Color Throwdown 664-Sending Bear Hugs

It's time for another Color Throwdown!  Amy Rohl is our hostess this week with a great color combination--turquoise, kraft, brown, and white.

I paired the colors with the cuddly bear from the SugarPea Designs Hey Winter stamp set. The hat was stamped first, the masked so that it sat on the bear's head. I used Copic markers to color in the image, then dabbed the bear's fur with a rag dipped in colorless blender for a textured look. For more texture, I added white flock to the pom poms on the bear's hat. After cutting out the colored image, I used foam tape to adhere the image to a turquoise zig zag stitched circle die cut. The circle was adhered to the left side of a kraft card base, then trimmed along the edge to align with the side of the cardfront. For contrast, I placed a smaller dark brown zig zag stitched circle die cut beneath the lower right side of the round panel. The set's "sending bear hugs" sentiment was stamped in turquoise ink at the end of a white fishtail flag panel. To "stretch" the sentiment strip, I strategically cut it into two pieces and tucked them beneath the raised bear image. The strip was accented with a trio of turquoise enamel dots to bring in one more round element.

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 CTD664.  If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd664 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 and our Guest Star Stamper Betty Wright.

** Amy Rohl **  Amy Rysavy ** Barbara ** 

** Broni ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Guest Star Stamper Betty Wright **

Materials Used:
Hey Winter stamp set, Zig Zag Stitched Circle dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Tuxedo Black and Teal Zeal inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Bermuda Bay and Chocolate Chip cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); teal enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet); white flock (Stampendous); foam tape