Color Hues Challenge #99 - PINK & AQUA

Hello friends.  Time for a new challenge here at Color Hues, and I'm the hostess this time around and I've chosen the color combination of PINK & AQUA to play with.  I know, it's not really Thanksgiving or Christmas colors, but it's just a color combination that I really like, so I hope you'll give it a try and flood our gallery with these two hues!

I used these colors to make a Christmas card (I'm a big lover of using non-traditional colors for Christmas!) using a Gina K stamp & stencil combo called Holiday Floral.  Take a look...

I stamped and stenciled my floral image first using mostly just residual ink left on my pink and aqua blender brushes, going in a little heavier and lighter handed to achieve the different hues.  I used the coordinating die to cut the floral image and then set aside while I worked on the background.  I used SSS's Poinsettia Spray EF on white cardstock, but die cut an oval opening first before embossing.  I also added a smaller oval in Aqua behind the larger oval to add some contrast.

 I made this card into a shaker, although it's hard to see the pink sequins in the oval opening in this photo (I had the card upright to photograph so all the sequins kept sliding down...grrrrr!!)  After adding foam tape to the backside of the embossed background piece, I added my floral image and a die cut sentiment that was also from the Holiday Floral stamp set from Gina K.  I used some WOS on the Aqua leaves which adds a nice shimmer to the card to finish it off.

The DT and our Special GD Teresa have some awesome inspiration to get you started on the color combination, so check it all out HERE and play along with us!  We also have a new DT member joining us today...we are so excited to have the wonderful Bonnie Klass joining our team!  Please stop by and give her a very warm welcome!! We can't wait to see what YOU come up with using PINK & AQUA!  Remember that this is a Color HUES challenge, so any hue of these two colors will work for this challenge.  And it doesn't have to be a Christmas card either...a birthday, sympathy, thinking of you, thank you's...the sky's the limit!  This challenge is open till Friday, November 29th @ 9:00AM.

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