It's Time...COLOR THROWDOWN #100!!!

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Wow!  It's finally time for our 100th edition of the Color Throwdown!  And do we have some fun in store for you!  You can find all the details on today's post at the CTD blog, but basically you need to make a paper craft project, using the colors of today's challenge and link it directly to the challenge post.  Then head out to all the blogs listed and leave a comment on each one.  That way you have a chance to win one of several fantastic prizes, donated by some super special and generous merchants.

Here are today's colors:

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Great combo, huh?

Here's my card for today:

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I've used the Cafe (F2957) and the Comfort Words (A3058) images from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps.  And speaking of Just For Fun®, they're one of our sponsors today! 

Here's the list of what I'll be giving away:

A $25 gift certificate from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps

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A stamp set, watercolor pencils, blending stumps, and cardstock from Mark's Finest Papers

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And a Say Cheese stamp set from All That Scraps

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Well, are you excited yet?

Please leave me a comment (just one, please), then head back to the Color Throwdown blog to get a link to another one of the blogs participating.  We've invited a lot of our past Guest Designers to help us give away all the great prizes, so there are lots of wonderful creations to see and lots of prizes to be eligible to win.  I'll also give you a list of the participants here:

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker

Kisa Peters - Kisa's Paper Cuts

Carol Longacre - Our Little Inspirations

Deb Horst - Sendable Sentiments

Debi Southard - Debi's Crazy Life

Elise Durenberger - MamaCow Creations

Juliana Swanson - Stampin With Inky Fingers

Lisa Kind - Kind Creations

Makiko Jones - Makink Studios

Maria Gurnsey - Scraps By M

Pam Speidel - Stamping With Serendipity

Sylvia Nelson - Sylvia's Stamp Corner

Teresa Kline - Enjoy the VA Sunshine

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

So get started leaving comments and GOOD LUCK to you all!

• Stamps: Cafe (F2957), Comfort Words (A3058) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: white, black, red, celery, Olivia 6x6 (Basic Grey)
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, Ranger Distress antique linen & tumbled glass
• Other: sponge daubers, grosgrain ribbon, button, embroidery floss, Clouds die (My Favorite Things), Ranger Distress stickles - antique bronze, foam tape, Scor-Buddy, Copic markers:

Comments

[nikka geers]

your card is so fun. i used to be a barista, so the coffee speaks to me. plus this is so exciting, the 100th celebration.

[Elise]

Hey, Broni! You gorgeous and talented card-crafter, YOU! LOVE, love, love what you did with these colors! OMG! What great images and your coloring - HOWDY, DO, M'am! It's FANTASTIC! Congratulations of the BIG 100! Yee Haw!

[Shirl]

What a great card...love your colouring especially :)) Hooray for the 100th celebration!

[Sylvia Nelson]

Beautiful card, Broni! Congratulations on #100!

[Gayatri Murali]

I loove coffee and I agree with that sentiment a 100% Beautiful card! And congratulations on the 100th countdown! Yay!

[Kittie Caracciolo]

Broni, this is such a cute card....and boy oh boy is that sentiment right on!!! I'm drinking my second cup right now.

[wendyp]

Wow! Gorgeous card Broni! LOVE your coloring of the image!

[Jo]

Love your colouring! Awesome!

[Mercy Kerin]

broni...this is fabulous! amazing coloring...great colors for this week! :)

[Debils]

Beautifully done Broni! Love how you colored your image!

[Glenda Brooks]

Congratulations on #100! Love your card...beautiful as always! I'm loving this and thinking I may play along more!

[teresa kline]

so adorable sweet card and so true...lol...have a fantastic week!

enjoy *~*

[yvonnew]

What a wonderful card! congrats on the #100 :)

[Carol L]

Your wonderful card just reminded me that I put a pot of coffee on 45 minutes ago and haven't had a cup yet! LOL Great use of the colors!

[Lynn McAuley]

Love this fun image and fabulous sentiment, Broni!! So pretty in today's colors!!

[Theresa Pollack]

Congrats on the 100th challenge! Love your card...great colors this week! What great prizes for the celebration.

[Pat]

Cute card...I can smell the coffee brewing. Congrats to CTD!

[Johanna Westin]

Hello there... :D
Lovely cards you have made. You are a great talent.
And a happy 100 challenge to you he he he.
Hugs from Sweden/ Johanna "pojjo"

[Carla Suto]

Great card, Broni! Love the fun image and layout! Fantastic coloring! Congrats on the 100th Color Throwdown!

