~ Hi there, y'all! I'm hosting this week's Color Throwdown challenge and I'm excited to share my card with you today. Here are the colors I've chosen - Aqua, Lime Green, and Navy. ~ ~ I'm excited to show you my card because for the first time in a long time I made a mixed media card, using both acrylic paints and dye ink. ~ ~ It was really fairly simple, and so much fun! First I stenciled the rainbow using a screenprint stencil from Hobby Lobby with the acrylic paints and Distress ink (links in supply list at the... Continue reading

~ Hi, everyone! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge and you're going to love this color palette - Lilac, Pink, White, and Gold. ~ ~ How gorgeous!! I adore those butterflies, and immediately pulled out my Rubbernecker Fluttering Butterflies dies, some ink, and some vellum. And this is what I came up with... ~ ~ I flicked gold all over the card and outlined each butterfly, as well as the water colored panel, in gold. ~ ~ What do you think? Are you ready to join us for the challenge? Check out all the details at the... Continue reading

~ Hello there, folks! This week our Color Throwdown colors are Mint Green, Watermelon, Light Yellow, and Blue. ~ ~ I've wanted to use my new The Ton Lush Peonies stencils for a while and finally pulled them out this week. They really worked well with these colors! I actually cut the completed stenciled 6 x 6 panel in half and created 2 mini slimline cards for my stash. ~ ~ ~ I used 2 blue Copic sketch markers to color in the blue background after the stenciling was complete. I like the depth it adds. The Picket Fence Fancy... Continue reading

~ Hi, y'all! It's time for our latest and greatest Color Throwdown challenge. This week our colors are Navy, Mustard, and Gray. ~ ~ I'm not going to lie, I struggled with this one. I usually am more comfortable with bright colors or soft beachy colors, so these darker colors threw me for a loop. After much contemplation, I came up with using an A Colorful Life Coiled stencil as a background for a Sizzix/Tim Holtz Bold Text #1 sentiment. ~ ~ I'm satisfied with how it turned out, especially if you back way up and focus on the spiraling... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! It's time for our latest Color Throwdown challenge and this week our colors are Orange, Pink, and Green. Such a happy combo! ~ ~ I wanted to go with a simple design this week and used my new-to-me MFT Big Balloon stencil and Essentials by Ellen Big Scripty Happy Birthday die for a very happy birthday card! ~ ~ I die cut the stenciled top panel with my SSS Wonky Rectangle die, drew on the balloon strings, added a few sequins/jewels and called it done! Now we're hoping you'll play along with us. The details are... Continue reading

~ Hoppy Easter, everyone! Today I have a short post to share the Easter cards that I made for my grandchildren this year. ~ The group- ~ Individuals- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Such cute die cut Bunny Games images from Tim Holtz. The stenciled background is also from Tim Holtz and is called Scales. I used it upside down. Thank you so much for dropping by. Have a very Blessed Easter! Affiliate links are used at no cost to you. SSS Easter Greetings stamp set Shop at: SSS EH Essential Arches dies Shop at: EH RN Nested Rectangle Stitch... Continue reading

Hey, y'all! It's Wednesday and time for a new Color Throwdown challenge! This week our colors are Pink, Sage Green, Lavender, and Blue. This is such a beautiful combo!! ~ ~ Don't you love it? I recently purchased Taylored Expressions' first Triple Slim Layering Stencil called In the Garden. Y'ALL!!!! This stencil set is SO easy to use and turns out SO beautifully that I know I'll be using this for many, many years to come! Check out my very first attempt at some mini slims using our colors for the week and these stencils. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! Our new Color Throwdown challenge today features this color combo: Lime Green, Aqua, Gold. ~ ~ I love the colored dots in the inspiration photo and I wanted to use them, but then I went in a completely different direction with alcohol inks! ~ ~ I LOVE the Bold Text #1 die set from Tim Holtz and want to use it on everything! It worked out great for an anniversary card I needed! I used Brea Reese alcohol inks, and made the full panel into a shaker with tiny lime, aqua, and gold stars. Easy Peasy!... Continue reading

