Despite the many challenges of 2021, the year is flying by, and here we are at the first anniversary of the Color Hues Challenge! To celebrate there are prizes this month—see below! The other great news is an addition to our Design Team: Tracey McNeely. Some of you may already be familiar with her beautiful work on her blog and for a variety of companies. We’re so lucky to add her to DT. Welcome, Tracey!
I was the lucky DT member who got to choose this month’s colors and my choices were Yellow and Orange–a good combination of a summer vibe (yellow) and the coming autumn (orange) for those of us where the seasons change.
My card design is one I created quite some time ago. I never posted the card, and when I found it recently, I was amazed at how much my ink blending had improved since I’d created the first one. There’s no way I’d post the original card now, but I’m much happier with the ink blending this time around. I’m quite sure that in addition to practice, some new tools contributed to the improvement as well. I really like the Taylored Expressions ink blending brushes as well as the Altenew brushes—particularly the larger one. It took me awhile to invest in both brushes as they are more expensive than the ones I purchased originally.
I used a combination of Distress Oxide Inks for the background: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, and Spiced Marmalade. I added a touch of Concord & 9th’s Marmalade ink which is a bit deeper to the very bottom of the panel.
I die cut the ink blended panel with the smaller of Gina K’s Master Layout dies, and stamped the floral silhouette is Obsidian Black (Altenew) from Gina K’s “Natural Silhouettes” set. Next was to use the larger of the dies in the layout set to cut a narrow frame of black. The sentiment is from Pink & Main’s “Special Day” set. Finally, it was all assembled and added to a card base of Orange Zest (Papertrey Ink.)
Since I had ink blended a couple of panels, I made a second card–it’s always good to have a stash of birthday cards!
To celebrate the Color Hues anniversary, there will be TWO winners chosen for this challenge both of whom will receive a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says! Hope you’ll join in the fun, and be sure to check out the DT and Guest Designer, Angie’s, card right here. And at each individual blog here:
How very lovely! And yes, can’t have too many nice cards in stock.
Your ink blending is seamless, gorgeous card, Cathy x
WOW to your blending. I’ve seen a number of new blending brushes on the market. I tried in the past using finger daubers … so it seems the blender brushes were a wise investment. WOW again to the blending skill. Fingers crossed you win this with these gorgeous cards.
Gorgeous blended background Karen, they almost glow! My son bought me some blending brushes for my birthday but I haven’t had the chance to try them, I’ve used some cheap makeup brushes up ’til now so I shall have to see if the extra cost was worth it. 🙂
Your ink blended background is perfection, Karen! Stunning card!
Have a great week!
As my hubby always says…practice makes perfect! Your blending background is exceptional as is the rest of the card! I enjoyed this color combo! Have a wonderful rest of your week and weekend. Take care!
I’ve so admired your blending on this card and the gorgeous use of the colors. I love the design!
Those cards are beautiful. Love the colors and your blending, much to aspire to
Ink blending perfection! Your backgrounds practically glow. Perfect for a pretty silhouette image. Beautiful!
What a lovely card. The shading is AMAZING on this card. Your ink blending is perfection and I like the silhouette stamping. Lovely design.
Karen, thank you for the warm welcome and I was just so happy with the colours you chose for this challenge! Your ink blending is just gorgeous, your transitions are so smooth and the silhouette is so striking! Looking forward to working with you at the Color Hues Challenge!
What a lovely pair of birthday cards with those great colors! It reminds me of a sunset, but I love the black accents, especially paired with a black envelope! Very classy looking!!
Beautiful seamless ink=blended background; perfect for your silhouette image! Love this!
~carol
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