[debhorst]

Congrats on 100 Color Throwdown challenges.....what an awesome thing you guys have going here!! Love your card....fantastic coloring!! and I love that polka dot paper!!

[Natasha Murray]

What a fun card - I love it! Congrats on the 100th CTD Challenge!

[Julia Aston]

I love your image and sentiment! what a fun day for the color throwdown!

[PAT(mspfd)]

Wowzers, Broni, you did an amazing job combining the challenge colors. Thanks so much for bringing us this wonderful challenge and sharing you inspirational creations week after week. Congratulations to the Color Throwdown on reaching 100 challenges!

[Lisa Somerville]

Super cute, wonderful coloring!

[Susi (AKA ladybugg61)]

Love that card - bright, cheery colours (and the sentiment is SO true! LOL)

[Joan Ervin]

Your card is beautiful, Broni...I love the super cool image and your coloring looks gorgeous!!!! Congrats on the 100 challenges, too...what a fun party!!!!

[steph zerbe]

gasp! your color work is amazing! I need to get out my watercolor pencils! Gorgeous and stunning work!!
Loving the prize that we can color in! Woo hoo!

[Kristine]

Your card is the sweetest;)
thanks for a chance to win:)
Hugs from Kristine

[Cathy Green]

Broni, What a great card! Love the sentiment!

[Andrea Vernagus]

Love this card! Just so bright and bold and fun!

[Patty from FL]

Love your card and the stamp! I can't move without coffee first thing in the AM.

[Debra]

Your card is great! Would love to have a cup of coffee right now. You did great job.

Debra (dj1952)

[Rosemary D]

Fabulous color combo, fabulous card and fabulous prizes!! What a fabulous 100th challange contest!!

[lisa a]

gorgeous coloring!

lisa a.

[Crafting Cathy]

I love your card and the sentiment. I can relate...I am so excited about the 100 th challenge. I will make a card this afternoon.

[Liz Williams]

Broni, this is such a cute card. Congratulations for hitting the 100th mark on CTD. I have enjoyed so much the times I have been able to play along with this challenge. It is one of my favorites.

[Linda L]

Wonderful card and your coloring is fantastic! The prizes are amazing. Thanks for a chance to win.

[Pam Speidel]

Such a GREAT card Broni and perfect use of the the colors! Congrats to U and the CTD Team on this incredible milestone! :D

[DawnL]

couldn't agree more with your card! lol! fab sample, great prizes!! hugs

[Janet L.]

Great card! I love the theme and the colors!Thanks for sharing your talents.

[Wanda Cullen]

I am really enjoying the different creations by the DT...your card is fabulous (as are your amazing prizes!). Party on!

[Makiko Jones]

Broni, Your card is so wonderful and fun!! Congrats to all DT for this milestone! Woohoo!!

[Marnie Blum]

Broni, I love this and I am right there with you! LOL!

[Amy]

Wow such beatiful creations from the DT!!! I am seeing some things that I am going to have to buy!! lol

[Melisa Waldorf]

Cute card!! I love these colors!
melisa.waldorf@yahoo.com

[Nancy]

I love this color combination, and especially what you have done with it as well. Adorable card!

[Sue Lowenguth]

I love your coloring technique!!

[Kelly Massman]

Love your card for the 100th color throwdown! Colors are great!

[Jeanne New]

Nice work!! Yeah for coffee :)

[Lisa Kind]

Broni, this is fabulous! Love that image and how you used those great challenge colors! Couldn't be any cuter! Congrats on your 100th challenge! This is an amazing party!

[Lori Turner]

Ohhh...a card after my own heart! I'm an avid coffee-a-holic! :) Beautiful card...congrats on #100!

[Eva]

I am soooo in LOVE with the way you colored your image...it's STUNNING!!!

[Creative Char]

Great card!

[Michele]

Love your coloring! Love the image! :)

[Beverly S.]

I think your card is just fabulous. You did such a great job coloring the image. The card is SOOOO vibrant and fun. :) That card would make anyone feel better to receive in the mail (I would frame it!) :)

[Cassie K]

fun card and the colors just POP

[Lea Lawson]

Your card is so pretty!! I love the coloring that you did!! Thanks for the chance to win!

