Nov 19 2008
Get comfy in strange colors…
I don’t think Tammy will be upset with me for saying that! She chose the colors for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge. She had great inspiration…the color of her local Panera restaurant. I love the decor at mine as well, but it was a strange combination to work with to come up with a card!
The color banner even looks cool! But I really did struggle with this one! I finally figured out that less image and more background would work best, so I chose the small pair of slippers from Lockhart Stamp Company and a coordinating sentiment.
The card is 5 inches square and I used my favorite of the colors, Ruby Red, to be the dominant one, using it as the main background to the image layers. I had great luck finding a flower and button that would match, but found that I had no ribbon (and I have a lot!) that would complement the card or colors. Soooo, of course I pulled out my Copic markers and white taffeta ribbon and created one! I think it works really well! What do you think?
Please visit the Color Throwdown blog to see all the designers’ cards and to link to their blogs for all the details. I can’t wait to see what they’ve done with this strange combination! (Sorry, Tammy!!)
Have a great day, y’all! And come back to see me soon!
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Stamps: Slippers (4001), Get Comfy (10031) – Lockhart Stamp Company, Pretty Pattern backgrounder – Cornish Heritage Farms
Paper: white, elegant eggplant, sage shadow, ruby red, DCWV Pocket Full of Posies mat stack (for slipper paper piecing)
Ink: Versafine onyx black, Versamark
Accessories: Prima Artful Collage Flowers, Paper Studio button, DMC floss – white, sewing machine, Labels One Nestabilities dies, Spellbinders Wizard, glue dots, foam mounting tape, white taffeta ribbon, Copic markers – E35, Y26, N1, 1″ circle punch (for the end of the sentiment strip)
10 responses so far
How totally cute! Makes me want to go get my slippers on..it is actually chilly enough down here to need them lately!
Its fantastic! I love what you did!!!!! Teach me how to stitch like that!!! 🙂
great use of these colors…love your zig zags! 😉
Those slippers are adorable! I love that you made matching ribbon too-perfect! Great card!
Who you callin’ strange??? LOL That’s OK… you got “challenged,” right? I think your card turned out adorable! Love the slippers and the stitching and the flower! Awesome job! 🙂
Well you did a great job with the challenge and I love your choice of stamps (wink)!!
Love these slippers! Colors worked great here! Flower with a button looks adorable!
CUTE! Love that stitching!
I love your wonderful paper pieced slippers, and your stitching looks wonderful too!!
Very comfy and cosy card! love the stitching and the paper piecing…beautiful! TFS: Tinla