~ Hi, everyone! It's time for another new Color Throwdown challenge. This week our colors are Light Gray, Aqua, and Navy. ~ ~ I believe this calls for a summer-themed masculine birthday card! And it just so happens that I needed a card for my oldest grandson who just turned 21! Whoop! ~ ~ I used the super fun S'Whale stamp set and dies from Ellen Hutson LLC. I water colored the whale and used the Memory Box Waves 3D embossing folder for the background. We would love for you to play along! Check out the details at the CTD... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! It's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge and this week Susie has some bright, fun colors for us: Aqua, Pink, and Black. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for a family member and these 2 Rubbernecker stamps pair so perfectly. Especially when the card is for someone in MY family!! Check it out... ~ ~ Can you relate?? Now it's your turn to use this great combo to create a papercrafted project. Post it over at the CTD blog and please visit with the DT members here: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe... Continue reading

~ Hello and happy Wednesday! Today for the Color Throwdown challenge, we have a fun and bright color combo: Yellow, Black, Gray, and White. ~ ~ Isn't that a great inspiration photo? I decided to use butterflies....the beautiful Rubbernecker ones! ~ ~ They are water colored and popped up over an alcohol ink background. I used my Copic air brush to stylize it. Check out all the beautiful inspiration from the design team here: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Lisa Henke Lori Tecler Lynn Put Susie Moore Vickie Zimmer Wanda Cullen ~ Thanks... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! I'm hosting the Color Throwdown this week and I've chosen some soft summer shades for us to play with. I've always said my favorite color is "water", so a few watery hues were in order: Aqua, Ice Blue, and Pale Green. ~ ~ I had created a few Gelli prints recently and wanted to use one of them for my background today. I used Distress inks and a brayer to coat the gelli plate, picked up the color with cardstock, then reapplied inks through the Floating Leaves stencil before picking up the ink again with the... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge and this week our colors are Red, Pink, Green, and Brown. ~ ~ What a great combo, right? I needed a birthday card for a fun friend, so I chose to use the new You Are Awesome stamp set and Mini Rainbow dies from Ellen Hutson LLC, along with a super fun sentiment from the It's All Good stamp set. Here it is: ~ ~ I think she'll smile when she sees it, don't you? The rainbow arches were colored with Copics, die cut, then coated with Ranger Glossy... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! It's time for the new Color Throwdown challenge and this week we have a great combo to work with, courtesy of Amy Rysavy: Red, Pale Blue, Kraft, and Ivory. ~ ~ I actually used the weekly colors to make a beachy card! (I know you like that, Nise!!) No surprises this week! ~ ~ This was a pretty simple card to make. I stenciled on the "creatures" then ink blended the background water. After spritzing with some water, I dabbed it away, then flicked some of the colors onto the background. I die cut the panel, added... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! This week at the Color Throwdown we have a very pretty Spring color combo: Pink, Coral, and Green. ~ ~ This week I needed a special birthday card for my granddaughter Molly's birthday. So I decided to try out a technique revisited by Jennifer McGuire recently - Easel cards! I also used her suggestion to personalize it. Here is Molly's card: ~ ~ I colored everything with my Copic markers and airbrushed the background. The "Happy" and "molly" are coated with Glossy Accents for some sparkle and shine! I'm very happy with how it turned out!... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! This week at the Color Throwdown we have a fun color combo to play with. The generic colors are Yellow, Orange, Red, and Kraft. ~ ~ I took inspiration from the stripes as well as the colors for my card. Here it is: ~ ~ I also used more of the lighter yellows/oranges for a happier feel. I think it feels like a fun card, don't you? We would really love for you to play along with us. Join us at the CTD blog for all the details. Here are the links to the designers for... Continue reading

~ Hey there! It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge! This week we have a beautifully classic Spring color combo: Yellow, Green, Blue, and White. ~ ~ I know I should have taken this opportunity to make a card with Spring florals like tulips, roses, or daffodils, but I needed a male birthday card and this MFT raccoon is just so darn cute. Unfortunately, it's no longer available, but I used it anyway! ~ ~ We would love for you to play along with us! Check out the details at the CTD blog and please leave some love for the... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! It's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge and I know you are going to love this combo! The generic colors are Kraft, Green, Yellow, and Pink. ~ ~ Beautiful color palette, right? And here's my birthday card for a friend, featuring Voices in My Head from Ellen Hutson. ~ ~ I hope you can see her sparkly hair, courtesy of some Star Dust Stickles! Now it's your turn to play. Check out the details at the CTD blog and visit with all the designers here: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are... Continue reading

~ "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." ~John 3:16 How blessed we are! Happy Easter, everyone! I have some sweet Easter cards to share with you today, using the precious Anita Jeram illustrations from Colorado Craft Company. ~ ~ Have a beautiful and happy day, and thank you for stopping by! Affiliate links are used CC Anita Jeram Happy Days stamps Shop at: EH | SHOP CC Anita Jeram Happy Days dies Shop at: EH | SHOP Poppystamps Scalloped Rectangles Shop... Continue reading

~ Hello, and happy Wednesday! It's once again time for a new Color Throwdown challenge, and this week our generic colors are Blush Pink, Dark Pink, and Cream. ~ ~ And here is my card for the week: ~ ~ I used the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers stamp set and Floral Shapes dies, along with the Folk Hearts dies from the Essentials by Ellen line. I used the shades of pink from the eggs in the vase instead of the pinks from the flowers. They worked better for a sympathy card. The heart shape and the flower were cut... Continue reading

