Friday, February 28, 2014

Birthday for Color Throwdown & AEI♥U!


Happy Friday!  Hope your week has been a great one!  Today's card is for a few challenges.  The color challenge at Color Throwdown, Seize The Birthday: Anything Goes, and the first AEI♥U challenge!




I followed the sketch over at Freshly Made sketches too!  :)


One thing I love about challenges is the way they help you to use colors/designs together that you may have never thought of.  I can honestly say that I totally neglect Tangerine Tango but have used it twice this week on cards because of color challenges.  I tend to go for Pumpkin Pie instead of Tangerine Tango.

I used All Squared Up by Avery Elle on my background piece and of course, I had to use my all time favorite Rounded Diamond stamps/dies from Avery Elle!  The sentiment is called From Us by Simon Says Stamp.
 


 Thank you for visiting and have a great day!!!

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Basic Black
Ink:  So Saffron, Versafine Black, Versamark
Stamps:  All Squared up, Rounded Diamonds (Avery Elle), From Us (SSS)
Accessories:  Rounded diamonds dies (Avery Elle), Black Candy dot, Banner Trio die (Wplus9)

29 comments:

  1. Love this bold card...awesome colors!

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  2. Really like this card. Clean, bright, and festive. Perfect birthday card.

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  3. So fresh, bright and cheery, Kristie! A happy card for a birthday!

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  4. I just love your clean design on this card. And that flower is just lovely with the fun die cuts. It is pretty cool to find another card-making Kristie with the "correct" spelling. :) Thanks for following my blog. I'm your newest follower.

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  5. Kristie, this card is so warm and bright and pretty! You are very talented and I look forward to your posts every day!!!

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  6. Such a sophisticated design, Kristie!! Beautiful stamping all around!

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  7. This is fabulous, Kristie! Love the stamped background! Have a great weekend!

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  8. Yep...I'm sold on Tangerine Tango! And like you, it is a color that I seldom reach for! I agree with Virginia - this is a sophisticated design. The bits of black are striking paired with the tangerine & saffron. The colors 'do all the talking'! Gorgeous!!!

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  9. Soooo colorful card,,,,Kristie,,,i am falling in love with your incredible background,,and colors,,,Thanks for your comments my friend, . Feel free to ask me your favorite product from all my stuff for free, let me know,.

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  10. This is beautiful, Kristie. It also qualifies for the sketch over at Freshly Made, if you want to check it out.

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  11. Oh la la...love how crisp the Tangerine Tango is against the yellow. Fabulous!

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  12. Such an awesome card. And, I agree with your thoughts about challenges. Love that AE set, too. I've pinned quite a few of your creations with it, and today is no exception.

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  13. I just don't know how you can combine so many challenges and come up with something so fabulous! Really beautiful work Kristie! I love those dies from AE, I just finished up a card with them today! :)

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  14. Not only are you beautiful - you are Kreative. - your husband.

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  15. I share your sentiment on challenges! This card is just perfect for all of the challenges. I love how the touch black just makes everything pop.

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  16. Wow...what a card! I love those colors and your design is just gorgeous!

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  17. wonderful design, I'm loving the colour combo! thank you for joining us at the AE challenge blog!

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  18. Beautiful card, the colours work so well and I love the stamping :)

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  19. Such a cool, graphic card! I love how you fashioned your flower--so creative!
    Thanks so much for joining our first AE Challenge!

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  20. Very pretty Kristie. Love that orange flower and the background design. Very elegant. Thank you for playing along with us at The Color Throwdown.

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  21. Love the tone-on-tone stamping and fun flower! Thanks for playing along with Avery Elle.

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  22. This is so, so pretty Kristie! Love it!
    Thank you for joining us at Seize The Birthday. :)

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  23. Fabulous design! Love the flower you created with the rounded diamond stamps and die. Thanks for joining us for this week's Color Throwdown!

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  24. Great design. Love the unique way that you did the flower! Thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  25. Congrats on your win at FMS this week. I love the way you put those colors together. Beautiful, clean card.

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  26. Congrats on your win, Kristie! I totally agree about challenges, color challenges especially always force me to do things I never would have, love it :)

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Hugs,
Kristie