We arrived home 0n Monday from a fabulous tour of Portugal and Spain. I’ll have lots more to share in a week or so. The tour lived up to all our expectations–and more. This post was written before we left. I’m anxious to get back to the crafting table, but it will probably be another day or two. Today is the first of June and time for the new Color Hues Challenge.
Red and Aqua are such a happy combination, and Jules is our hostess at Color Hues this round.
I’ve chosen a Pinkfresh Studio Suite of products, Farm Fresh, for this challenge. It was another of the products we received as part of the Create and Connect even in February, and one of my favorites.
Despite several layers all with dimensional tape, it’s quite a CAS card. I chose to color the flowers with Copic markers rather than the accompanying stencils. The card photographed darker than it really is, and even photo editing didn’t quite fix it. There’s definitely more shading in those florals than is shown here. I used an embossing folder from Taylored Expressions, Subway Tiles, to create a backdrop for the milk can full of flowers.
I added some shading in gray to the milk can and die cut two ovals from white and aqua papers for the sentiment which also is included in the Farm Fresh set. I briefly toyed with the idea to layer the focal images on either an aqua or a red card base, but decided the clean look of white was much better.
Please hop over to the Color Hues blog to see what the Design Team and our Guest designer have in store for you! Then help us fill the gallery with your Red and Aqua creations!
You’re back! Hello friend to you too! Great use of the specified colours to make a really fresh, cheery card. I like the brickwork.
Can’t wait to hear more about your trip. Welcome home! I love the warm look of that tiled background, your card is fabulous!
WOW! Talk about a lovely image for this challenge. Love the milk can filled with bright, fresh flowers. So pretty!
~carol
Milk churns evoke memories of times past, you still see the stoops where they were left for collection but perhaps the mega tankers that come now are a tad more hygienic! Such a pretty card Karen. 🙂
Karen, Glad you are home safe and it looks like you had a marvelous time. Now, make sure you get some rest too, everything else can wait. Your card is just lovely!
Glad to read you had a wonderful trip & are back safe & sound. A very pretty card.
So glad you had a great trip and made it back home safe and sound, Karen! Your card is so wonderful with the bright red flowers and fabulous texture supplied by the tile embossing folder. Love this CAS beauty!
The shading on your milk jug is done to perfection. Seriously. I couldn’t love this more.
I look forward to seeing some photos and reading more about your trip! I love the shading on the milk can and the dainty flowers!
Oh my goodness Karen, I think everything about this card is perfect! I love the image so gently coloured and that embossed background is on my list after seeing it in action! Love this card and a friend would be so lucky to receive it!
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