~ Hello, and happy Wednesday, y'all! This week at the Color Throwdown our generic colors are perfect for heralding in Spring and Easter: Pink, Purple, Yellow, and Aqua. ~ ~ Those are the cutest little bunny cakes! I bet they are delicious too! However, I needed a sympathy card and a floral image is always a good idea for that. ~ ~ Of course I chose a Power Poppy digital image, Bountiful Bouquet, for my card. I water colored the image, then masked it and stamped an image from the Papertrey Ink retired Ombre Builder set as the background. I... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday and holá to you all! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and this week our generic colors are Light Green, Dark Green, Gold, and White. ~ ~ What a great combo...especially since today is St. Patrick's Day!! I needed another adult male birthday card and thought these colors would work really well. And I think it's always best to keep masculine cards as simple as possible. So this is what I came up with: ~ ~ I used the Jillibean "Stick With Me" mini stamp and die set that I picked up at a Tuesday... Continue reading

~ Hey, everyone! I'm hosting this week's Color Throwdown challenge and my generic color choices are Light Blue, Gray, and Kraft. ~ ~ How about those calming seaside colors, huh? Yeah, I didn't create a seaside card....I went with a cute smiling sloth! ~ ~ He really is just too cute for words! I had another inspiration too... ~ ~ This little guy was part of my Valentine gift and he is currently keeping me company on my craft desk! So now let's see what you come up with using this color palette. Remember we need to see a paper-crafted... Continue reading

~ Hi and happy Wednesday to you!! Today our Color Throwdown challenge is brought to you by Barbara, and the beautiful springtime generic colors are Yellow, Peach, Green, and White. ~ ~ I thought my Altenew Floral Doodles dies would be a perfect set to use with some watercolors to replicate the beautiful burst of florals. ~ ~ I used my Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes to color the die cuts. For the water color background, I smooshed my distress ink pads onto my craft sheet, spritzed with water, and dabbed up the colors onto my water color paper, drying between... Continue reading

~ I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the hummingbirds to come back for the Spring/Summer season! I'm also ready for all the beautiful bright flowers of the season! To hopefully hurry things along, I decided to water color a gorgeous little hummingbird from the Power Poppy Trumpet Vine Visitor stamp set and put him on a water colored background. ~ ~ This card is already on it's way to a sweet someone who is recovering from surgery. I hope it brightens her day! Head on over to the Power Poppy blog to see which of the other... Continue reading

~ Are you ready to dive into a brand new Color Throwdown challenge? Well, I am! This week our generic color combo is Turquoise, Pink, Rust, and Magenta. What a great color palette to work with! ~ ~ For a change I actually went with a floral theme! And the Ellen Hutson Mondo Hydrangea worked out perfectly for me! ~ ~ It was super easy to watercolor using the turquoise color as a base and adding in touches of the pink, rust, and magenta. I love big and bold designs! Are you ready to join in the Color Throwdown challenge... Continue reading

~ Happy Friday, everyone! Today I have a cheerful "I can't wait for Spring" card to share with you. I adore this Wildflower Mini digital stamp set from Power Poppy, and it really makes me smile on these dreary rainy days/weeks we've been having in the Southeast. ~ ~ I colored the image with my Copic markers and attached the trimmed image to a panel of lavender cardstock. I then ran the panel through my Big Shot to die cut both layers with my Wonky Rectangles dies from Simon Says Stamp. I added a bit of silver twine and popped... Continue reading

~ It's Wednesday again and time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge! This week our generic colors are Blush, Sage Green, and Gold. ~ ~ What a gorgeous inspiration photo and what a beautiful color palette! I love it! Now...imagine my dilemma...I needed a masculine birthday card, and I thought these colors just screamed femininity!! But I persevered, and I think I did a decent job. Maybe adding the woodgrain background finally convinced me! ~ ~ And even if it still looks fairly feminine, if you state "love you.", it's got to count for something, right? That stag head is... Continue reading

~ I know this is a couple of days early, but I wanted to wish you all a wonderful and happy Valentine's Day! ~ ~ I fell in love with these Love Puppies from Graciellie Designs immediately! And that sentiment!! It's from the Love, Love, Love digital stamp set. What a perfect combination!! Happy, happy day, y'all! Affiliate links are used Graciellie Love Love Love digis Shop at: SHOP Graciellie Love Puppies digis Shop at: SHOP RN Nested Rectangle Stitch Dies Shop at: RN Distress ink pad Antique Linen Shop at: EH | SSS | SB Distress ink pad Black... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! We are fast approaching Valentine's Day....it's this Sunday, y'all! Vickie is our hostess this week at the Color Throwdown and the generic colors she's chosen for us to play with are Red, Pink, Black, and White. ~ ~ Great combo for Valentines, right? That's what I thought, so I printed out some super cool "wooden" hearts from the Love, Love, Love digital stamp set by Graciellie Designs and colored them up with my Copic markers. I made 4 cards all together - 1 for my granddaughter (it's the pink girly one!), and 3 for my grandsons (in... Continue reading

~ Hello and happy Wednesday once again! This week our color palette at the Color Throwdown is soft and sweet! The generic colors are Pink, Lavender, Yellow, and Mint Green. ~ ~ I took my cue for my creation from the variety of softly colored Valentine heart cookies in the inspiration photo. My Stacked Hearts die from Simon Says Stamp was the perfect tool to create a similar likeness on my card. ~ ~ The LOVE die and the YOU stamp are both from Papertrey Ink. The stamp set is retired but the die is still available (link in supplies... Continue reading

~ Happy Friday! I have a bright, beautiful bloom called Heart Abloom (digital set) from Power Poppy to show you today. ~ ~ The great sentiment is from the digital stamp set called Bountiful Bouquet. There are so many different ways to color a Hellebores, but I chose to try my hand at coloring like this one: ~ ~ Mine may be a little bit brighter!! There may be a few more floral postings for you to enjoy today. Just check in at the Power Poppy blog for a list of designers who are posting today. Thanks for stopping by... Continue reading