Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Color Throwdown



Are you ready for the last Color Throwdown Challenge of August already?! Monika has picked this gorgeous sunflower photo for us and I was ever so happy to use the blue/yellow/green colors for an old fave image that I've had for years!


My card base is 5" square and I arranged the layout based on the current Retrosketches Challenge. After coloring with Copics, I fussy cut the flower and popped it with foam dots over the splattered rectangle.

STAMPS: Sunflower II (Rubber Stampede); Wonderfully Made (Verve) - sentiment.
PAPER: Family Ties (Pebbles), Pacific Point (SU), X-Press It Blending Card, White (PTI).
INK: Pacific Point (SU), Crushed Curry(SU), Memento Tuxedo Black.
ACCESSORIES: Label punch by SU, Button, Stitched Rectangle die by Lil Inker Designs, Notebook edge punch by SU, Copics.

We are so thrilled that Jodi Collins will not just be our August guest designer, but she is now a regular design team member!  Doing the happy dance here!!  Once again...welcome, Jodi!

Our star stamper of the week is Beverly Daw! We're thrilled to have you joining us! Click on her name to go directly to her blog.

Play along with us this week and you just might be in the spotlight next week by being our guest star stamper!  You don't have to have exact colors to play along, but you do need to have a close resemblance.  Be sure and link your creation to the linky tool at the bottom of the current challenge post on the Color Throwdown Challenge blog.
 
    Want some more inspiration from the rest of the design team?  Check them out below...

                                                                       Barbara Anders
Jodi Collins  (August guest designer)

7 comments:

Joan Ervin said...

This is beautiful, Wanda....you have used the perfect papers for this weeks colors and I love your gorgeous sunflower!!!!!

Kim said...

I love your card Wanda!! There is a areal warmth with the papers that you used. The notebook punch is fun, and you colored your sunflower so nicely. Well done!!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Gorgeous sunflower card Wanda. The coloring is amazing... also like the pretty dp in the background.

Jodi Collins said...

Wanda, this is SOOOO pretty! LOVE the sunflowers and your layout is fantastic! Thank you for the warm welcome!!! XOXO

Stampingcountry said...

Wow, Wanda, what lovely sunflower, beautiful coloring!

Vickie Z said...

Those sunflowers are gorgeous and you did a fantastic job with that sketch...it skeered me!

Barbara said...

This is so pretty, Wanda! Your coloring on the sunflower is awesome!