It’s mid-April and time for a new Color Hues Challenge. Nancy, our fabulous leader, has chose Lilac and Aqua. It’s such a beautiful, soft color combination.
The biggest problem I had with this challenge was finding the “correct” lilac ink. Although the first ink I used had “lilac” in its name, it was entirely too pink. I tested several more before finding an older Altenew in called Lavender Fields. It was a great pastel purple.
As I did for the last challenge, I chose an older Pinkfresh Studio product. This time the Charming Floral Border with accompanying stencils and die. I used just one ink for each color, starting with a light hand and adding the highlights with a firmer hand. After finishing the coloring, I die cut the border. Then using Papertrey Ink’s Lilac Grace cardstock, I did a partial die cut on the card base with the border die, adding the floral border on top. The foiled sentiment banner, Curved Everyday Sentiments, is by Spellbinders.
The closer view gives you a peek at the beautiful foiling as well as the perfect match jewels from the Pinkfresh collection of Essential Jewels as a final embellishment.
In the next day or so, I’ll post the two additional cards I made while working on this challenge–the pink one and another “fail” when I used a stencil brush that wasn’t clean enough so instead of aqua, I had green! But it’s nice to have a couple additional cards in my stash.
It’s time now for you to hop over to the Color Hues Blog and check out the great designs and creativity from our talented Guest Designer, Caroline, and the Design Team. I hope you’ll join us in the gallery.
I’m sending this off to the April Pinkfresh Studio Challenge: Floral Frenzy.
The lilac & green colour combo is so delicate – it speaks of spring, should it ever arrive in this part of the world (col). The gold foiling accents add such elegance.
Your persistance paid off as I think your lilac is spot on! Gorgeous as usually, Karen. I never tire of your Pink Fresh Studio collection. Have a great Easter Weekend!
I found that a lot of inks marked lilac lean more toward pink, but you found the perfect shade here! Gorgeous coloring and foiling for this pretty border! I look forward to seeing the others.
Your lilac is spot on as is the aqua, always tricky to get right. The swag of blooms looks so pretty in these colours, such an elegant take on the colours Karen. 🙂
Absolutely beautiful card using lilac and aqua colors Karen! I love the foiling too…it makes this card so elegant! You nailed this challenge my friend!! Hugs. :0)
Lilac and green are the perfect combination for your aptly titled charming floral border. The foiling is a lovely accent for what is, all-around, a gorgeous card!
hugs~carol
Having a border image as the main focal point is a wonderful way to expand the use of a product and this one is certainly luscious in the challenge colors! Both colors can be tricky and I think your choices worked perfectly. A gorgeous card, Karen!
Happy accidents do make for extra cards! This is beautiful, especially with the gold. Very pretty card Karen!
Beautiful birthday card Karen and the gorgeous floral. The gold foiled outline and the perfect hues of colours make this such a lovely birthday card!!
Such a pretty combo and that foil is beautiful xxx
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