Color Throwdown 771-Bundle of Joy

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Amy Rysavy is our hostess this week with a pretty mix of colors--blue, green, and peach.

My school is having a baby shower next week for a teacher who will be having a baby girl at the end of December, so I used the colors to make a card for the occasion. I made a simple scene using the stork image from Lawn Fawn's Plus One stamp set and the stitched sun and cloud dies from LF's Spring Showers. The stork was stamped on white cardstock and colored just a bit with Copic markers. The bundle was paper pieced with a scrap of peach patterned cardstock. I used foam tape to place the image on a blue panel with a strip of green "grass" along the bottom that I created with a border punch. The die cut sun and clouds were added to the top of the panel to balance out the scene. I adhered the panel to the left side of a peach card base. The "bundle of joy" sentiment was stamped on a narrow strip of white cardstock and added to the bottom of the cardfront overlapping the image panel using foam tape.

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 CTD771.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd771 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 Stef Perry **

Materials Used:
Plus One stamp set, Spring Showers dies (Lawn Fawn); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Just Peachy cardstock (Gina K Designs); Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Crystal Stardream metallic cardstock (The Papercut); Nostalgia 6x6 paper pad (My Mind's Eye); grass border punch (Fiskars); foam tape

Color Throwdown 770-Leafy Thanks

 It's time for another Color Throwdown! Wanda is our hostess this week with a pair of green paired with classic neutrals--white, black, dark green, and yellow green.

I paired the colors with the current sketch from Sunday Stamps for this thank you design that's perfect for the current season. My focal image is a leafy branch created with Altenew's Leaf Canopy stamps and dies. It's hard to see in the photo, but the image outline is stamped in dark green ink. I used foam tape to adhere the branch to a green circle. After making a card base from the same green cardstock as I used for the round panel, I added a large yellow green panel at the center of the cardfront and topped it with a wide strip of black cardstock. The "thanks" sentiment from Altenew's Inside and Out: Thanks set was stamped on the black panel in white ink and heat embossed. It ended up looking like the chalkboard in the color swatch photo! The small circle was placed at the lower right of the black strip to complete 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 CTD770.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd770 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 Esther Asbury **

Materials Used:
Leaf Canopy and Inside and Out: Thanks stamp sets, Leaf Canopy dies (Altenew); Memento Pear Tart and Northern Pine inks, Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Always Artichoke and Basic Black cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Simply Chartreuse cardstock (Papertrey Ink); circle dies (Spellbinders); Snow embossing powder (Recollections); foam tape

Color Throwdown 769-Happy Birthday

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Vickie is our hostess this week with a pretty mix of colors--pink, grey, and green.

On e of my friends has a little one who's turning four shortly, so I used the colors to make her a birthday card. The layout for my design is based on the current sketch from TGIF Challenges. Since the birthday girl is a big fan of Daniel Tiger, I picked a cat image from Reverse Confetti's Heart Pals set as my focal image. I colored the cat and balloons with Copic markers before cutting the image out by hand and placing it on a white circle using foam tape. The patterned paper panels on my cardfront were pieces found in my scrap pile. The colors match the challenge pretty well and the patterns worked perfectly together. I matted all of the panels on green cardstock and arranged them on a pink card base. The "happy birthday" sentiment was created by combining words from two RC sets--Hooray and Happy Coordinates. The text was matted on green and added to the cardfront overlapping all three panels to finish the card. It's already on its way to the birthday girl!

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 CTD769.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd769 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 T. **

Materials Used:
Heart Pals, Hooray, and Happy Coordinates stamp sets (Reverse Confetti); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Pretty in Pink cardstock (Stampin' Up!); New Leaf cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Green Gingham designer paper (Recollections); circle dies (Spellbinders); foam tape

Color Throwdown 768-My Heart Smiles

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Lynn is our hostess this week with a seasonal color palette--yellow gold, brown, red, and kraft.

