Color Throwdown Challenge #826

 

This week's color palette for Color Throwdown Challenge #826 is pink, brown, and white.

I must admit that I'm not a fan of pink, but paired with brown changes my perspective.

Here's my card using supplies from Altenew's Chocolate Flowers Kit. I was drawn to the 

3D embossing folder and Amy Tsuruta enabled me to get the whole kit after I saw her

fun card. I love that the flowers are another of Altnew's Zero Waste dies which makes

me feel good about not wasting card stock.

The "chocolate" was embossed, trimmed, and adhered to a card base then decorated

with flowers and leaves that were cut from white card stock and colored with pinks 

and beige. An Altenew sentiment and some sequins finished off the card.

Off to link this up--I'm early for a change. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Hues Challenge #103 -- Pink and Red Collaboration

  

 Color Hues Challenge #103 is a collaborative one with Inkspirational Colour

Challenge using the color palette of PINK and RED.

 

 

With Valentine's Day just around the corner--can you believe it's February?--

I pulled out one of my favorite retired heart stencils from Paper Smooches.

I used a variety of red and pink dye inks and stenciled big and small hearts in

gradient shades of red. I spattered some white paint and finished off with a

stamped and cut sentiment, also from Paper Smooches.

 

I'm off to link this up at Color Hues and new-to-me Inkspirational Colour Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

SSS IG Challenge/January 2025 Flickr Challenge

 One card, two challenges. It doesn't happen very often around here.

Simon Says Stamp has a new to me challenge on Instagram and this month's theme

is White on White. 

 

I love using cream card stock for my "white on white" projects. The cream tones down

the whiteness, if that makes sense. It's a little easier on the eyes and photos well, too

I went one step further and created a shaped white on white card using lots of supplies

from Spellbinders.

After die cutting the largest butterfly in So Many Butterflies twice, I ran one 

through an embossing folder. A hinge was formed on the second butterfly and adhered 

to the embossed piece to form a free standing card.

 

The body was attached to the wings and flowers and leaves were tucked under it. 

A small tag was stamped with a small sentiment and I added small gems to some 

of the flowers.

I'm also entering January 2025 SSS Flickr Challenge with the theme of

Anything Goes. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

Color Hues Challenge #101 -- Red and Kraft

 One of my favorite color combos are the colors for Color Hues Challenge #101--

red and kraft. There's something about the brightness of the reds paired with 

the neutral kraft that is so appealing to me.

 

 

So with Valentine's Day around the corner. that's the theme I decided to go with.
I pulled out an older Simon Says Stamp set--Printmaking Hearts. And lo and 

behold, a bunch of alcohol inked hearts fell out of the envelope of dies so my work

was mostly done.
 

 It's hard to see in the photo but there are specks of gold and a big splotch in the

middle heart and I'm hoping that's acceptable for the challenge.

I ran a panel through an embossing folder then adhered it to a card base. The

hearts were adhered to the card and I finished with a white embossed sentiment.

I'm also linking this up to Simon Says Stamp's Flickr Challenge for January

with their "Anything Goes" theme.

Off to link this up, thanks so much for stopping by!

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Edited to add: Honored that my card was chosen as a Runner Up!
 Thank you, Color Hues Challenge!