Color Thowdown #29

Time for another Color Throwdown--#29! This week's colors were chosen by Danielle and was a fun color combination to work with.


My base card is Whisper White with a layers of Kiwi Kiss and Regal Rose, then a layer of Bella Rosa DSP. The focal image, using a stamp from the Dreams du Jour set, was stamped on Whisper White with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers (see below). It was then cut out and layered on more Whisper White, then matted with Chocolate Chip with 3M foam squares between the layers. A double frame of Kiwi Kiss and DSP from a hostess Prints Pack was cut/embossed with Nestabilities Label One dies and the focal image attached with more foam squares. The butterfly from the set was stamped and colored in the same manner and attached to the Labels One frame with Crystal Effects. A pink gingham bow and three pink glitter brads finish it off. Danielle picked a great color combination, I think, don't you?

C'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD29 so we can see your beauty all in one place. And if you play, you *could* be picked as our Featured Stamper and a guest designer! 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
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
And our guest designer for the month, Maria - Scraps by M! Congratulations, Maria!

Thanks for dropping in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Dreams du Jour (SU!)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose, Bella Rosa and Prints Pacl DSP (SU!)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3M foam squares, glitter brads, ribbon (craft store); Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Label One; Crystal Effects (SU!); Copic markers

What's up?

I just got some new Fluffles stamps and decided to use one of them for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #28.

My base card is Very Vanilla with three layers of paper from Basic Grey's Archaic 6 x 6 pad. This is a perfect card for my brother (who is never seen without a cup of coffee in his hand) so I didn't want any ribbon on it. But it needed something, so I wrapped some russet colored jute around the bottom and added an antique brass brad to each corner. The second element is also 3 different designs of Archaic paper. The focal image was stamped on Stamper's Select White Cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers (see below). It was sponged with Creamy Caramel and matted on two patterns of DP. It also has antique brass brads in three corners and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from MFT's set called Sassy Sayings and is stamped on Very Vanilla with Memento Rich Cocoa. It's sponged with Creamy Caramel, layered on DP, and is also up on foam squares.
















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~Recipe~
Stamps: Morning Fluffles (Stampendous); Sassy Sayings (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!); Archaic 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3M foam squares, brads, hemp, sponge (craft store); Copic markers

Color Throwdown #26

This card is for Color Throwdown #26. Broni Holcombe chose these colors and I think they're just fantastic together: Basic Black, Kraft, and Pink Passion.

Pink Passion is a "strong" pink so I wanted to keep it to a minimum but still be a major part of the design. I think I achieved that goal with this card. My base card is Basic Black with a layer of Pink Passion and then Kraft. The focal element is an unknown stamp from a craft store--looks like cherry blossoms to me. It's stamped on Georgia Pacific card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, since I planned to color it with my Copics (see markers that I used below--I used W3 and E31 to make Kraft). It was then cut/embossed with long rectangle Nestabilities die, as was the black mat. I also ran a line from a gold paint pen around the edge of the image panel to give it a little more definition and popped it all up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped with a stamp from PTI's Birthday Basics on Whisper White with Basic Black ink and punched out with a large oval SU! punch. It was layered on Basic Black that was punched with the Designer Label punch which was trimmed a little on the top and bottom to make it fit in the space better. A little hot pink "gem" was added and then it was popped up on 3M foam squares. The pink gingham ribbon and bow finish it off.


C'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD26 so we can see your beauty all in one place.

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week:
Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy

Thanks for dropping in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: unknown; Birthday Basics (PTI)
Paper: Georgia Pacific; Basic Black, Kraft, Pink Passion (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Basic Black (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug; Nestabilities; ribbon, 3M foam squares, pink "gem" (craft store); Designer Label and large oval punches (SU!); Copics

Birthdays and quilts

This card is for No Time To Stamp's Stamp Simply challenge #70: Senior Citizens Rule! Sharon's birthday was on January 16th and for this challenge one is to make a card that will appeal to a senior citizen--all in good fun!

My base card is Kraft (love it!) with a layer of Old Olive, a layer of Blue Bayou (retired In Color), and DP from Making Memories called Kraft Mixed Dot. The focal image is from Papertrey Ink's Quilter's Sampler set and is stamped on Neenah Solar White with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copics (see picture below for colors used). I then sponged the edges pretty heavily with Close To Cocoa, used the corner rounder punch on it's corners and on the Old Olive layer and then matted it with Blue Bayou. It was attached with 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from the same set. It was stamped on the same paper with Blue Bayou, sponged, matted with Blue Bayou, and is also up on 3M foam squares. A little quilt square from PTI's Quilter's Sampler Additions is popped up on the corner of the sentiment. A Blue Bayou double stitched ribbon was added with a button from my stash tied on with waxed linen thread.

