Whimsical Wednesday Challenge

Good morning crafting friends. Welcome back to another Whimsical Wednesday. I will be announcing the winner of Birthday Bash at the end of this post. This week our challenge is a color challenge. Here is the picture we used for inspiration

I thought it would be fun to work from a picture for our color inspiration. I Googled color challenge and picked the first picture that came up. Boy was this a challenge. At least for me. Here is what I came up with

Since these are not colors I typically work with this was definitely a challenge. I chose to pull the yellow, green, black and brown from the picture to make my card. I tried to incorporate the rust color, but it was just not working. I inked all the edges and the bird with Stampin' Up Chocolate chip ink. I punched holes around the border of the card, and yellow layer, with my big bite crop-a-dile so that I could lace some pretty green trim around the edge of the card. I cut the black out layer of the bird cage using black magic Core'dinations cardstock and sanded it so that the yellow would peak through. It was my fist time working with Core'dinations and I really like it. I added some craft wire to the top of the birdcage so that it would hang from the card. It is hard to tell in the picture but the birdcage is hanging away from the card.
Crafting Goodies Used:
Straight From The Nest: Birdcage, Card base, and Layers, Flourishes
Patterned CardstockPaper: Basic Grey Origins Collection
Solid Cardstock: All Stampin' Up
Core'dinations: Color Core Cardstock
Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Swirls Set Embossing Folder
Handmade roses, Prima Pearls, Craft wire, and Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip Ink
As the new coordinator and a future designer of the new upcoming challenge blog Margie from Bella Bug Creations has played along this week and has come up with some beautiful inspiration for this challenge. Here is a sneak peak of what Margie created

Looks so pretty. Be sure to stop over at Margie's blog to see what she came up with. This week our Guest Designer is Charlotte from A Little Bit Of Detail. Charlotte had won one of my blog candies a while back and sent me the most beautiful thank you card. I knew I just had to ask her to be one of the Guest Designers for Whimsical Wednesday. Here is Charlotte's sneak peak

Looks beautiful  and also looks like she has managed to pull some other colors from the picture that Margie and I may have not used. I can't wait to see what she made. Please make sure you stop by her blog for more color inspiration. Thank you Charlotte and Margie for your beautiful projects this week!;)

So for this week you can make whatever project you want but you must use the colors from the photograph above (you interpret the colors as you see them). This is the first of four challenges so the new prize for this round of challenges is

Just a few more things about this weeks challenge.
1.Use this picture for your color inspiration to make any type of project for this week
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to my blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. Become a follower and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to Mr. Linky (only once) by next Tuesday, February 22, at midnight. 
5. After the fourth challenge I will pick a random winner for the brand new Florals Embellished Cartridge. Remember your name gets entered in the random drawing for each week you enter. So If you enter one challenge your name goes in the random drawing one time if you enter four times your name gets entered four times. 

I am so excited about all the entries and inquiries I have received regarding the new Whimsical Wednesday Challenge blog. Please keep them coming. I am encouraging all crafters from beginners to advanced to apply. All are WELCOME. For more information regarding the Design Team please click here.

Congratulations to Carrie from Double Click Connection. Carrie is the winner of the Birthday Bash Cartridge from the last four challenges. Thank you all for your participation. I love seeing all your projects and am looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week. Have fun!!!!