One of our new Design Team members, Jules, chose this round’s colors. It’s not one I would have thought of, but it makes a lovely floral.

Initially, I wanted to create a card with a more geometric or patterned feel, but you can see I ended up with a floral from Simon Says Best Friend Ever stamp set. I pulled out some coral and sage cardstock and matched the Copic markers to that before coloring, using two markers on the leaves and two on the petals. 

For the background, I chose Pinkfresh Studio’s  Deco Tiles coverplate which I love–especially when it’s tone on tone. And it helped satisfy my desire for some geometric design in the card. In the photo below you can see the pretty gold foiling from the Spellbinder’s hot foil plate Everyday Sentiments.

Making the card wasn’t a struggle, but photographing was a whole other story. Trying to get the light right for the foiled sentiment did change the light on the rest of the card as well. I finally had to just settle for what you see. 

I hope you’ll join our two Guest Designers and the Design Team at Color Hues during the next two weeks. 

Sheri has chosen two colors that are perfect for Valentine’s Day for this Color Hues Challenge. Although I gave thought to other occasions for which this color combination would work (and there are plenty!), I went with the obvious. 

I ended up with two cards created with one die—one totally minimalist card and one CAS card. I die cut one of the heart designs from Simon Says Geometric Builders: Hearts four times: once in red, twice in different shades of pink, and once from a cute piece of patterned paper I found in my stash. I also die cut some whole hearts to use as a base if needed.

My husband wasn’t terribly fond of the minimalist card, but I’m perfectly happy with it. 

The sentiment is from Waffle Flower’s Classic Sentiments. I layered the heart onto a small square cut with an Ellen Hutson’s Essential Squares die and added it to the card base with some dimensional tape.

The second card using pieces left over from the first design, and a square format worked best for this card.

I layered the Stitched Square by Simon Says onto a pretty pink card base. This sentiment is from Papertrey Ink’s Just Sentiments: Valentine set.

Whether it’s a valentine or a card for another occasion, I hope you’ll join our Guest Designer and the Design Team at the Color Hues blog and fill up the gallery with wonderful cards!

It turns out that other challenges have valentines on their mind as well. So I’ll be joining in with the TicTacToe Challenge where the middle row down is Hearts, Free, Shade of Red. And Just Us Girls where HEART is the word for word week there.

Happy New Year! And what could be a better way to start than with a new Color Hues Challenge? Nancy has chosen the colors for this round of the Color Hues Challenge. It’s an elegant combination, and I decided I wanted to gold emboss a floral design and do some watercoloring. I don’t think I used watercolors for any of my Christmas cards this year. Here are her colors:

In just a few months I will need a wedding card for a dear friend so I chose the Pinkfresh Studio Charming Floral Border to watercolor.

I used the Altenew 36 pan watercolors (one hue of pink watered down for the lighter color) and two colors of gold from the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors metallic watercolor set.

It’s easy to see the pretty metallic sheen in these photos. It’s the first time I’ve ever tried partial die cutting, but it worked perfectly.  The sentiment was die cut from gold metallic paper with one of Papertrey Ink’s Scripted dies. The inside sentiment reads “on your wedding day.” (The watercolor paper by Altenew and the Ivory (Simon Says) card base appear to match much better in real life than in the photograph.)

You’ll be able to find much more inspiration on the Color Hues blog by the Design Team and our Guest Designer. Although we were sad to say good-bye to Kristie Goulet in December, we’re excited to have Jules Peddicord, Marci Hill, and Stef Perry join our Design Team. You’ll be thrilled by all their creations!

It’s my turn to be the hostess at the Color Hues Challenge this month—and it is a month-long challenge. I chose Navy and Cream, knowing I’d need more holiday cards and that my Jewish friends would find Navy and Cream a good combination for Hanukkah cards as well. And, because the holidays will be over before the challenge ends, Navy and Cream will work for many occasions beyond the holidays.

As I did for our last challenge, I created a set of cards. This time I varied the sentiments. 

I began by die cutting a rectangle from Papertrey Ink’s Dark Indigo paper, and then cutting an arch with Ellen Hustson’s Essential Arches die. 

On the cream card base, I stamped the Bethlehem silhouette in Dark Indigo ink as well as the sentiment. I embossed a gold star and added a rhinestone for some sparkle before overlaying the navy arch.

