Color Throwdown

Color Throwdown #176

2012-01-25T02:00:00.008-05:00

Good morning everyone...Joan here and it's my turn to host this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge!!! I found this awesome picture on Pinterest...don't you just love that bed!!!??!! The colors are sooo pretty and perfect for a Valentine or Spring creation...can you see the touch of Rose Red on the dress form? It sure does add a wonderful pop of color!!

I hope that you will join us this week and show us your creations.....we can't wait to see your work!!!!

Now, are you ready to be inspired?? Check out what the Color Throwdown Designers have created!!!!

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Stacy Morgan, January Guest Designer - Twinshappy

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

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Featured Stamper #175

2012-01-24T10:38:00.004-05:00

Good morning, sorry for the late start! By random selection today's Featured Stamper is...

Stef H

Adorable image with a great pop of red flowers! Congrats Stef! Please email me at affiecattAToptonlineDOTnet for your Featured Stamper badge!

There were so many fabulous entries this week and I hope you all enjoyed this color challenge! Tomorrow Joan will be hosting another great color challenge! Thanks for joining us and see you then!

Color Throwdown #175

2012-01-18T02:00:00.018-05:00

It's Wednesday again and time for the next Color Throwdown challenge. Hi, it's Danielle here with a romantic photo for inspiration. How inviting is THAT hammock?! Yeah, I wish I was napping in that right about now. :)

Let's see what you can do with these colors. As always, if you don't have the exact colors just use the closest you have and be sure to direct link your card to the Linky Tool below. (Please pay attention to the deadline on the Linky Tool to enter... we set a deadline so that we have time to chose our Featured Stamper.) Also, please link the Color Throwdown in your blog post.

The lovely ladies below have much inspiration to share so make sure you take a looksee! Thanks for playing and have fun!

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Stacy Morgan, January Guest Designer - Twinshappy

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

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Featured Stamper #174

2012-01-17T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello! It's time for me to choose the Featured Stamper of the week. I used Random.org and it came up with lucky #13 - Evelyn in Oregon and this great card (love that sentiment and that background paper):

I also chose 3 entries that I thought were extraordinarily outstanding!

Julie Dinn

Terri E.

and Narelle Farrugia

Such gorgeous work, ladies!

Thanks so much for playing along with us this week. Please join us again tomorrow when Danielle has a fabulous new challenge for us all!

Color Throwdown #174

2012-01-11T02:00:00.006-05:00

Hello and good Wednesday morning to you! Broni here, and I'm your host for this week's Color Throwdown challenge!

Since we've chosen to use inspiration photos for our color schemes this year, I decided to browse the internet for ideas. I'm quite sure it's no surprise that I chose a "beachy" color scheme this week! This artwork's colors immediately caught my eye, but I also love the fascinating watercolor ethereal beauty of it.

So, here's the plan. Create a papercraft project using these colors, or colors very similar. Use the linky tool at the bottom of this post to give us a DIRECT link to your project, and please link the Color Throwdown in your post. (Please pay attention to the deadline on the Linky Tool to enter... we set a deadline so that we have time to chose our Featured Stamper.) We always love to see your beautiful and imaginative creations!

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Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Stacy Morgan, January Guest Designer - Twinshappy

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

***Linky Tool***

Featured Stamped #173

2012-01-10T10:00:00.000-05:00

Woo-weeee! You folks really rocked the first challenge of 2012! I know I keep saying this, but it keeps being true: I'm glad I can let Random.org pick the featured stamper--it would be very hard to do myself! With that said, here's what Random.org came up with:

Drum roll, please.................

Number 9!!!! Liz Williams of Right Brain Madness (doncha just love the name of her blog?)! Here was Liz's entry for last week--beautiful card, Liz!!

Congrats, Liz!! Email me at barcat at embarqmail dot com and I'll send you your blinkie to display on your blog. Thanks for being such a loyal player and congrats again!

In addition to Liz, there were a few that caught my eye this week. Here they are in no particular order:

1. Leslie
2. Sabrina
3. Susan

Thanks again to everyone for playing along last week! We love to see what you do with our colors and hope to see you back again this week when Miss Broni has some fabulous colors to challenge us with.

