Color Throwdown

Monika has some really gorgeous colors for the new Color Throwdown Challenge and her floral photo inspired me to ink up some newly released Altenew stamps! I'm also playing along with the Tag, You're It! Challenge and am just squeaking by the deadline.  

The background and sentiment were stamped in 2 different light

gray inks (see my supply list at the end of my post).  The roses and leaves were all made using 3-step stamping with 2 green and 2 purple ink colors.  I sponged the tag edges with Smoky Slate to define the edges.  Without that detail, it got "lost" on the background. The sentiment banner and largest rose were fussy cut and popped with foam tape.

Congratulations to our guest star stamper this week - Betty Wright of Crafting with Betty!

If you want more details on how to play along, visit the Color Throwdown blog (rules are in the sidebar).  And...if you want some more inspiration, click on the design team blog links below:

Barbara Anders  
Broni Holcombe   
Joan Ervin  
  Jodi Collins 
  Lori Tecler   
Monika Davis
Tammy Hershberger
Vickie Zimmer 
  Wanda Cullen (you are here)

Holly Brown - March Guest Designer

STAMPS: Vintage Flowers (Altenew), Wood Pallet Background (Altenew).
PAPER: Smoky Slate (SU), Plum Pudding (PTI), White.
INK: Blossomsberry, Cockleshell, Beanstalk, Appletini, Fairy Dust - Pure Color dye inks by WPlus9; Smoky Slate and Basic Gray by SU.
ACCESSORIES: Stitched rectangle die by Lil Inker Designs; Tag die by WPlus9, Silver cording, Rhinestones, Enamel dots.