The Color Throwdown #528 - January 2019 Guest Designer

Hello all! I'm back with this week's guest post for The Color Throwdown Challenge #525, which is my last post as the January 2019 Guest Designer.  This week's colors are Aqua, Yellow Saffron, and Brown. 

Yellow is my least favorite color, so I often struggle when pairing it up with other colors.  You know, different colors than what you might see in nature such as green foliage on a yellow flower. When I know something is going to be a struggle for me, I look to my stamp sets and imagine how it would look in the color scheme designated for inspiration.  When I came across my Home to Roost Stamp Set from Papertrey Ink, I thought what a cute birdhouse it would make to stamp it in the two shades of yellow and add a brown tree branch.  One of the earliest signs of spring is seeing the Bluebirds, so that is where my inspiration came from.

For my card, I used supplies from a few companies; My Favorite Things, Papertrey Ink, and Gina K Designs.  I don't have that Saffron color in any of my ink brands, so I Combined a few to get something that I thought was pretty close.  I used PTI's Summer Sunrise stamped a couple of times, then a layer of Fine Linen with a final layer of Bright Buttercup for the top layer.  When the layers of color are put together, it came out with what I think is a pretty good version of Saffron.  The "siding" on the birdhouse was stamped in Papertrey Ink's Harvest Gold.

For the brown tree frame, I used PTI's Mix & Mat Plaid.  For the background layer, I used MFT Blueprints #15 (which has been retired), die cutting it from a sheet of a designer paper pack from Wild Rose Studio.  For the birds and the baby birds, I used Gina K Designs Ocean Mist.  It has just a touch more blue in it than Papertrey's Aqua Mist which is what I wanted to go with the background panel.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to stop at The Color Throwdown Blog and see all of the inspiration.  Thanks so much, Wanda, for inviting me to join you this month!  Here are the links to the rest of the stops on the hop.

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Amy Rysavy

Amy Rohl

Vicki Finger, January Guest Designer (You are here)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #5

Today I am playing over on the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #5. So you select your row and then you need to incorporate everything from that row into your card. My row is upper left to bottom right and includes having an inspiration photo to base your card on. I went searching on Pinterest for some Green & Gold inspiration and settled on these cups with a very art deco feel to them. I found gorgeous photos from home decor, stationary, invitations, fine china, front doors, wedding color schemes and just about anything else you can think of right down to green and gold wedding cakes and fancy wedding shoes. It is a beautiful combination and I happen to really like gold. I always prefer it over silver.

 
I die cut the Cover Plate: Twist from gold foiled cardstock to go over the top of my Vintage Jadeite Cardstock from Papertrey Ink.  This is a "new to me" color and I love it.   One of the things I really like about Papertrey Ink's Perfect Match Cardstock is that it is available in packs of 12, 24, or 50 sheets. So if it's a color I don't use as often, I can buy a smaller pack. This is so important to me because of the smaller amount of storage space required.  I cut a piece of the Vintage Jadeite to 4 3/16ths x 5 7/16ths, ran it through my die cut machine with the same die and the embossing mat to give it that inlaid look, then attached the die cut using Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

Cover Plate Dies are a fantastic way to make gorgeous cards with a whole lot of impact in a short period of time. Papertrey Ink carries a good selection and they are very reasonably priced. Once I had that adhered, I carefully laid the whole piece back into the die and ran it through with the embossing mat again to deepen the impression and make it look even more inlaid.  Fair warning - you can mess the whole panel up by doing this.  Trust me when I tell you this because I am the voice of experience.  Ahem....




I also used a My Favorite Things Oval Stax in two sizes and the Leaf Filled Flourish Die to go with my Peony. The peony is from Papertrey Ink's Peonies on Parade and I watercolored it using Worn Lipstick Distress Marker. The sentiment is from Graceful Greetings and I used the Graceful Greetings Coordinating Dies to cut it out after I stamped and heat embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

I'll also be entering this card over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog for their "A Bit O Green" theme.

After my initial post I found "The Card Concept" Challenge #50 and this card is just the perfect thing for the Classy and Elegant Style Category. This is my first time playing over there, so I hope they like my entry. I also found another new challenge blog called Double D Challenges!  So excited to participate in more challenges.

Have a great weekend everyone and don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour.  It's time to "Spring Forward".