Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Color Throwdown 44

CTD44 swatch

Today's colors were chosen by Tammy:  Bordering Blue, Elegant Eggplant and Barely Banana. My Elegant Eggplant folder is getting a real workout here lately!  Really cool colors together!  And speaking of cool, have you stopped by the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's site this week to check out all the amazing challenges and prize giveaways going on there? Tammy says there's an added bonus to our challenge this week in conjunction with the challenges going on at Stampin' Out Alzheimers! If you participate in today's challenge, and you're a registered and paid member (meaning you made at least a $5 minimum donation to register) at the SOA site, you will go in a random drawing to win a 6x6 pad of the Wisteria paper from Basic Grey! (I wouldn't mind winning that myself!)  If you haven't registered for all the fun at the SOA site, there's still time to get involved!

I cased a wonderful card from my sideline Kim to make my creation today.  You can see it here.  I love getting ideas from other stampers!!  We'd like to see what your ideas are and what you can come with using this combination, or something close.  Post your card on your blog or an online gallery using the keyword CTD44.  Go to the CTD blog and link it there via Mr. Linky (I hope he's fixed now!).   So here's my creation:

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I used my Big Shot to cut the flowers, leaves  and the two Top Notes;  the ribbon was stamped with Craft EE ink and heat set.  The background paper is from K&Co "Recycled", and sponged with Barely Banana ink.  MS glitter blings up the centers.  I did use a tiny little bit of Old Olive for the leaves....the stems looked a little naked without!  A fun, happy card!

Let's see what the other designers came up with:

Thanks for visiting today! 

  • Stamps:  Mixed Messages, PTI
  • Paper:  Bordering Blue, Naturals White, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Recycled, K&Co
  • Ink:  Craft Elegant Eggplant, Bordering Blue, Barely Banana
  • Acc:  Daubers, Big Shot, Daisies #2, Birds & Blooms dies, marker, circle punch, MS glitter

19 comments:

Stamp and Smile said...

Well, I'm glad I popped in for a visit again tonight... the house is quiet now and a cup of chai tea at my side!! AWWW! Your card makes me SMILE and those daisy flowers are DARLING girl... TFS!! Michelle :)

Jane Wetzel said...

what a sweet card! love these flowers... :)

Barbara said...

LOVE those flowers, LeAnne!!! Is that a die? They're just fantastic! The whole card is gorgeous!

Denise Marzec said...

Oh wow, I LOOOVE your dimensional flowers with the blingy centers. What an eye catching card!

Julia Aston said...

what great colors! Love your pretty flowers LeAnne and the sponging on the Top Note - the stamped ribbon is sweet!

mudmaven said...

Absolutely gorgeous! My favorite die these nice spring/summer days! ~chris

Anonymous said...

LeAnne!! This card is gorgeous!! I love your flowers!! What a rockin' color combo too!! :)

dpkennedy said...

Ooh, I love the sparkly flower centers! This is a really lovely card!

Broni said...

I love those big beautiful flowers and the double-layered top note! Great card!!

Carol L said...

Just gorgeous LeAnne! I love love love those flowers and the dotted line stems! Great sponging detail too! Beautifully done:)
Carol

Cathy Rulli said...

WOW! Those flowers are really cool!! Great job!

Tammy Hershberger said...

Those flowers are AWESOME! And I LOVE the stamped ribbon, too! Fabulous card!

Lisa Renéa said...

I decided to visit your blog again! I just have to say how gorgeous your cards are. Lovely details. Beautiful, beautiful cards.

Renee said...

LeAnne this is gorgeous! What pretty colors for the throwdown! I love how your card turned out...so bright and eye popping!

Kimberly Gajewski said...

Absolutely beautiful LeAnne! What a lovely color combination! Your blossoms turned out wonderfully! :D

Anonymous said...

LeAnne...I just love this! What a beautiful card! We must have been thinking alike today....I used the daisy die too for my Mojo Monday card! :) Love that die, don't you?

Nice job on the color challenge! TFS

Have a great day!
Wendy

Heather P. said...

Wow! What an awesome card!

ChristineCreations said...

I love those daisy flowers! Great use of the colors.

Krista said...

Love your card too !! Nice flowers !