Color Throwdown #173

2012-01-04T02:00:00.015-05:00

Hi, everyone! Barbara here, but the entire team joins me in welcoming you back to a brand new year of color challenges. We have a few things in store for you this year, starting with new color graphics like this week's:

I'm your host today and I thought this image was appropriate for the first challenge of 2012. Can't believe it's 2012 already, can you? We hope you had a fabulous Christmas and are ready to get back to creating. With that in mind, the design team has some samples to show you to get those creative juices flowing, so be sure to check them all out, and please help us welcome our January Guest Designer, Stacy Morgan of Twinshappy.

As always, if you don't have the exact colors just use the closest you have and be sure to direct link your card to the linky tool below. Also, please link the Color Throwdown in your blog post. Thanks for playing and have fun!

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Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Stacy Morgan, January Guest Designer - Twinshappy

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

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Featured Stamper #172!

2011-12-20T12:55:00.000-05:00

Hello! Thank you so much for playing along with us this week! It's time to choose the featured stamper, and per random.org the winner is #16~BELZ!!! Here is her adorable card:

Congratulations! Please e-mail me at bkmichaudATearthlinkDOTnet for your Featured Stamper Badge!

Here are a couple of my favorites from this challenge:

Amy White~GORGEOUS Stampin' Up card!
Meihsia Liu with an adorable Dragon Christmas card:)
Lorraine with her adorable Uptown Girl card!
Suzie with her whimsical Dress Shop card~so fun!

Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We'll be back on January 4th with a new challenge:)

Kerri

Color Throwdown #172

2011-12-14T02:00:00.011-05:00

Hello! Kerri here, and I'm excited to bring you the last challenge of 2011! I just love non-traditional Christmas colors, and the Echo Park Paper Co. Holly Jolly Christmas paper pad is one of my favorites this year:) This combo would be great for a number of other occasions as well!

As always, free to substitute colors that are close! Once you've finished your card or paper crafted project, post it to your blog. You will then need to link it to the Color Throwdown blog using the linky tool provided below. If you post to an online gallery, remember to add CTD172 to the keywords. So...what are you waiting for? Take a break from all the holiday bustle and join us! Need some inspiration? Check out the samples of our Color Throwdown team...including the ultra talented guest designer, Lydia Fiedler!

Kerri Michaud~Cards by Kerri

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Lydia Fielder, December Guest Designer - Understand Blue
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Featured Stamper #171

2011-12-13T02:00:00.002-05:00

A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined in last week's challenge...the entries were fabulous! Now, it's time to share this week's featured stamper with you. Thanks to Random.org...the winner is #21 which is Lesley's lovely "Soar to New Heights" card.

Congratulations, Lesley! Please email me at cullenwrATyahooDOTcom for your featured stamper badge.

Some favorites that caught my eye:
Becky - a fabulous scrapbook page that even her cat helped her produce!
Jen - wonderful leopard print girlfriend card!
Taylor - a holiday card full of great dimensional details!
Jinny - well-balanced elements topped with sparkle!

Be sure and stop by tomorrow for Kerri's new color challenge! It will be our last challenge for 2011 until we resume again in January 2012.

Color Throwdown #171

2011-12-07T02:00:00.019-05:00

Hello everyone...it's Wanda here and I'm so thrilled to bring you a new Color Throwdown Challenge! Many of us are still in the Christmas creating mode, so I thought I'd go with some vintage, earthy colors that could work for Christmas... OR for a variety of other themes if you're one of those people that already has everything ready to go for the holidays.

I was inspired by the papers in the Lost & Found Christmas pad by My Mind's Eye, and as always...you can feel free to substitute colors that are close. Once you've finished your card or paper crafted project, post it to your blog. You will then need to link it to the Color Throwdown blog using the linky tool provided below. If you post to an online gallery, remember to add CTD171 to the keywords. So...what are you waiting for? Take a break from all the holiday bustle and join us! Need some inspiration? Check out the samples of our Color Throwdown team...including the ultra talented guest designer, Lydia Fiedler!

