Color Throwdown #248

Hi there!  Today Broni is hosting our Color Throwdown challenge and she picked these awesome colors.....

...oh how I love Cool Caribbean. One of my all-time favorite SU colors!  I think these colors together are very beachy or very girly so I decided to get out one of my all-time favorite, beloved Sarah Kay stamps and get to some coloring.  Here's my card:

The card base and image were cut with curved rectangle nestabilities dies, the image and clouds are popped up on foam tape, the image was colored with Copics, and I added a bunch of sparkly accents with Stickles. Here's a close-up:

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I've decided to take a break from blogging for the summer (or possibly longer), so this will be my last post with the CTD team for now.  I have truly enjoyed being a part of this fun team with such a GREAT group of gals!

Speaking of the great gals, check out the gorgeous creations they have to share with you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday and a WONDERFUL summer!!

Color Throwdown #247

Barbara has some fun and patriotic colors for us this week!  Check them out...

Here's my card....

It's a VERY straight-forward CAS card. I doubled up some stars on foam tape, stamped a birthday sentiment, and added some jute string with adhesive silver pearls.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #246

Hi all. It Color Throwdown time. Wanda is our hostess this week and here are the lovely colors she picked for us:

 

For my card, I used some new heart dies (new to me) from Lil' Inker Designs.

  

The three pale pink hearts are all up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #245

Hi all!  Tammy is back over at the Color Throwdown and she's kicking off June with some very fun colors. Check it out...

Here's my card using a die and sentiment from Verve, and cloud dies from Lil' Inker Designs.

  

There are two butterflies stacked on top of one another and they're each up on foam tape.  The clouds are also up on foam tape.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Tangerine and the adhesive pearls were colored with Copics (YG23, RV25, and YR65).  The layout was inspired by this card by Jen del Muro that I saw on Pinterest.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #244

Helloooo and happy Wednesday. It's Color Throwdown time and Lynn is our hostess this week.  Here are her fun, happy colors...

Here's my card using dies from Lil' Inker Designs and a sentiment from Penny Black...

 

The clouds, balloon, and stitched flag are all up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #243

Hi everyone. It's Color Throwdown time and I'm your hostess this week. I thought it'd be fun to pick this colorful classic car image.

Here's my card...

The layout is the Viva La Verve Week #3 Sketch, the sentiment is Verve's Starlight Starbright, papers are from my Prairie Chic 1-2-3 Create Kit from Flourishes, the stitched flag is from Lil' Inker Designs, and the Spellbinders star is up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #242

It's time for this week's Color Throwdown and check out this SWEET lemonade picture that Lori chose for our inspiration. Too cute!

 

Here's my card...

I used stamps and dies from Lil' Inker Designs, and the layout is Mojo Monday #293.  Two of the clouds and the kraft circle are up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #241

Hi all. It's Color Throwdown time and Joan is our hostess this week. Here's what she picked for us:

 

Pretty colors, Joan!

Here's my card:

I went with a CAS card using Deconstructed Sketch #100, my Verve Flutterby die, and a Penny Black sentiment.  There are two butterflies and they're both up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #240

Helloooo and happy hump day to you all.  :)  Broni has some yummy colors for us this week for the Color Throwdown.  Here they are...

Fun, right?  I haven't used Ballet Blue and Apricot Appeal in so long (and I LOVE those colors!).  Here's my card using another one of those sweet cats from Whimsy Stamps...

The layout is Deconstructed Sketch #99, the Wisteria scallop circle is up on foam tape, and I added Stickles to the butterfly and polka dots on the cat's bow.  Papers are Seen and Noted by Pebbles.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #239

Hi everyone.  Barbara is our hostess for this week's Color Throwdown and she picked some very soft, springy colors for us. Check it out...

Here's my card...

 

The sentiment, die-cut grass, and kite are from MFT stamps; the clouds are from Lil' Inker Designs.  The kite was stamped onto the peach patterned paper, then I stamped a second one onto Barely Banana, cut it out and popped it up on foam tape.  I added some pink twine bows and adhesive pearls to the kite string.  The clouds are also up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #238

Hi everyone. It's Color Throwdown time and Wanda is our hostess this week. Check out this FUN, colorful shoe she picked as our inspiration...

Love it!  Here's my little 4" square note card...

The sentiment is from Verve's Starlight Starbright Remixed set, the star dies are by Spellbinders, and the "shooting star" trails were made using the rainbow and clouds die set from Lil' Inker Designs.  The yellow star is up on foam tape and the plaid paper is Farmhouse Fair Skies.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #237

Hi all! It's Color Throwdown time and Tammy is our host this week. Here are the colors she picked...

...and here is my card...

Dies and stamps are by Lil' Inker Designs. I'm so excited to finally have the rainbows and clouds dies, and I think I'll get a ton of use out of the balloon dies....I'm always in need of birthday cards. In my opinion, pretty much EVERY stamp set on the market should include at least one happy birthday sentiment. Every. Single. One.  JMO though.  Some of the balloons and clouds are are on foam tape for dimension.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Color Throwdown #236

Hi all. I'm back to share my Color Throwdown card for this week.  Lynn is our host this week and check out this cool pansy image she chose...

