Color Throwdown #549

I absolutely love the color scheme for this week's Color Throwdown.

I created a couple of cards using this color scheme and then I created another two using orange, blue, and green. I will take all four cards to school to put in my collection for teachers to use when they need a card for a co-worker or friend. I also create smaller kid cards for teachers to give to students as encouragement. 

Card One using the CTD 549 color scheme:

For this one, the background is done on watercolor paper that is inked with a combination of Carved Pumpkin and Abandoned Coral Distress Ink on a Tim Holtz stencil I picked up at Michael's. I spritzed the background with water to soften the edges. The stamped images are from the Delicate Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. The blue flower is inked and watercolored using Chipped Sapphire Distress ink and the leaves are watercolored with a gray Zig Marker. Once dry the flower and leaves were coated with the Wink of Stella glitter pen. The sentiment is from the same Simon Says Stamp set and covered with Glossy Accents. The card is finished with a scattering of sequins from my stash.

Card Two using the CTD 549 color scheme:

This one started with an older Hero Arts background stamp called Leaf and Floral Background stamped in Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink onto Neenah 80lb white cardstock. The floral image and leaves are from the Delicate Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. The flower is watercolored on watercolor card stock using Distress Ink in Carved Pumpkin and Abandoned Coral. The leaves were watercolored using a gray Zig Real Color Brush Marker. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts stamp set (CL 272). Because of the busy background, I used a circle of vellum to diffuse a little of the background and make the flower stand out more. The images were covered with Wink of Stella glitter pen & the center of the flower is filled with Glossy Accents. The card is finished with orange and clear gemstones from my stash.  

The additional two cards I made don't follow the color scheme exactly, but I had a couple of patterned paper card bases that need to be finished, so I stayed with the orange and blue and created these last two cards. 

The stamped images are the same as the other two cards and are colored using the same colors. The leaves were colored with a mix of Pine Needles, Lucky Clover, Shabby Shutters, and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. Both sentiments are from older Hero Arts Clear Stamps and each card is finished with sequins and pearls from my stash.

30 Day Coloring Challenge

I am participating in The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge, check out how it works here.

Before I committed to the challenge this time (I've tried before, but didn't get the full 30 days in), I laid out some ground rules for myself:

1. To use materials I already had on hand

2. To fix mistakes & live with the results vs. starting over if I didn't like it

3. To try new techniques or to relearn things I've done before

4. To complete projects with my daily coloring. 

After 10 days, I am still going strong! So today I want to share some of my completed cards and a general statement of how I created them. 

I used the Simon Says Stamp Elizabeth background stamp embossed in white on Tim Holtz watercolor paper. The color was added using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and Distress Ink in Spun Sugar. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz Snarky Small Talk Stickers. I finished this card using cardstock and gems from my stash. The sequins are from Lucy's Cards Tropical Paradise. 

This card started with an older woodblock background stamp from Hero Arts embossed in white on Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock. The light blue is Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and the darker blue is Mermaid Lagoon. The leaf die is Tim Holtz Sizzix Garden Greens Bigz and it is dipped in Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint Distress Ink mixed with Perfect Pearl Mist. The love die and sentiment are from Simon Says Stamp Kristina's Love stamp and die set. The small heart dies are from an older die set & the sequins are from my stash.

This card background was created by ink smooshing Distress Ink in Spun Sugar and Abandoned Coral. The stamps are from the Simon Says Stamp Kristina Love stamp set. The thick lines of "Love" are watercolored with Abandoned Coral and then covered with Glossy Accents. The heart dies are from an older die set and the sequins are from Lucy's Cards Tropical Paradise.

This background was created by ink blending Spun Sugar and Barn Door Distress Ink, then splattering Perfect Pearl Mist onto the inked background. The sentiment from Kristina's Love stamp set was embossed in white and colored with Barn Door Distress ink. The sequins are Lucy's Cards Ice Crystal sequin mix.

This card was created using an older woodblock Hydrangea stamp from Hero Arts and the sentiment is from an older set by them as well. Both are embossed in gold embossing powder along with the edges of the card. The flower image is watercolored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and Tumbled Glass Distress Marker. The completed piece is mounted on cardstock from my stash and then added to a white card base. 

I'll be back in a week or so with more completed projects using my 30 Day Coloring Challenge pieces.