Lea

[Becky Thomas]

Amen for coffee! Love your card.

[Becky Givans]

Awesome card, Broni! Love how well these colors came together on your card!

[Jessica]

Love your coloring! Very nice blog!!! Congrats and thanks for the chance :)

[Christina M]

Such a cute card! What a fantastic job you did with the coloring! It makes me want to practice! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Sylvia/Little Treasures]

Congrats on 100!! Great colors and layout, Yeppee Coffee.

[Colleen]

Oh I sooooo love what you've done with these colours and that sentiment is all me! Fab!

[Pat S]

Love your card, Broni. So much rich colors and style. What a way to celebrate the 100th!

[Margarita Ybarra]

Love the card Broni...it's coffee!!! :)

[Paper-doll-dreams.blogspot.com]

I love coffee and Billy Joel and your card!

[Donna]

Beautiful card! Love the colors.

[Dorcas]

Love the "fine art" feel to your card. :-)

[Michelle Tindall]

Awesome color Throwdown! I hope I can win something
Michelle
jtindall4352@sbcglobal.net

[Jess Willison]

What a great card! These colours are great!

[Naomi]

Really pretty card. Love the coloring.

[Marisa]

Fun card. Ah yes....nothing soothes like a good cup of coffee and it has a lot less calories than chocolate LOL!

[Yara]

Beautiful card! Love coffee! The coloring is awesome!! Really Inspiring!!

[Jen Cuthbertson]

Happy #100 on the same day I'm turning 40! :) What better way to celebrate than to see such gorgeous creations!! I love the coloring you did on this card - amazing!!

[laurlynn]

Great card! I think I'm gonna need some of the BG paper - love it! TFS!

[Winter]

Too cute! I love that sentiment! :)

[DonnaMundinger]

could this card be more PEFECT!? Love it! xxD

[Julee]

Such a gorgeous card. Love the image, the sentiment and your marvelous coloring. Beautiful!

[Anne T]

Your coloring is fabulous!!!

[Lisa M/Lisabee]

These colors worked perfectly on that larger stamps! And I do love that quote. What a beautiful card! Thanks for sharing and happy 100!

[Linda C.]

Fabulous colors! Love how you brought them to life! Beautifully done!

[LeAnne]

Broni, this is an incredible image---I love anything "woodcut"!!! What great coloring too! I am going to have to check them out!

[Ruth]

A beautiful retro looking card, Ruth x

[Mary R.]

Gorgeous card and can't do better than Billy Joel~

[InkStainedRoni]

Perfect saying for that image!! Love it :) And so very true ;)

[T]

Broni, your card is FABULOUS! I LOVE the graphic-ness of that image, and that sentiment is awesome. I agree with a previous comment... can't go wrong with Billy Joel! LOVE the ribbon treatment, too!

[Tammy Hershberger]

LOL... that comment with "T" is me! What a doofus... hit "enter" too quickly!

[Luanne]

Love a card made with a coffee theme! This is so cute ~ I want that sentiment!! Just a really neat card!

[Lin]

Oh, yes, this is pretty exciting! Who want to do ironing when I can just hop along here all afternoon :) Love your card and will get on making one of my own hopefully today. Thanks for the chance at these goodies!

[piali]

Wonderful card!! Love the stamp...I've check out Just for fun stamps, its new to me.

[chriss blagrave]

Love your coffee cup and the perfect quote!

[Karen]

Wow - your card is beautiful. I like the image you chose, it's very cute. Thanks for sharing with us!

[Sally]

Fantastic central image! love the inking and coloring you did. Great response to the throw down!

[Lori Stokes Wright]

Love your card, you've showcased the colors perfectly! The coloring is fabulous!

[erin]

I love anything and everything having to do with coffee (my blog has a large number of coffee themed cards)- so great job on your card.

[Janice Webb]

Simply gorgeous cards!

[chis v]

yes, I am excited! there are some really great prizes up for grabs here, maybe I'll get lucky.

btw, your card is fabulously colored.

[Catherine Thompson]

Congrats on 100 colour throwdowns! What a great day to have it, my wedding anniversary!I hope to make it to 100 too! Altho its just my 4th today! Nothing quite like 100! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Nina]

Wow - this was one of my favorites among the designer card samples...Gorgeous coloring and layout!!

[Torrey]

Broni...I love your color shading! This is such a cute "kitschy" card!