Color Throwdown 818-Fall Birthday

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Lynn is our hostess this week with a mix of earthy colors--orange, moss, and cranberry.

I paired the colors with the current challenge from Sketch Saturday to create a fall birthday card. My focal image is a tag cut from kraft cardstock and dressed up with a pair of stamped leaves from Papertrey Ink's Autumn Acorns stamp set at the bottom and a pretty cranberry ribbon at the top. I stamped the "happy birthday" from one of PTI's Keep It Simple sentiment sets on the tag in brown ink before placing it on a cranberry card base topped with a strip of plaid patterned paper.

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. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD818. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd818 and #colorthrowdown.  You can find us on Instagram and on Facebook with the username colorthrowdown.  Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team. We're excited to welcome Tammy back to the team today, so be sure to stop by to check out her design.

** Amy Rohl **  Broni ** Tammy **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Featured Stamper Erin Thiem **

Materials Used:
Autumn Acorns, Keep It Simple: Birthday stamp sets, Scarlet Jewel and Kraft cardstock, Autumn Abundance patterned paper, Autumn Acorns and Tag Sale #3 dies (Papertrey Ink); Memento Rich Cocoa, Tangelo, and Pistachio inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Pumpkin Pie and Mellow Moss cardstock (Stampin' Up!); cranberry ribbon; twine; foam tape

Color Throwdown 817-Thanks for Sticking Your Neck Out for Me

It's time for another Color Throwdown! I'm this week's challenge hostess and bringing you a warm, earthy color combination--mustard, kraft, and terracotta.

I paired the colors with the current challenge from The Paper Players for a fun thank you card design. My focal image is a die cut giraffe that I dressed up with Copic marker spots and a pair of black enamel dot eyes. The image was adhered to a cream panel using foam tape for dimension. After matting the round panel on a slightly larger mustard circle matching the giraffe, I adhered it to a mustard card base with kraft and terracotta cardstock panels running from top to bottom. The "thanks for sticking your neck out for me" sentiment from the My Favorite Things Sweet Safari stamp set was stamped at the bottom left of the cardfront to finish the design.

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. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD817. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd817 and #colorthrowdown.  You can find us on Instagram and on Facebook with the username colorthrowdown.  Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team.

** Amy Rohl **  Broni **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **

Materials Used:
Sweet Safari stamp set, Jungle Friends dies (My Favorite Things); Versafine Clair Nocturne ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); More Mustard and Basic Black cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Tomato Soup cardstock (Gina K Designs); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); circle dies (Spellbinders); black enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet); foam tape

Color Throwdown 816-For Bar

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Today's challenge is a special one in honor of Barbara Anders, one of our challenge team founders, who recently passed away after a battle with cancer. Bar was an amazing lady--not just a talented stamper, but a fabulous friend. We hope you'll join us this week in celebrating our friend.

Here's my design. I used an emboss resist technique, stamping some silhouette florals and embossing them in cream, then layering on a mix of orange and brown distress oxides. After cutting the panel apart and matting each piece on cream cardstock, I arranged them on a kraft card base. The "with sympathy" sentiment was die cut from both cream and kraft cardstock. I layered the pieces, offsetting them slightly for a shadowed look, before adhering them to the cardfront.

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. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD816. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd816 and #colorthrowdown.  You can find us on Instagram and on Facebook with the username colorthrowdown.  Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team.

** Amy Rohl **  Broni **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Special Guest Tammy **

Materials Used:
Flower Silhouettes stamp set (My Favorite Things); Spiced Marmalade and Walnut Stain Distress Oxides (Ranger); Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Vanilla embossing powder (Stampin' Up!); With Sympathy dies (Avery Elle)

Color Throwdown 815-Thankful for a Friend Like You

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Susie is our hostess this week with a great mix of colors--aqua, orange, and green.

Here's my take on the challenge colors using the layout from TGIF Challenges. I built my design on an aqua card base. I cut three cream panels and matted each on olive green cardstock before placing them vertically along the right side of the cardfront. The top and bottom panel are filled with leaf die cuts created with the Stitched Autumn Icons dies from SugarPea Designs. The middle panel has a pair of stitched pumpkins cut with the same dies. For interest I adhered them with foam tape to add dimension. I stamped "thankful for a friend like you" in orange ink on a cream panel, then matted it on olive cardstock before positioning it on the cardfront overlapping the pumpkin pair.

