Color Throwdown 175-Owl Always Love You

It’s time for another Color Throwdown! This week, Danielle’s given us a classic color combination—kraft, cream, red, and olive. I used the colors to create a sweet, punny Valentine’s Day card with a set from the Little Critters collection from Clear and Simple Stamps.

I used the large tag from the Tags 1 die set to make the panel for my image. The branch image from the Taglines: Critters set is stamped at one end of the tag and colored with Copic markers—except for the leaf, which is filled in with the matching solid image stamp. The small owl that sits on the branch was stamped on kraft cardstock and cut out. Its belly was shaded with a Copic marker. I stamped the “owl always love you” sentiment just underneath the branch in red ink and added a tiny heart next to the owl, too.

After tying some red satin ribbon through the hole at the tag’s end, I layered it on a piece of green dotted paper. The panel is layered on a green mat, then on a kraft card base.

To play along, just create a paper crafted project using these colors as a starting point and add a direct link to your finished project using the linky tool found at the end of this week's CTD post. As always, if you don’t have exact color matches, something close works just fine. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD175. Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team:

** Barbara ** Broni ** Danielle ** Joan ** Kerri **
** Keva ** Kristin ** Lynn ** Tammy ** Wanda **
January Guestie Stacy Morgan

Materials Used:
Taglines: Critters stamp set, Perfect Little Black Dress, Haute Red Couture, and Kraft Like a Rockstar Green inks, Kraft Like a Rockstar, Kraft Like a Rockstar Green, and On the Catwalk Cream cardstock, Copic marker (E43), Tags 1 die, Dare to Be a Diva Red satin ribbon (Clear and Simple Stamps); Jingle Tiny Tablet (Lily Bee Design); foam tape