Relax and Enjoy the 100th Color Throwdown

The Color Throwdown challenge blog is celebrating its 100th challenge this week! As part of the celebration, lots of crafty companies have offered some amazing prizes for this week's challenge participants. I'm thrilled to be associated with some of those great companies, including Clear and Simple Stamps, Starving Artistamps, and i {heart} papers.

Here's my card using this week's challenge colors. Since I just got back from the beach, surf and sand are still on my mind. I went with a beachy card using images from the Surf stamp set from Clear & Simple Stamps and this week's Taylored Expressions sketch challenge.

I stamped the set's bikini image three times in three different inks matching the challenge colors. The stamped panels are set on a red strip that really makes them pop.

I paired the stamped images with some wave patterned designer paper in a Baja Breeze-ish color. A celery strip, accented with a piece of blue ric rac mimicing the shape of the waves stitched across it, runs across the cardfront. It's hard to see in the photo, but I machine stitched across the ric rac and also added some paper piercing beneath it, following the wavy shape.

I stamped the set's "relax" sentiment in Baja Breeze on a Baja Breeze circle and layered on a red circle, then attached it to the cardfront using foam tape. A red button, threaded with some celery ribbon, accents the sentiment.

Be sure to stop by the Color Throwdown blog to find out all the challenge details and see a list of all of the great prizes up for grabs.

Materials Used:
Surf stamp set (Clear & Simple Stamps); Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, and Regal Rose Classic inks, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Certainly Celery, and Whisper White cardstock, Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon (Stampin' Up!); Blue Waves designer paper (My Mind's Eye); Pure Poppy button (Papertrey Ink); wide blue ric rac (American Crafts); circle punches (EK Success); foam tape; sewing machine