Color Throwdown 186-Rawr

It’s time for another Color Throwdown! This week, Danielle’s brought us an earth-tone filled color combination to try—Pumpkin Pie, Dusty Durango, Pear Pizzazz, and Tempting Turquoise. I used the colors to create a fun birthday card using the Little Loveasaurus set from My Favorite Things.

I colored the dino image with Copic markers, using orange and green markers. To get a textured look, I added some random dots with darker rust colored markers—I think I went a little overboard on this and would have been happier if I’d just dotted the tail . . . After cutting out the image, I added it to a piece of cloud patterned paper with a border punched “grass” strip along the bottom. I combined pieces of a few of the set’s sentiments to get the “rawr means happy birthday” that I stamped on the green cardstock beneath the image.

I layered the panel on an orange mat, then on a green one. I slipped a trio of notch-edged strips between the orange and green layers, then machine stitched them in place, before adding the panel 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. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD186. Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team and April’s guestie, Julia Aston:

** Barbara ** Broni ** Danielle ** Joan ** Kerri **
** Lynn ** Tammy ** Wanda **
April Guestie Julia Aston

Materials Used:
Little Loveasaurus stamp set (My Favorite Things); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Pumpkin Pie and Pear Pizzazz cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Away We Go 6x6 paper pad (My Mind’s Eye); grass border punch (Martha Stewart); sewing machine; foam tape