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Color Throwdown #28

Wednesday brings another Color Throwdown, and this week it was Barb's turn to choose the colors!

Be sure to stop by the Throwdown blog to see the creations from all the team members, or just visit their blogs by clicking the links below!

Barbara Anders
Danielle Kennedy
LeAnne Pugliese
Broni Holcombe
Cathy Indelicato 

For my card, I chose to semi-CASE my friend Maria Gurnsey's card here where she used that cute gingham for the tree tops!  (GLG... that's code for Gotta' Love Gingham!)  I used this sweet pink polka dot paper to piece my tree top, but it doesn't show up very well!  No worries... Maria enabled me to order that Spring Trees set from CHF today anyway, so I'll just copy her card completely once it arrives!

I hope you'll make time for the Throwdown sometime today or later this week!

Many, many, many thanks to all of you who have left me such wonderful comments about my health and weight loss goals!  Many of you brought tears to my eyes, and all made me smile!  I won't go into a lot of details, but if I'm truly going to lose all the weight I *need* to lose, it totals 150 pounds.  So as you can well imagine, a healthier me is definitely something that needs to come about!  Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart, pumping for all it's worth beneath all this fat!  I appreciate it so much!

Have a great day!

 

Stamps:  tree from Making the Grade (Kim Hughes collection by Cornish Heritage Farms), sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Lasting Impressions)
Ink:  Momento Rich Cocoa, Vesamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  ribbon (Offray), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder (Provo Craft), Threading Water punch (Fiskars).

Papercraft Planet - Saturday Sketch

Did you know there's a sketch challenge every Saturday at Papercraft Planet?  Lori Tecler created this awesome layout for today's sketch, and you can check out the details for this challenge here.  I decided to combine Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration challenge with the sketch.  Honestly, I'm not happy with how it turned out.  I feel like the mojo is missing, but here's my card.

 

If you're snowed in and hibernating from all this cold weather, why not get some stamping done and give the sketch challenge a try?  And if you're in a climate where the ground is not covered in snow, and the temperature does not start with a minus, then I don't want to hear it!  I'm freezing my tookus off!  When you upload your photo to Papercraft Planet, remember to put SK011709 in the tag line!  Lori will create an album for all the cards done with this sketch, and the tag will help her find your card!

Happy stamping, and thanks for visiting me today!

 

 

Stamps:  U R A Hoot (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), Pure Luxury 80 lb. cardstock for owl (Gina K Designs), designer paper (Chatterbox)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  felt flowers (Creative Impressions), brads (Stampin' Up!), Threading Water punch (Fiskars).

Just Because...

I have a very good, dear friend who's going through a really rough time lately, so I thought I'd better get a card in the mail to her soon so she remembers how much I care about her!  So I made this card for her, using Jen delMuro's Sketch for You to Try from this past Saturday.

I am having a Card Buffet at the store in a few weeks, and was wanting to try out this combination of papers and cardstock for one of the Buffet cards, so I decided to use it for this card.  Now I know... it's a keeper, don't you think? 

Sorry to hit you again today with these flowers from Kim Hughes, but they're my most favorite from the Nature Silhouettes set, and they just worked well for this sketch!

I'm posting two pictures of my card here.  If you have time, I'd love your opinion... what's better?  The black background or the white?  I've used black for almost everything, as I always thought the details of the card showed up better but lately I'm looking at everyone else's and thinking differently.  Which do you prefer?

I appreciate your visits so much!  Thanks for stopping by again today!

Stamps:  Nature Silhouettes (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Kraft, Ruby Red (Bazill), Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Double-Dot in porcelain from Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Ruby Red, Old Olive (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  punches, brads (Stampin' Up!), ribbon (Papertrey Ink).

Color Throwdown #24

Hey Color Throwdown fans... we're back!  After a little holiday break, LeAnne, Cathy, Broni and I are back to bringing you the Color Throwdown every week!  Kimberly Crawford spent a few weeks with us as a designer but had to bow out due to time commitments.  Kisa Peters also has a lot on her plate, so she won't be doing any regular designs with us each week but we've bribed her into sticking around and continuing to create the awesome banners on the Throwdown blog each week, as well as the blinkies and Color Pick swatches!  Since we found ourselves needing two more designers, we started the search for two new talents to add to our group!  And talent we found... in several people actually, but we all agreed on these two... Barbara Anders from Paper Pursuits, and Danielle Kennedy from Wild Dragonfly Designs!  Be sure to visit their blogs to see their awesome work, and stop by the Throwdown blog to see the creations from the whole team with today's colors! (or you can visit their blogs, linked below!)

Cathy Indelicato
Broni Holcombe
LeAnne Pugliese

For my card today, I pulled out this scrap of paper I had from Scribble Scrabble and was delighted to find it matched today's colors very well!  Some flowers and a sentiment from my Kim Hughes Nature Silhouettes stamp set helped to complete my card.  I plan to send this to a young couple who we are friends with.  Our family is currently searching for a new church home, and Emily and Josh graciously welcomed us at their church this past Sunday, so I want to be sure to thank them!

