Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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!

40 comments:

Lisa Lynn said...

Your card is adorable. Love the pattern. Thanks for the chance to win some candy.

Cheryl said...

Gorgeous! I love the quilt design, and the embossing over it gives it a matte lisse look. A wonderful creation.

Chris Dring said...

Love the quilted look of your card Wanda! Too cute! Congrats on CTD200 and thanks for the chance to win some candy!
cdring at comcast dot net

Judy Rozema said...

This is just lovely, Wanda! And what awesome candy!

Barbara said...

Love that sweet quilt block design, Wanda! Happy 200th!

Doreen said...

Great blog candy. I have not used the scor tape so that would be fun to try. Happy 200th

Doreen said...

Love the quilted look witht he card. Happy 200th!

Becky said...

What a beautiful quilted card! beautiful colors.

Marisa said...

Love the "quilted" flower you created. The button center with the sentiment is great! Wonderful use of the colours.

Lynn Put said...

This is gorgeous Wanda! I love your quilted pattern with flower and stem!

Shari said...

Love the paper quilting you did on this card.

Stacey Schafer said...

gorgeous quilted design!!

Cassie said...

Wow, Wanda, your textured background is divine! I love this :D

Christy said...

LOOOVE the quilted look. AWESOME! :)

*Christy*
http://sameoldscrap.blogspot.com :)

Unknown said...

Beautiful card!! I love how you did that with the papers. It is so beautiful! Your flowers are just wonderful!!

Angel said...

what a beautiful card! love the quilted look!

Anonymous said...

Great card - love the paper quilting technique! And thanks for the chance to win the awesome blog candy!

http://lanaslayouts.blogspot.com.au/

Andrea W said...

Fabulous card! The embossing really adds to the quilted design. Just gorgeous!

Kim160 said...

Absolutely beautiful card. I just love it and the colours are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

Robin said...

This is great. It reminds me of the quilts my grandmother made. She loved this pattern. Thanks for the great candy offer. Hugs, Robin

Vickie Z said...

Wonderful girl! Need to check out your tut for the design..love it!

zehra said...

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zehra said...

Beautiful card, love the quilt flower and the embossing

Carla S. said...

What a beautiful and creative card, Wanda! Love the texture and sparkle! The quilted background is gorgeous!

Broni said...

I just love all the super texture on your card, Wanda!! This is so much fun!

Anonymous said...

Love the "quilted" flower you created. The blog candy looks amazing! Thanks for the chance to win!

scrappingnana said...

Very pretty. Love the colors and design of your card.

Anonymous said...

I just love it and the colors are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

scrappingnana said...

Very pretty. Love the quilt look.

Joan Ervin said...

Your card is sooo pretty, Wanda...I love the quilt patterned background and it looks fabulous with the embossing!!! I have got to give this a try!!!!

Elaine U. said...

Very pretty, Wanda! Such a happy card.

Marlena M. said...

I remember that tutorial~it was wonderful. ;) I love your quilt~like card Wanda!

Anonymous said...

Great quilt inspired card!

Melissa Craig said...

Love the pointed star! The embossing makes this look like you spent hours putting in tiny, perfect stitches. Fabulous!!

Chris said...

happy 200th! Love your quilt!

Danielle Vincent said...

So very lovely! Love the quilted effect and design with those colors. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity to win some candy!!

Kerri said...

I love your paper quilt, Wanda! Absolutely gorgeous!

Aleksandra said...

Lovely card! I love all of the embossing and the flower looks lovely!

Congratulations on the 200th blog post over at Color Throwdown to all of the team!

Blessings,
Aleksandra

Tammy Hershberger said...

What a beautiful design, Wanda! This is fantastic with the great quilted look from the squares and embossing! LOVE it!

Lori said...

This is amazing, Wanda! Love the quilt inspired design.