I was browsing some of my favourite challenge sites looking for inspiration when I found a completely new kind of challenge on the TGIF Challenge site – a throwdown challenge. Apparently it runs all month so I’m just getting in before the July challenge finishes. The idea is that there is a list of basic items that you can use and then a monthly basket from which you have to use a certain number of items. Sounds like fun.  So here’s my entry:

Here’s the challenge banner

and the basket of items:

As you can probably see, I used the black cardstock, the balloon thinlits, the Bravo stamp set and the Delightful Dijon ink. I cut out the balloons out of very vanilla and then sponged them with the delightful dijon. Actually to start with, I stamped them with delightful dijon but you can’t see that because that’s the side that’s now stuck onto the card! So after sponging, I stamped the sentiments from the Bravo set in black which I liked much better. I was going to use the white baker’s twine which I pulled through the delightful dijon stamp pad but decided that it was too much for the card. I stuck the two balloons on to the very vanilla piece and then popped up the third with stampin’ dimensionals. I matted this with a thin piece of basic black and then mounted that on a very vanilla card base.

It’s not part of the  challenge – there aren’t any envelopes in the pantry – but here’s the card with a coordinating envelope.

See you tomorrow,

Liz