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:
