Color Hues #80

It’s an unusual occurrence, but this is my second post of the day. My post as the Guest Designer for the AAABirthday Challenge went live at 3:00 this morning due to a time difference in England. 

It’s February 1st and time for a new Color Hues Challenge. Sheri is our hostess this time and has chosen Red and Pink. Perfect for Valentine’s Day if you’re so inclined. And check out our new graphic–an awesome design!

My card could easily be a valentine, but I was somewhat surprised to find I had several valentines left over from last year. I’m thinking this is more likely going to be an anniversary card for close friends of ours. I do have to make new valentines for the five grandchildren, but this one doesn’t seem quite right for any of them. 

I’ve kept my New Year’s Intention in a big way here. Every product I used was in my To Be Used Box of products purchased, but not used. I’m quite happy with all of them. I started by stenciling Papertrey Ink’s Happy Hearts with Kitsch Flamingo and Lumberjack Red Distress Oxide inks, masking off the bottom of the panel for a space for the sentiment. I die cut the panel as well as a slightly larger red panel with dies from Gina K’s Master Layout #3. I use her Master Layout #1 all the time, and purchased several more versions during sales over the past year. It’s way past time to put them to use.

The sentiment was die cut with a very recent purchase during the after Christmas sale at Waffle Flower. The Print and Script with Love die includes two versions of the words as well as shadows for all of them. I chose the block print ones and die cut them from a scrap piece of paper that I ink blended with the two Distress Oxide inks. 

I hope you’ll hop over to the Color Hues blog and check out all the amazing designs by our Guest Designer, Bobby, and the Design Team. We look forward to seeing what you create in the gallery.

If all goes as planned I’ll be on Day Four of a Tanzania Safari Tour when this goes live, and most likely will be checking out your creations on my return. Aside from lack of time, my understanding is internet service is hard to come by. Nancy, our fearless leader on Color Hues, has graciously offered to cover for me while I’m gone. It’s an incredible offer as she’s one of the busiest card makers I know as well as running two challenge blogs. Many thanks, Nancy!