The beautiful silhouette is from Spellbinder’s Three Kings stamp set as is the first sentiment. The card below uses a different sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio’s Our Home to Yours.

I hope you’ll take advantage of the month-long challenge and join us at Color Hues. For some inspiration, head over to the blog to see what the Design Team and our guest designer have created.

The holidays are sneaking up on me once again, but Julie’s choice of Scarlet and Green for this round of the Color Hue Challenge is perfect timing.

I’ve been working on creating sets of holiday cards this year, so there are ten of these.

I purchased Simon Say’s Holiday Sprigs stamp, stencil, and die set last year, but never used it. (I already have a list of products I want for next year, but I’m restraining myself from any purchases until I’m ready to make the cards! Using what I have must come first.) I love using layering stencils with stamps and it certainly speeds up the process when making multiple cards.

I used two shades of red and green for the stenciling to give the flowers and sprigs some dimension. Once the stenciling was complete, I die cut two flowers and sprig, attaching the flowers with a bit of dimensional tape.

I love this sentiment from Simon Say’s Inside Christmas Greetings–not only the sentiment itself but the more modern combination of fonts. It turned out to be perfectly sized as well. The focal panel was added to the card base with dimensional tape. It’s nice to have another set of cards ready to go.

Scarlet and Green screamed holiday to me, but there are other options to be sure. Check out the cards by the Design Team and our guest at the Color Hues blog and play along!

Hannelie has chosen the next color combination for our Color Hues Challenge: Mustard and Turquoise.

Hannelie is one of the most creative and talented card makers I know, so I’ll be curious to see what she’s come up with this time around, particularly since I found this combination quite challenging. I turned to die cuts as I often do.

I started by ink blending a rectangle with a Taylored Expression stencil on cream cardstock with Concord and 9th’s Stardust ink, the only mustard ink and cardstock in my stash. 

After stamping the sentiment from Papertrey Ink’s Autumn Abundance set, I die cut the main panel with Gina K’s Master Layout #1 and then the slightly larger panel from Stardust for a thin border.

I die cut several flowers and stems with Pinkfresh Studios’s Dainty Blossoms from both Concord and 9th’s Oceanside and Papertrey Ink’s Hawaiian Shores. I ended up using only the turquoise dies, and added a few enamel dots for embellishment. 

Hop over to the Color Hues blog and see what Hannelie, the Design Team, and our guest have created. It’s sure to be inspirational. And then, come play along!

We have another pretty fall color combination for you this round at Color Hues: Orange and Green. When this post goes live I’ll be visiting with my daughter in Wisconsin, and expect to see lots of green and orange foliage on the trip there and back. 

And foliage is what I chose when designing this card.

I die cut some leaves from the Greetery’s Botanicut “Mighty Oak” set and applied some green and orange Distress Inks with daubers. Once that was done, I die cut three small squares from gold metallic paper with Ellen Hustson’s “Essential Squares,” using only the frames and arranged them on an ivory mini slimline card base before tucking in the leaves.

The sentiment, embossed in gold, is from the Papertrey Ink “Monthly Moments: September” set—one that’s been in my collection since early in my scrapbooking days. 

I hope this color combination inspires you to create a few fall-themed cards–birthdays, Thanksgiving, even Halloween, perhaps. Be sure to check out the inspiration on the Color Hues blog by the Design Team and our guest.

Carol chose the new colors for this round at Color Hues, and in my opinion, it is just perfect for Halloween.

Although the card didn’t end up the way I envisioned it, I had so much fun creating it, and the end result is so much better than what I first envisioned.

I pulled out Royal Purple (Simon Says) and Orange Zest (Papertrey Ink) for the card. After die cutting an oval into the front of the top folded purple card, I added a piece of orange to the inside of the card. Then I added the spider webs in glittery black cardstock which were die cut last fall with a friend’s die. The “Scary Ghosts” are from Poppy Stamps, and I backed their eyes with a scrap of black cardstock. The ghost on the inside of the card is adhered with dimensional tape and the others were adhered to the front of the card, partially floating as ghosts are apt to do.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts, “Witch Feet” set, and the bat is die cut with one of the images from Spellbinders “Spooky Boo” which I cut three times and layered for some more dimension. Here’s a look at the inside of the card.

So, one Halloween card down, and four to go! 

Not everyone on the Design Team thought “Halloween” when the colors were announced, so be sure to hop over to the Color Hues blog and take a look at all the inspiration. We’d love to have you play along!