Color Throwdown 840-Sunny Thank You

 

 

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Wanda is our hostess with a seasonal photograph for inspiration for this week's colors--red, yellow, and green.

 

I paired the colors with the current sketch from Sunday Stamps for a cheerful thank you card. My focal image is the flower from Reverse Confetti's Sending Smiles set, styled as a sunflower. I used foam tape to position it on a sunny yellow card base, then tucked pairs of green leaves beneath it. The set's "thank you" sentiment is stamped just above the flower on the right side of the card. A contrasting strip of red on red dotted pattern paper adhered to the left edge of the card finishes 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 CTD840. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd840 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 ** Kelly **
  ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Featured Stamper Michele Ferguson **

 

Materials Used:
Sending Smiles stamp set, Sending Smiles dies (Reverse Confetti); Vivid Lemon Drop and Wild Lime inks (Clearsnap); Harvest Gold cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Tiny Polka-Red Tonal patterned paper (The Paper Studio); Memento Rich Cocoa ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); foam tape

Color Throwdown 839-Celebrate Today

 

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Vickie is our hostess this week with a fun mix of colors--aqua, red, and white.

My sister is celebrating a birthday this week, so I used the colors to make her a birthday card. The colors look great with the Watch Band dies from The Stamp Market! I cut all of the pieces from cardstock scraps and arranged them on a white panel with a strip of aqua striped paper along the bottom. The watch face is adhered with foam tape for dimension and interest. For the sentiment, I stamped the "celebrate today" ring from the coordinating Time to Say stamp set in red ink on the watch face. The finished panel was adhered to an aqua card base to match the watch band and patterned paper 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 CTD839. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd839 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 ** Kelly **
  ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Featured Stamper Julia Humphries **

 

Materials Used:
Time to Say stamp set, Watch Band dies (The Stamp Market); Memento Lady Bug ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); marker (Copic); Summer Daze and Shades of Red cardstock (Recollections); Aqua Mist patterned paper (Papertrey Ink); foam tape

Color Throwdown 838-Bright Blossoms Thank You

It's time for another Color Throwdown!Lynn is our hostess this week with a beautiful mix of colors--hot pink, peach, and green.

I used the colors to make a simple floral thank you card. My focal image is a pair of blooms and a bunch of leaves made with Altenew's Bright Blossoms stamps and dies. The die cut images were arranged inside a gold foil frame cut with an Altenew die. For interest, I positioned the flower so two of the leaves extended beyond the frame and used foam tape for the flowers. The "thank you" sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 2 set was stamped in hot pink ink on a narrow white strip. After matting the text on a hot pink strip matching the card base, I used foam tape to place it on the card overlapping the left side of the frame.

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 CTD838. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd838 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 ** Kelly **
  ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Featured Stamper Patricia **

Materials Used:
Bright Blossoms and Sentiment Strips 2 stamp sets, Bright Blossoms and Fine Frames Square dies (Altenew); Memento Rosebud and Bamboo Leaves inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Peach ink (Reverse Confetti); Hibiscus Burst cardstock (Papertrey Ink)l Gold Foil cardstock (Recollections); foam tape

 

Color Throwdown 837-Just a Note

It's time for another Color Throwdown! It's my turn to be challenge hostess this week and my color trio--yellow, pink, and grey--is inspired by a trio of crochet pencils. I'm learning to crochet and hoping that I might actually be close to having the skills to make myself one of these...

I couldn't resist going with a pencil theme for my card, too. My pencil was made by using Copic markers to add color to a pencil shape I made with a die from SugarPea Designs. I used foam tape to attach the pencil to a stitched circle panel found in my scrap pile, then added it to a white panel over the right side of yellow cardstock strip. To bring in a bit more yellow, I used another die from the same set to make a piece of notebook style paper to tuck beneath the round panel. And, using yet another die from the set, I made a paper clip from a gray cardstock scrap. After knotting a pink ribbon scrap to the top of the clip, I clipped it on to the round panel. For the sentiment, I die cut the word "note" from gray cardstock and glued the letters to the yellow cardstock strip. The "just a" sentiment from SPD's Special Delivery stamp set was stamped above the die cut word in gray ink. I adhered the panel to a pink card base matching the round 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 CTD837. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd837 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 ** Kelly **
  ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Featured Stamper Renate **

Materials Used:
Special Delivery stamp set, Norebook Journal Card dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Lovely Lady and Lemon Tart cardstock (Papertrey Ink); foam tape

Color Throwdown 836-Birthday Exclamation

It's time for another Color Throwdown!  Lisa is our challenge hostess with a fun trio of colors--kraft, fuchsia, and orange.

I'm trying to get a little bit ahead, so I created a birthday card that I'll give to a colleague during the upcoming school year. My focal image is a large die cut created with the Concord & 9th Exclamation die set. I mixed in all the challenge colors and added foam tape for interest before placing the die over layered circles on a white card base. A few orange enamel dies scattered around the cardfront finished the simple 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 CTD836. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd836 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 ** Kelly **
  ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Featured Stamper Kerry Parkinson **

Materials Used:
Exclamation dies (Concord & 9th); Pink Passion and Only Orange cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); circle punches (EK Success); orange enamel dots (My Mind's Eye); foam tape

Color Throwdown 835-Floral Birthday

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Susie is our challenge hostess with a fun trio of colors--yellow, green, and turquoise.

I paired the colors with the current TGIF Challenge to create a birthday card for a colleague. My focal image is a cluster of flowers and leaves made with Reverse Confetti's Bold Blooms stamps and dies. I used foam tape to attach the flowers to the round panel to add dimension and interest. The round panel is matted on green cardstock for a pop of color, then adhered to a yellow patterned paper panel placed on a contrasting turquoise card base. The "happy birthday" sentiment from RC's Word Up set was stamped on a narrow turquoise strip in turquoise ink to tie in the background color. I placed it over the yellow panel, tucking it underneath the raised blooms, 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 CTD835. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd834 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 ** Kelly **
  ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **
** Featured Stamper Rochelle Laird-Smith **

  

Materials Used:
Bold Blooms and Word Up stamp sets, Bold Blooms dies (Reverse Confetti); Memento Bahama Blue, Daffodil, and Bamboo Leaves inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Tempting Turquoise cardstock (Stampin' Up!); New Leaf and Lemon Tart cardstock, Lemon Tart patterned paper (Papertrey Ink); circle dies (Spellbinders); foam tape 

Color Throwdown 834-All About You

It's time for another Color Throwdown! Amy is our hostess this week with a mix of colors inspired by nature--green, turquoise, and orange.

I paired the colors with the current challenge at Sunday Stamps to make this floral themed birthday card that I'll be sharing with the recipient today. My focal image is a cluster of poppies made with a stamp/die set from Reverse Confetti. I used foam tape to place the flower trio on a contrasting turquoise panel, then matted it on a slightly larger green square before I adhered it to the lower right corner of a leafy orange patterned paper panel on an orange card base. The "today is all about you" sentiment was stamped in brown ink on a narrow white strip and added to the cardfront with more 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 CTD834. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd834 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 ** Tammy **
** Kelly ** Lisa ** Lynn **
** Susie **  Vickie ** Wanda **

 

Materials Used:
Poppies and Word Up stamp sets, Poppies dies (Reverse Confetti); Memento Tangelo, Bamboo Leaves, Toffee Crunch, and Rich Cocoa inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, and Garden Green cardstock (Stampin' Up!); foam tape