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Kerri - Cards by Kerri

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Lydia Fielder, December Guest Designer - Understand Blue

Featured Stamper #170

2011-12-06T09:38:00.000-05:00

Thank you to everyone who took the time to play in last week’s challenge. All of the projects were fabulous! It’s time to share this week’s featured stamper with you. Random.org chose number 12, which is Calypso's sweet card.

Congratulations, Calypso! Please email me at queenDOTbee7306@yahooDOTcom for your featured stamper badge.

Now, for just a few honorable mentions that caught my eye as I was checking out the creations:

Nelly (#23)

Iwona (#30)

Jami (#7)

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a new color challenge from Wanda. Have a great day!

Lynn

Color Throwdown #170

2011-11-30T02:00:00.051-05:00

Hello everyone, it's Lynn here and I'm excited about hosting this week's Color Throwdown Challenge (CTD170)! I've got some semi-traditional Christmas colors for all of us to create with this week. Of course you don't have to use these colors to create a Christmas card, that's the fun part about "Throwing Down" these colors so we can all see what everyone comes up with.

We'd love for you to join us! Remember, if you don't have the exact colors, no worries! Just get as close as you can and have fun with it. Make a card or paper crafted project and post it to your blog. Then using the direct link from your blog and link it to the Color Throwdown blog using the linky tool we've provided below. If you post to an online gallery please add CTD170 to the keywords.

I hope you'll play along with us this week! We can't wait to see what you come up with using this week's colors. Before you go, though, take a look at what the Color Throwdown Design Team members have created. Have a great week!

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Kerri Michaud~Cards by Kerri

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Lydia Fielder, November Guest Designer - Understand Blue

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Featured Stamper #169

2011-11-29T09:00:00.003-05:00

Thanks to everyone who took the time to play in last week’s challenge. The projects were fantastic! It’s time to share this week’s featured stamper with you. Random.org chose number 31, which is Christina’s card.

Congratulations, Christina! Please email me at lteclerATverizonDOTnet for your featured stamper badge.

Now, for just a few honorable mentions that caught my eye as I was checking out the creations:

Joanna (#7)
Sabrina (#20)
Vanessa (#25)
Paula (#29)

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a new color challenge from Lynn.

Color Throwdown #169

2011-11-23T02:00:00.015-05:00

Hi, everyone! It’s Lori and I’m excited to be taking my first turn as hostess for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge. Here’s the color palette for the week:

As always, if you don’t have the exact colors, it’s no problem. Substitute with what you have that’s close to this week’s colors. Once you’ve finished your card or other paper crafting project using the colors, add a direct link to your creation using the linky tool we’ve provided below. And, don’t forget to use the keyword CTD169 if you upload your project to an online gallery.

I hope you’ll find some time during the busy week ahead to play along. We’re looking forward to seeing your creations!

Before you head off to create, here’s some inspiration from our talented team to get you started!

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Lydia Fielder, November Guest Designer - Understand Blue

Featured Stamper # 168

2011-11-22T09:00:00.002-05:00

Hey there!! I hope you're all having a wonderful week. It's a short week for us here in the States with Thanksgiving being Thursday. Anyone preparing for Black Friday shopping? I suppose I am, though I do a lot of shopping online. :)

Anyhow, that's not why you came here! You came for the Featured Stamper post for this week! I used random.org and it picked number 22. So, here it is..this week's Featured Stamper is Christa:

Congratulations, chica! Love your card. The impression in the background is really cool. Please contact me (brownee617 at gmail dot com) to get the Featured Stamper blinkie for your blog!

I also have some favorites to share with you. They are:

Jen W
Chupa
Tenia
Jen

I truly could have picked more! You guys did a great job with the colors. Thank you for playing along this week. Now, don't forget to stop in tomorrow for a great color combo from Lori! Have a great day!