Hi, guys! I'm here with my card for the latest Color Throwdown challenge! This week our colors are Purple, Sage Green, and Cream. ~ ~ I needed a sympathy card for a friend who lost her dear uncle, and I know she loves purple so a big purple heart was in order. ~ ~ I used the beautiful Spatter Heart stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for my heart and outlined it in black. The background is stenciled using a stencil from the Tim Holtz mini stencil set 26. The sentiment from The Ton was highlighted with a white gel... Continue reading

~ It's time for another new Color Throwdown challenge, folks! This week the colors are Orange, Green, and Tan. ~ ~ Cool carrots!! Of course, that's not the direction I took! I wanted a simple and fun floral card so I pulled out my Ellen Hutson Organic Elements. ~ ~ I love the whimsical style of the images and the shaker elements are super fun too! Please come on over to the CTD blog and play along with us. Here are links to some great inspiration from the design team members. Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe -->... Continue reading

~ It's Wednesday again and time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! This week our color combo is Black, Gray, Yellow, and Tan. ~ ~ I have to admit I had a hard time with this one. The yellow is the only thing that saved me, I think!! I couldn't resist using this new (to me) First Coffee kitty from Technique Junkies. ~ ~ I can relate! Can you? This little guy was colored with Copic markers and I kept the overall card design simple. Please come on over to the CTD blog and play along with us. Here... Continue reading

~ Happy Hump Day and happy new Color Throwdown challenge day! I'm your hostess this week and I've chosen these colors for us to play with: Gray, Pink, and Lime Green. ~ ~ I love that beautiful bird!! And his colors! A couple of weeks ago a crafty friend and I traveled to a SSAT show in Columbia, SC, and had a great time shopping! One of the purchases I knew I would make before I even left my house was the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Gladys, Colorize dies. I went straight to it! And these colors just "happen" to... Continue reading

~ Yay! It's Wednesday again and time for our latest Color Throwdown challenge! This week we have a bright, happy color combo: Orange, Lime Green, Turquoise, and Kraft. ~ ~ What a fun combo! And I used it for a cute masculine birthday card using the adorable MFT Picture Perfect stamp set. ~ ~ This is for a neighbor who is also a good friend. The dog in the photo looks like his dog, Kuba, and that's definitely my cat Sunny pictured with him! We would love for y'all to play along with us! The details of the challenge can... Continue reading

~ Hello and happy Wednesday! This week the Color Throwdown colors are a beautiful combo of Celery Green, Sage Green, Pale Pink, and Plum. ~ ~ I went with simple and sweet for my card Using the Mini Rainbow Die from Ellen Hutson LLC and a sentiment from the Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers. And just a little bit of sparkle! ~ ~ It's time for you all to play along with us. Details are on the CTD blog and here's some great inspiration to get you on your crafty way: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe -->... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! This week's Color Throwdown challenge is a great one! I love this color palette: Light Blue, Dark Blue, Forest Green, and Brown. ~ ~ For once I actually used the inspiration photo to determine my design, complete with mountains and a tree! ~ ~ All of my background layers, including the water colored sky were cut from scraps. The tree was made using a Tim Holtz stencil, which was then fussy cut and layered over the background and the Essential Arches frame. A Tim Holtz sentiment sticker finished it off! I am really loving those stickers. So... Continue reading

~ Happy day to you all! It's Wednesday and time for another new Color Throwdown challenge! This week our colors are Blue, Green, and Gold. ~ ~ I love these colors and I love this inspiration piece! I just used alcohol inks last week, but I couldn't resist using them again. Here's my alcohol ink shaker card. ~ ~ For this birthday card (no, it's not a Valentine!), I used the Love word die from Scrapbook.com and a Heart Stitches die from Papertrey Ink. And I made this into a fun glitter shaker card for the recipient. We would love... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! Today's Color Throwdown colors are Pink, Red, Cranberry, and Kraft. What a great combo! ~ ~ So, I've got a birthday card for a very special lady to show you today. And I had the BEST time making it too! Here's the card. ~ ~ I always forget how fun it is to play with alcohol inks until I get a push to do so from someone. This time the push came from Jennifer McGuire, and you KNOW how big her pushes are!! Here's a link to her video that inspired me: Alcohol Ink Press Technique... Continue reading