With it's vintage feel and the quilt theme going on, I think a senior citizen would like this card, don't you?

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Quilter's Sampler and Quilter's Sampler Additions (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Kraft, Old Olive, Blue Bayou (SU!); Neenah Solar White (PTI); Kraft Mixed Dots SP (Making Memories)
Ink: Blue Bayou, Close To Cocoa (SU!); Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Accessories: Blue Bayou Double Stitched ribbon (SU!); 3M foam squares, waxed linen thread (craft store); button (personal stash); Copics

Love is in the air

This card is for Mercy's sketch challenge #25--just a wee bit late ;-). But that's OK, it's a great sketch and it was fun to do. It also qualifies for CCEE Stampers' challenge today: use a fish or fish lips on your card. I've been wanting to do this little Fluffles stamp and this was a perfect sketch with which to use him.

My base card is Chocolate chip, the next layer is Real Red and the next is Pretty In Pink, run through my Cuttlebug with the Love Language folder. The focal image was stamped on Papertrey Ink's Stamper's Select White Cardstock with Chocolate Chip craft ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder (I tried several times with Momento ink and the fish kept bleeding outside the lines!). It was then colored with copics (see below). Then it was cut/embossed with an oval Nestabilities die and matted on Pretty In Pink and Chocolate chip. Three flat-backed hearts accent the bottom of the A 1" red gingham bow (I love the big ribbons and bows!) finishes it off. The focal image is up on 3M foam squares.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Fishy Fluffles (Stampendous)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pretty In Pink (SU!); Stamper's Select White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Chocolate Chip craft ink (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); flat-backed hearts (Hero Arts); Cuttlebug and oval Nestabilites, Copics, clear embossing powder, heat gun

Make a Wish

This card is for SCS sketch Challenge 211. Great sketch-it was fun to play with. I used a new (to me) MFT set called You Take the Cake. I've always loved it and finally got it!

My base card is Whisper White with a layer of Chocolate Chip then a layer of Pirouetted Pink, and a finally a layer of Kiwi Kiss. The next two panels are first Chocolate Chip then DP from the Bella Rosa DSP pack. The focal image was stamped on Neenah Solar White paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics (see picture of the colors I used below). It was then matted on Kiwi Kiss, Pirouetted Pink, and Chocolate Chip and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and was stamped on Pirouetted Pink with Chocolate Chip ink and punched with the Word Window punch. It's layer on two designs from the Bella Rosa DSP punched with the Large and Small Oval punches and is also up on 3M foam squares.

Two sets of Primas follow the sketch and are attached with brown brads. Three clear Dew Drops on the upper left provide balance.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: You Take the Cake (MFT)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pirouette Pink, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rosa dSP (SU!); Neenah Solar White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, brads (craft store); Small and Large oval and Word Window punches (SU!); Copics; Prima flowers; Clear Dew Drops

It's Still Winter With a Blue Twist

Whew! This card combines three challenges! Viva la Verve #2 (sketch with a twist of bling), No Time To Stamp #69 (It's Still Winter), and Our Creative Corner (two shades of blue with a neutral). Well, no stamp set could do these better than Verve's Snow Wonderful, IMO. All images on this card are from this set.

My base card is Whisper White, with a layer of Basic Black, a layer of Bashful Blue, and finally a layer of Whisper White that I ran through my Cuttlebug with the Snowflake folder.

The next element is Basic Black and then Whisper White, on which I stamped the snowflake border in Bashful Blue. The bling starts here :) The next element is Basic Black, Bashful Blue, and the focal image using Neenah Solar White paper. This is my first foray into Copic coloring. I know, it's just a teeny tiny bit, but it's a start! And I think it's OK for a first attempt, but I think I need a lighter gray for outlining. I stamped the snowman in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored hin with two shades of blue (see picture of the Copics I used below); his buttons add more bling. This element is popped up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White with Basic Black, punched with a SU! large oval punch, and is attached to two felt snowflakes with a glittery snowflake brad. One more blue rhinestone dots the Winter "i" and black gingham ribbon completes the sketch requirements. I love this card and I hope you do too!



~Recipe~
Stamps: Snow Wonderful (Verve)
Paper: Neenah Solar White (Papertrey Ink); Whisper White, Basic Black, Bashful Blue (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Basic Black, Bashful Blue (SU!)
Accessories: felt snowflakes; blue jewels (Hero Arts); ribbon, 3M foam squares, snowflake brad (craft store); Copic markers