Friday, April 8, 2011

Lily Pad Cards Very First Challenge: a Color Throw Down

Here are the scrumptious colors that Kathy has chosen for her very first Color Throw Down at Lily Pad Cards!  They make me think of the Florida Gulf Coast, with lemon, lime, and orange trees and the turquoise and blue waters there......

I made 2 cards with these colors:


supplies: Hero Arts PS605 Cerulean Layering Paper as cardbase, Sizzix embossing folder, (small flowers), scraps of lime, royal blue, orange and lemon papers, Hero Arts CL495 Blossom Art, CL374 Big and Small Flowers (stems and leaves), CL434 Just Find Me


supplies: Hero Arts PS605 Cerulean Layering Paper (card base), white, dark blue, lemon, lime and orange scraps of papers, Hero Arts CG176 Butterfly Field, broken china distress ink, E5386 Traditional Butterfly, versafine onyx black ink, CL267 Card Messages, versmark ink and white embossing powder

I hope these give you some inspiration for the challenge this week!  You can win a gorgeous set of Letraset Pro Markers!  For more ideas, please visit my Lily Pad Cards teamies:
               Alice Wertz
                     Deborah Nolan
                           Kathy Racoosin
                                 Nancy Krueger
                                        Sherri Thompson
                                              Suzanne Czosek
                                                    Vicky Papaioannou

14 comments:

Suzanne C said...

Both are so beautiful! Love the bright flowers on your first and the butterflies are always a favorite of mine and are gorgeous on your second card.

Dotty Jo said...

What beautiful cards Lin, love those colours!!! Jo x

Vicky said...

Love them both Lin! Just gorgeous what you did with the background on both of them!

Barb said...

Love them both, Lin! Such wonderful colors!

CinnamonSally said...

Love these colours Lin and love your bright cheerful cards!!

Jacqueline said...

Beautiful use of the colors Lin! These summer colors suit your style!
have a happy weekend :)

Tiffany Ervin said...

These are really pretty colors for me to wake up to this morning, in love with it!!

Kathy Martin said...

Great cards Lin! Love the springy bright colors! :)

Petra Tillmann said...

You made lovely cards for the first challenge. I just put my entry for the challenge on my blog!

Lisa Minckler said...

The flowers are so pretty but the butterflies..wow! Ok, now I'm inspired...off to stamp. :)

Hellemor said...

Both your cards are so lovely. Great design and some beautiful colors.

Have a nice week.

Alice said...

such beautiful take on the challenge, Lin! love love how you used those colors. very pretty cards! have a lovely weekend!

Arlene said...

Beautiful. Just gorgeous.

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OH LIN!!! These cards are super amazing--looooooooooooove the colors and how you used them! They are different--but so bold together;) YOU are AMAZING! Hope you are doing well! HUGS:)