 

Here's my card...

I used Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence (oops, I *thought* I used Orchid...now that I'm looking at my card along with the other girls at the CTD, I think I goofed and pulled the wrong color...sorry, girls), and I changed out Artichoke for Certainly Celery because I didn't have artichoke.  The stamp is by Magnolia and it's called Tilda with Eggs and Chicken.  I used Deconstructed Sketch #95 again for the layout.

COPICS:

Hair and Boots:  YR21, YR24, E33, E35, E37

Skin: E00, E11, E13

Dress and Purple Egg: BV000, BV02, BV04

Basket: R81, R83, R85

Chick and Yellow Eggs: Y00, Y03, Y08

Green Egg and Grass:  G21, G24, G40

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Color Throwdown #235

Hey all! It's Color Throwdown time!  I'm your hostess this week and here are the colors I picked for us...

Here's my card using another new (to me) Whimsy stamp I recently bought...

 

The stamp is called Amy by Whimsy Stamps....love it!  It's stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  The sentiment is a Penny Black sentiment from one of my clear sets.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our March Guest Designer, Kim Howard!

Color Throwdown #234

It's Color Throwdown time and Kerry is our hostess this week. Here's her pretty inspiration photo:

I want to be in that chair...so peaceful, warm and SUMMERY looking...ahhhh!  Here's my card:

I'm LOVIN' these sweet cats from Whimsy Stamps. Too..Freakin'..Cute!  The card measures 4" square, the scallop oval is up on foam tape, the layout is Sweet Sunday Sketch #180, and I added Stickles to the ruffly part of the heart that the cat is leaning on.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Quilting Bee and the image was colored with Copics.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our March Guest Designer, Kim Howard!

Color Throwdown #233

Hi everyone.  It's Color Throwdown time and Lori is our hostess this week.  I love her choice this week, as it has pink and orange (love those two colors together....so girly!). Check it out...

Here's my card...

I recently bought some new stamping toys and I couldn't wait to use them so I put them right to use with this week's CTD.  The "hi" die-cut letters are from Taylored Expressions, the cute cat is from Whimsy Stamps, and I finally bought the "seeing spots" embossing folder and Spellbinders lacey circles (both have been on my "I want it" list for so long).  The lacey circle is up on foam tape and the cat was colored with Copics.  The layout is Retro Sketches #54.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our March Guest Designer, Kim Howard!

Color Throwdown #232

Hi there. I'm back with a card for this week's Color Throwdown.  Here are Joan's fun colors...

I found this really cool layout by Stephane on Pinterest that I just had to CASE.  You can click HERE to see the original card, and here's mine...

I made two cards. The one in the front uses this week's CTD colors. The one in the back is the same except I used Island Indigo.  Stamps and dies are by Verve.  The two butterflies are each up on foam tape and so is the scalloped square.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our March Guest Designer, Kim Howard!

CTD231 birthday butterflies

Hi all! I'm back with a card for this week's Color Throwdown, which is being hosted by Mz. Broni.  Check out these F-U-N colors!!....

Here's my card...

The layout is from the Retro Sketches Blog (Challenge #52...I chose the middle sketch). The butterfly die and sentiment are by Verve. A total of six butterflies were die-cut and layered up in pairs with foam tape. Here's a close-up...

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our February Guest Designer, Kim Hahn!

CTD229 Kitties

Hi there! It's Color Throwdown time and Wanda is our hostess this week.  Here's the sweet combo she picked for us:

Here's my card:

I used my Penny Black "Stuck On You" clear set.  The layout is Deconstructed Sketch #88 and I totally took inspiration from Tobi Crawford's card (you can see it by clicking HERE....sweet, right?!) with the square card with rounded corners, twine, and pearl accents.  I didn't have Blushing Bride CS so I replaced it with some Pink Pirouette CS and patterned paper. The circle with the cats and the pink scallop circle are both up on separate layers of foam tape. The green polka dot paper is actually Christmas paper (lol!, hey, if you got it, use it!); MME Merry Christmas Winter Wonderland.  I colored the adhesive pearls with a G21 Copic.  The Penny Black image is colored with 0, E41, E42, E43, R20, R22, G21, G28, and G40 Copics.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our February Guest Designer, Kim Hahn!

CTD228 Crafted with Love

Hi all. It's Color Throwdown time and Tammy is our hostess this week. She picked a really pretty color combo for us this week. Check it out:

Here's what I came up with...

The rose stamp is an oldie of mine but one of my favorites to color; it's by Inkadinkadoo (stamp #90438). The sentiments are from Flourishes' Stitched For You.  Yes, I did add a little green to the leaves in my image (G40 Copic), but the rest of the image is strictly reds, pinks, and grays (0, W1, W3, R20, R22, R24, R29).  The sentiments were cut with SU's word window punch and MFT's file tab die.  The background was embossed with my swiss dots embossing folder, and some crochet ivory lace and silver pearls finish it all off. Oh, and the main image is up on foam tape.

Be sure to hop around to see what the CTD girls have created for you today or you can click on over to the Color Throwdown blog to see everything all in one place.

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Kerri   **   Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda

...and our February Guest Designer, Kim Hahn!