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Birthday Love - Color Throwdown #557

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Welcome to Wednesday, y'all! Are you ready for the latest Color Throwdown challenge?  Lori is our hostess this week and here are the colors she chose: Purple, Blue, Turquoise, and Yellow.

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I love this color combo and I doubt that I would have ever put them together myself.  I did struggle a little deciding where to go with it, but ultimately I chose to go floral with the Watercolor Poppies from Rubbernecker Stamps.

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Everything was watercolored using Color Bursts (links below).

Now it's your time to play along and use these colors.  Get all the details at the Color Throwdown blog.  And please leave some love for all the designers:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

LucieG - August 2019 Guest Designer

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Fin-tastic - Color Throwdown #507

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Hey, y’all!  It’s time for a new Color Throwdown challenge!  Today our hostess is the oh-so-talented Lynn and here are the fun colors she’s chosen:  Lime Green, Green, Eggplant, Aqua.  I love this combo!

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I haven’t played with my Color Bursts for a while and I thought these colors would be great for a deep ocean background!

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I used the  Turquoise, Ultramarine Blue, Lime Green, Orchid, and Violet Color Bursts for all of the water coloring, including the cute whale from the Essentials by Ellen S’Whale stamp set.

Now it’s your turn to play along.  Check out all the details at the CTD blog. And please visit with the design team members here:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

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Valentine Love Bear - Color Throwdown #428

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Happy Wednesday, y’all!

Are you ready for the latest edition of the Color Throwdown?  Lynn is our hostess and has a super fun and yummy color combo for us – Red, Pink, Chocolate, and White.

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I just had to use my All Inside stamp set and matching dies again – perfect for Valentines! 

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He’s watercolored with Distress ink and popped up over the MFT Stripes Cover-Up die cut which was colored with red Color Bursts.  The card base background was sponged with Distress Spun Sugar ink and flicked with some water.  Both the Love die cut and the little heart were covered with some Crackle Accents just for fun!

Please join us this week!  It’s always fun to see what you come up with!  You can check out the details at the CTD blog and also see what inspiration the CTD girls have for you!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Donna Mikasa, February 2017 Guest Designer

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Wish - Color Throwdown #419

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Y’all know if it’s Wednesday, it’s time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge!  Vickie is our hostess and she’s chosen a beautiful fresh color palette for us to play with – Orange, Green, and Red.

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These colors really inspired me this week!  I had some new goodies from Simon Says Stamp and I decided I wanted to try something out with the new Abstract Triangles 6 x 6 cling stamp. 

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I heat embossed the triangles using clear embossing powder and then I used Color Bursts to watercolor the triangles to form a loose pattern which mimics this week’s sketch #CTS198 from CASE this Sketch.

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I really do love how these bright colors add life to the triangles!

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Now it’s your turn to create a paper-crafted card or project and share it with us at the CTD blog.  Be sure to check out the awesome inspiration from the rest of the CTD girls!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Marisa Ritzen, November 2016 Guest Designer

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Fabulous Day - Color Throwdown #412

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Hello, everyone!  I don’t know if you noticed or not but I took last week off from blogging.  My 2 sisters and I traveled to Pennsylvania for a beautiful family wedding.  We’ve never been on a trip with just the 3 of us!  It was fun and so wonderful to visit with family that we haven’t seen in 11 years!

But now it’s time for another fabulous edition of the Color Throwdown!  Barbara is our awesome hostess with a perfect color palette for us to play with - blue, green, bright pink and coral!

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I love, love, love this combo!  When I saw the coral and pink combination I knew I wanted to use my Reverse Confetti Fabulous Flamingo set!  So here is what I came up with:

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The “grass” at her feet is actually one of the tops of the pineapple  from the RC Pineapples A Plenty.  I also used the RC All Framed Up to highlight the flamingo and the sentiment together.

Now it’s your turn to play with this fantastically fun combo!  Let’s see what you come up with!  Check out all the details of the challenge at the CTD blog and also visit with the team for some inspiration!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Karren Johnson, September 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Emily E

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The Challenge #77 - Holy Ship!

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Each week at The Challenge we have a different style of challenge for you to try! 

Here is the monthly rotation:

Week 1-Sketch

Week 2-Colors

Week 3-Photo Inspiration

Week 4-Masculine Photo Inspiration

Week 5-Wild Card (a surprise!)

So this is week 2 and we have some beautiful colors to play with.

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Well, I immediately thought of a sunset at the beach, of course, so I went with it.

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The background panels are actually left over from when I made the Sprinkled With Fun card for the Essentials for Ellen late Summer release.  I couldn’t let all that yummy color on my craft sheet go to waste!

I cut each panel in half and used them to make 2 of these cards just alike for 2 young men’s birthdays this month.  I used the awesome Stay Salty stamp set and dies.  Aren’t they cool?!  The boys will  get a kick out of the awesome sentiment for sure.

We hope you’ll join us for The Challenge this week!

And please take a moment to check out what the other designers have created for your inspiration!

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater

Kim Heggins

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

September's Featured Designer is Sharron Gregory from On Papillon Wings! 

 

This week's Guest Designer is Bonnie Sharp from The Lucky Clucker

 

Thanks so much for dropping by!

