Color Hues Challenge #86 - Lilac & Lime

Hello friends.  Time for a new challenge at Color Hues and our sweet hostess Julie is looking for LILAC & LIME on our cards.

Couldn't resist playing with my BotaniCuts: Lilacs dies again (The Greetery) and because postage collage cards and postcard cards are so popular right now, I turned my card into a vintage postcard.  Here's what I came up with...

I started by using Penny Black's Vintage Postcard stamp and Soft Suede ink (SU!) on a cream colored panel.  I inked around the edges with the Soft Suede ink (and also the card base) to continue with that vintage vibe.  I also used The Greetery's Pretty Postmarks stamp set to add some background text, the happy birthday with love, the stamp, & and the cancelation marks.

Next I went to work on the actual Lilacs, die cutting them first from white cs, and then ink blending with Gina K's Light, Medium, & Dark Lilac inks for the flowers and Lemon Lime Twist (SU!) for the leaves.  I also added some glitter to the centers of the flowers.

I went pretty traditional with these colors, but the sky's the limit and we can't wait to see what YOU create with hues of these two colors!  Check out what our DT and Special GD Sue came up with to inspire you right HERE and then play along with us.  This challenge is open till Tuesday, May 14th @ 9:00AM.

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Color Hues #51 - ORANGE & GREEN

Hello friends.  I should be making Christmas cards, but you know I love color challenges and Color Hues has a fun one right now using ORANGE and GREEN!

The colors have been absolutely GORGEOUS this Fall here in Michigan, so I just had to make a leaf card.  I also wanted to try a new design that Jennifer McGuire showed making a card using partial vellum (HERE).  Here's what I came up with...

 I started by using Taylored Expressions Fall Foliage Background stamp and stencils using SU!'s Pumpkin Pie, Terracotta Tile (for the deeper orange), and Old Olive inks.  Then came the scary part of cutting the pretty stenciled and stamped (the stamp inks up the leaf veins) panel on a diagonal and then attaching to a vellum card base.

I used a skinny strip of Pumpkin Pie cs to delineate between the stamped area and vellum and it also worked perfect to add my sentiment from SSS's Tiny Words stamp set.  Next I used The Greetery's BotaniCuts: Mighty Oak dies to cut the leaves and veins in both white and also Pumpkin Pie & Old Olive, and then pop dotted them to the card front.  I also added some glitter to the veins so they would stand out a bit more, and a small piece of Old Olive ribbon (SU!) to the center of the cluster.

  Here's a photo of the card standing up so you get a better idea of what the partial part of vellum looks like with the stamped and stenciled portion showing through from the inside of the card.  Just a little something different to try, and I love how it turned out!

This challenge is open till the 28th @ 9:00AM and you can check out all the BEAUTIFUL inspiration the DT has for you using ORANGE & GREEN right HERE. 

Also adding this card to the new Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game Challenge which you can find right HERE.

 

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