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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Color Throwdown #209


Good morning everyone!!! It's Wednesday again and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!   The lovely Lynn is our hostess and she has picked some beautiful fall colors for us this week!!!! Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors...use what you have that comes close...we want everyone to have a chance to play!!! 


My card features two Verve stamp sets and the Mojo Monday #258 Sketch. The bird and branch from the Anniversary Birds set was paper pieced with papers from Simple Stories dp called Harverst Lane. This dp was also used for the background and the flower was stamped and paper pieced with the small flower from the Great Friend set and paper from American Crafts Shoreline dp. The sentiment is from the Anniversary Birds set and the sewing, distressing, Stampin Up! Cherry Cobbler seam binding, a Spellbinder's leaf die, button and twine finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges"
1. Crafty Cardmakers - winged things
2. Created With Love Challenge - birthday
3. Cupcake Craft Challenge - in stitches
4. Lexi's Creations - Autumn colors



Be sure to add CTD209 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!! 

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week! 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor  
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Sherry Cheever - September Guest Designer - Walkin' on the BAD Side

Thanks for visiting....have a great week!!!  I can't wait to see what you create with these colors!!!


34 comments:

Sasha said...
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Sasha said...

Gorgeous autumnal colour combo, Joan. Fabulous stamping and paper piecing. I really like the floral paper you used x

Dawn Easton said...

Gorgeous Joan! Love the distressing and how you've sewn around the inside of the dp....looks awesome! Fabulous card!

Tammy said...

Beautiful card and backing papers! The bird and flower are so sweet!

Lynn Put said...

How pretty Joan! The way you layered your leaf stems with the flower and your paper pieced bird looks wonderful!

Annette Allen said...

wow gorgeous and I love your stitching...that little bird is too cute..

Always with a Sentiment said...

Stunning card Joan with absolutely gorgeous colours. Thanks for sharing at Lexi's Creations.
Love Sandra xx

jimlynn said...

Joan, this is outstanding! LOVE the beautiful colors and that image you used. VERY pretty!
Lynn

Andrea W said...

FABulous card! I love the cute paper pieced bird and the colours are perfect. Thanks for playing along with Created With Love Challenges.

Kimberly S said...

Beautiful Fall colors Joan, and what a sweet birthday card it makes with that adorable little bird! hugs, Kimberly

Sue said...

Beautiful card,love the colours and image.
Thanks for joining us at Created With Love Challenges.
Sue

McCrafty's Cards said...

Beautiful Autumnal card Joan, I like the colours the bird and the design.
Kevin xx

Anonymous said...

Totally gorgeous, love the design and fab autumn colours...thanks for joining us at Cupcake!
Helen x

Linda Palmer said...

Great job on getting all those colors in! Beautiful card too. Love the card and love your design.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow Joan!! Your creation is just gorgeous!! LOVE the patterned paper along with that sweet birdie!! Wonderful take on the colors and they look so beautiful for Fall!! ;)

Lady Bug Stampers said...

Joan wow that card is fantastic, I love the paper you used and that flower wow. Great creation!!
Thanks for joining in the fun at Created with Love Challenges.
Linda

fionalawlor said...

Gorgeous card! I love the papers that you have used and the little birdy is so sweet :) Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers for our "Winged Things" challenge.
Fiona x

Glenda Atkins said...

Hi Joan, love your fall coloured card, the yellow flower is so beautiful and the shape of the sentiment frame is a delight! Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations for our 'autumn colours' challenge!

Anonymous said...

Hi there, what a pretty card, love that gorgeous bird and the beautiful papers you have used to make this lovely creation. Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and good luck.

Marie

Anne Temple said...

Fabulous card and fantastic color combo. Love everything about your card.

VanessaB said...

so super cute! :)

Ellen Taylor said...

Fabulous color combo1 Love the cute pieced bird and your layout! Your string both are always so pretty Joan!

Lori said...

So pretty, Joan! Love the paper piecing and the machine stitched frame.

Carole of Brum said...

Oh Joan, you really know how to make those stamps work for you! I love how you paper-pieced the bird (I really must remember to try this) and with the leaf die and the twine (which are so recogisably you) it all looks marvellous. A great design as always, petal. CoB

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Oh, this is so gorgeous! Love that paper pieced birdie and the sentiment tab! Thanks for playing Mojo Monday!

Broni said...

Love that great background DP and all your fabulous paper-piecing, Joan! Those leaves are pretty darn cool too! Fantastic card!!!

Wanda Cullen said...

This is gorgeous, Joan! Love the paper pieced bird and dimensional flower...way to rock the Verve goodies! Great use of the mojo sketch and the throwdown colors!

Nancy Thomas said...

I am loving the SS paper pad right now so this totally caught my eye. Beautifully creative.

Denise Marzec said...

What a HAPPY card! I love everything about it....the flower and leaves, pretty papers, button with the twine, little bit of distressing...all wonderful! Great card this week, GF!

Susan (rainy) said...

Such a beautiful autumn creations. Love all the embellishments, and that dp is perfect.

Sue B said...

Oh this is gorgeous Joan… what a beautiful design.. I love the paper piecing and the scrummy flower!
Sorry I have not visited for ages…
Hope you have a good weekend !!
Big Hugs
Sue xx

Kerri said...

I love your paper pieced birdie, and the flower/leaf combo you created is just gorgeous! Such a sweet card, Joan!

Debbie said...

Such a pretty card, love the flower with the button and twine :)

Shelly Schmidt said...

Love the base DSP on your card, and how everything toes in so well with your colors! Beautifully done!