Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Color Throwdown 90

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Happy Wednesday!  The sun is finally shining here in Pennsylvania, and sunshiny Tammy is our hostess this week with some pretty colors to play with!  Be sure to go over to the CTD blog and check out the rules so that you can play with us too!  While you’re there, check out the design team’s samples!!!  You are sure to be inspired by them!

I was a bit stumped by these colors at first…my instinct was to go floral, but I wanted to be different, so I pulled out my little Pure Innocence “Apple for You” (thanks, Barbara!), colored her with some Copics and did some paper piecing using SU’s Rich Razzleberry DP:

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I also found some BG Lemonade paper that had some appropriate colors for my background.  I really wanted to add a ribbon, but had nothing in the plum family, so I took some white SU taffeta ribbon, ran it over my Pale Plum stamp pad, holding it down with a sponge, until it was the right hue.  A swish from my heat tool set the ink and I had a custom-dyed ribbon!  A few little pearls and floral embellishments placed here and there completed my card.

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Here are direct links to our CTD designers for your viewing pleasure:

Have a blessed day and thanks for visiting!

18 comments:

Denise Marzec said...

Ohhhhhhhhhh, LOVE these colors and that you picked a PI girl to go with them. TOTALLY adorable card, LeAnne!

....and thank HEAVENS the sun is finally back out. I was starting to forget what it looked like.

Kathy Martin said...

Awwwww...such a sweet card! :)

Bev J. said...

Cute, well colored image and I love that pretty dp. I love pretty designer papers like I used to love fabric!

Teresa Kline said...

wow, is this so cute, great work....it has been wonderful working with you this past month..have a great rest of te week!

enjoy *~*

Lesley said...

I love this sweet little image! The colours are so perfect and your colouring is wonderful! Very sweet!!

Caryl P said...

Beautiful again LeAnne, I love this little girl combined with the papers you picked...just right!

Hope the sun makes its way north for us soon...except tomorrow I'm driving south so I'm sure to miss it on the flyby!

Michelle-Jersey Girl said...

Great colors! I'm definitely going to try to play along this week!

Juanita said...

What a little cutie. This card turned out so wonderful, great problem solving, dying your own ribbon.

Renee said...

Aww LeAnne this is so cute! I love that paper you used and the colors.....so pretty. Love the little girl stamp too AWESOME!

Barbara said...

Totally adorable, LeAnne!! LOVE the colors and here little dress is so sweet!!! Great job! And you're welcome :)

Broni said...

This is just adorable! I love her paper pieced dress and the little flowers are precious!

Ann said...

Super sweet...that image is just adorable!

Tammy Hershberger said...

Absolutely adorable, and that Lemonade paper is PERFECT with these colors! I wish I had thought of it! Love her polka-dot dress, too!

Silke Ledlow said...

So so cute LeAnne!!! Can't go wrong with this sweet PI image!!! Fab take on the colors!!! Hugs ~S~

dpkennedy said...

This is so cute! I love that paper-perfect for this challenge! Adorable card!

Kristin Eberline said...

This is so absolutely adorable, LeAnne! LOVE how you colored your little lady and your layout is perfect!

Unknown said...

Completely adorable!

Congratulations, your card is being featured on the MFT Blog today as part of Our Favorite Finds!

Chris said...

Yeah, for you, I was so excited to see your name on this cute card, I haven't been by for awhile and this is the perfect excuse. Your card is adorable and I just love the colors.
Big congratulations on being a pick of the week! Yeah you!