Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Throwdown Wednesday

I can’t believe it’s Wednesday again, already! Time is really flying now…school starts in a week here. Summer’s last hurrah, hanging on to the 90’s as long as it can! I say, Goodbye!

swatch 108

Today for the Color Throwdown #108, Laura chose these lovely muted soft colors and I destroyed them, lol! I thought these colors would work great for my mummy, so I started coloring away. I was really getting into it, layering color after color until I thought she was just right. Then I found the perfect paper! After I put it all together I said “Wait! What were the colors this week again?” I strayed a bit from the original palette, but I still incorporated brown, kraft, and yellow. Adding the black and purple really pulled it away from the softness of the original colors. Oh well, that’s what happens when you get carried away!

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This is Mitzi the Mummy from Kraftin Kimmie. Isn’t she cute? She’s colored up first with Copics then with Prismacolor Pencils and odorless mineral spirits. I dirtied up the edges with Distress Ink in Antique Linen to go with her dirty bandages. She paired perfectly with this piece of dp from the Eerie line by Basic Grey. The edge punch is EK Success and the bat punch from Martha Stewart.

Head on over to the Color Throwdown and check out all of the great sample this week and make sure you join the challenge!

Visit the DT member blogs to for details on their cards!

Tammy Laura Broni Barbara Kristin and our

September Guest Designer Silke Ledlow!

11 comments:

Riet said...

What a gorgeous card Danielle,I love the image and your papers.

Hugs Riet.xx

Carol Dee said...

Cutest Mummy ever!

Leslie Miller said...

Well, hey, the colors are still there -- just in varying shades! This is fabulously cute, Danielle! I'm glad to see you found a chance to color up one of your new stamps!

Broni said...

Scarily darling! We both embellished the colors this week!

Silke Ledlow said...

Totally awesome card Danielle!!! So fun for Halloween!!! Hugs ~S~

Laura Pryor said...

Bwaaahahahah!! I love your post today! It's what we call creative license, right? This image is FABULOUSLY cute and you've colored it amazingly, no surprise there! Really great and adorable card!

Wanda Cullen said...

This really made me smile...what an adorable mummy! Sounds like an oxymoron but it's true! :-) Love your striped DP!

Curt in Indy said...

Fun image! Love all of the extra detail you added to make this one really special and stand out. Great Halloween card! Best, Curt

Barbara said...

What a fun image, perfectly colored, of course! Love that bat punched border!

Tammy Hershberger said...

LMHO at your "destroyed" comment! Your mummy is fabulous... awesome coloring!

Janine - Ellabella said...

Wow...love it!!! So cute image! Paper ist great!
Janine