Happy New Year - Color Throwdown #173

Back again with the first Color Throwdown challenge of 2012!! I'm the host this week and here are the colors I've chosen to ring in the new year:

And I'm letting this sweet little PI - Cause For Celebration help me. She's colored with Copic markers and her dress is paper pieced, except her sash is colored. She's matted with an Oval Open Scallop Die-namics die cut and the sentiment was stamped on the smaller flag from First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics. The flower was made with the just released Rolled Scallop Flower Die-namics. Oh. My. Goodness. I do love that flower die. The leaves were done with Upsy Daisy Die-namics and then I added some sweet gingham ribbon and some red Dew Drops to balance things out.

Here's the inside:

Here are the Die-namics dies I used on this card:

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play the Color Throwdown challenge. 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 CTD173 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, including January's Guest Designer.

 

Barbara Anders (<--- You are here!) 

Broni Holcombe

Danielle Kennedy

Joan Ervin

Kerri Michaud 

Kristin Eberline

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Wanda Cullen

Stacy Morgan (January Guest Designer)

Thanks SO much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: PI - Cause For Celebration (MFT)

Paper: Black Licorice, Wild Cherry, Gumdrop Green; Perfect Paper Panels; Meadowlark (MME)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Tim Holtz); Rolled Scallop Flower, Upsy Daisy, and Oval Open Scallop Doily Die-namics dies (MFT); Dew Drops, ribbon, Copic markers

MFT January New Product Tour

It's time for MFT's January New Product Tour! Tonight I have the pleasure of showing you Clearly Sentimental About Romance, which is this month's Triple Scoop Set, available right NOW! In case you're not familiar with it, our Triple Scoop reward is a full-sized stamp set offered to you absolutely FREE with a qualifying purchase of $60 or greater (before shipping and tax). The set changes with each monthly release, and is not yet available for individual purchase, so there is always a good reason to spoil yourself with MFT! Simply add the Triple Scoop product to your cart using the "add to cart" button, and it will be shipped with your order. The Triple Scoop Set set can be combined with our Cherry on Top promotion as well for even greater savings!

I decided to make this a romantic card :) First of all I stamped the sentiment on a Clearly Sentimental Labels Die-namics die cut and sponged the edges. For the card base, I added a border with Simply Scallops, Medium and the larger of the new Oval Decorative Doily Duo Die-namics set. Some bling, some seam binding, and a bunch of flowers using the new Rolled Scallop Flower and Rolled Rose and Mini Rolled Roses Die-namics dies, along with leaves made with the Upsy Daisy Die-namics set.

Here's the inside, with another sentiment from the set:

Here are the Die-namics dies I used on this card:

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with the first MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge of the new year! Now, go SHOP!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Clearly Sentimental About Romance (MFT)

Paper: Fossil, Gumdrop Green; Rustic Cream (PTI); Head Over Heels (Lilybee Design)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Tim Holtz); Upsy Daisy, Mini Rolled Roses, Rolled Rose, Rolled Scallop Flower, Oval Decorative Doily Duo, Clearly Sentimental Label, and Simply Scallops, Medium Die-namics dies (MFT); bling, sewing machine, seam binding, foam dots, hot glue gun

You're a STAR - MFT January Die-namics Feature and Pep Rally

 

Teaser Time Day 7 Die-namics Feature and Pre-Release Pep Rally:

Now that we've teased and tempted you all week long, it's almost time for you to shop for your favorite Brand Spankin' New products from MFT.

But first... it's time for our Die-namics Feature and Pre-Release Pep Rally!

Our Design Team has been busy creating jaw-dropping and inspiring projects for you, and we've saved the best for last. We've taken an in-depth look at this month's Die-namics, while re-visiting the amazing sets being released tonight at 10 PM EST RIGHT HERE in the MFT Boutique.

And while we are at it, how about we make your life even easier with a "cheat sheet" of all that's new?  Head over to the MFT Blog to print out a shopping list.

As soon as I saw this set I knew it would be perfect for my DH's birthday. He's a movie freak and keeps Netflix busy sending DVDs back and forth. PLUS he borrows from our local libraries. I thought a Red Box gift card would be right up his alley ;-)

So, I made this card for him, inspired by the stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The large stars were cut with my Cricut, then I added the camera and center circle, which were cut with dies from the Sweet Stack Die-namics and First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics set--they nest perfectly. I stamped the sentiment and then framed it with a film strip die cut, both from At the Movies, being released tonight.