I paired the colors with the current sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday for this simple thinking of you design. I covered a kraft card base with solid and plaid patterned panels of golden yellow, using a strip of wide red grosgrain ribbon to hide the transition between the two pieces. A chocolate brown fishtail flag strip was tucked beneath the ribbon on the left side of the cardfront. I topped the fishtail flag piece with a pair of hearts cut with Reverse Confetti's Love Notes dies. The "my heart smiles just thinking of you" sentiment from RC's The Most Beauty stamp set was stamped in brown ink on the right side of the cardfront just above the ribbon strip.

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 CTD768.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd768 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 Jolanda Johnstone **

Materials Used:
The Most Beauty stamp set, Tag Me and Love Note dies (Reverse Confetti); Memento Rich Cocoa ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Sweet Corn cardstock (Gina K Designs); Real Red and Close to Cocoa cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); designer paper (Lawn Fawn); red grosgrain ribbon (Recollections); foam tape

Color Throwdown 767-Scootin' By to Say Have a Happy Day

It's time for another Color Throwdown! It's my turn to be challenge hostess and I've picked a color palette inspired by a fun trio of pillows--pink, mustard, rust, and green.

I paired the colors with the current sketch from Sketch Saturday and stamps from Lawn Fawn's Scootin' By stamp set. I colored the scooter, fox, and balloon images with Copic markers, then carefully cut them out. To make a background, I used a cloud stencil and pink ink to make a sky above sidewalk colored with warm gray Copic markers. The images were adhered to the background using foam tape for dimension. I matted the image panel on rust cardstock then placed it on a pink card base over a mustard panel with a slanted edge and a pair of narrow green cardstock strips. The cheery sentiment was stamped at the bottom right of the cardfront in black ink.

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 CTD767.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd767 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 Jolanda Johnstone **

Materials Used:
Scootin' By stamp set (Lawn Fawn); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Kitsch Flamingo distress oxide (Ranger); markers (Copic); Pretty in Pink, Mellow Moss, More Mustard, and Really Rust cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Cloud stencil (My Favorite Things); foam tape

Color Throwdown 766-Eek-a-Boo!

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Lisa is our hostess this week with a mix of complementary colors--orange, pale blue, and cream.

I paired the colors with the current sketch at Sunday Stamps and a fun Halloween themed stamp set from SugarPea Designs. For the focal image, I stamped the ghost image from the Eek-a-Boo! stamp set on white vellum and heat embossed it with cream embossing powder. I carefully cut out the embossed image by hand, then added just a bit of color to the back of the ghost. For the background, I stamped a pair of spiderwebs on the sides of a light blue cardstock panel and embossed them with cream embossing powder, leaving an open space in the center for the ghost image. I matted the panel on cream cardstock and adhered it to the center of an orange cardfront. The set's "eek-a-boo" sentiment was stamped in orange ink on a cream panel, then adhered to the right side of the image panel.

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 CTD766.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd766 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 Liz Williams **

Materials Used:
Eek-a-Boo! stamp set (SugarPea Designs); Memento Tangelo and Versamark inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, and Very Vanilla cardstock, Vanilla embossing powder (Stampin' Up!); white vellum (Recollections)

Color Throwdown 765-You Are So Kind

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Susie is our hostess this week with colors inspired by a fun seasonal photo--orange, yellow, and green.

The layout for my card is from the current challenge at TGIF Challenges. I created a cheery yellow flower as my focal image using Reverse Confetti's Sending Smiles stamp set. The flower was stamped with yellow ink then cut out with the coordinating die. I used foam tape to adhere it to a white panel, then tucked the green leaves beneath the raised flower image. The image panel was matted on orange cardstock before I adhered it to a yellow polka dotted patterned paper panel. For contrast, I matted the patterned panel on orange cardstock, then positioned it on a yellow card base. The "you are so kind" sentiment was stamped in black ink on an orange strip. I placed it on the cardfront, tucking it beneath the flower and securing it over the leaves.

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 CTD765.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd765 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 Jerralyn Rose **

Materials Used:
Sending Smiles stamp set, Sending Smiles dies (Reverse Confetti); Memento Tangelo, Dandelion, Cottage Ivy, and Tuxedo Black inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Pumpkin Pie cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Harvest Gold cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Tiny Polka-Yellow Tonal designer paper (The Paper Studio); foam tape