Color Throwdown #565

Hello and happy Wednesday everyone!  Before I tell you about my card for this week's Color Throwdown I wanted to let you know that Spellbinders is having a sale on various kits from all of their clubs.  Click here to save up to 40%!  I have really been enjoying my time as a guest designer for CTD.  This week the colors are lavender, gray and black.  When I first saw the colors I initially thought of doing something with a Halloween theme, but them I decided to use the combo to color the large floral image from the Simon Says Stamp October card kit.   I stamped the image on smooth bristol cardstock with VersaFine CLAIR Morning Mist ink and then colored the image with ZIG markers in English Lavender and Gray and clean water.  I started out very light with the English Lavender and then added depth to the shadows by adding more of the color and not blending it out as much.  I finished up the flowers by adding a little amount of the gray to the shadow areas, as well.  The leaves were colored in the same manner just using only the gray.   I really like how they turned out.   To finish the card I die cut the piece with a rectangle die and then stamped the sentiment from the same set as the floral image using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then adhered the panel to a light gray cardstock base.  Going to add this to the current Time Out challenge.

Here is all the information regarding the challenge:

Once you’ve finished your card or other paper-crafted project, add a direct link to your creation using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the Color Throwdown post. And, don’t forget to use the keyword CTD565 if you upload your project to an online gallery, or hashtag on social media with #ctd565 and/or #colorthrowdown.  

Challenge guidelines are in the right sidebar on the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog in case you have any questions.

The rest of the team...

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

 Jodi Collins- Stamping a Latte

Lynn Putt- The Queens Scene 

Lisa Henke- My Little Creative Escape

Amy Rysavy - Prairie Paper & Ink

 Amy Rohl - Ink About Me

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!