Color Throwdown #168

2011-11-16T02:00:00.041-05:00

Hey you guys!! It's Keva...and it's finally my turn to host a challenge. Yay! I did things a wee bit different and chose my colors based on..well, based on colors I just love. LOL. I know, I know...not very imaginative, but I really do like these colors together and thought you might as well. They're perfect for almost any occasion and great for those of us who love the rich and deep colors. :) So, here is your palette for this week:

Remember, if you don't have the exact colors, no worries! Just get as close as you can and have fun with it. Make a card or paper crafted project and post it to your blog. Then, using the direct link from your blog, upload it to the Color Throwdown blog using the linky tool provided below. If you post to an online gallery, please add CTD168 to the keywords,

I hope you will play along with us this week! We can't wait to see what you come up with using this week's colors. Before you go, though, take a look at what the Color Throwdown Design Team members have created. Have a great week!

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Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Lydia Fielder, November Guest Designer - Understand Blue

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Kristin Eberline, Mindless Creativity

**Linky Tool**

Featured Stamper CTD #167

2011-11-15T16:57:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone...it's Joan again with the Featured Stamper ....I'm sure glad we use Random.org to picked the Featured Stamper because all the cards were gorgeous!!!! Drum Roll please.......

Carla Suto....Whoohoo!!!!

Isn't this the cutest card evah!!!!!

Carla....please email me at joanervin at sbcglobal.net or PM me on SCS for your Featured Stamper badge! Congrats!!

Now a few honorable mentions:

Mary Marsh #6

Jen W. #13

Lesley #15

See you tomorrow for another FABULOUS color combo!!!!

Color Throwdown #167

2011-11-09T02:00:00.018-05:00

Hello everyone...Joan here and it's my turn to host the Color Throwdown Challenge this week!!!! I took my inspiration from the beautiful October Afternoon Christmas papers called Good Cheer. Of course, you don't have to make a Christmas card.....you can make a winter card, birthday card ....anything your little heart desires!!!

We'd love for you to join us! Not to worry...if you don't have the exact colors please feel free to substitute colors that are close! Make a card or paper crafted project and post it to your blog. Then using the direct link from your blog and link it to the Color Throwdown blog using the linky tool we've provided below. If you post to an oneline gallery please add CTD167 to the keywords.

I hope that you will join us this week and show us your creations.....we can't wait to see your work!!!!

Now, are you ready to be inspired?? Check out what the Color Throwdown Designers have created!!!!

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Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Lydia Fielder, November Guest Designer - Understand Blue

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Featured Stamper CTD#166

2011-11-08T00:00:00.000-05:00

I do love this color combo…I mean, I did pick it after all! There were so many gorgeous creations this past week! And for our Featured Stamper, Random.org picked this beauty…

Heike

Isn’t this stunning?! Heike please email me affiecattAToptonlineDOTnet for your Featured Stamper badge! Congrats!!

Now a few honorable mentions:

Kalysto

Vicki

Michelle

Check back tomorrow for another rockin’ color combo! Thanks for playing!!

Danielle

Color Throwdown #166

2011-11-02T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to another Color Throwdown! It's Danielle and this week I've chosen colors that I found in the MME Lost and Found paper pad called Breeze. I love all the warm fall colors and these are no exception.

We also have another new member to join our team. Please give a warm welcome to the newest CTD girl…Kerri Michaud! Yay Kerri, we are so happy to have you!

It was such a thrill to have Amy Sheffer as our Guest Designer last month... she rocked the colors every week! And just as thrilling is our November/December Guestie... Lydia Fielder! We know you're going to love seeing what she does with the colors each week!

I hope that you will join us this week and show us your creations! Please use the linky tool below and don't forget to add the keyword CTD166 when you upload to a public gallery! Have fun eyeballing the beauties below!

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Lydia Fielder, November/December Guest Designer - Understand Blue

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Featured Stamper #165!

2011-11-01T00:01:00.002-04:00

Hiya! What a fantastic week of entries! I'm here to announce this week's Featured Stamper...........

is #26 Allyson A.!

Congrats, Allyson! Email me at lpryor1 at hotmail dot com for your Featured Stamper badge!

Thanks to everyone who played along this week!

Also, a BIG thank you to this month's Guest Designer, Amy Sheffer! It was a true pleasure to have Amy with us this month.

Stay tuned for a brand new challenge tomorrow and a brand new and fabulous guest designer!

