A Color Challenge

I've been watching the Color Throwdown blog for quite a while, and I'm not sure why I waited this long to take the plunge.  The colors they choose are always fantastic, but for some reason I have chosen today to get involved :D.  The colors for this weeks throwdown are Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue, and Tangerine Tango.  What a great combo!  

For this card I used my scallop punch, which I love.  I wanted to back the Brilliant Blue with some Whisper White, but thought it might be a bit of a challenge to make sure the scallops lined up.  I'm sure you're all thinking 'it's not really that hard.'  After thinking about it a few minutes I discovered that it's not.  I scalloped my blue cardstock first that was already cut to the size I needed for this card.  I then cut a larger piece of the white and scalloped that.  After they were all scalloped I lined them up, and then cut off the remaining white cardstock.  Yay, I feel like I've really accomplised something. . .I know, silly.  

I paper pieced the little walrus, which is a part of the awesome set, Zoo Critters from CD Stamps, and embossed the Happy Birthday on the blue, which is a part of the set Birthday Wishes that is also from CD Stamps.  I'm also quite proud of myself, because I finally figured out that the macro setting on my camera will give me a pretty good close up picture. . .wow, I should really read directions once in a while.

Stamps:  Zoo Critters, Birthday Wishes (CD Stamps)

Ink:  Basic Black, Craft White, Ballet Blue

Paper:  Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White

Accessories:  Tangerine Tango ribbon, Circle cutters, Scallop punch, 

detail white embossing powder, paper piercer, white gel pen, Stampin' Dimensionals, sponge