Friday, November 1, 2024

Color Hues Challenge #98 - RED & BLACK

Hello friends.  Happy November (hard to believe isn't it?!) and welcome back to another challenge here at Color Hues where our sweet hostess Karen would like to see RED and BLACK on our cards for the next two weeks.

My first thought when I saw this color combo was Poinsettia's, but my sweet friend Michele had let me stamp a few of Penny Black's sweet carolers from the Sing Joy stamp set, and I just couldn't resist coloring her up one more time!  Adding some sweet red & black dsp from SU!'s Peaceful Prints helped me to come up with this card...


Isn't she just ADORABLE?!  She was stamped in Versafine Black Onyx ink and then Copic colored using mostly R37 & R89 and a few neutrals for the scarf, hat brim and songbook.  I used Gina K's ML#2 to cut her into a rectangle with a black layer behind and then attached her to a tri fold card that I used the dsp on.


Here you can see the tri fold better and where I placed my sentiment (PTI's Just Sentiments: Heaven and Nature Sing).  


The extra snowflakes that I added to the flip side of the dsp that is just the red & black plaid are from Impression Obsession's little set of 5 dies.  (DIE100-F)  I've had these dies forever and they are just the perfect size to add a little something, something!

The DT and our two Special GD's (Izzy Scrap & Colleen Begley) have so much FABULOUS inspiration to share with you, so check it all out right HERE and then play along with us.  We'd love to see YOU in the gallery with your RED and BLACK creations!!  This challenge is open till Thursday, Nov. 14th @ 9:00AM.


Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!


9 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

Absolutely adorable! Marcia, she is just adorable in your challenge colors! Loving the fold of your card and how it gives you the opportunity to use lots of patterned paper!
=]

cm said...

Your little caroler, singing her heart out, is absolutely adorable! She really is the star of the pretty tri-fold patterned paper stage you created for her. A beautiful, sweet, inspiring card in every way!
hugs~carol

JoAnn said...

Love your little caroler. She is so cute and your card is great. You colored her beautifully and she works great with the red and black color scheme.

Lisa Elton said...

Yes, she's a cutie patootie alright! Love the plaid paper with all of the snowflakes dancing about. Darling card, Marcia

Karen said...

What a fabulous design, Marcia! I love the tri-fold card, and that caroler is just adorable! Adding the snowflakes to the inside panel was such a great idea!

Leslie Miller said...

A fun fold and a darling image for it! Love all those snowflakes on the red & black plaid. It's so cute how you colored up this little elf girl all in red. You're always so good with the limited challenge colors!

Linda said...

Fantastic card, Marcia. Adorable with your sweet little elf who is colored so beautifully.

TK said...

Darling as ever, Marcia! The sentiment was also a perfect fit, plus I love the tri-fold

Bobby said...

I love her front and center on the tri-fold card, Marcia. Plaid is always good IMO and fills the background nicely.