Thursday, April 8, 2010

Annoucing... The Color Room

How many months ago... I wondered aloud in an email (can one do that? anyway...) to the three Aussie amigos, Janine, Steph, and Lydell, why on earth don't they start their own challenge site? Notice I said "they" and "their!"  Before I know it, that idea was being implemented and I was in the middle of "them!" lol.  Fast forward a few months and much hard work later (mostly not by me :) ) the Color Room is ready for the world!
So what is the Color Room?  We hope that it will be a creative home for everyone all over the world, a place for you to meet new friends, to push your creativity, and to be inspired by each other! 

Each week, we will have a color inspiration palette. This will comprise of an image and four separate colors based on that image.  A sketch will accompany each week's challenge.  There will be technique tutorials in visual and written format. The creative team has been working on video presentations to enhance every viewer's technique skills. (Believe me, this viewer, cough cough, needs all the help she can get on techniquey things, hee hee.) There will be monthly drawings for RAK's donated by our generous sponsors as well as the design team. 

The Color Room WANTS YOUR decorations! Be them mini-albums, layouts, cards, alteration pieces, or other glorious things I can't even name... come and decorate with us!

I so so look forward to seeing you there! And to kick off our first palette reveal, here is a layout I did for it.  You know what I'm most proud of? I cut into that sheet of Basic Grey Blush paper that I've been saving for three years now!!  I love it when I use stash!

Here is a close-up where you can see the embossed edge the EK success punch creates, very fabulous!

Have I been convincing enough?  Will you be moving on into the Color Room? See you there!

30 comments:

Tracy said...

Such a beautiful layout

Tanya Tahir said...

you are sooo sweet!!! I am definitely coming over there - look at those names!!! Gorgeous layout too :)

Colette Bate said...

Omgsh! I'm officially a FOLLOWER! Seriously. I didn't know you could DO that! I feel like a dumba$$! But, now that that's out of the way ...

You KNOW I'm a color girl. Gotta head DIRECTLY over to the Color Room and pull up a chair! Your page is just sooooo stinkin' cute! Love the pink, teal, yellow scheme sooooo much! And ... I don't know if you remember but it was YOU who got me hooked, oh so long ago, on the Treading Water punch. After seeing your page ... I'm grabbin my Michael's coupon and heading over to get this scalloped/embossed punch TODAY! LOVE IT!

Alice Wertz said...

how exciting!! congratulations, Jing-Jing!! all the dt layouts are amazing (just peeked at it... ). Love your fab layout as always! hopefully i'll get to play! =)

Tanis said...

Signed up, followed, etc. etc.
GREAT site!
Looks pretty scrappy though :) Are card makers welcome?

Sue said...

Hey there Jing Jing! I just popped over to The Colour Room and it looks wonderful!

deana said...

Loving the embossing... thanks for showing the close-up! And can I just say... that page ROCKS! #1... stop hoarding! Use your supplies please! And #2 I'm loving the butterfly hoodie coupled with the butterflies on the page... PERFECTION! She's adorable, too, btw, & who better to get germs & a cold from than your beautiful daughter?! :-)

Hugs...

Nathalie said...

Ta page est trés jolie Jing-Jing!!! J'aime beaucoup le mix de couleurs!!! Je vais vite voir The Color Room!

Virginia L. said...

WOW! So that's what the FB invite was about.I'll see if I have enough talent to play...LOVE your LO and of course, the color palette is top-notch! CONGRATS on hosting your own challenge with uber talented friends!

Irma Mascorro said...

Beautiful Color Room & layouts. You do great designs !

lari scrap said...

Congrats, Jing-Jing! I´s so thankful for being part of this amazing team and project!!!

Pearl said...

oooo ! wtg ! digging out that BG Blush ! almost forgotten about it now ! tee hee !

I got my layout up for the first challenge ! easy on us ! ;)

Jocelyn said...

Love this LO....wowza the colors and details are beyong Perfect...I will be over to visit!!! FOR SURE!!!

Just adore you girlie and you are on a roll.....wonderful talent!!!

Wishing you a great day filled with smiles!!!

Larajc said...

awesome layout!

sarah said...

i moved in!!!! and i LOVE it! :) thanks for letting me know, jj! i totally did a LO already! haha.


hugs,
sarah.

twinkles11 said...

very nice! i'm going to have to check out those punches LOL. nice layout too!

cornellgj said...

way to cut into that paper...I need to do that more often too! what a fun endeavor...excited to work with you on MR!!!! :)

Stacy Cohen said...

The new site looks great! And I love this layout! You are one busy girl, Jing-Jing. ;)

Amy Bender said...

I was just checking The Color Room out! Looks FAB!

em said...

This is so cool! :)

liana suwandi said...

So much inspirations, amazing designers, thank you for inviting me jing ;)

Blue Banana said...

Oh wow! I love the cheery colours! And your daughter is absolutely gorgeous!

Maryfrances said...

What a fantastic layout. I love the colors and the cutting of the paper elements. Thanks for sharing the news...I am going to go check the Color Room for sure.

Julie said...

you rocked the room jing-jing!!! i'm hoping to get to this tonight!

Angela said...

Love the 'color' challenge idea...been looking for a color challenge blog to 'follow'...now I found one...hope to find the time to play along!!

Lydia said...

SO fantastic Jing jing!! Fatastic layout and off to check out the challenge!!

teacher jessy said...

Congrats JJ!! You are in the dream team!! All the fab scrappers are in the same boat. I saw so many beautiful layouts & yours definetely a great one too!!

Lori Gentile said...

Your layout is STUNNING! I love every little detail!!!

Congrats on the new challenge site team. It's such a pretty place and very inspiring. I'm looking forward to seeing your work there.

mahlin said...

I am so glad you asked them that question back then cause the site is rocking ans so are your layouts.

Tara said...

Blush was, and still is, one of my favorite lines. I used it all over the place and still have some bits left ... stashed somewhere for when I need them again.
Gorgeous layout :)