Color Throwdown #86

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Welcome to another Color Throwdown! We're up to #86 and this week Barbara is the hostess. She's as much in love with the Origins paper from Basic Grey as I am, so I was really thrilled when she chose these colors to work with this week!

For my card, I decided to use the Plant a Little Love 3 1/4" stamp set from JustRite Stampers, stamping the hydrangea to color with my Copics. I know traditionally you see hydrangeas in pretty pinks and purples, but I have always loved the ones that are such pretty shades of lemon yellow and lime green. Sometimes they're mostly white with just a hint of the yellow and green, and sometimes you see them just saturated in those colors, so that's what I tried to do today. I don't feel that it's quite as realistic-looking as I'd envisioned, but I'm pretty happy with the end result. There is a very special someone in my life who is about 3 weeks overdue for a birthday card, so this is going in the mail ASAP and I know she's going to love it! (Mom.... don't read my blog today!) I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch challenge #67 for the layout, but changed the square to a circle to accomodate my image. (Don't call the challenge police on me, Mercy!)
The Throwdown team is so sorry to see March come to an end as we have LOVED having Pam Speidel as our Guest Designer! Be sure to stop at her blog and see her beautiful creation for today! And then see what my Throwdown sisters have created, too!

Barbara Anders

Danielle Kennedy

Kristin Bueter (taking the week off!)

LeAnne Pugliese

Broni Holcombe

Thanks for stopping by today! Stop by the Throwdown blog for all the challenge details and join us this week!

Stamps: Plant a Little Love Borders & Centers (JustRite Stampers), sentiment (Impression Obsession)

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, So Saffron (Stampin' Up!), white (Neenah), designer paper (Origins by Basic Grey)Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)Accessories: Nestabilities (Spellbinders), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars), ribbon (Creative Impressions), button, thread (craft supply).