Hello friends! Happy August! How are you? Hope you are doing great! I have some fun and exciting news today! I am the lucky guest designer on the awesome Color Throwdown Blog for the month of August! Woot! That means that each week, on Wednesday at midnight EST, I'll be posting a new project inspired by a specific color palette. I LOOOOOVE Color Throwdown and love the fun and fabulous designers on that team. I'm so happy to get to stamp with them all month. Thanks to Broni and the crew for having me! XO
The way Color Throwdown works is that each week a new inspiration image and color palette is posted. Then, we all play along! It is really fun to see what everyone else makes, and I definitely encourage you to play along!
The colors for this week are Aqua, White and Kraft! You can use generic colors (so any brand, type - whatever you have will work) and you can feel free to add in other neutrals (cream/black/etc) to make your creation pop! Anyone can play! Just add your beautiful project to the links list on the Color Throwdown Blog! And, if you upload your creation to a public gallery, please use the keyword CTD404, and please use #CTD404 and #colorthrowdown on social media so they can find your gorgeous creations! When linking up your creation using the linky tool below, please be sure to add a link to your specific post, not a general link to your blog. All of the "rules" are on the CTD Blog, and you can always check there to be sure!
So here is my card, inspired by Aqua, White and Kraft! I used gorgeous stamps and dies from WPlus9 and made a floral greeting.
Here is the cute inspiration image
and the color palette!
I started my card with a crisp white card base in A2 size. Then I layered some aqua paper from my stash. I trimmed a piece of kraft cardstock to fit the layers and then used a Stitched Circle Die to cut a circle out of the lower right edge. I cut another, smaller circle, with a plain circle die and the aqua paper. Then I layered those two over white cardstock. I think it makes for a nice frame for the pretty sentiment. I used my MISTI stamping tool to stamp the flowers and leaves clusters on the kraft paper. It's non-traditional, and sort of old fashioned it think! I made one last little flower to add to some dimension near the sentiment.
I stamped the sentiment in crisp black ink. Then I added a few Glitter Enamel Dots for some more bits of white on the card. I always like to have different textures and surfaces on my cards.
Thanks again Color Throwdown Crew - for inviting me to be your guest! Looking forward to a fun month of stamping with you! I'm not sure what's up next for me here on my blog - I am a little behind! LOL. I will have a fun 'happy mail' project on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Saturday that I think you will like! Have a great day, and thank you for stopping by! XOXO
AWESOME COLOR THROWDOWN DESIGNERS!
Wanda Guess (August Guest Designer!)
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Gads, this is so darn pretty! And I adore that sentiment! I love that you used kraft as your dominant color too!! What a fantastic card!
Posted by: Broni | 08/08/2016 at 05:02 PM
Cute blog Wanda!! and I'm loving your take on this challenge.
Patti
Posted by: Patti | 08/06/2016 at 08:19 AM
Yay! So happy you are joining us at the Color Throwdown this month, Wanda! Your card is lovely! The stamped clusters of flowers on the craft cardstock and your cut out window with your sentiment look wonderful.
Posted by: Lynn Put | 08/05/2016 at 03:46 PM
Oh my goodness what a darling inspiration picture! LOVE your card super cute design and what a fun color combo! Blessings to you!
Posted by: Natalie Houston | 08/03/2016 at 03:08 PM
That photo inspiration is so cute. You captured the colors and the wide open feel of the photo in your card perfectly!
Posted by: Princess Judy | 08/03/2016 at 09:21 AM
Hi Wanda,
I love seeing you at the Throwdown challenge and your card is such an inspiration! Love it!
Posted by: Cindy Beach | 08/03/2016 at 08:46 AM
Beautiful card, Wanda, and congrats on your Guest DT spot!
Posted by: Susi | 08/03/2016 at 08:35 AM
Woot Woot!! Throw Down is luck to have your genius. Love the colors and those flowers really do it for me. Thanks Wanda.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 08/03/2016 at 08:29 AM
Wanda- I would like to know how you got the stitches on the kraft cardstock. I tried and it just cut out a circle with stitches and the kraft cardstock just had a plain circle cut out.
Rannah
Posted by: Rannah Romps | 08/03/2016 at 06:51 AM
soooo, so pretty! I love the stamping on kraft and the wonderful cut out circle highlighting the sentiment. beautiful! so glad you are guesting with us.
Posted by: Lisa Henke | 08/03/2016 at 04:42 AM
SUPER CUTE card..love the design...and colors!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 08/03/2016 at 02:21 AM