~ Happy Halloween! Almost! I'm celebrating today with the cards I created for my grandkids for this week's Color Throwdown challenge. Our color combo is Purple, Blush, and Sage Green. Perfect colors for Halloween! ~ ~ So I recently purchased the Hey Boo die set from Ellen Hutson LLC specifically for this year's cards. And of course the all around perfect bear from the All Inside stamp set had to be the star! Well, at least his ghost did! ~ ~ There was a lot of detailed work involved in creating these cards, but it sure was fun! The bear... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday again! Today is the day for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! Our color palette this week is all about Fall - Orange, Green, and White. ~ ~ I went with the Fall theme and pulled out an older Rubbernecker die set for my card. I don't believe this set is available any more but I've linked a newer set below in the linky list that is even better!! I've paired it with a beautiful Sizzix 3D Botanical embossed background for added texture. Here is my card: ~ ~ I also added some "bubbles" from Trinity Stamps... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! It's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge and this week our colors are Navy, Mustard, and Brown. ~ ~ I just purchased some of the latest Tim Holtz - Sizzix holiday collection dies and thought the Christmas Cutouts would work beautifully with these colors. Here's my very first Christmas card for this season: ~ ~ I really thought the background water in the inspiration photo looked like a galaxy, so that's what inspired my background! I used a couple of the Ranger Distress Mica sprays to create it. ~ ~ ~ I painted the moon and... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for another new Color Throwdown challenge, and I'm hosting this week! I've chosen Pink, Burgundy, Green, and Cream as our color combo! ~ ~ I thought a pretty floral card was in order using this beautiful palette, so I decided to use the Simon Says Stamp Alstroemeria stem die for the focal point. Alstroemeria has been one of my favorite flowers for as long as I can remember! ~ ~ I also used a stem of the SSS Etched Laurel Leaves die as a "filler" behind my stem. And how beautiful is that Sizzix 3-D... Continue reading

~ Hello, all! This week's Color Throwdown challenge is to use these colors: Blue, Orange, Kraft, and Cream. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for a pretty cool young man and I thought these colors would work well. ~ ~ I did a bit of ink blending on the background with Distress inks, then used the SSS Layered Confetti stencils for a Bokeh effect, also using Distress inks and a bit of Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink. ~ ~ I used the Essentials by Ellen Stay Cool stamp set for the "sand" and "waves" effect as well as... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! Our Color Throwdown challenge this week features some beautiful deep color hues - Turquoise, Yellow, Brown, and Green. ~ ~ I love the contrast of the bright yellow and the deep teal. Here's my card: ~ ~ For my background I used a TCW stencil called Mini Ferns, blending green ink on the teal paper. The flower and leaves are from a Sizzix die set called Corsage dies. The arch is from the Ellen Hutson Essential Arches die set, and the sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink Tropics set. We hope you will play along with us... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge! This week our colors are Ivory, Kraft, and Aqua. ~ ~ I love this color palette! And I used it to make a beach related birthday card! ~ ~ I used several stencils and several inks and layered them over and over to achieve this look. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. All products that are still available are linked at the end of this post. We would love for you to play along with us this week! Check out the details at the CTD blog and check out... Continue reading

~ Hey, folks! This week our Color Throwdown combo consists of Pink, Coral, Dark Purple, and Green. ~ ~ I used all dies this week to make a birthday card for a sweet friend: Altenew Fantasy Floral die, Impression Obsession Birdcage die, and Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix and Match sentiment dies. And I love how they all came together! ~ ~ I used an old Cuttlebug embossing folder called Leafy Branch, which I still love, for the background. ~ ~ We sure would love for you to play along with us. Get all the details and inspiration from the design... Continue reading

~ Hello and happy Wednesday to you! It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week our colors are Mustard, Navy, and Turquoise. This is such a great combo! ~ ~ I wasn't sure I was going to like it but I ended up loving it! Especially when I layered the colors side by side on the white card base. ~ ~ And with the big glittery letters on top of them...man, everything really pops! I loved it so much I made a second card too! ~ ~ I am quite sure I'll be using this MFT Stamps big... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and this week our colors are Aqua, Lime Green, and White. My favorite combo!! ~ ~ Today I have a simple (kind of) birthday shaker card that I made to show you. It was TOTALLY inspired by Carly Tee Minner's card HERE. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have that die and make a similar card! ~ ~ I ink blended fewer colors than Carly did so I felt it needed a little more pizzazz. Then I added the washi tape and twine, and... Continue reading

