Showing posts with label Color Throwdown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Color Throwdown. Show all posts

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Water Colored Vintage Leaves

Today's card is inspired by the colors over at the Color Throwdown challenge #362.  As soon as I saw the rich earthy colors I new I need to make some sort of card using them.  Since my brother-in-law and sister-in-law's anniversary is coming up I though I'd make an anniversary card using them...and I just had to pull out the 2014-2016 In Colors from Stampin' Up!  I love this group of colors!




I created the leaves by stamping the images on watercolor paper using VersaMark and embossing them in gold.  Then I used my Leaflets Framelits to to cut them out.  Once I had them cut out I worked on one leaf at a time.  I wet the whole leaf using an aquapainter, then started adding color from my ink pad lits onto the leaf.  I used Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow on the smallest leaf, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey on the oak leaf, and Tangelo Twist, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey on the maple leaf.  I know some of the colors on the leaves are not nearly as dark as the ink pads.  That's because I played around with them a little bit by adding water if I thought the color was too dark and also by mixing the colors together.  I never would have thought I'd get the red I did on the maple leaf, but taking the time to play around with the colors and mixing them can really be worth the effort! :)  The background of the card is watercolor paper also and I did a basic watercolor wash on it using Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow again.  I also used a stamp from the set Gorgeous Grunge on the background piece.  I stamped it with Mossy Meadow, but made sure I stamped off the watercolor paper onto scrap paper two times, then spritzed it with some water before I stamped it onto the watercolor paper.  I added a touch of lined thread here and there and the Happy Anniversary to finish it off. 


I also stamped leaves on the inside that were light enough to write over.  Yup I totally forgot to take a picture before I wrote all over it. lol  That's ok since I usually put that off until the last thing.  I just do NOT have a way with words, especially in cards so if I have something on my mind I write it before I forget it! lol


Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Sweet Summer Silhouette

Happy Friday, Everyone.  Today I have a pretty clean and simple card I made for this week's Friday Mashup challenge #166 from Holly and I know exactly who I'm going to be sending this card too. :)  What does Holly have for us this week?

Create a project using "Sequins".
Create a "Hello or Hi" project.
Or Mash it Up! and create a "Hello project with Sequins".

I  have to say I loved the challenge this week, but I don't have any sequins....gasp!  Nope, I haven't bought any yet.  So I used the basic rhinestones from Stampin' Up! instead. :) 


Make sure you check out the other great cards this week HERE at the Friday Mashup.


I'm also a part of the Red Hot Stampers group and never seem to get a chance to play along with their great sketch challenges (Thanks, Rachel!), so this time I was determined I was going to do it!  I hope I get this done in time so I can post it before time runs out...I literally have minutes! lol


And the colors for my card come from this week's Color Throwdown challenge.  Love how these colors look together.


Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

Stamp Set:  Summer Silhouettes
Card Stock:  Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Crumb Cake, Pink Pirhouette & Wisteria Wonder
Framelits:  Windows Collection
Sizzlit:  Little Leaves (retired)
Ribbon:  5/8" Seam Binding in Crumb Cake
Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones
Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer




Saturday, December 21, 2013

Merry Snow Day

Just a quick post today since I haven't been able to stamp as much lately.  I managed to do something to my back and just when I think it's getting better it gets the best of me again!  Hopefully I'll be back to normal soon. :)  I used the sketch challenge from Try Stampin' on Tuesday #147, but rotated it.  I also used the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge #272.  Of course it's closed now, but I wasn't going to come up with another idea. lol  




Thanks for looking and have a good day!
Sara

Stamp Sets:  Snow Day, Festive Flurry & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, 
Smoky Slate & Pumpkin Pie (he had to have an orange nose!)
VersaMark & VersaMarker
Framelits:  Festive Flurry
Punch:  Word Window
Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots & Delicate Designs
Brayer & Sponges









Thursday, September 12, 2013

French Foliage

Well, I couldn't resist...I had to use a retired fall set.  I love the set French Foliage and used it for a couple of challenges today.  My colors come from the Color Throwdown challenge and the sketch is from Mojo Monday.







Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  French Foliage
Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake,
Baja Breeze (retired) & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake,
Cajun Craze & Baja Breeze (retired)