CTD845 Farewell to Color Throwdown

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a bittersweet post today!  The long-standing Color Throwdown blog is ending and today is the last post, and the team has asked some of the original members to participate! Our first post was in July of 2008 and I remember the excitement I felt when Tammy asked me to be on the team! I'll share that first card in a moment, but let's see what the CTD Design Team has picked for us this week:

A lovely seasonal palette for sure!  Here is another quilted card, similar to the one I made earlier  (HERE is the link to the original designer) and I wanted to recreate it using the challenge colors! So here we go:

This quilted card is such a great way to use up some scraps!  I used my Taylored Expressions Easy Strips 1/2" dies to cut out some fall patterned paper, then layered it on a piece of Very Vanilla, , added some Quilt Top embossing, then adhered it to a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock that had been embossed with a leafy embossing folder:

I did a little faux button and some twine, and then around my Honey Bee sentiment, I added some punched leaves and dotty embellishments:

And a lovely Bible verse for the inside:

Now, for a walk down memory lane; here is the first color challenge CTD had, as well as the card that I created for it:

I still love those colors!!  My photography skills were not too good then; in fact, it was pretty funny looking back at some of my posts!  We all have learned and honed our skills along the way, haven't we?  Anyway, I hope you'll go play with the last Color Throwdown challenge, give the ladies' cards some love and perhaps walk down your CTD memory lane as well!  Thanks for popping in! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blessings of Fall (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Timid Tiger, Misc DSPs from my stash
Ink	Cajun Craze
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Thick Twine (ret), Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Button Die (Papertrey), Leaf Punch (ret), Quilt Top Embossing Folder (ret), Fall Leaf Background Embossing Folder (Darice)

PP747 CAS Things With Wheels

Happy Sunday, all! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week, where it's Clean-and-Simple week, one of my favorites!  Here's my theme:

I think this theme could be great for masculine OR feminine cards! I actually went with a feminine image, using an older Waffleflower layering set that's not seen much ink:

Although it took me a couple of tries to get everything lined up, I like the graphic look of it! I  used the colors from Color Throwdown as my palette:

I used Daffodil Delight for the girl's dress, adding some gray polka dots; her bike is Memento Black and Flirty Flamingo, and the sentiment (Technique Tuesday) and shadows are Smoky Slate:

I embellished the sentiment with a gray enamel dot, then I added some pink and gold paper to match the pink bike! It all went on a Smoky Slate card base, and I stamped a sentiment from a Reverse Confetti set on the inside.

This is a little bit out of my normal style, but I think it's fun and unusual!  I hope you'll play along with our CAS challenge this week at the Players! Just remember to keep in simple!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biking Girls (Waffleflower), Cotton & Thistles (Reverse Confetti), Good Times (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Gray, Basic White, Madras Plaid Coral (Memory Box)
Ink	Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Enamel Dot (W+9)
Tools	Blender Pen

CTD833 We're Not Old

Happy Thursday, peeps! I chuckled when I saw the Color Throwdown challenge this week, because I had just created a card for my upcoming stamp class at the retirement community and it used those exact colors! Here's the prompt:

So here we go:

I used a set from Taylored Expressions called What's Cookin' along with the matching dies, Bake Me Happy.  I used some DSP from SU that's really old and stamped the sentiments in Poppy Parade.  Wouldn't you love to have a mixer like that?

I added a diecut sentiment on the inside as well!  

I hope my friends at the retirement community aren't offended by this, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	What's Cookin' (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Retired DSP (I can't remember the name of it--Domestic Goddess maybe?)
Ink	Poppy Parade, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Bake Me Happy Dies (Taylor Expressions)

Thinking of You

Happy Thursday! I have a sort of experimental card for you today; for the life of me, I cannot find the blog on which I saw this technique done! I thought I saved it but can't find it, so if someone knows, let me know and I will give the proper credit!  