I hope you'll find time today, or later this week to give the Throwdown a try!  We're planning some new things for the coming year and one of those new things will start next week!  On Tuesdays we'll be randomly picking one participant from the previous weeks challenge to be featured on the Throwdown blog!  So who knows... maybe it'll be YOU!

Happy stamping!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Stamps:  Nature's Silhouette (Kim Hughes design for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Going Gray (Stampin' Up!), markers #526 and #158 (Tombow)
Accessories:  punches, ribbon (Stampin' Up!), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brad (Making Memories).

Color Throwdown #20

It's week #20 of the Color Throwdown, and this week it was my turn once again to choose our color combo!

Instead of the usual color swatches that I usually post, I'm posting this picture of what inspired my color choices for today!  My daughter Kaylie recently had a job interview at Panera Bread.  (I want her to get that job very much, so she can bring some of their yummy food home with her!)  Anyway, while I was waiting in the car for her interview to be over a few weeks ago, I was really struck by the combination of colors on the exterior of the restaurant.  See the awnings and umbrellas?  So today's colors are Sage Green, Ruby Red, More Mustard, and Eggplant!  And here's my card...

I used Julee Tillman's Mojo Monday sketch for my layout, and a piece of mustard-colored Bo Bunny designer paper, too. 

Check out what the other Throwdown designers have created for today, too!

LeAnne Pugliese

Cathy Indelicato

Broni Holcombe

Kimberly Crawford

Remember to leave a comment with a direct link to your creation on the Color Throwdown blog!  And if you upload to Papercraft Planet, remember to tag your photo with CTD20.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

 

 

Stamps:  Nature Silhouettes (Cornish Heritage Farms), sentiment (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock:  Elegant Eggplant, Sage Shadow, Ruby Red, Confetti Cream (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Ruby Red, Sage Shadow (Stampin' Up!), Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  eggplant ribbon (Stampin' Up!), Threading Water border punch (Fiskars), brads (Gary Burlin).

Funky Birds

Here's a card I actually made yesterday morning before I left for work.  I got it done, and brought it to work with me thinking I'd take my picture and upload once I got there because the light from the window is always so good at my desk.  One problem, though... it's hard to take a picture at work when the camera is sitting at home!  *smacking forehead*  So, this one had to wait until today for uploading!

I just love how this turned out!  Those funky birds in the background paper are just too silly, and went perfectly with my images from Cornish Heritage Farms!  I made this card using the sketch from Card Positioning Systems #87, and the Color Inspiration challenge from KWernerDesignBlog.

I couldn't really decide where to put a sentiment on the front.  Nothing seemed to fit anywhere, so I put it on the inside along with a few more of the funky birds!  I actually had an idea after I had this photographed for something else on the inside.  I might add it, and retake the picture, so stay tuned!

I hope you have a wonderful FRIDAY!!!  My week has been a long one, and I have to work tomorrow too so I hope today goes quickly!  I have a Copic Marker demonstration from 2:00 - 4:00 at the store today, so if you're in Northeast Ohio head on over to Toyrifix today and say HI!

Happy stamping!

   

Stamps:  Pretty Birds, The Landing Pad (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Barely Banana (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Pink Paislee)
Inks:  Momento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  twill ribbon (Creative Impressions), brads (Gary Burlin), Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder (ProvoCraft), red Baker's String (Martha Stewart).

Caramel Apple Kit

For my New Product Showcase at the store last week, I wanted to create a few projects for displays.  When I saw this Caramel Apple Kit several weeks ago on Michelle Wooderson's blog, I knew I was going to have to create my own version of it for the Showcase.

Inside this little pail is a pretty fall apple, and a little individual serving of caramel apple dip!  YUM!  I LOVE that stuff!  We could buy that in bulk at my house this time of year!

For the pail topper, I used the Baking Stamp Ensemble from Just Rite Stampers, and to make the "Caramel Apple Kit" words, I used the small letter set.  This apple stamp from Kim Hughes' Making the Grade stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms was perfect for this project, and the words fit perfectly inside it!

 

I used the Nestabilities to cut out the scallops and circles for the lid of the pail, and used Bazzill cardstock and papers from Scribble Scrabble.  (Sorry for the blurry picture on this one... just couldn't get the camera to cooperate with me!)

This was so fun to make, and I'm sure thankful for all the cute ideas Michelle comes up with on her blog, as this was a perfect display item on Thursday night!

By the way, I'd like to take a moment to thank Feedblitz for NOT sending out a feed on my post yesterday!  I don't know why, but I'm assuming it never went out as I usually receive one too, and didn't.  If you want to see my Color Throwdown card from yesterday, you can click here.  I was really pleased with how it turned out, so I'd love to know what you think, too!

