KWIM? I stamped the sentiment on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut/layered it with Classic Oval Nestabilities. I also use my Jumbo Scallop Die-namics die (temporarily out of stock) on the pink border. I was thinking since this is a vacation sentiment and the paper looks very tropical to me, I should add some tropical flowers. Trouble is, I don't have any tropical flowers, so I punched out some and added some buttons from the Spring button collection. I also used MFT's Sour Apple card stock.

Here's the inside with another sentiment from the set.


Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD95 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week! And just a little announcement we have: Laura Pryor will be joining the team full time, starting today! Be sure to give her some love! Our June Guest Designer is Wanda Cullen--be sure to give her some love, too!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

So, since the first card went rocketing out of CAS range, I did another one--same papers, same stamp set. The CAS-tastic Challenge this week is to have a sentiment as the focal image, hence this card with another sentiment from the set. I used the Scalloped Scallop die for the central border and both scallop dies for the inside.


And yet another sentiment for the inside.


I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, and don't forget to check out my team mates' creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope to see you tonight!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Clearly Sentimental About Vacations (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Passion (SU!); Sour Apple, Perfect Paper Panels (MFT); Delovely 6 x 6 pad (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Broken China Distress ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Die-namics dies (MFT); Classic Oval and Labels Four Nestabilities (Spellbinders); glue dots, Pearle cotton (craft store); leaf, hydrangea punch (Martha Stewart); flower punch (Marvy); buttons, ribbon (MFT)

CAS-tastic Challenge - A Touch Of Green

Today is also CAS-tastic Challenge day! Today's challenge is A Touch Of Green.

So, OK, I might have more than a "touch" of green on this card. But it *is* CAS ;-) I think there's not much that needs 'splainin' about it. I embossed the white paper with PTI's Tin Types Impression Plate first of all. The flower was cut with PTI's Beautiful Blooms II dies and then I added some Glitzy Glitter to spark it up a bit. The sentiment is from PTI's Mother set, stamped with True Black ink. And I tried out Laurie's tutorial for these easy leaves--aren't they CUTE?!

I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic Challenge this week, and don't forget to check out my team mates' "touch of green" creations :)

Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Mother (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, In Bloom patterned paper (PTI)
Ink: True Black (PTI)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Beautiful Blooms II dies (PTI); Vintage Button (PTI); Pearl cotton (craft store); Scor-Pal; 1 1/4" circle punch (SU!); Dew Drops

Absolutely fabulous - CTD # 93 and CAS-tastic

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So, it's Wednesday again so that means it's Color Throwdown and CAS-tastic Challenge day. The CTD colors were chosen by Danielle and are:
The CAS-tastic challenge was to make a one layer card. I'm still learning how to do them, but I love how a good one looks. I'll keep trying :) I'm using Fall-To Layout #90 and SCS Inspiration Challenge #232. This pattern was my inspiration piece.

OK, so let me say right up front that these colors were TOUGH for me! But that's what makes it a challenge, right? Right.

First of all, I made some score lines at the top and bottom of my card front. You can't really see the top ones because the ribbon covers them, but at the time I was scoring, I didn't really know what I was going to do ;-)

Then I masked the score lines so I wouldn't stray over them and stamped the three colors randomly, sorta like the inspiration pattern, using a stamp from PTI's Turning a New Leaf set. I added a pink gingham ribbon, some silver flat backed pearls, and stamped the sentiment in PTI Smokey Shadow ink.

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD93 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs - May Guest Designer

And I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic challenge, too!

The CAS-tastic team:
Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Our sponsor this week at CAS-tastic is Busy Beauties Boutique. See the CAS-tastic blog for all the details.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze (SU!); Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Accessories: silver flat backed pearls, ribbon (craft store)

Birthday Wishes

OMGosh!!! Can you believe it's Wednesday, and Color Throwdown day again! And also CAS-tastic Challenge day! I cannot believe how fast time is flying--maybe that's a sign I'm getting old, y'think? Nah, can't be that ;-)

Anyway, I have a couple of fun challenges for you today. First, I'm hosting the Throwdown this week and here are the colors I chose:


And, the CAS-tastic Challenge is to use circles on your card or project. Easy, right? Well, it was for me, 'cause I have my PTI anniversary set called Round & Round. Perfect! And perfect for a CAS card :)

I started by stamping my Kraft card base with PTI's Background Basics: Botanicals with Versamark. I just love how this looks--a very subtle pattern for interest, but with no color. Then I added a strip of patterned paper from October Afternoon's Report Card 8 x 8 pad and rounded the corners. I stamped the image from Round & Round on Vintage Cream card stock with Old Olive ink and cut it out with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die. Then I added some Hawaiian Shores Vintage Buttons and Rustic Twine and a loop of Lemon Tart ribbon. Finally, I popped the image up on Pop Dots and stamped the sentiment, also from the set, with Dark Chocolate.

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD92 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs - May Guest Designer

And I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic challenge, too!

The CAS-tastic team:
Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Our sponsor this week at CAS-tastic is The Cutting Cafe. See the CAS-tastic blog for all the details.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Background Basics: Botanicals, Round & Round (PTI)
Paper: Kraft, Rustic Cream (PTI); Report Card 8 x 8 pad (October Afternoon)
Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI); Old Olive (SU!); Versamark
Supplies: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Vintage Button/Rustic Twine (PTI); Lemon Tart Grograin ribbon (PTI)

Wishing you happiness - CTD #91 & CAS-tastic #01

It's Wednesday so that means it's Color Throwdown day! It also means its CAS-tastic Challenge day, too. I'm happy to announce I was chosen for this new challenge's very first design team. You know I've been gravitating towards CAS for a while so I'm so happy to be joining this team for a 3-month term starting today! Since I have a MFT teaser yet to post and MFT blog hop tonight, I'm combining these two challenges today.

The fabulous Broni chose today's Throwdown colors:
And CAS-tastic's first challenge is to make a birthday card. Easy peasy, right?

I'm using MFT's Clearly Sentimental About Birthdays set for my sentiments--which is the only stamping on this card. My layout is Clean and Simply Fall-To Sketch #88. Really simple layout but I couldn't resist using MFT's Jumbo Scallop die for a little interest. Buttons are from MFT's Summer collection.


Here's the inside; LOVE this sentiment.


Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD91 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week! And welcome to our May guest designer--Laura Pryer!!!

Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter--Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs - May Guest Designer

And I hope you'll play along with the CAS-tastic challenge, too! You can combine them like I did, LOL!!!
The CAS-tastic team:
Agata
Angie (Creator)
Bonnie Rose
Deb
Karen
Maylee
Regina

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you'll come back to see today's MFT teaser!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Clearly Sentimental About Birthdays (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Tempting Turquoise (SU!); Citrus mat stack (DCWV)
Ink: Tempting Turquoise (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Jumbo Scallop Die-namics die, buttons (MFT); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers); Pearl Cotton (DMC); ribbon (craft store)