Celebrate!

Hi there. It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown challenge. I will go ahead and say that when I saw this combo, I loved all of it...EXCEPT the Melon Mambo! As much as I love that color, I just didn't see it fitting in with the other colors. I was dead wrong! :)


Here are this week's colors:

And here is my card:

Though I had my reservations, I found that Melon Mambo stamps a shade off from Rose Red on Vanilla card stock, so it actually blended in really nicely. In case you can't tell, the Rose Red is the top and bottom shade and the Melon Mambo is in the middle. 


I just love the way this card turned out. I think the distressed look of the ink on the chevrons works well with the way the flower stamps. These are two of my favorite Papertrey Ink stamps and I like them together! I found a little flower button in my Papertrey stash that I think works perfectly with the rest of the card.

Here are links to the other ladies playing this week..go check them out!!

Tammy
Danielle
Broni
Barbara



I hope you find time to play along. I would love to see what you do with the colors! Thanks for stopping by!!

Brighter..

Hello there. It's Monday and today is my first day back at work in almost 2 weeks. Wow. I'm sure my inbox is ridiculously full. Ugh.


Anyway, today I have a card for the Color Cue challenge.

As soon as I saw those colors,  I knew it was time to finally get out my Lil' Inker Designs, Rainbows & Clouds set and die! This is the cutest little set. There are perforated clouds (2) and 2 different rainbow options. Plus, the actual arcs on the rainbow are separate, so you can make all sorts of color or pattern combinations! Here is my card:

I decided to try my hand at a glittery rainbow. Um..Ok, glitter is NOT easy to play with when you're doing little spaces like this and also when the pieces need to touch. Yeesh..I noticed after I photographed it that the green moved down into the blue a bit...DON'T GO LOOK!!..lol. I still love the card, though. So fun and cheery and I know exactly who it's being mailed to today. :) 

Well, I better get ready for work and for the barrage of craziness that I am sure is going to ensue once I get there. Have a wonderful day!!

Birthday Blog Hop!

Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by! Welcome to the Birthday blog hop celebrating the fabulous Laurie Willison's birthday! Laurie is such a sweet person and an extremely talented stamper. I look at her cards in their CAS style and i'm awed each time! Happy Birthday, Friend!


Ok, so we have some extra special cards to share with you guys, so be sure and visit each blog! Here is my card {um, that JUST got into the mailbox yesterday, so it will be a *tad* late getting to Laurie..lol}

I used the new Background Basics: Chevron Stripes set from Papertrey. It was fairly easy to line up the chevrons (they do not reach fully across the card stock on the diagonal). You HAVE to love clear stamps if for no other reason than this!! I also used the "make a wish" from Think Big Favorites 1 and part of a sentiment in the Big Birthday Wishes sets. I saw the colors on this week's Color Cue and was immediately drawn to them.

Well, that's it. Don't forget to stop in and see what the other ladies have done. Just know that it is fabulous!


Here is a listing of all of the participants:


Amy
Jen
SueAnn
Eva
Barb









Have a wonderful day!!