And if you'd like to see some of the other things that were made at the Toyrifix New Product Showcase last week, you can click here for the Stampendous projects, and click here for the Just Rite Stampers projects. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Another Color Throwdown (almost!)

On the Color Throwdown team, we pick out our colors combos for each week as far in advance as possible so that anyone who wants to work ahead can do so.  So I actually chose the colors for today's challenge about 2-3 weeks ago.  Imagine my surprise when I check out the Color Challenge on SCS yesterday and saw how similar they were!  Emily and I must be on the same wavelength or something!  Since I already had some Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango papers laying out, and had thought about using this flowered paper on my Throwdown card I decided to do the SCS Sketch Challenge today and make a quick card!

I'm pleased with how it turned out, but I think it's missing something.  I should have done a row of piercing across the top or added some dew drops or something!  Maybe I should just make my watermark darker across the top, then no one will notice that lonely space!  LOL

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Stamps:  The Landing Pad, Pretty Birds (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss (Stampin' Up!), Mocha Divine (Bazzill), designer paper (Fancy Pants)
Inks:  Momento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), markers to color bird (Copic)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls embossing folder (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities die-cut label (Spellbinders), olive brads, Kiwi Kiss ribbon (Stampin' Up!)

Featured Stamper

Over on Splitcoaststampers there are tons of really nice ladies, but one that always stands out in my mind is Liz/lazylizard!  She's always so sweet, and is quick to comment on everyone's cards no matter who you are!  Yesterday, she finally got recognized for her cute designs and her wonderful spirit by being honored as the Featured Stamper!

I chose this card from her gallery to CASE, and this is my version!  I used my new designer paper from Scribble Scrabble for this design, and I love those papers more everytime I use them!  Anyone coming to the Stamping Workshop at Toyrifix on October 9th will get to use them too, as well as see them being used on a few projects!

I have a busy Monday ahead of me, so I'd best get it in gear!  Have a great week everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Stamps:  Making the Grade (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Lava, Honeycomb (Bazzill), Natural Ivory, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  1" circle punch (EK Success), twill ribbon (Creative Impressions)

Stamp Simply #52 - Cuddle Up with.... ME!

We're finishing off this wonderful week-long celebration of Sharon's 1-year blog anniversary (last Friday) and the 1-year anniversary today of the Stamp Simply Challenges!  Two weeks ago, we went "Red Hot with Julie" with Stamp Simply team member Julie Koerber's design work featured.  Last week we went "Dancin' with Dee" as Sharon and the team members used Dee Jackson's designs as inspiration!  Today, I get to be your inspiration and you get to "Cuddle Up with Tammy!"  (My hubby's favorite thing to do!  Just kidding!)  When looking through my designs, Sharon decided that she saw a lot of cuddly, down-home comfort in my work... machine stitching, use of laces, ribbons and rick-rack and small patterned papers combined with solid papers for backgrounds.  Often I use my Cuttlebug embossing folders, too (but didn't today!)  So I'm thrilled to say that your challenge for today is to use ME as inspiration!

Here are a few samples that you might find inspiring...

Just Because 1

Foreground/Background

Sketches #56

Distressed Flowers

Coffee with Friends

Just Because 2

 

And here is my card for today!  I pulled out one of my favorite Kim Hughes sets to stamp my flowers using markers to color the rubber.  And I just got this pretty paper yesterday from Scribble Scrabble (my new favorite paper company!)  I thought it would be very appropriate for today's challenge since my use of patterned paper was one thing that stood out to Sharon.  This layout with a criss-cross background has become a stand-by for me, and I just love stitching around the edges using what I'm calling a "silly stitch!"  I found this velvety rick-rack in my ribbon jar and thought it was also a good choice for today. 

So, I hope you like my card and I hope you find something in my work to inspire you today!  I'm so excited and can't wait to see what you create!  Remember, if you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the keywords ssnotime52, and link your card back to Sharon's blog, too!

 

For complete challenge details, and her fabulous cuddly card, please check out Sharon's blog.  Samples from the other wonderful Stamp Simply team members can be seen by clicking their blog links below.  (Links will be updated and in red print as they become available.)

Julie Koerber

Dee Jackson

Jennifer Buck

Janine Orchard

Becky Oehlers

Stayed tuned for the announcement of the winner of the Stamp Simply Celebration Blog Candy #5 (the new stamp set from My Favorite Things) and also I'll announce who won the Cuttlebug folder today for being comment #3000!

Happy stamping, and THANK YOU for stopping by!

 

Stamps:  Nature's Moments (Kim Hughes design for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  More Mustard, Ruby Red, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Versamagic Brick Red (Tsukineko), markers (Tombow)
Accessories:  square frame and brads (Stampin' Up!), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), rick rack (Offray).