Color Throwdown #165

2011-10-26T02:00:00.021-04:00

Hey there, Color Throwdown Fans! Laura here and I'm your hostess for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge. We have a really fun group of colors for you this week. Have a look....

Purty, right?

We'd love for you to join us! Don't worry...if you don't have the exact colors please feel free to substitute with ones that are close! Make a card or paper crafted project and post it to your blog. Then using the direct link from your blog link it to the Color Throwdown blog using the linky tool we've provided below.

Easy and fun!

We can't WAIT to see what you create with this week's colors!

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Lori Tecler-Inking Aloud

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Keva Brown - Hownowbrownkow

Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs

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Featured Stamper #164

2011-10-25T06:00:00.002-04:00

Today's the day to choose a new Featured Stamper for this past week's challenge!

I used Random.org and it selected #22, so that means Audrey is our winner! Here's her super cute Halloween treat box:

Audrey, if you email me at bronih at truvista dot net, I'll send you a Featured Stamper button to display on your blog!

And here are some of my favorites from this week, using our Halloween colors:

25 Maria
38 Cheri
40 Nelly
46 Jen

Thanks so much to everybody for playing along with us! Please be sure to check back tomorrow when Laura is our hostess with a really great color combo!!

Color Throwdown #164

2011-10-19T02:00:00.021-04:00

Hello, everyone! Who's ready for another edition of the Color Throwdown? It's Broni here, and for this week's colors I've chosen a traditional Halloween combo. I'm trying to catch up on making Halloween cards for all the kiddos in my family!

If you don't have these exact colors, it's ok. You can use whatever you have that's very similar. Just read the rules (in the right sidebar), work some papercrafting magic, and provide us with a direct link using the linky tool at the end of this post.

I can't wait to see what you've got in store for us!

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Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

October Guest Designer, Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

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Featured Stamper #163

2011-10-18T09:00:00.001-04:00

Many thanks to all who played along with the challenge last week! It's time to announce who this week's Featured Stamper is, and I'll get right to it! This week's Featured Stamper is Jen Mitchell of I CREATE, I think, I ink, I stamp! Here's Jen's fabulous card:

Congratulations, Jen! If you'll contact me at barcat @ embarqmail dot com I'll send you this week's Featured Stamper blinkie for your blog :)

A few other cards caught my eye this week, in no particular order:
1. Allyson A.
2. Jen C.
3. Jen W.

Oh, my, lots of "Jens" this week!! Thanks again to everyone for participating! Hope to see you back tomorrow when Broni has some REALLY fun colors for us!

Color Throwdown #163

2011-10-12T02:00:00.028-04:00

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Barbara here with this week's challenge. My inspiration is Bo Bunny's Blitzen collection because I'm so ready for some Christmas :) If you're not, just do your own thing (as many of the Design Team did) with the colors. As always, if you don't have a particular color, substitute what you have--just keep it as close as you can. And, as always, please check the rules on the right sidebar. But most of all have fun! Post your card in the linky thing at the bottom for one and all to see :)

So, how about some inspiration from the Design Team? Didn't our new designers knock it out of the park last week? They are so awesome!! Again, have fun and we hope to see lots of entries this week!

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Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Lori Tecler-Inking Aloud

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

October Guest Designer, Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs

Featured Stamper #162

2011-10-11T17:13:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay in announcing the Featured Stamper today! I was editing a post here on the Throwdown blog, and noticed it hadn't been done and thought "hmmm.... I wonder who's supposed to do that?" then realized.... ME! Whooops! Can you tell I've had a CrAzY week?

Without further ado, our Featured Stamper from last week is Allyson A. with this clean and simple beauty! Allyson, please email me (tammyhershberger at gmail dot com) and I will send you a Featured Stamper badge for your blog!

Unfortunately, because of the crazy week I have had, I did not make it around to see everyone's creations, so I don't have any favorites to list for you, and for that I sincerely apologize! We all appreciate your participation in the challenge so much, but sometimes life gets in our way. I'm truly sorry to all of you for not getting time to see your creations... I promise to do better the next time!

