Color Throwdown 802-Whale Hello

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Kelly is our hostess this week with a beachy feeling mix of colors--coral, grey, and blue.

Inspired by the marine theme in the inspiration photo, I paired the challenge colors with some pretty glittery paper and a whale stamp set. My whale is from Avery Elle's Whale Hello stamp set. The image was colored with gray Copic markers, then cut out with the matching die. I used foam tape to position the image at the top of some pretty patterned paper with glittery swirls on it. The swirls reminded me of waves, so the paper seemed link a good match for the image. After edging the bottom of the patterned panel in contrasting coral cardstock, I placed the panel on a blue card base that's just a bit darker than the blue in the challenge colors, but is pretty close to a blue in the inspiration photo. I combined sentiments from Avery Elle's Whale Hello and Cupcakes stamp sets to stamp "whale hello" on the coral strip that I added to the patterned paper panel 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 CTD802. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd802 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 Julia Sager **

Materials Used:
Whale Hello and Cupcakes stamp sets, Whale Hello dies (Avery Elle); Memento Tuxedo Black and Nautical Blue inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Marina Mist and Cameo Coral cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Citronella Waves designer paper (K and Company); foam tape