It's my turn to be the hostess and to choose the colors for the new Color Hues Challenge:
If you've followed me for some time, you aren't surprised by this choice. Red and Black are two of my favorite color combinations. I often choose them when making masculine cards, but I also love them for Christmas cards. Since my stash of Christmas cards is very limited (and time is running short), I chose Christmas as my theme for this challenge.
I pulled out my favorite poinsettia die: Altenew's 3D P0insettia. I die cut it from Gina K's Red Hot cardstock-one of the most vibrant reds in my collection. I found the background paper in my stash of card fronts that I created but never used. It was splattered with gold, so I used the Gansai Tambi Starry Night watercolors to splatter the poinsettia as well. I finished it with three small Pinkfresh Studio Gold Pearls.
Then I added the panel to a cream card base. The sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio's Hot Foil Perfect Sentiments: Holiday was also in an envelope of premade sentiments. Having these premade panels and sentiments makes card making a bit faster. Since it's more time consuming to get out my hot foil machine, when I do, I make multiples and stash them away.
I hope this color combo inspires you to join us at the Color Hues Blog. Whether you choose a holiday card or another theme, we'd love to see you in our gallery. There's always lots of inspiration on the Color Hues Blog to get you started!