~ Hey, guys! It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week our colors are Purple, Red, and Green. ~ ~ Purple is a very general color label, and I chose to use a darker hue than the one in the photo for my card this week. ~ ~ This birthday card is for a dear friend who LOVES purple! And I think she'll love the hummingbird too! I used the new Layered Hummingbird die from Simon Says Stamp , along with a Sizzix Tropical Leaves 3D embossing folder, a sentiment die from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and our colors this week are Brown, Green, Black, and White. ~ ~ I was unsure of what to do with this darker combo, but then realized that I could use lighter hues and that I had the Altenew Monsteras and Quotes stamps, dies, and stencils that I had wanted to use. So here is my tropical themed birthday card. The sentiment is from the Essentials by Ellen It's All Good stamp set. ~ ~ I really like how it turned out and it was pretty easy to make!... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! This week I'm hosting the Color Throwdown challenge and I'm excited to show you our colors and my card(s)! Here is the color combo I've chosen: Powder Blue, Cream, and Kraft. ~ ~ My card for this challenge was based on these colors of course, but it, as well as another card I'll show you, were both also based on the most fabulous birthday card I received this month. I'll show you that later as well. For my CTD card I chose a beachy theme...surprise!! ~ ~ It has lots of shimmer in real life. Maybe you... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week our colors are Yellow, Aqua, Green, and Kraft. What a great combo! ~ ~ I needed another birthday card and I just happened to have the negatives from other card die cuts using the Tim Holtz Bold Text #1 dies. So here is the card I came up with: ~ ~ ~ ~ Please come on over to the CTD blog and join us! Here is some great inspiration from our designers to get your creative juices flowing: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe -->... Continue reading

~ Hello, people!! It is once again time for a new Color Throwdown challenge! This week our colors are Aqua, Yellow, Purple, and Coral. ~ ~ I love it!! I needed a card for a sweet teenage girl so I thought these colors would work very well with the Stay Cool stamp set and dies from Ellen Hutson LLC. Who doesn't love popsicles in the hot summertime?! ~ ~ And don't you think the Spellbinders Optical Arches are just perfect for the background? We hope you will be able to join us in the challenge this week. Check out all... Continue reading

~ Hello! Can you believe that we have arrived at hosting our 700th Color Throwdown challenge??!! Pretty awesome, huh? What's even harder to believe is that I've been on the team for that long!!! Y'all must be really tired of me by now!!! (I hope not!) Here are the colors for this week: Yellow, Orange, Kraft, and Brown. ~ ~ I really do love this combo even if I had to think long and hard about how to use it! Finally I came up with an idea using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Cactus dies, along with the Ellen Hutson... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! This week's Color Throwdown challenge has a simple but beautiful color combo for us to play with: Blue, Purple, and White. ~ ~ I needed a sympathy and a get well card this week, so I created both using the same floral dies and these colors. ~ ~ ~ I love the pop of color with all the white. ~ ~ ~ We'd love it if you played along with us this week at the Color Throwdown. Check out the details at the CTD blog and all the inspiration here: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni... Continue reading

~ Hello there, Sunshine! That's my theme today for the Color Throwdown challenge. The colors this week are fabulous: Red, Pink, Yellow, and Green! ~ ~ Do you happen to remember my card from last week? Well, I used the negative of the water colored pink sentiment die cut for my main background this week. ~ ~ I added some yellow textured cardstock behind the HELLO, topping the "O" with a popped up circle and surrounding it with gold embossed sunshine rays. I also added the stamped word SUNSHINE beneath the cut out sentiment. The die cut girl in her... Continue reading

~ Hello there! This week's Color Throwdown challenge has a bold and beautiful color combo: Orange, Pink, and Aqua. I love this combo! ~ ~ And here is my card: ~ ~ The embossed Concentric Doodle was all water colored and "smooshed", then cut out and mounted on foam tape to the card front. I added some foam confetti pieces to the background panel and popped up the water colored Bold Text #1 sentiment on fun foam. ~ ~ I have to tell you that this piece reminds me so much of the Broadway at the Beach (Myrtle Beach SC)... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! It's time for the brand new Color Throwdown challenge! The colors this week are Kraft, Cream, and Green. ~ ~ What a beautiful and simple combo! I love it! I already had the background panel for my card on my desk...it just happened to be one of this week's colors so I went with it. I had used an old Cuttlebug Leafy Branch embossing folder and brayered some green inks onto one side before running it through the Big Shot. ~ ~ The layers of the flower were die cut, ink blended for shading and layered using... Continue reading

~ Hey, everybody! Are you ready for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge? I am!! This week our colors are Green, Blue, Lavender, and Silver or Gold. ~ ~ I always think of these colors as being the colors of water, so..... ~ ~ I used the Memory Box Waves 3D folder on wet watercolor paper to get a deep impression. When it dried, I rewet it and painted the waves randomly with the 3 colors. Then I painted on a bit of Distress Mica Stain in Brushed Pewter. I cut the sentiment using a Sizzix-Tim Holtz Bold Text #1... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! It's time for another great Color Throwdown challenge! This week our colors are Black, Red, Aqua, and Yellow. ~ ~ This is such a great combo, but I waited until the last minute to get a card done so it's a simple one, folks! ~ ~ I actually wanted to make a CAS card because I was so totally impressed by Hannelie's perfect example HERE. I did mine on watercolor paper to soften the colors and make them appear more water-like. I used the Organic Elements and Stay Cool stamp sets from Ellen Hutson LLC. ~ ~... Continue reading

~ 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