Color Throwdown #534

by ElizStewart // March 17, 2019 // No Comments

The colors this week at Color Throwdown are light blue, brown and orange. I have been dying to create one of these Lawn Fawn critters (a Christmas present in my NBUS pile)... and the colors worked this week! Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #533 and The Flower Challenge Anything Goes

by ElizStewart // March 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

The colors this week at Color Throwdown are Gray, Purple, Lavender, and Kraft. I created a simple one-layer kraft card, stamped with Distress Oxide flowers (wilted violet, shaded lilac and hickory smoke). Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #532

by ElizStewart // March 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

This week at Color Throwdown, we are working with the colors: coral red, blue, green, and kraft. Using the colors and a Concord & 9th turnabout set, I created a floral background. On which, I added a die cut sentiment/frame Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #531

by ElizStewart // February 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

The colors, this week, at Color Throwdown, are RUST, PURPLE, GREY and WHITE. I distressed my background in Wilted Violet and Hickory Smoke. A simple leaf and sentiment yield a sympathy card for a close friend. Continue reading →

The Paper Players – PP428 – A Color Challenge from Laurie and Color Throwdown #530

by ElizStewart // February 14, 2019 // 3 Comments

I am actually combining two color challenges. I never do that... but The Paper Players and Color Throwdown are using the same colors this week. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #529

by ElizStewart // February 10, 2019 // 3 Comments

For this week's challenge at Color Throwdown, we are playing with yellow, orange, and red. Using Altenew’s Ditsy Flowers, I created a fun background of blooms with the key colors and neutrals. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #528

by ElizStewart // February 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

At Color Throwdown, we are working with the colors Aqua, Saffron, Brown and Yellow for this week's challenge. I created a simple encouragement card. I used the "saffron" to blend the brown and yellow. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #527

by ElizStewart // January 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

The colors this week at Color Throwdown are navy blue, gray, and green. I created a birthday card with a gray elephant holding blue and green balloons. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #526

by ElizStewart // January 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

At Color Throwdown this week, we are working with AQUA, BLUE and WHITE. 2019 is all about my stash, no new stamps or dies! I don't think I have ever used these two stamps from Impression Obsession. Images are stamped, embossed and Copic-colored. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #525

by ElizStewart // January 11, 2019 // 1 Comment

The colors, this week, at Color Throwdown are white, black & brown. I had a lot of ideas but settled on making a sympathy card. The card is subtle. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown Countdown #525

by ElizStewart // January 6, 2019 // No Comments

This week at Color Throwdown, the colors are yellow, green, black, and white. I made an encouragement card for a dear friend who recently received bad news. I created her this field of buttercups, embossed in white and watercolored. Final touch...a white embossed sentiment. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #523

by ElizStewart // December 17, 2018 // 1 Comment

This week at the Color Throwdown, we are working with a classic Christmas color palette of Red, Green, Kraft, and White. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #520

by ElizStewart // November 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

The colors this week at Color Throwdown are kraft, green, brown and cream. Everything these days, for me, is about Christmas. I used the colors for a Partridge in a Pear Tree. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #519

by ElizStewart // November 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

This week at Color Throwdown we are playing with RED, AQUA, and SILVER. I used the colors to make a fun penguin slider. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown Countdown #518

by ElizStewart // November 11, 2018 // 1 Comment

At Color Throwdown, the colors are Slate Blue, Orange, Brown and White for this week's challenge. Given the palette, I felt I needed to make one more Thanksgiving card. I dug into old stamps and felt inspiration. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #516

by ElizStewart // October 23, 2018 // 5 Comments

I am so excited to be a Guest Star Stamper at Color Throwdown this week! Let me introduce the color swatch for Color Throwdown #516. This week we are working with DARK TEAL, RUST, and CREAM. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #515

by ElizStewart // October 21, 2018 // 1 Comment

I actually love how my card for Color Throwdown this week. But there was a lot of great inspiration on the site to spur me on… this card is heavily influenced by the beautiful cards by DT Barbara Anders and GD Birgit Edblom. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #514

by ElizStewart // October 14, 2018 // 2 Comments

The week's colors at Color Throwdown are orange, brown, rust and yellow. I used the wreath turnabout from Concord & 9th. The wreath was die cut and mounted on kraft and orange gingham cardstock. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #511 and The Flower Challenge #24 ‘Anything Goes’

by ElizStewart // September 23, 2018 // 5 Comments

I combined the colors from Color Throwdown this week (pink, peach, berry red and green) with The Flower Challenge where anything goes this week. I used Concord & 9th's Happy Day flower cake to create a birthday card for a dear friend. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #282 and Color Throwdown Countdown #510

by ElizStewart // September 16, 2018 // 6 Comments

I am combining Tracey's amazing inspiration at Muse this week with the color combination at Color Throwdown. The colors, at CTD, are red, orange, kraft and green. Tracey's card highlights a collage of flowers, stamped in black and partially colored in block colors, and a simple sentiment. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #497

by ElizStewart // June 17, 2018 // No Comments

This week at the Color Throwdown, the colors we are working with are coral, aqua, yellow, and green. I used a set I haven't touched in a while, mainly because I love the sentiment! This card is all simple stamping and embossing. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #496

by ElizStewart // June 10, 2018 // No Comments

This week at Color Throwdown, the colors are Black, White, & Aqua. I made this card for a friend, who is a fishing addict, that has been keeping wonderful tabs on me lately. Simple stamping and embossing. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown #494

by ElizStewart // May 28, 2018 // No Comments

This week at Color Throwdown, the colors we are working with are red, white and blue. I used the photo inspiration to design red poppies on a blue alcohol dye background. Continue reading →

Color Throwdown Countdown #493

by ElizStewart // May 20, 2018 // 2 Comments

Action Wobblers...love them! The colors this week at Color Throwdown are Aqua, Lime Green, and White. I combined the colors with one of the toads from MFT Toad-ally Awesome and action wobbler. I love it, my toad is really "hoppy". Continue reading →