Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Color Throwdown




We have a really happy color combo for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge and a super sun room photo for inspiration by our hostess, Vickie! I am chomping at the bit to be able to enjoy my own sun room again!  Spring just doesn't want to make an appearance this year!  We got walloped again with more snow on Monday, so my card was a big effort to think spring!


I had these two MFT stamp sets (and Die-Namics) for many weeks and never inked them up until now!  How sad is that?!  So, big thanks to Vickie for choosing colors that fit perfectly!  I tweaked the sketch for MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge from 2/26 and went with a one layer card - popping up the leaves and sunflower with foam dots.  I added Cinnamon Stickles to the center and the jury is still out if that was a good move.   
We are thrilled to announce a new guest designer for the month of March!  Welcome to Gloria Stengel!  You will love her fabulous style on her Scraps of Life blog and I can't wait to see what she creates for CTD!

For more inspiration, you'll want to check out the rest of the design team's creations below:            
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
                                              Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor 
                                                   Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion
                                                          Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
Melody Rupple - A Paper Melody
Monika Davis - M.A.D. Stamper
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Vickie Zimmer -  Smitten   
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations (you are here)
Gloria Stengel - (March Guest Designer) - Scraps of Life

Can't wait to see you in the gallery!  Remember, you could be our next guest star stamper for the following week's challenge if you play along!

STAMPS: Splendid Sunflower (MFT), Art Expression Text (MFT), Hearts and Stitches (MFT)
INK: Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Baked Brown Sugar, Versafine Onyx Black
ACCESSORIES: Butterfly sticker by K and Co., Cinnamon Stickles, Corner chomper, Sunflower Die-Namics by MFT.

11 comments:

Marisa said...

This is fabulous, Wanda!

Gloria Stengel said...

I love the white space and the bold colors! I got goosies when I saw your card! Wonderful!

Melody said...

Pretty! Love the stickles in the center and the touch of the red butterfly.

Monika/Buzsy said...

Beautiful card Wanda. Love that gorgeous sunflower! The text strip looks great in the background. Oh, and that butterfly... love it!

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Miriam said...

The stickles are perfect in the center Wanda! And the butterfly sticker is the perfect embellishment. Wonderful card!

Joan Ervin said...

What a great take on the sketch and I love your beautiful yellow flower...such an awesome design, gf!!!!

Lori said...

So pretty! Love the big, bold flower against all the white space.

Barbara said...

Fab job on the colors and the sketch, miss Wanda! Love that you used the zig zag image--I must remember to get that out and use it!

Tammy Hershberger said...

What a beauty, Wanda! And you had me kicking myself for not remembering that I have this stamp/Die-Namics set, too... it's perfect for these colors!

Broni said...

You used the sketch and color palette to perfection, Wanda! I LOVE how the colors pop against all that white!!