Blog Candy Winner & DSC

It was an exciting week with all the celebration of the 200th Color Throwdown Challenge, but the party is over and we're moving on!  The winner of my blog candy (thanks to random.org)...

drum roll please...

Cheryl Lea - you're the winner!

Please contact me at cullenwrATyahooDOTcom with your mailing address and I'll get your goodies sent out to you!  Thanks to everyone who commented and played along with us!

Tune back again tomorrow when I'll be hosting a new CTD challenge!

Before I leave this post, I want to add a card that I made using Jen Shultz' layout for her Deconstructed Sketch Challenge #60.

I had these papers -  7 Gypsies "Venice" pad - out from a previous project, so went with it again.  Very little stamping...just the tiny tag and the large tag outline.  The fern and bird dimensional stickers are by K&Co.
Have a great day...I'm heading out to work shortly, so crafty time is done for today!

Howdy Y'all!

It's been awhile since I've played along with the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge, so this card remedies that problem! I'm using some papers from the "Avalon" Bazzill Basics Paper pack and this pack, along with some other goodies, could be yours if you enter my blog candy give-away by participating in this week's 200th Color Throwdown Challenge!  Check out the details HERE if you're interested.  Each one of the design team members is giving away free goodies!  Back to my card...I'm also playing along with the Ways to Use It Challenge on SCS to use stitches - faux or real.
 I colored with Copics and faux "stitched" a border using a Copic multiliner pen.  Here's what else I used...

STAMPS: Cowgirl PI (MFT)
PAPER: "Avalon" DP by Bazzill Basics Paper, Pure Poppy, White
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Open scallop border Die-Namics, Buttons by PTI, Flag die by 'Lil Inker Designs
COPICS: Hat, hair, vest - E41, E42, E43, E44
                Hair - E35, E37, E39
                Shirt - R27, R27, R29
                Skin - E00, E000, R20 

Celebrating CTD #200 & Blog Candy Give-away!

In honor of our 200th color challenge, the Color Throwdown gals have a little fun planned for you this week. Not only have each of the CTD designers created fantastic projects using the colors and inspiration photo for this week, but each team member also has blog candy to give away to a lucky Color Throwdown participant!

So what's up for grabs and how do you play along?

First, visit each of the CTD team members blogs and leave comments on their projects.

Next, create a card or project using the colors from this week's challenge and submit your project on the CTD blog HERE using the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post.  Lynn is our hostess for this week and she has chosen a really fun inspiration picture for us!

As always, if you don’t have the exact colors, it’s no problem...just substitute with what you have that’s close to this week’s colors.  And, don’t forget to use the keyword CTD200 if you upload your project to an online gallery.  Next Tuesday, you'll want to check back with the CTD blog to see the featured stamper and the blog candy winners from each of the DT members' blogs will be listed.                          You must participate in this week's Color Throwdown Challenge in order to be eligible to win any of the blog candy that's being offered by the team.  

Now that I've hopefully covered all the details, let me move on to the card I created...

IRL, the herringbone BG looks more like a light orange shade instead of the golden shade that shows up in the photo. :-(  The card base is Pumpkin Pie CS  and is 5 1/4" square.  I wanted to do this paper quilting technique that I used when I was a Limelight Designer on the Flourishes' blog in February.  If you want step-by-step directions on the process, please refer to my post HERE.  I used the Kassie's Brocade EF (love that Cuttlebug is making their folders in 5x7" sizes now) to emboss the finished star pattern and I used Creative Memories' square punch which is a bit larger than the 1" squares I used in the tutorial (it's about 1 1/4" square).   

STAMPS: Joyful Blooms by Verve, Sentiment Flags by 'Lil Inker Designs

PAPER: Vintage Marketplace DP and Avalon DP - both by Bazzill Basics Paper, Pumpkin Pie, Vintage Cream

INK: Chocolate Chip

ACCESSORIES: Fanciful Flourish die by Cheery Lynn Designs, Prima by Petaloo, Button, Kassie's Brocade EF by Cuttlebug, Lil Inker Designs flag die

Are you still with me - lol?  This is a long post and last but not least....here is my BLOG CANDY for some lucky participant!

