Color Throwdown #109

Hi all!  It's Wednesday already!!!!  You know what that means...time for another Color Throwdown challenge (CTD109).  This week Tammy is your hostess with the mostess...she chose a vibrant palette for you to work with:

I have to admit I STRUGGLED with this palette.  I see cutesy immediately when I look at the colors and if you know me and my style, I am HORRIBLE with cutesy stuff!  LOL  Thankfully Lauren released some CUTE stamps this month that I could choose from. So, I stuck with the gumball machine from the MTME On Display set.  Easy way to incorporate all of the colors this week :]  I kind of feel like I cheated!  Here's my card:

I kept the layout super simple and leaned toward the pink (of course).  I used my MTME digi paper from Darling Dots and Picket Fence for the canopy and the tablecloth in the window I stamped using the MTME Shoppe Window set.  I colored the gumball machine with ink from my SU pad and a blender pen, and I colored the underside of the canopy and window frame with Copics.  Oh, and I couldn't forego a bow on top of my canopy...it was stuck in my head that I needed one, so here we are. A pink bow topping off my "window" :]

It's really hard to see in my photo especially with the transparency grid layer on top, but I used Crystal Effects on the "glass" part of my gumball machine.  It looks pretty cool in person :]  I used a small hole punch to create the gumball in the opening and added buttons to resemble gumballs at the bottom of my panel. 

Here's a snapshot of the inside.  Won't this be a cute card for a young girl's birthday?!  Hope someone has one soon or it's getting stuck in a box with all the others!  Ha ha

Okay, so naturally you'll want to play along with us.  I mean, you all need to show me how to REALLY put this palette to use!!  If you don't have these exact colors, no worries!  Just try to come as close as possible without making us wonder whose challenge you are actually playing along with :O)  Make sure you use keyword CTD109 in any online galleries.  Also, be sure to post a direct link to your creation on the CTD blog and check out my CTD sistahs' projects as well!  They manage to create the most unique cards every week, making me wonder why I couldn't think of that! 

Bar

Broni

Danielle

Laura

LeAnne

Tammy

Silke Ledlow ~ September Guest Designer

Hope you're having a fab week...it's already half over!  Can't beat that!!