 

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Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Blog Hop

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Hello, and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!

And, yay!!! I also get to give away an Essentials by Ellen stamp set!  The winner may chose ANY Essentials by Ellen brand stamp set  (Maximum value $25 USD) currently in stock at Ellen Hutson.com  To enter my giveaway, please leave a comment on today’s post  by Tuesday, August 23rd!

There is also a crazy good Grand Giveaway in the CLASSroom! To enter, be sure to leave a comment there, also by Tuesday, August 23rd

ALL winners will be announced at the CLASSroom on Friday, August 26th! Please check there on that date to see if you are a winner and for further details on claiming your prize!

You should have arrived at my blog from Sharon Harnist’s blog.

If you get lost along the hop, please visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.

Now how about my creations for today?! I’m so excited to show you!  First up, I’ve used Mondo Peony stamp set and the matching dies along with a sentiment from the Lovely stamp set to create this framed encouragement that now sits above my craft table.  I smile every time I see it!

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The beautiful peony was stamped and die cut 3 times.  I colored each one with my Clean Color pens and then hand cut a few of the petals from 2 of them to pop up over the full image.  I did the same with one set of leaves.  The background was all stamped and colored with Distress inks.  The beautiful, encouraging sentiment was stamped and heat embossed; then I added some flicks of color as well as a few drops of Glossy Accents.  

Up next is a fun card I created using Silver Linings designer dies, along with a sentiment from the Warm Fuzzies stamp set.

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This card was created from 2 panels of watercolor paper that were used to soak up mixtures of Color Burst and water from my craft sheet.  The teal panel had been white embossed by first smooshing Versamark through an acrylic stencil I created using the raindrops die.  The orange/yellow panel was cut/embossed using the 2 sun rays dies.  Then I die cut a cloud  and stamped the sentiment on it.  I just love the teal/orange color combo!

So there you have it!  Don't forget to leave a comment to win!

Now it’s time for your next stop on the blog hop ---> Nichol Magouirk

Happy hoppin’ and have fun!

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Happy Birthday Confetti - Color Throwdown #400

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Whoa!  Can you believe we’re up to our 400th challenge?  And I don’t believe I’ve missed more than a few of them!  This wonderful challenge blog always keeps me motivated to create.  Our team is and has always been full of fabulous designers and just downright great people.  They are true friends and I’m proud to be in their midst.

Now on to #400!  Wanda is our fantastic hostess this week and she’s chosen a basic and super fun color combo for us:  Red, Green and White!

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I wanted to create a cheerful birthday card, but I was a little short on time this week.  So I tried to keep it simple!

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I “poofed” a little Lime Green Color Burst onto my craft sheet then misted it with water.  I used the confetti stamp from the PTI Good Times stamp set and pressed it into the color on the craft sheet and then onto both the top and bottom of my watercolor paper.  I let it dry thoroughly then die cut it with  Stitched rectangles die and popped that up onto my white card base.  Then I added the Shaped Sayings: Birthday die cut and some sequins.  Done!

Here’s another card I made because I didn’t want to waste all that lovely lime green that was still on the craft sheet!  I just love all the various hues of green!

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Now it’s your turn to play along with us!  Details are here - Color Throwdown blog.

Check out all the beautiful creations from the design team!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Kim Singdahlsen, July 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Harriett Skelly

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Watercolored Thank You - Color Throwdown #394

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HELLO!!  And happy Wednesday to you!

Are you ready for the next Color Throwdown challenge?  Our newbie and oh-so-talented design team member Amy Rohl is the hostess this week and she’s chosen a wonderful color combo for us!

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Yes, I would like to dive head first into that cake!  It looks so scrumptious!!

I needed a thank you card recently and I wanted it to be extra special, so I looked through my Pinterest boards and that led me to Kristina Werner’s blog.  I love everything she does, of course, and so I decided to try her watercolor technique for this card.  I love how it turned out!  So did the recipient, I might add.

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I stamped and white-embossed the bloom from the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers set and used Color Bursts (turquoise and orchid) to paint the background.  Then I used fuschia, crimson and lime green to paint the flower and stem.  Finally I white-embossed the sentiment from the Essentials by Ellen Fancy Thanks set and added some sequins.

Now it’s your turn to play with these great colors!  Link up over at the CTD blog and be sure to check out all the fabulous inspiration from the DT:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Jill Hawkins, May 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Tenia Nelson

Thanks a billion for stopping by today!  Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Special Delivery for The Challenge #65

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Hello, hello!

It’s Monday again!  And the 3rd Monday of the month at that, so that means we have an inspiration photo for you at The Challenge.

I’m totally in love with this one!

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The horizontal stripes, the beautiful bright colors, and the touches of gold all inspired me to create this baby shower card:

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The recipient is having a little girl and her theme is flamingos so my Reverse Confetti Fabulous Flamingo was a perfect match for these colors and this theme!  I really love how it turned out!

I certainly hope you can find the time to play along.  This is a gorgeous, happy inspiration!  And please be sure to check out the awesome creations from the design team:

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Anita in France

 

Thank you so much for dropping by.  Have a great week!

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