Color Hues Challenge #133 - LIME GREEN & VIOLET

Hello friends.  Can you believe it's halfway through May already...where is the time going this year?!!  It's also time for a new challenge here at Color Hues and the lovely Tracey has chosen the pairing of LIME GREEN & VIOLET for us to work with for the next two weeks.

Aren't those such pretty colors to work with?!  I used an older PB set called delicate florals and made 2 VERY simple cards because I couldn't decide which one looked more like violet.  I think the birthday card won, but I'll let you decide...

I stamped the floral image with black and then colored with a sponge dauber and Lovely Lilac ink (Gina K) the rounded flowers. (Not sure what these flowers are, but I sure do like them!!) I used a Copic G14 for the leaves.  

I love how Jill Foster (from Penny Black) adds a mask to highlight certain areas on her cards and did that with a rectangle mask and Antique Linen DI to my card before adding my sentiment (PB - special sentiments).  CAS and one layer...YAY!!

Card #2 is the same except for the flower color (maybe more purple than violet?) and sentiment...

I used Wild Wisteria (also Gina K) ink to color in the flowers on this 2nd card and then finished with a sentiment from PB's inspirational sentiments.

So which one do you think looks more violet? Number 1 or number 2?  Here they are both next to each other...

I think #1, but they both turned out pretty, so I'm happy with both!!  The DT has some BEAUTIFUL inspiration for you to get started, so check them all out right HERE and then play along with us.  We can't wait to see what YOU come up with!!  This challenge is open till Friday, May 29th @ 9:00AM.  

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

Color Hues Challenge #132 - YELLOW & BLUE

Hello friends.  Time for a new challenge here at Color Hues, and our sweet hostess Stef is giving us the color pairing of YELLOW & BLUE to work with.

 I have always loved these 2 colors together, so this was a fun and easy challenge for me...thanks Stef!!  I used a new to me but older PFS stamp, stencil & die set called Butterfly Garden and came up with this...

My colors are a little deeper IRL (especially the yellow!), but I'm just so happy with the way this card turned out! My background piece used a PFS cover plate die called Diagonal Stitched Plaid and I wish you could see more of it, but I didn't want to cut down the main focal image any more than I already had.  I stamped the main image with Versamark ink and then heat set with gold embossing powder.  Next I stenciled with the coordinating stencils using shades of blue for the leaves and parts of the butterflies, and yellows for the flowers and butterflies.  I did this process twice so I could die cut the butterflies out and pop up with dimensionals.

I mounted this panel to a panel of Misty Moonlight cs and then adhered both to the yellow card base.  I finished with a simple "Hello" sentiment that was included in the stamp set, embossing it in gold on a scrap of the Misty Moonlight cs and then die cutting it out.  The butterflies from the 2nd stamping were added with foam dots and it was finished.

We have LOTS of wonderful inspiration for you from the DT members and our Special GD Greta that you can find right HERE, so check it out and play along with us! I'm so excited to see the gallery filled with your YELLOW & BLUE creations!!  This challenge is open till Thursday, May 14th @ 9:00AM.

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