Color Trends Challenge with Music

We hope your are going to sing all the way to you craft space to create for this Color Trend Challenge. Please make sure you review the rules below. The photograph(s) in the challenge inspiration board are by Flying House Studios and from our very own designer, Tina Fussell!

Skipping Stones Design (SSD) is a stamp company whose mission is to help paper crafters share the gift of laughter one stamp at a time.  SSD started in 2005 and has a variety of stamps in their online store to attract all paper crafters.  Their stamps are photopolymer high quality clear stamps and priced just right.  On their blog, SSD challenges crafters with a sketch every week.

This challenge requires you to create a paper craft project using the color challenge and music. Background patterns can be found everywhere on paper craft projects lately. Music sheet patterns are a very popular style, whether you use stamps, patterned paper, or vintage music sheet to achieve the look, it will surely make your project sing sweet tunes! We can’t wait to see what you create.

The main colors are featured in the challenge inspiration board above. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image. Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock. If you would like to use a neutral of white/cream and black/brown, please feel free to add it!

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers or Flickr, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below or on one of the design team’s blogs. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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We also have a Flickr Group available to share your projects. Please add your projects to Embellish Magazine Flickr group.

If you want to use the graphic above, feel free to, but make sure you right-click and choose the “Save Image As” choice to save it to your computer, then upload to your blog!

After the challenge ends, the design team will select top designers who created hot projects to highlight. The designers will be highlighted in a blog posting. You can find all blog postings related to challenge winners in the category menu in the footer below, called “Embellish What’s Hot.”

Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will Heartsong from Skipping Stones Design. The winner must contact Embellish within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

Like music to our ears, the design team has created the ultimate inspiration for us all to admire. Sing along with us and peruse these designs. For additional information and photos, please click on the images to visit their blogs.

Ashley created a birthday card using the Heartsong stamp set. She stamped the music sheet to create a background and used the butterfly music sheet stamp as a negative die cut embellishment.

Charlene created this color block card design using the Heartsong stamp set. She heat embossed the music sheet pattern and added the bird as a fun embellishment.

Cristina designed a note card using Heartsong stamp set. She stamped the music pattern in various inks and added a button. And just like that, Cristina jumps right on in and takes on these challenges like a pro! Welcome, Cristina!

Mariana made this scenic card using the Heartsong stamp set. She stamped the music pattern on a circle shape and added the butterflies. The grass sets the tone of a sunny day!

Sarah used the Heartsong stamp set to design this lovely card. She added the music background pattern on the kraft pocket that contains a little tag. To see the tag, click the photo for more details on her blog.

Tina designed this beautiful layout using Heartsong stamp set. She embellished her page with the stamped music butterflies and bird. Check her blog for more detailed photos!

Click the image above for additional rules. There are new rules, so please visit the link. Your entry may be deleted if your submission is also a part of a lot of other challenges.

Challenge ends Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST