Color Throwdown

Hi everyone and welcome to another Color Throwdown Challenge! Tammy has some fabulous happy colors for us this week - inspired by this planner/journal cover!  I was totally inspired by Betsy Veldman's sample card HERE for PTI's Bitty Bouquets stamp set release, so decided to CASE it for today's colors.  I started with a watercolor wash using Tim Holtz distress inks (Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry).  I didn't want the "happy" die panel to be a solid navy, so I cut it twice - once in navy and once in white.  I then took a slightly larger circle Nestabilities die and cut the white panel.  I see I was a little off when I glued it together (yes, Freud has a name for people like me!). 

So, what do you think?  Is it bright enough for you? :-)  I finished it off by using a clear Wink of Stella glitter brush marker over the flowers and added some enamel dots.

Congratulations to our guest star stamper this week - Julie Beech of Crafted by Jules.

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: Bitty Bouquets (PTI), Wet Paint (PTI)
PAPER: Night of Navy, Raspberry Fizz, TH watercolor CS, White
INK: Night of Navy (SU), Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry distress inks, Beanstalk (WPlus9)
ACCESSORIES: Happy die by PTI; Stitched rectangle die by Lil Inker Designs, Enamel dots by Recollections.