Hi everyone! Hope you're having a great week! As I've been blogging all month, 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. Today is card #3 for the month! Yay!
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 green, orange, soft pink, and white! 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 CTD406, and please use #CTD406 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 Green, orange and pink! That color combo is so fresh and citrus-y so I knew just what set to grab! The Hugs stamp set from Concord & 9th! It has beautiful citrus slices and great sentiments! I paired it with some blossoms from the Wildflower stamp set too (to add the pink!). I colored my images with gorgeous Kuretake Clean Color Markers for bright, clear colors! I like how this card came out! Now I want some orange juice! LOL.
Here is the inspiration image!
I started by stamping and heat embossing with white embossing powder onto the smooth side of watercolor cardstock. I used my Kuretake Clean Color markers and a water brush to paint all the orange slices and the flowers. then I cut them out with my detail scissors and se them aside. Next I die cut a watercolor panel using the Stitched Rectangles die set. I stamped my sentiment in rich black ink. For the leaves, I wanted them to be on the card, and not dimensional. I used the Kuretake Brush Marker directly on the leaf branch stamp and stamped it to the paper. The way the marker interacted with the clear stamps made the image look watercolored - which was perfect!
Then I layered my papers and also layered my flowers and orange slices. I used foam squares to pop them off the paper!
Consider YOURSELF freshly squeezed!
Hope you have a happy week! My husband and I are out of town right now having some fun! I'll be back next week with another Color Throwdown Project! I hope you will enter your card on the Color Throwdown Blog!! On Saturday I have my first Autumn themed post going up on the SSS Blog - using Tim Holtz supplies! Take care! XOXO
AWESOME COLOR THROWDOWN DESIGNERS!
Wanda Guess (August Guest Designer!)
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Wow, you went all out. The projects are just gorgeous!
Posted by: Brenda | 08/23/2016 at 10:03 AM
This is so beautiful!! I love the look of the loosely water colored orange slices especially!!
Posted by: Broni | 08/22/2016 at 04:57 PM
These are amazing cards!! Thank you for the terrific post. You are very talented. Thanks Hero Arts for the new products.
Posted by: LeslieS | 08/22/2016 at 08:53 AM
I'd love to know where you got the Gingham but I love this card! It is just gorgeous!
Posted by: Vicki Finger | 08/19/2016 at 04:06 AM
totally adorable. LOVE how you used the colors. sweetness all around.
Posted by: Lisa Henke | 08/19/2016 at 04:03 AM
Oh my goodness.. This is absolutely beautiful. I love the color interpretation.
Posted by: JoAnneR | 08/18/2016 at 08:01 PM
Wow! I love this card. Your water coloring is terrific. I have both of those sets, and you've done a wonderful job combining them. Thanks & consider yourself freshly squeezed!
Posted by: Troy Louise | 08/18/2016 at 02:34 PM
Love, love, love the beautiful watercoloring on those lemons Wanda! And congrats on the guest designer spot!
Posted by: Celeste Goff | 08/18/2016 at 10:04 AM
great color choices and lovely word
Posted by: Dorte sørensen | 08/18/2016 at 05:19 AM
Yummy Wanda. Love your color choices and as always your coloring. Concord & 9th, I have seen their products and will definitely have to check them out. Thanks for sharing. Hope you and your hubby and having loads of fun.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 08/17/2016 at 10:33 AM
Wanda, you inspire me every time! I am WOW-ed by your masterful design eye with colors. And share your love, I think, for clear bright hues. Fabulous card!
Posted by: Cindy Beach | 08/17/2016 at 08:47 AM
Wowzers...this is just such an amazing card! Love your watercoloring skills...in awe! I really don't want this month to end - lol!
Posted by: Wanda Cullen | 08/17/2016 at 07:29 AM
So very beautiful! Love the colors and composition.
Thanks for explaining how you stamped the leaves. They came out great.
Posted by: Sue Washburne | 08/17/2016 at 06:33 AM
LOVE it..such great colors together and such a sweet card!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 08/17/2016 at 06:15 AM
Love everything about this card, Wanda - the sentiment is awesome in combination with the images and whoever receives this beauty is a lucky person indeed! Fabulous watercolouring and I also love the peek of gingham behind the main panel.
Posted by: Susi Kelly | 08/17/2016 at 04:49 AM
Such a pretty card, and I love the sentiment!!
Posted by: KIm Hahn | 08/17/2016 at 04:24 AM
Beautiful card. I love the colors and your design.
Posted by: Julie | 08/16/2016 at 10:09 PM