Sylvia's Stamping Corner

COLOR THROWDOWN CHALLENGE

I missed the Color Throwdown challenge this past week. I was bummed. I have been so busy that I thought it was closed on Tuesday instead of Monday night. The week I was picked as feature stamper, I was going take a card of appreciation for the team that leads this challenge. What with the packing this is the first time I have had a chance to make the card I wanted to make.

This afternoon I took time from packing to sit and make this card for the Color Throwdown challenge team. I used two of the color's from the challenge for the past week, Baja Breeze and Certainly Celery. I added Chocolate Chipand Summer Sun inks. I dry embossed both my card base and my next layer. My center flower and butterfly are stamped then cut and mounted on dimensionals. I really enjoy using the Manhattan Flower set. I will try my hand at some reddish Day-lilies next. Again, thank you to the team for providing yet another place to share our creations. If you have not posted a card to their challenge, give it a try. You will find Color Throwdown Challenge in Sylvia's Favorites in the left column.

RASPBERRY SUITE COLOR CHALLENGE #5

I have had a busy few weeks getting things packed in my house. My son and family came on Wednesday to help clean out the garage and help with the honey do's that required two people. We had our first moving sale on Friday and Saturday. Yesterday, I was so exhausted that I did not work on the challenge until today.

The colors this week are really pretty. I love bougainvilleas. I did not have the exact colors, so I used Dark Gray, Regal Rose, and Whisper White card stock, along with Charcoal Chalk ink and Regal Rose ink. I used a brighter pink glitter to get my second pink. My stamp set was Manhattan Flower.  The Lilly's were stamped, cut out, and glued, the rose was stamped twice, cut out, and layered with dimensionals. All were glittered with Irridescent Ice. I used a Regal Rose ribbon, the eyelet lace punch to edge my white and mounted that on Dark Gray card stock. The sentiment was stamped with the Charcoal Chalk Ink. My card base was Regal Rose. The color combination was perfect.

                                                               

I am happy to be able to stamp again and will be even happier to get moved so I can order some of the Papertrey paper. I have so much to move that I can not order anything! Thanks Dawn, for the challenge. Be sure and check out Dawn McVey's blog located in Sylvia's Favorites in the left column. Have a great week and thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment, I enjoy reading them.

RASPBERRY SUITE COLOR CHALLENGE #4

  I am really late this week posting to this color challenge. I have been packing my things all week which is very emotional for me. Moving is not what I do best and finding time to make a card is really difficult. I also really had to hunt to find a color that was close to Soft Aqua. This weeks colors are  Brown, Soft Aqua, and White. The colors I used were Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, and Whisper White.

I do enjoy the challenges. My card base was Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip card stock matted a piece of designer paper. The silk flower had a giant grommet for the center which says fabulous. It defines fabulous as an adjective meaning amazingly good, wonderful, and superb. That pretty much defines a good friend. That was the theme of my card. I glittered the flower and added a Chocolate Chip grosgrain bow.

Have a great week and thanks for  letting me share a card with you. Be sure and visit Dawn's blog, listed in Sylvia's Favorites. She is just finishing up a vacation in Hawaii and has shared photos of her trip.

COLORTHROWDOWN CHALLENGE #40

This is my second challenge card submitted for the ColorThrowDown. The colors submitted by Barbara Anders are Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip, and Sage Shadow.These colors are very soft, very spring, and perfect for a Mother's Day card.

The stamps I used were Stampin'Up Soft Summer, the flowers, Dreams du Jour, the butterfly, and Great Friend, the saying. I used Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, and Whisper White card stock. I used pink designer paper. Inks used were Pretty in pink, Sage Shadow, and Chocolate Chip with a blender pen. Accessories included were the paper piercing mat pack, the 3/16" corner rounder Crystal Effects, Iridescent glitter, White Satin ribbon, glue, and dimensionals. I used pink cabochon pearls, not Stampin'Up.

This was a fun card to make. My mother would have loved the colors as pink was her favorite.

Thank you Barbara for hosting this weeks challenge. Hope you enjoy the card. Please comment, I enjoy reading them. Have a great weekend.