Color Throwdown Day!!

Well, hello there! It's Color Throwdown day and I'm so excited! This week Cathy is our hostess and I am totally in love with this color combo!!! Yeehaaaa! Have a look... I have two cards to share with you today, but first....I finally, finally got my new Fred the Bear inky! I LOVE this stamp set from My Favorite Things. The image is truly adorable and the sentiments that it's paired with are just awesome. Here's what I did with him....


Sorry for the sub-par photos. It was such a grey day when I photo'd this. I should have waited! I might try again if the weather is better today. Yeesh!

I never say this, but I just love how this turned out (in real life it looks so much better)! I used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch #112. How could I not? I saw that my Sentiment Flags die would work perfectly and I couldn't resist. So I colored Fred with Copics, cut him out with Nesties and added in some Stickles. My Papers are Stampin' Up's Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay and Certainly Celery and the decorative papers are from My Mind's Eye which I haven't put away since they arrived and I think I'm going to have to buy more! Yes, I tweaked this week's colors just a bit. I didn't like the way Taken with Teal looked so I went with the Bermuda Bay which was a much better option to pair with my dp.

Want to learn how to play along? Head on over to the Color Throwdown Challenge blog to read up on all the deets and while your surfing today, stop by and leave my fellow design team friends some love at their blogs as well as they're sure to provide with ample inspiration using this week's colors.

Tammy Hershberger Kristin Bueter Broni Holcombe Barbara Anders Danielle Kennedy Cathy Indelicato
Carole Burrage April Guestie! Yay!

Thanks for stopping by today!!!!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Fred the Bear, Oopsie Daisies(My Favorite Things)
Paper: Certainly Celery, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight(SU!), Hattie & Mabel collections(MME)
Ink: Copic markers, Tuxedo Black(Memento)
Accessories: Sentiment Flag die(Lil' Inker Designs), rectangle and scallop rectangle nesties(Spellbinders), Stickles, rhinestones(my stash), Bermuda Bay ribbon(SU!), button(PTI), twine(The Twinery), sewing machine

Suzie's Chill Birthday

I was inspired to make this card for my friend Suzie who's turning 30!I wanted it to be special and blingy...like her!


Ingredients
Stamps: Chill Out(My Favortie Things)
Paper: So Safffron textured & cs, Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss, Walk in the Park dsp(SU!)
Ink: Memento Black, So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Mini Flower punch(unkown), 5 Petal Punch, Birds&Swirls die, 1 in and
1 3/8 circle punches(SU!), circle nesties, rhinestones, glue pen, MS Word and Book Antiqua font(sentiment)

Chill Out! It's Not a Total Disaster!

Ummmm.....ok, first off, the image photographed as though it were baby blue instead of Baja Breeze and not shadowed in any way which frustrates me because the image is actually the only thing I like about this card!

This card is for the SCS sketch challenge 213 and for some reason I decided to use the colors from the color challenge 203 from this week too. I think it would have turned out better had I used colors more in my comfort zone, but what the heck...then it would have been a challenge!

Ok, let's poke a little more fun....Ummmm, why does my flower look likes it's floating out there in space? Hahahaha!

Well, I am going to do what the card says and "Chill Out". It's not a total disaster!

By the way, I'm really struggling with my photography lately for some reason. I am going to break down this weekend and buy one of those Ott lights!

OH....and I almost forgot, I'm signing up on Sunday to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator! Yay! I can't wait to place my first discounted order! Yahoooo! And for some reason as I'm reviewing this realized I'm in love with exclamation points today! HA!

Ingredients
Paper: Hero Arts, SU!, Creating Keepsakes
Ink: Memento, Copic markers
Stamps: My Favorite Things
Accessories: piercing tool, Mat Pack(SU!), paper flowers(Prima&Target), brad(Basic Grey)