Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Color Dare 86


Color Dare 86
Pumpkin Pie
Baja Breeze
Wild Wasabi
Cajun Craze

Loved the mix of fall colours Riley used this week with the pop of blue thrown in.   
I combined this week's Color Dare with Card Positioning Systems' sketch 193.
The pumpkin image is Verve's Bountiful Harvest and I coloured them with Twinkling H2O's and added some black half pearls to the end of each vine for a little something.  I think my ribbon may be closer to Bordering Blue than Baja Breeze, but it still looks good with the other colours so it must be a fairly close match - or so my story goes and I'm sticking to it :) 

If  you look at the bottom left corner you will see white stuff on the ground.  Yup, we got 5 inches of snow last Friday night and with the cold temps sticking around (-8C today with the wind chill -- that's 16F) it's still here.  Bummer is, Saturday was quite warm so the sledding hill at the school is now grass but the there is plenty on the ground elsewhere for the kids to play in.  They say we are in for a pretty bad winter this year, and we sure started off with a bang by having snow so early.  Will have to see what the rest of winter brings.  Thankfully, mommy is on the ball as we have snow boots and snow suits all ready to be used :)  Just a bit slow on mounting the snow tires, but they go on next week once my craft fair is over and I can join the life of the living again LOL! 

The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you.  You can check out their creations here:

We'd love you to join us!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to InLinkz on the The Colour Dare Blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword CD86.   Each week, Riley will select a Featured Stamper and showcase your card on her blog.




What's In It?
Stamps: (Verve) Bountiful Harvest
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Recollections DP, Wild Wasabi 
Ink: Black
Accessories: Labels 3 and Circle Nesties, 1/4" Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Twinkling H2O's, Aquabrush, Half Pearls

20 comments:

Kathy Jones said...

Marisa this is fabulous!!! You totally rock colour challenges!!!

Christina said...

Those are the cutest pumpkins, especially with the tiny black gems on the vines! What a great use of these colors!

Maureen said...

love how all the colours work on this :) And I always think it's okay to substitute colours a tad bit...it's about the creativity first! We are still in freeze-down here (I write this as my car is warming up!). It says it should warm up by the weekend :) Hopefully blogger has corrected itself and good thing I've preposted some important posts already (pti blog hop tomorrow and Jake's birthday on Sunday :) Stay warm!

Jodi Collins said...

This is just lovely Marisa! What a beautiful color combo and I ADORE the layout and stamps you used!

Glenda J said...

Great colouring and I love the layout! Not loving the snow right now around here lately... hope you stay warm!

jjcreations said...

Fantastic card! I love how you added the black pearls at the end of the vines!

Kristina said...

Those colors really work well together! I don't think I would have ever thought to put them together. LOVE how you divided the circle into sections with the ribbon. The colored pumpkins look amazing sitting up top!

Enjoy some snow for me! I so miss it... It never really feels like winter or Christmas down here without it.

Renée said...

this is fab! love those colours together!

Wanda Cullen said...

That was a tough combo with the blue thrown in, but you made it work so well! Love the pumpkin trio image! Lots to do, so no more stamping for me until we get back into town Sunday. Enjoy!

Lynn Put said...

Fantastic card Marisa! I really like this pumpkin image with your pretty pearl accents and sweet bow!

Andrea Ewen said...

Gorgeous Marisa! I love how you colored those pumpkins! Awesome job with the colors and awesome job with the sketch!

Nance Leedy said...

Love those pumpkins Marisa--wonderful coloring job and the little pearls are so sweet. I love your blue ribbon and matching pearls--such a great use of this week's colors!

Stacy Morgan said...

Great fall card! We got snow too and its cold cold cold. -4 when I got up this morning. Got to a high of 12 degrees... cold... :0) Glad you had fun sledding and I am sore from that myself. haha I know its not thanksgiving there but Happy Thanksgiving anyways. :0)

Linda Callahan said...

You combine colors so well! That bit of blue ribbon is lovely - and those pumpkins rock!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Fabulous use of those colors!!

Denise Marzec said...

Happy Thanksgiving, Marisa!

Benzi said...

This is an awesome card, Marisa! I thought I had left you a comment on it already. Love the colors and those beautiful pumpkins.

Betty Wright said...

Beautiful, Marisa! Another striking color combo! Totally worked it with the pumpkins, too! Fabulously done!

Vicki Burdick said...

Love this!! You know I love pumpkins!!! It is perfect!!

Colleen Dietrich said...

This must be SOME craft fair!!
You got snow already?? Wow. Glad you are prepared with the boots and snowpants.

Loved those punkins over at SCS and love 'em here too!