Color Throwdown Guest Designer

I’m delighted to be the Guest Designer for the new Color Throwdown Challenge. I was the lucky winner there earlier in December, and was invited to create a card for the current Color Throwdown Challenge. 

I love this color combination and had several Ideas for creating my card. In the end, I went my usual Clean and Simple route, and am pleased with the results. I think this design has potential for many different occasions.

Choosing the Etched Berry Branch by Simon Says was the starting point. After die cutting the branch in a very light gray, I die cut it again using a magenta cardstock and used just the berries which I fussy cut and added to the gray branch. 

The branch was added to a light gray layer die cut with Hero Arts Infinity Rounded Rectangles and then to a slightly larger black panel. They were then added to the white card base. The sentiment, from Ellen Hutson Cake, was stamped in black, and as a final touch I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the berries. 

I hope you’ll hop over to the Color Throwdown Challenge, and check out the wonderful inspiration by the Design Team, and then join in the fun!