Color Hues #107 -- Orange & Teal

 

Jules has chosen "football colors" for Color Hues Challenge #107. They remind

me of a tropical summer.

 

 I decided to go "leafy" with a favorite set of leaves from Altenew.

 

 After die cutting several different leaf styles from white card stock, I inked 

them in orange and the closest color I had to teal. I ran a card front through an

embossing folder, then mounted four leaves over it.  

I usually like odd numbers but chose four leaves because I wanted equal 

opportunity for both colors. I added a reverse sentiment strip and finished off 

with some sequins.

Since I mentioned "summer" I may try a second card for the challenge. 

But don't hold me to it. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Hues #106 — Lemon & Lime

I love the springtime colors for Color Hues Challenge #106--LEMON and LIME. 

 

 

 I have an abundance of lemon and lime stamps and stencils but decided to use

a butterfly for my card.

Two butterflies were die cut from yellow card stock and run through an embossing

folder. I created a hinge on the back piece and adhered the two pieces together

to form a free standing card.

Green ink was brushed on to one side of the butterfly for the "lime" color. Flowers

and leaves were cut from colored card stock and adhered to the front of the

butterfly. A sentiment was stamped in gold ink and trimmed and tucked into

the flowers. The card was finished off with white paint spatters.

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

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Edited to add:  Honored that my card was chosen as a Top Few Runner Up.

Thanks so much, Color Hues!

 

 

 

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!

Color Hues #100 -- Blue and Purple

 

 Color Hues Challenge has reached a milestone--100 challenges! I just had to play along.

 

I chose Altenew's wreath and the non traditional color palette for my card. 

Two shades of blue and a flipped stencil made for a fuller wreath.

 

  

 

Papertrey Ink's sentiment fit perfectly in the center, stamped with dark gray ink.

I added purple berries from the stencil and ran the panel through an unknown

embossing folder then adhered it to a gray card base.

 

Huge congrats to Color Hues Challenge on their 100th Challenge and here's to 

many more years of color!

Guest Designer for Color Hues Challenge #84 -- Peach & Green

 

My card for Color Hues Challenge #82 was chosen as the winner and I was invited to

guest for TCH84. And as luck would have it, I got to play with my favorite colors!

 

 

Here are the challenge colors for the first half of the month of April.

 

 

Here's my card using some older products that I needed to give some love to

and I also knew that I wanted to make a shaped card.

 

 

I first stenciled Pinkfresh Studio's Bougainvillea Print, using only Stencils 1 and 2

and inks from Concord & 9th. 

A base was cut twice from a rounded arch die and the back piece was adhered to the 

front to form a hinge. The stenciled piece was cut from a smaller arch, then run through 

a floral 3D embossing folder and adhered to the base. A sentiment was added and the 

card was finished off with some gems. 

I hope you'll play along with THC 84's colors. The deadline is April 14, 2024 at

9am EST. Thanks to the Color Hues team for the kind invitation to join you!

Color Hues #82 --Turquoise & Green

 

I haven't played in a Color Hues Challenge in quite a while and when I found some

  Greetery dragonflies that were already cut and colored, I decided to enter a card.

 

Here's Tracey's color palette for Challenge #82. 

 

And here's my card. 

I colored them quite a while ago and I think I used Zig makers and a waterbrush.

I adhered him to an embossed panel and added the white embossed Honeybee Stamps

sentiment. Some Pretty Pink Posh jewels finished off the card.

 

Earlier I added some vellum leaves but took them off and decided simple is best.

Besides, I don't think dragonflies ever land on greenery--they're much too busy flitting.

Off to link this up with a few days to spare. Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner! Thank you Color Hues!