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. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD815. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd815 and #colorthrowdown.  You can find us on Instagram and on Facebook with the username colorthrowdown.  Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team.

** Amy Rohl **  Broni **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Guest Star Stamper Jerralyn Rose **

Materials Used:
Nuts About You stamp set, Stitched Autumn Icons dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Tangelo ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); aqua cardstock (Recollections); foam tape

Color Throwdown 814-Bold Happy Birthday

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Amy Rohl is our hostess this week with a classic color combination--red, yellow, and blue.

For my take on the colors, I created a simple birthday card that I gave to one of my work colleagues on Monday. Since I knew that a bunch of people would be signing the card, I used an easy to write on white card base. The red "happy" die cut backed with a blue frame really pops against the white! I adhered the die cut word over the top of a yellow strip that is edged with a narrow contrasting strip of red cardstock. The "birthday to you" sentiment was stamped on the strip in blue ink. It doesn't look as blue as I would have liked because of the yellow background, but it still works. A few red enamel dots scattered around the stamped sentiment finished the design.

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. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD814. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd814 and #colorthrowdown.  You can find us on Instagram and on Facebook with the username colorthrowdown.  Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team.

** Amy Rohl **  Broni **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Guest Star Stamper Jenni Murray **

Materials Used:
Happy Coordinates stamp set, Happy dies (Reverse Confetti); Memento Danube Blue ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Bright Buttercup cardstock (Papertrey Ink); red and blue cardstock (Recollections);  red enamel dots (Doodlebug Designs); foam tape

Color Throwdown 813-Birthday Cupcake

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Broni is our hostess this week with a mix of cheery, warm colors--yellow, pink, and orange.

I made yet another birthday card, this time with a fun die cut cupcake and a bold sentiment. I started with the sentiment on this one, using my MISTI and the Happy Happy Birthday stamp set from My Favorite Things to stamp the bold "happy" in orange and the delicate "birthday" in pink on a white panel. My cupcake is made with MFT's Cupcakes and Sprinkles dies. I used foam tape to place the pieces next to the text. For balance, I adhered narrow strips of orange and gold foil cardstock beneath the text. The finished panel was adhered to a pink card base that matches the cupcake 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. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD813. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd813 and #colorthrowdown.  You can find us on Instagram and on Facebook with the username colorthrowdown.  Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team.

** Amy Rohl **  Broni **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Guest Star Stamper Christy Stanford **

Materials Used:
Happy Happy Birthday stamp set, Cupcakes and Sprinkles dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Angel Pink and Tangelo inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Pretty in Pink and Pumpkin Pie cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Gold Foil cardstock (Recollections); foam tape

Color Throwdown 811-I'm Thankful for You

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Amy Rysavy is our hostess and she has an earthy, autumn inspired color palette for us--burnt orange, black, and sage.

The layout for my fall themed design is from the current challenge at Sunday Stamps. I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Leaves dies to cut a trio of leaves from cardstock scraps. The leaves are adhered to a cream tag die cut using foam tape for dimension. I stamped "I'm thankful for you" from LF's You Autumn Know set at the bottom of the tag in black ink and added a gingham bow to the top. The tag is adhered to a piece of sage green cardstock embossed with a cable knit pattern. That texture just screams fall to me! I broke up the panel with a contrasting strip of burnt orange cardstock edged with a narrow strip of black. The panel was matted on a black cardstock panel, then adhered to a sage green 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. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD811. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd811 and #colorthrowdown.  You can find us on Instagram and on Facebook with the username colorthrowdown.  Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team.

** Amy Rohl **  Amy Rysavy ** Broni **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Guest Star Stamper Erin Thiem **

Materials Used:
You Autumn Know stamp set, Stitched Leaves dies (Lawn Fawn); Versafine Clair Nocturne ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Really Rust, Mellow Moss, and Basic Black cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Cable Knit embossing folder (Sunny Studio Stamps); Traditional Tags STAX dies (My Favorite Things); black gingham ribbon; foam tape