Friday Mash-up Meets Color Throwdown

Hello there! I got home from my annual MAD trip on Wednesday. After getting the 'mundane' house things accomplished (and catching up on sleep!), I finally had time to play along with some challenges! Armed with a list of challenges I had printed out, I went to work.   This week's Color Throwdown color drew me in right away because they had some colors from my FAVORITE paper pack - Flirty (X7160B).  Note to self - Purchase another pack of this beautiful paper!!  I combined these colors with a sketch from Friday Mash-up for this card.

I added Pear cardstock to Flirty's color's of Goldrush and Flirty Raspberry.  A great combination!  
I used the new Artiste Cricut Cartridge for the banner, balloons and star.   The Artiste collection includes a stamp set that perfectly matches all three!  The banner is just the size for the Dimensional Elements - Banners that are ALSO included in the Artiste collection.   I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to make my scallop border.

Here is the Color Throwdown and Friday Mashup Challenges:

                                          

Both, Artiste (Z1790) and Art Philosophy (Z1686) Cricut Collections can be purchased ONLY through Close To My Heart and BOTH collections include 3 stamp sets, and 3 sets of coordinating Dimensional Elements.  These cartridges spend most of their time in my cricut battling out the usage time.  I love them!   
Don't have one or both?   You can order them from my website - HERE!

Comments

  1. Casandra BennettOctober 14, 2012 at 4:25 PM

    Gina, I love this card! Beautiful.

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  2. Tara BourgoinOctober 15, 2012 at 7:48 AM

    What a super sweet card! The colours are so fresh and fun and I love how you have used the sketch. Thanks for joining us this week at The Friday Mashup! :)

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  3. BroniOctober 15, 2012 at 11:41 AM

    Super cute! Love those balloons! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown challenge this week!!

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  4. Heidi BaksOctober 18, 2012 at 7:30 AM

    How adorable! I love it!! Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.

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