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Color Throwdown #250!

Challenges, Misting with Markers, Spellbinders, Techniques, The Color Throwdown, Watercolor 7 Responses »

Jul 102013

Good morning! I know . . . don’t faint . . . a post from me 3 days in a row. Not only is today the 250th Color Throwdown, but it’s also their 5th Anniversary! To help celebrate 5 years of color challenges, the Design Team have asked all the Alumni and former Guest Designers to participate. I’m thrilled to be participating as a former Guest Designer.

For a list of participating Designers, as well as a list of all the prizes that are available to win, please visit the Color Throwdown Blog. I haven’t seen the list, but I hear it’s long and fabulous!

I only had the Bermuda Bay SU ink, so I had to make substitutions for the rest: Crumb Cake – Vintage Photo Distress; Melon Mambo – Picked Raspberry Distress; So Saffron – Scattered Straw Distress.

The background of the image was water colored with Bermuda Bay. The image (old SU Inspired by Nature) was colored with Distress Markers in Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo. Picked Raspberry was added to the flower with a water brush. The image was misted with water and then stamped on the background. The old SU Background Scratched, was stamped over the image in Vintage Photo.

The front panel was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders® A2 Matting Basics B and the card base with die cut with A2 Matting Basics A. The seam binding was dyed and the sentiment was stamped with Bermuda Bay. The sentiment was then die cut/embossed with Charmed I’m Sure.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the hop!

Project Supplies:

Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog

Spellbinders S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A

Spellbinders S5-132 A-2 Matting Basics B

Spellbinders S4-399 Charmed I’m Sure

Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine

Spellbinders GC-011 Grand Calibur Junior Replacement Plates Full Set

Distress Ink – Vintage Photo

Distress Ink – Antique Linen

Ranger Picked Raspberry Distress Ink

Ranger Distress Markers

Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam

Inkssentials Heat it Craft Tool

Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

Ranger Mini Misters

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Color Throwdown #211!

Challenges, Dimensional Flowers, My Mind's Eye, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Techniques, The Color Throwdown 13 Responses »

Sep 262012

Good morning y’all! Wow I can hardly believe this is my last post as Guest Designer for The Color Throwdown and the month of September is coming to an end.

All I can say is that I’ve had so much fun playing along with this fabulous group of designers and have been so inspired by the colors each week. Thank you so much for having me join you for the month!

Barbara Anders – Paper Pursuits
Broni Holcombe – Splashes of Watercolor
Denise Marzec – The Paper Landscaper
Joan Ervin – Stamping with a Passion
Kerri Michaud – Cards by Kerri
Lori Tecler – Inking Aloud
Lynn Put – The Queen’s Scene
Tammy Hershberger – Stamp Happy
Wanda Cullen – Cullen-ary Creations

For my last project, I did a really quick card . . . and by really quick . . . I mean really quick. I ran out of time yesterday afternoon and knowing that I had a meeting last night, I had all of a couple of hours to get the card made, photographed, cropped and emailed off.

I chose some MME Lost & Found paper that I thought matched the colors because I didn’t have any of the SU matching paper.

A small shipping tag was coordinated with coordinating paper for the background and the sentiment was trimmed out of another piece. The flower, Bitty Blossom, was die cut/embossed from another sheet. The seaming binding was some I had in a stash jar, that I believe was dyed with Rusty Hinge.

That’s all for me today. Thanks for stopping by and remember . . . life is short, make the most of the adventures that come your way today!

Project Supplies:

My Mind’s Eye 6 x 6 SUNSHINE Paper Pad	Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog	Spellbinders S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
Spellbinders GC-011 Grand Calibur Junior Replacement Plates Full Set	Spellbinders Grand Calibur	Distress Ink – Rusty Hinge
Distress Ink – Crushed Olive	Distress Ink – Peeled Paint	Distress Ink – Antique Linen
Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam	Ranger Inkssentials Mister	Inkssentials Heat it Craft Tool
Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet	Ranger Glossy Accents	Dot N’ Go – Craft Glue Dots
Schiff Seam Binding

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Color Throwdown #210!

Challenges, Hampton Art, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Techniques, The Color Throwdown, Watercolor 12 Responses »

Sep 192012

Wow this past week has flown by and here I am, already into my third week of The Color Throwdown for the month. This week’s colors are some of my favorite . . .

Here’s my project for the week, using an image from Hampton Art, Hydrangea Collage. It was stamped in Archival Coffee on hot press watercolor paper and water colored with a light wash of Bermuda Bay Ink.

The butterfly was water colored with Wild Honey, the stem in Shabby Shutters and a light wash of Antique Linen was applied to the background. Based on the square around the image, I knew I wanted to die cut around some of the petals.

I trimmed in around the petals out to the edge of the border, and inserted the paper in the Spellbinders™ Square Die with the trimmed area on the outside of the die. The edges of the image panel were then sponged with Antique Linen, hitting the shaded areas a little darker than the rest. The panels behind the image are Certainly Celery, Bermuda Bay and Chocolate Chip.

Heck I even died my seam binding Bermuda Bay to match the ink and paper.

Don’t forget to visit the Color Throwdown Blog and the other Designers: