Thursday, February 19, 2009

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

10 comments:

  1. Oh wow! This is awesome. What a fabulous take on the CT30 challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

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  2. Cassie, this is adorable! I love how you gave this little guy dimension! The orange looks great with the blues! Excellent job with the color challenge!
    Blessings, Maria

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  3. This is just adorable! Your scallops turned out great, and remind me of waves! And how cute is that little guy? What an awesome card! Thanks for playing the Throwdown!

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  4. This is just adorable! Great paper piecing on the walrus and the cute double row of scallops! Thanks for playing the CTD!

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  5. Oh, my goodness, but this is cute!!! Love the little seal and Tammy's right--your scallops look just like waves! Very clever! Thanks for playing the Throwdown--hope to see you again next time.

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  6. How cute is that stamp!!!! You did a great job

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  7. Cassie, this is just too cute! I love that dimensional walrus and your big orange bow! What a cool card! I'm so glad you finally decided to play along with us!

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  8. Very cute - love that little guy! Great take on both challenges!

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  9. WONDERFUL card -- love that walrus-- he's adorable!!! :)

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  10. VERY CUTE CARD!!!! Love the popped up walrus!

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