Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Color Throwdown #163 - Snow Buddies

The new Color Throwdown challenge, #163, is up! A fantastic combo inspired by Bo Bunny's Blitzen paper pack (but feel free to use whatever you have!). I thought this combo, and the Blitzen papers, would work perfectly with Fred Bear Snow Bear by My Favorite Things. Here's what I came up with:
 

I stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, colored with Copics and die-cut with a Spellbinders Wonky Rectangle Nestabilities die. The sentiment is stamped on a Bracket Tab Dienamics diecut by MFT. I also added pearl accents to the falling snow using a Viva Decor pearl pen. You can kind of get an idea of the dimension in this close-up:


I hope you'll give this week's challenge a shot! Head over to the Color Throwdown blog for all of the participation details. And be sure to check out the design team's fantabulous samples:

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Beuter - Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Carole Burrage - Mother's Little Helper
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion


 Happy stamping!



Stamps: Fred Bear Snow Bear (My Favorite Things) 
Paper: Stampin' Up Early Espresso and Vintage Cream card stock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White card stock, Bo Bunny Blitzen 
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Old Paper and Walnut Stain Distress 
Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles Nestabilities, My Favorite Things Bracket Tab, Snowflake Trio and Open Scallop border Dienamics, Fiskars corner rounder, Papertrey button and baker's twine, Stampin' Up circle punch, sanding block, paper piercer/needle/thread, foam adhesive
Size: 5 1/4" square

19 comments:

  1. How cute is this image and wonderfully showcased using the CTD. Great memory from this pic too...my daughter used to make snow cats because she loves cats so much :)

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  2. Absolutely cute and sweet! Love the bright green and those little pearl snowflakes!

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  3. Gorgeous card, Amy. Your coloring and the bright colors are amazing.

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  4. Super cute image, Amy, and I sooo love your awesome sketch, sewing, and all the details you added...just perfect in every way!!!!

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  5. This is so adorable Amy! I love how you've colored this sweet image and your layout and details are wonderful!

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  6. Oh Amy...this is absolutely adorable. I love how you used the pearl dimension as snow, and this image is so sweet!! Girl, your layers are truly incredible...I really like how you stitched the pieces under the main panel.

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  7. Oh my gosh, this is SOO cute! Love the coloring on your images and the papers look great. So glad you're Guesting with us this month!

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  8. Amy this is so adorable, love this image!

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  9. Amy, this is just adorable! Love the pearl pen snow!

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  10. Очень красивая открытка!!! Весёлая!

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  11. So sweet, Amy! Love the colours for this holiday card!!

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  12. So cute Amy -- you do adorable SO well, love that image & the colors -- I am curious, are those SU colors? I haven't bought SU in years so I'm not up on the current colors --

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  13. Amy, this is so stinkin' CUTE I can't stand it! This is one of my all time favorite Freds and you've made him come to life!!!

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  14. this is just too cute, terrific coloring and it looks like real snow coming down, great design too!

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  15. Just too cute!! Love your amazing coloring and of course, your trademark attention to so many great details!

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  16. This is so darling, Amy! LOVE the layers under the main image, and Fred Bear is just too cute! I actually bought that set last year, and it's still uninked!

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  17. This is so super perfect in every way!!! WOW!!!! LOVE the focal image :)

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  18. This is SO adorable, Amy!! I love your little bears and that layout is awesome!! Love those pearl snowflakes too!!

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