~ Hey there! It's Wednesday again, the last one of the month, and time for a new Color Throwdown challenge! Are you ready? This week our colors are Pink, Purple, and Green. What a fun combo! ~ ~ I needed another birthday card and I thought this palette would work great. You know, one of these days I'm going to try to build a stash of cards so I'll have them available BEFORE I need them! We'll see how that works out! Here's my card - ~ ~ It was really fun to make, and I like keeping the colors... Continue reading

~ Hi, all! This week's Color Throwdown colors are Red, Cream, and Gold. ~ ~ Elegant, isn't it? Well, that's probably why I made a card with a monkey! 😁 Here is the masculine card I came up with. ~ ~ This Sock Monkey stamp and die set is from Ellen Hutson LLC but it's retired now. I still love to use it for children and for some big kids too! Please check out all the challenge details at the CTD blog and all the inspiration from the designers. Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, folks! This week's Color Throwdown challenge is being hosted by Susie and the colors are Blue, Gray, Yellow, and Green. What a great combo! ~ ~ I used these happy colors for a birthday card using the Good Day and Stay Cool stamp (and die) sets from Ellen Hutson LLC. ~ ~ This was so much fun to make and I hope the recipient enjoyed it too! Now we would love to see what you make with these colors. Link up at the Color Throwdown blog and be sure to visit with each of the designers as... Continue reading

~ Happy New Year to you all! I sure hope this one is better than the last two!! LOL! For our first Color Throwdown of the year we have a very festive and/or elegant color combo: Black, White, and Gold or Silver. ~ ~ I happened to need a couple of sympathy cards this week. I know....so sad to have to think about losing someone over the holidays. But this combo worked well, I thought. ~ ~ I thought the black represented sorrow, the white - hope, and the gold - promise. I used the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaboration... Continue reading

~ Hey there! I'm back today to show you a couple of cards I made for December birthdays, using Christmas stamps. I would want to receive warm hugs in a mug for my birthday, wouldn't you? ~ ~ ~ For these cards I used the adorable Mama Elephant Hot Cocoa stamps and dies. And I created shaker cards using Amy Rysavy's tutorial here. It's so easy!! Thanks for stopping by! Affiliate links are used at no cost to you. Mama Elephant Hot Cocoa Shop at: EH Mama Elephant Hot Cocoa dies Shop at: EH SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop at:... Continue reading

~ Hi, all! I'm popping in today to share the Christmas cards I made for my grandkids. You can see the granddaughters' Christmas Trees card post and links for supplies HERE. I used the Concord and 9th Cards Stacks base dies, and the Home for the Holidays stamps and dies for the grandsons. They were fun to make and the kids love them! Even the teenagers!! ~ ~ ~ ~ Thanks for dropping by! Affiliate links are used at no cost to you. C & 9th Home for the Holidays Shop at: SSS | SHOP C & 9th Home for... Continue reading

~ Hey y'all! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and I'm hosting this week. It's also the last challenge of this year. We will be taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays. Our colors this week are Red, Pink, and Mint Green. ~ ~ Since these are perfect Christmas colors, I actually DID make a Christmas card! Surprise! ~ ~ The Seasonal Sprig from Taylored Expressions was heat embossed in gold and water colored using Distress inks. I splattered the panel with the same ink colors, and outlined the panel, adding a couple of extra lines... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday and welcome to the latest edition of the Color Throwdown! Our colors this week are: Hot Pink, Turquoise, Lime Green, and Black! ~ ~ I LOVE this combo! Here's my bright and happy card using the awesome String Lights stencil from Scrapbook.com and a sentiment strip from Simon Says Stamp. ~ ~ ~ ~ There are some Star Dust Stickles thrown in there too! Now it's your turn to play with this awesome color palette and show us what you come us with! Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Lisa Henke... Continue reading