Anyway, it involves stamping an open artwork stamp in white ink on kraft or Crumb Cake cardstock,  heat embossing it, then coloring in the image with watered-down white ink.  After drying, you can re-color overtop of the white ink to achieve a brighter color than if you were just to do it directly on the brown cardstock.  So I experimented with the You Are Remarkable floral, using the FMS sketch and the Color Throwdown colors:

So here we go:

So, as I said, this was defnitely experimental!  I first stamped one of the text images from Elements of Text in Crumb Cake ink on the Crumb Cake panel.  I stamped and embossed the floral image, then filled it in with white ink and an aquapainter (wish I had taken a picture of it!).  It is easy to fill in because the embossing keeps the ink in place! After it dried, I colored it in with Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green inks, also with an aquapainter.  I love this effect! The part I am not crazy about is the sponging I did around the flower with Pecan Pie ink....I would definitely change that if I did it again.  I added a sentiment from Happiest of Days, diecut everything with the Perennial Postage die and adhered it to a Misty Moonlight mat and a Basic Beige card.  I threw on a few sequins from my stash for fun.  

This was definitely a fun technique and I'll be giving it a go again!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You are Remarkable, Elements of Text
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight
Ink	Craft White, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Sponge Daubers, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Aquapainter

Latte Love for My Friend

Happy Friday, peeps! This will be short and sweet, as I'll be stamping with my friends at the retirement community today! They'll be small in number but we'll still have fun!

I needed a birthday card for my college roommate, and the color palette at the Color Throwdown looked like fun, but I am pretty sure it's just those cookies talking to me, though!  They look delish! :

I pulled out a few scraps of DSP and a couple stamp sets and here's what I came up with:

First, I stamped some scripty words from the new Elements of Text on a Crumb Cake card base, then added some tan gingham paper as well as the Pretty in Pink DSP.  I embellished the edge with a couple of stitched border dies and added pink gingham ribbon.  I used one of the coffee images from Latte Love, and a sentiment from the retired Wood Words:

I am regretting putting that pink dot in the middle of the coffee, but it's done now, LOL!  A sentiment from Sketched Butterflies went on the inside:

I am going to enter this at Krafty Chicks also, where they're looking for birthdays!

My friend Mary and I go back to 1972 when we were in college together in East Orange, NJ.  How things have changed, but when we get together, we just pick up where we left off from our last visit! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Elements of Text, Sketched Butterflies, Latte Love, Wood Words (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink DSP, Chicken Scratch (Papertrey)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Party Dots, Dimensionals, Pink Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Latte Love Dies, Stylized Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Sponge Dauber

Enjoying the Beach

Happy (late) Saturday, everyone!  I finally got my chores done today and had some time to stamp...lots of fun challenges out there this week!  I chose the FMS sketch, the Color Throwdown colors and the beach theme from As You See It:

I pulled out a bunch of different dies, cardstock and stamps and this is what I came up with:

I have always loved just walking along the beach, looking for shells!  When I was in about fourth grade, my grandmother brought me back from Florida a little shadowbox with a clear lid; inside were adhered several different shells, with their names underneath.  I was mesmerized by those shells and took them to many "Show & Tell" days at school!  They've long since disappeared but I remember them fondly!  Anyway, I diecut some shells, starfish, sand dollars and a seahorse from Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride and Soft Sky cardstocks for my little collage.  Each one was stamped with a texture-type stamp to give it a little more interest, and sponged around the edges.  I used the bubbles and seaweed from Sea Turtles along with a sentiment from Papertrey, and I added some pastel sequins as well.

A woman in the activities area in the retirement community where Dana works is retiring, and since they've had me there twice to do some stamping activities, I thought I'd send her a card!  I actually got to use the retirement stamp from Gone Fishing, too:

Fun card and fun sketch!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sea Turtle, Gone Fishing, Timeless Textures (ret), Label Me Bold (ret), Vintage Picnic Sentiments (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Craft White, Blushing Bride (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash, Sponge Daubers
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, From the Sea Dies (Cuttlebug), Seashell Dies (Impression Obsession)

PP692 Patriotic Friends

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Jaydee as our hostess! It's theme week and what a fun one Jaydee has chosen:

Where would we be without our friends, right?!  So let's go!

I bought this Technique Tuesday stamp several years ago, just for this image, I loved it so much! I used it ONE TIME....and it went missing in my stamp room.  I tore everything apart and never found it.  Fast forward to about a year ago, I was looking through some vintage-type papers in one of my folders and lo and behold, stuck to the back of one of the pages was my stamp!  Phew!  I wanted to make a patriotic-themed card and this image seemed to fit the bill, along with the theme of friendship! I stamped the image in Real Red and fussy-cut it, then added a sentiment, some blue banners and some yummy blue gingham:

On the inside, a birthday sentiment, a little strip of the opposite side of the DSP and I'm ready to go for a July birthday!