Come back tomorrow and see what colors Barbara has in store for you!

Thanks!

Color Throwdown #162

2011-10-05T02:00:00.043-04:00

Hello Color Throwdown fans! Tammy here to welcome you to another new challenge, and an especially exciting one for us! The existing team recently made the decision to expand the Color Throwdown team to give you even more inspiration every week for playing along, and we're incredibly happy today to welcome FIVE new members to our team! Please help us welcome...

Joan Ervin

Keva Brown

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Wanda Cullen

We're so happy to have these fabulous stampers as new additions to our team, along with our uber-talented Guestie for October, Amy Sheffer! Is this a great day, or what?

My colors today were inspired by the "Paris & Co." paper pad from My Mind's Eye and I hope you'll like them. I started to fret that the colors were too spring-like for this time of the year but you'll see that our team put them to good use! As always, if you don't have these exact colors just use whatever you have that's most similar.

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Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Keva Brown - hownowbrownkow

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion

Lynn Put - The Queen's Scene

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Carole Burrage - Mother's Little Helper

October Guest Designer Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs

Be sure to review our rules in our right sidebar if you participate. If you play along and link your card below before Sunday at 11:59 pm EST, you'll be eligible for our Featured Stamper badge! So...go get inky and share your fun cards with us :]

Featured Stamper #161

2011-10-04T02:00:00.000-04:00

Hey, everyone! It's Broni here, and I'm filling in for Kristin who's having some computer issues.

I used Random.org to choose this week's Featured Stamper and it's Ulrike with this beauty:

If you'll email me at bronih AT truvista DOT net, I'll send you the Featured Stamper button for your blog!

Now I just had to pick a couple of my favorites from this week. They are:

Vicki
Erna
and Danielle

Beautiful work, ladies! And a great big thanks to everyone who played along with us this past week.

You NEED to come back tomorrow when Tammy is our hostess for the new challenge. AND we have a big surprise announcement!

'Til then~

Color Throwdown #161

2011-09-28T02:00:00.013-04:00

Welcome back to another fantastic, colorful week with the Color Throwdown gals! Kristin here...I'm your hostess and I chose a fresh new palette for you to try. Hopefully it's well rounded enough to allow you to make a card that stands firm in our blazing hot summer...refusing to let it go, or call the autumn gods with a fall themed card. Lots of options in my opinion :] My inspiration came from a new pack of digi paper I created for My Time Made Easy. Thankfully our fabulous DT came up with a bountiful dose of creative inspiration. Check em out:

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Carole Burrage - Mother's Little Helper

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Julee Tilman, September Guest Designer - Poetic Artistry

Be sure to review our rules in our right sidebar if you participate. If you play along and link your card below before Sunday at 11:59 pm EST, you'll be eligible for our Featured Stamper badge! So...go get inky and share your fun cards with us :]

Featured Stamper #160

2011-09-27T02:00:00.001-04:00

Well, this lucky lady was a shout out from me last week and this week she gets to be our Featured Stamper!

Lets give it up for Marlena M!!

Love the stamping on the twill! Adorable card Marlena! Please email me affiecattAToptonlineDOTnet for your featured stamper badge!

Lost of players this week-guess that means you liked the colors! Someone commented that they were neapolitan ice cream…yum! So many to choose from…how do I only select a few?

I spy with my little eye…these beauties!

Janine B ~ Kate Lewis ~ Katrin ~ Lesley Croghan

Thanks for playing everyone and we look forward to seeing you back here on Wednesday for a new color challenge!

Color Throwdown #160

2011-09-21T02:00:00.004-04:00

Hey everyone, welcome to another Color Throwdown challenge! This week my color inspiration came from the Blush paper pad from the Lost and Found line by MME. Brown and pink is such a classic and beautiful combination! It's also the color of chocolate covered strawberries, mmm!

The lovely ladies of the Color Throwdown have luscious samples to share below to help inspire your creation! So get inky, then get linky! Oh, I am so funny today! I think it's the kids back in school...really, I feel a bit giddy! Now, get stamping!

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Julee Tillman, September Guest Designer - Poetic Artistry

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

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