Color Throwdown

Happy Wednesday friends! It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge and you're going to love this great combo by Joan!!  I discovered that Whimsie Doodles, a fun site for digital images, has this image as a freebie up until midnight on Friday the 19th.

I used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge for the layout...a fun one!  I colored with Copics and embossed the Summer Sun panel with the Pumpkin Harvest EF.  The green plaid paper is from the Simply Autumn 12x12 pad by Recollections.  The button is a brilliant blue IRL, but for some reason it looks black in the photo. :-(

Here's hoping you'll play along with us! For more details about the CTD challenge and for more inspiration by the design team, please check out the Color Throwdown blog or you can stop by each of the DT members' blogs and leave them some love.  You'll also want to check out the talented Dawn Easton's card (our guest designer this month).

 Barbara Anders   
 Broni Holcombe
Denise Marzec
Joan Ervin
Kerri Michaud
Lori Tecler  
Lynn Put  
Tammy Hershberger
Wanda Cullen  (<--- you are here)
Dawn Easton (October Guest Designer) 

COPICS:
     Hair - Y11, Y26, Y28, Y32
     Skin - E000, E00, R20 (blush), BV02 (shadow under hair)
     Overalls - B91, B95, B97
     Rake - C2, C4, C6, E29
     Shoes - E23, E27, E29
     Bag/Grass - YG61, YG63, YG67, G40, G43
     Shirt - Y15, Y18
     Leaves - Y19, YR21, YR23, YG93
     Shadowing - B0000

CAS Acrylic Block Collage

Judy Rozema has a fun new Technique Lovers Challenge on SCS: Acrylic Block Collage.  Here are the steps she gave us:
1. Using markers or stamp pads, ink up an acrylic block (your choice in size - we used straight edged blocks as well as wavy edged) with 2-4 colors, beginning with the lightest color and moving to the darkest.
2. Spritz the block with water and immediately stamp onto cardstock (we used white most of the time - or kraft occasionally). Let dry (a few minutes at most).
3. Mask the rest of the cardstock so only the stamped block area is showing (we used 2 post it notes thick around the whole block area so the ink didn't bleed through to the rest of the card).
4. Stamp several other images using light and/or darker colors (your choice), filling as much or as little of your block area as you wish.
5. Remove the masks and stamp another image and/or sentiment in the darkest color (most of the time we used black ink for a good contrast).

I dabbed 3 different distress stains on a square acrylic block, then masked off the square and stamped a variety of leaf images over the BG.  I didn't have a suitable bare tree image to stamp over the collage BG, so I opted to use a die instead.  Have to admit, there were a half dozen botched tries before I got to one that was decent.

Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Autumn Splendor (Verve).
PAPER: More Mustard, White, Chocolate Chip.
INK: Tim Holtz distress stains: Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Wild Honey; Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Old Olive, Cajun Craze.
ACCESSORIES: Arboscello Tree die by Memory Box.

Mojo Monday

It's time for another Mojo Monday sketch and Julee never fails! This is such a fun one to play with and hope you can join us! I knew I wanted to use some of the beautiful papers from MME's Traveler pad that I found at Michael's.  I used stamps from three different Verve sets which is one reason I love that company so much.  You can mix and match forever and ever and come up with endless combinations!  My temperamental sewing machine even decided to cooperate with this card! :-)  This week will be the 2 year anniversary of my mom's death, so I'll be sending this to my dad.

So...head on over to the Mojo Monday blog and see what the other mojomakers have created! 

What did I use?
STAMPS: Lean on Me (flower), Dream Big (leaves), Borderline (sentiment)
PAPER: Traveler 6x6 pad by MME, Black, Vintage Cream
INK: Versafine Onyx Black, Old Olive
ACCESSORIES: Tim Holtz medallion die, Dreamy Leaves die and Pointed Flowers die by Verve, Crystal center by Prima Marketing, Picot Edge Circle die by SB, Satin ribbon, Die-Namics Mini Tabs Quartet, Black lace.

Hey Pumpkin!

Hello friends! The bartenders are bringing you cards with pumpkins for the challenge this week at Raise the Bar! It's one of my fave fall images to color!  I used this stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs that has a coordinating die (which is a must with all the curly tendrils).  The layout is another wonderful design for the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge.

Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Pumpkin (ODBD), Tiny Tags (PTI)
PAPER: Haunted pad by MME, Black, X-Press It Blending Card
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Rick Rack Die-Namics (MFT), Rhinestones, Tiny tags die by PTI, Jute twine
COPICS: YR12, YR16, YR18, YG11, YG13, YG17, E35, E57.

ColourQ Meets SC

Korin has a great Sketch Challenge this week (although I flipped it so I could create a vertical card), and I combined this with the ColourQ challenge to create a different (for me) Thanksgiving card. I'll have to admit, Orchid Opulence is one of my least liked SU colors, but I dug into my archives and found I still had some CS.  I loved coloring this fall bouquet of posies with Copics and thought they would really pop against the black wonky rectangle!

Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Autumn Blossoms (Flourishes)
PAPER: Jen Yanok pad by K&Co, Orchid Opulence, Black, White (PTI) for card base, X-Press It Blending Card, More Mustard
ACCESSORIES: Wonky Rectangle Nesties, Oval punch by SU, Border punch by EK Success, Copics.

Color Throwdown

It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge and Broni has a gorgeous floral bouquet to inspire us this week!  

I thought this Rosy Posy set by PTI would be perfect to showcase these vivid colors.  The layout is based on the sketch for the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge #72...a fun one with loads of layers!

So, here's hoping you'll play along with us! For more details about the CTD challenge and for more inspiration by the design team, please check out the Color Throwdown blog or you can stop by each of the DT members' blogs and leave them some love.  You'll also want to check out the talented Dawn Easton's card (our guest designer this month).

 Barbara Anders   
 Broni Holcombe
Denise Marzec
Joan Ervin
Kerri Michaud
Lori Tecler  
Lynn Put  
Tammy Hershberger
Wanda Cullen  (<--- you are here)
Dawn Easton (October Guest Designer) 

STAMPS: Rosy Posy (PTI), Kind Words (Verve) - sentiment.
PAPER: Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, White, The Sweetest Thing "Tangerine" pad by MME.
INK: Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, Versafine Onyx Black.
ACCESSORIES: Mat Stack die by PTI, Rosy Posy flowers/leaves dies by PTI, Square Lattice EF by SU, Fishtail Flags Die-Namics by MFT.

Grab Life by the Handlebars!

Love this sentiment and thought it was a great message of hope during this month that highlights breast cancer awareness!  My card is for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge to use treats as our focal point (hopefully the basket full of goodies will be OK) and also for the Copic Oz blog's monthly challenge to "Think Pink".  For every card that is entered, they will donate $5 to the McGrath Foundation!  Stampers...this is our chance to help out a worthy cause while we are playing with paper at the same time!

Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Bike Ride (Flourishes)
PAPER: The Sweetest Thing "Lavender" pad by MME, White, X-Press It Blending Card
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Blushing Bride pleated ribbon by SU, Persian Motifs die by SB, Adhesive pearls
COPICS: E42, E43, E44, N0, N2, N3, N5, R20, R21, R22, E31, E31, E33, G40, G43, G46, R24, R27.