And since the Color Throwdown challenge this week features my card's colors, I am going to enter it there as well!

Friendship is one of the best and easiest themes we could have, so I hope you'll take the challenge and make a friendship card, then share it with us at the  Players' blog!

Before I go, I am going to brag on Dana little....she always has to listen to me (and my two sisters) yak on and on about the birds we saw and/or heard, and when she sent me this video, I almost fell off my chair.  She took it through a window, so there's a glare and some background noise (you may want to hit the mute button to keep from hearing annoying commercials!), but she captured this female pileated woodpecker amazingly:

She's afraid she's becoming a bird nerd now, LOL!  Thanks for watching, thanks for visiting and be blessed today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Small Sayings (ret), Vintage Summer (Technique Tuesday), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Blueberry Bushel Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Star Punch (ret)

Christmas Wisdom Tree

 Happy Saturday, everyone! I have another Christmas card to share today and it's for three challenges: the Color Throwdown challenge this week is red, white and kraft; the Jingle Belles want to see text, and the As You See It challenge has a recipe:

So here we go:

I began by diecutting the Wisdom Tree from Real Red cardstock, adhering a piece of adhesive sheet on the back.  This die is a bit fussy and I didn't want to try to glue everything down, so the adhesive sheet was helpful.  I adhered it to a piece of Crumb Cake that had been embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder that says "merry & bright', then put everything on a Basic White card base.  I suppose I should describe this as "over the top" again, what with that big gingham bow, but I wanted to get the "plaid" in there for the AYSI challenge and that's all I had, LOL. I finished it off with a red rhinestone on the star:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment and tree image from Peaceful Pines; I love this effect:

Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Pines (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Crumb Cake, Real Red
Accessories	Red Rhinestone, Gingham Ribbon recycled from a gift
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Wisdom Tree Die (Cottage Cutz), Merry & Bright EF (Tim Holtz)

Double the Joy

Happy Thursday, everyone!  I have two almost identical cards for you today; they are for the Color Throwdown challenge as well as the Little Red Wagon "sentimental" challenge, and I am tossing it in over at the Double D challenge of Sparkle & Shine as well:

Just a day ago, I received some beautiful Mintay Christmas papers, and they had several in pink and blue. I chose two identical snowflake patterns and used a Poppystamps die to cut out the word "Joy", then went to work:

These papers are very pale, so it's a bit challenging to see how pretty they are!  I put the blue letters on the pink card:

and the pink letters on the blue card! One I adhered flat, the other I popped up, just to see the difference!

For the blush color of the challenge, I coated a piece of Petal Pink with clear glitter to put behind the snowflake opening on each card, then added a Genial Gem to the center.  It's so pretty peeking through!  I also added some glitter ribbon on each card.

With the leftover piece of DSP, I stamped a Christmas sentiment from Hope & Peace and put on the  inside:

Thanks for popping in today! 

We're so excited because I have a great-niece!  Jameson and Sawyer have a little sister, she arrived Wednesday morning early!  I will have pictures soon!  FINALLY a girl in the family!  So blessed!  Enjoy your day and be blessed too!

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.  Proverbs 1:8-9

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hope and Peace
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Adhesive Sheet, Merry Little Christmas (Mintay)
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Glitter Ribbon, Dimensionals, Genial Gems (ret), Glitter from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Seed Snowflake Joy Die (Poppystamps)

Best Wishes Sunflower

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have a sweet country-style card for three challenges today!  Have you ever seen a red sunflower? Here's a photo (not my photo, just a sample!!!):

The FarmQuest challenge this month asks for sunflowers, and the Color Throwdown challenge has some lovely fall colors, so I thought I'd combine both, along with the Just Add Ink sketch for my card today. First, the challenges:

I pulled out some older stamps and went to work:

I stamped Buffalo Check in Mellow Moss, then added a Very Vanilla panel diecut with the Radiating Stitches die.  The sunflower from Painted Harvest was stamped in Cajun Craze and Crumb Cake, with Mellow Moss leaves.  I used a Stamp Simply sentiment on the front as well as the inside.  Natural Wavy Trim and some twine was used for the embellishment, which works well with the Crumb Cake card base:

I added a couple more leaves under the bow:

and the inside:

Thanks so much for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check (ret), Painted Harvest (ret), Farmhouse All Occasion Greetings (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink	Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Mellow Moss (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Natural Wavy Trim, Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Radiating Stitches Dies