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Then I looked in my box of alterables and found this round silver box that some Prima flowers came in. It was perfect to disguise as a film strip canister. I covered the top with silver metallic card stock and added some black circles for the holes. Then I did another sentiment/film strip combination with another sentiment from the set and added another camera and a movie reel die cut. The ticket die and sentiment images are also from the set. The adorable movie clapper board is yet another die cut from this set. I stamped the images on black card stock with white pigment ink and attached everything in a collage-y kind of way.

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On the inside I added more clapper boards and another sentiment from the set. This set is FULL of dies and sentiments, each one unique and fabulous!!

Since Red Box gift cards are sent through email, I simply printed off one from the site and put it in the box so he'd have something tangible, KWIM?

Here are the Die-namics dies I used on this project:

Here are the details about the upcoming release TONIGHT at 10 PM EST:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 3rd from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 3rd at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• You have just a few more hours to submit your entry for this month's guest designer contest.  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the designers' posts for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on January 3rd just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you at the release party tonight! And don't forget to SHOP :)

~Supplies~

Stamps: At the Movies Die-namics and Stamp Set (MFT)

Paper: Silver metallic; Black Licorice, Red Hot; For the Record (Echo Park); Meadowlark (MME)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug; Whisper White Craft (SU!)

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Tim Holtz); At the Movies, Sweet Stack, First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics dies (MFT); Cricut

You're One Of a Kind - MFT January Teaser, Day Six

Here we are at Day Six - PI day! Today we're showing you PI - Plane Amazing, PI -Berry Sweet, PI - Paper Dolls, PI - Jump for Joy, PI - I Love You This Big, and PI - Precious Little Lamb - Fill My Heart with Joy. I could not resist showing you PI - Paper Doll. Just couldn't :)


Do you SEE it? Do you SEE that paper doll border???? Oh. My. Word. So adorable I can hardly stand it! And the PI? Ditto. So adorable. I remember cutting out paper dolls just like this from newspaper, so I had to paper piece these with text patterned paper. I also paper pieced her dress and colored the rest with Copic markers and matted her with an Oval Decorative Doily Die-namics die cut.

Here's a close up of the paper pieced image. AND a Rolled Scallop Flower Die-namics flower.

Here's a close up of the Paper Dolls Border and the new Jumbo Monarch Border, both of which will be released tomorrow night at 10pm.

And the inside of the card, with another Paper Dolls Border and a sentiment from the set.

Here are the Die-namics dies I used on this card:

Here are the details about the upcoming release on January 3rd at 10 PM EST:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 3rd from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 3rd at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• The guest designer contest is ON!  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on January 3rd just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Thanks SO much for dropping by today! Tomorrow I'll have my Die-namics Feature so I hope to see you then!

~Supplies~

Stamps: PI - Paper Doll (MFT)

Paper: Whip Cream, Fossil; Lost and Found: Market Street 6 x 6 pad (MME) 

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Tim Holtz); Paper Doll Border, Jumbo Monarch Border; Rolled Scallop Flower, Upsy Daisy, and Oval Decorative Doily Die-namics dies (MFT); twine, pearls, Copic markers

Chocolate = Happiness - MFT January Teaser, Day Five

Today's teasers involve those à la modes girls. We're showing you à la modes - Chocolate Bar and à la modes - Genie. Obviously, I went with the chocolate ;-) YUM! Chocolate! Love me some chocolate and I wish I had a bar as large as this one right now! I'll have to enjoy it today, though, as I'm going to be working on losing a few "holiday pounds" starting tomorrow, LOL!

I colored her and her chocolate bar with Copic markers, then sponged around the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I added the sentiment on a File Tab Die-namics die cut and popped it all up on a double layer of doily--using the soon-to-be-released Oval Decorative Doily Duo Die-namics set. LOVE how they stack so sweetly together and they both stack just as sweetly on the Oval Decorative Doily :) Finally, I added a twill bow and some Dew Drops for balance.

And here's the inside with another sentiment from the set, along with another peek at the girlie.

Here are the Die-namics dies I used for this card:

Here are the details about the upcoming release on January 3rd at 10 PM EST:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 3rd from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 3rd at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• The guest designer contest is ON!  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on January 3rd just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Thanks SO much for stopping by today! Tomorrow is PI teaser day so I hope to see you back!

~Supplies~

Stamps: à la modes - Chocolate Bar (MFT)

Paper: Perfect Plum (SU!); Fossil; So Sophie 6 x 6 (MME)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Tim Holtz); Oval Decorative Doily Duo, File Tab Die-namics dies (MFT); twill, Dew Drops, Copic markers, foam dots