Vintage Marketplace DP by Bazzill Basics Paper

Avalon DP by Bazzill Basics Paper

Spellbinders Shapeabilities "Flourish Accent"

Webster's Pages "Bloomers"

JustRite "Quiet Moments" stamp set (7 stamps)

Clear stamp set by Heidi Grace Designs

Scor-Tape (1/2")

Adhesive Rhinestones

Adhesive Faux Pearls 

Here's the list of all the design team members...go check them out!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

 Judy Rozema - Joy in a Jar  - as our July Guest Designer

Hope to see you join in on the fun...can't wait to see what you create!

Raspberry Trio

Using Chupa's layout for her Sketchbook Saturday Challenge, I also played along with the SCS Color Challenge - Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake and neutral of choice with dessert option to include an element or edge that is torn. The flowers are made from Raspberry Fizz felt by PTI.  It's difficult to see, but the black BG is embossed using SU's square lattice EF. 

STAMPS: Flags and Tags Sentiments (Lil Inker Designs), Grunge Cirque (Tim Holtz)-checkered BG
PAPER: Kraft, Black, Pink Pirouette, Green
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
ACCESSORIES: Circle flower Die-Namics by MFT, Fern punch by MS, Fanciful Flourish die by Cheery Lynn Designs, Square lattice EF by SU, Light pink pearls.

Timeless Tuesday

It's good to be back in my stamp room again after a week at the beach last week!  It was great to be with extended family members, but have to admit...trying to survive triple digit temperatures almost got the best of me!  Fortunately, our beach house had a pool in the back, so I opted for cooling off there rather than deal with the hot sand several days.  OK...on to the business of papercrafting! :-)  I created this card for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge on the Flourishes blog to use a sentiment as the focal point.  None of my sets had any large sentiments, so I opted to stamp the largest one I had on vellum and overlay it on this floral image.

 I guess my brain is a little fried, because I thought I was using the SCS Color Challenge colors only to discover after I was done that I forgot the Crumb Cake!  Doh!   I used Jen Shults' great sketch for the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge #59.

STAMPS: Botanical Bookplates and Calla Lilies - both by Flourishes
PAPER: Raspberry Fizz, Black, White, Vellum
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Corner punch by SU, Silver & black adhesive pearls, Lace, Raspberry Fizz ribbon, Tiny flower punch ($1 bin at Mike's).

Raise the Bar #108

Another month has rolled around and that means a new theme for the bartenders at Raise the Bar - bring on your red, white and blue color combos for your creations this month!  As a reminder, we're taking a bit of a break with our challenges this summer and are only doing one theme a month for June, July and August.  You have the whole month to play!

I went with a nautical, masculine theme for this card.  I love this burlap trim from Linda's Funkie Junkie online store and layered it with some baker's twine with a little anchor charm found in the jewelry section of Michael's.   I hope all my American blog friends had a happy 4th of July!  We celebrated with a family cookout and watching fireworks...an annual tradition!

STAMPS: The Open Sea by SU, Making a Statement (sentiment) by Verve
PAPER: "On the Bright Side" DP by MME, White, Enchanted Evening (PTI)
INK: Night of Navy, Real Red
ACCESSORIES: Picot Circle and Circle Nesties, Burlap trim, Baker's twine, Charm, Distressing tool, X-Press It Foam.

Color Throwdown !99

Happy Independence Day to all my American friends!  It's also Wednesday and that means it's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!  Lori has chosen some great colors for us this week: Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake - inspired by this festive, nautical party table!

I created my card using another fun, summertime digi image from Sassy Cheryl's Digis.  I colored with Copics and layered the Labels Eight Nestie panel over some burlap trim that I ordered from Linda's Funkie Junkie online store.  The tiny tag die is by PTI, as is the Tiny Tag stamp set.  DP is from MME's "On the Bright Side" 6x6 pad.

We hope you can play along with us and don't forget to tune in again next Wednesday for some awesome blog candy to be given away by the entire design team to celebrate our 200th challenge!  If you need some more inspiration for this week's challenge, go to the Color Throwdown blog and check out the great samples by the design team!  We're also thrilled to welcome a new guest designer with this being a new month...the talented Judy Rozema...WELCOME, JUDY!!