Sulfur Cosmos for Color Hues

Hello and welcome!  It's the first of the month and that means it's time for a new challenge at Color Hues!  This time the amazing Jules has chosen the beautiful combo of Coral and Sage.

Color Hues

When I saw those colors, I immediately thought of my as yet unused Craft-a-Flower: Sulfur Cosmos dies from Altenew.

For starters, I pulled out some Distress watercolor paper, smooshed Abandoned Coral and Bundled Sage on my glass mat, then laid down a base color on the flowers and leaves.  My intent was to add layers of watercolor but I came to the quick realization that my ink pads were very dry and I was shocked to find that out of all the Distress reinkers I have, those two colors were not amongst them!  So, in order to create more depth and dimension, I ended up using my copic markers on the flowers, leaves and the flower centers.

Next came the card base and sentiment.  Originally, I was going to use white on white for the background but I had just received the Distress Kraft Heavystock and thought it would add a bit more interest.  The panel was die cut with the Altenew Scallops Cover die, adhered to a white base measuring 4.5" x 5.75", then added the die cut flowers and leaves.  The sentiment, which is from the Simon Says Stamp Black-Eyed Susan stamp set, was gold heat embossed on a strip of the kraft heavystock, die cut with the coordinating die.  Before adding the sentiment to the card front, I lightly splattered it with white gouache and gold metallic paint.  When that dried, the sentiment was popped up with thin foam squares and I added a few Altenew gold sequins.  

So what are you inspired to make with these colors?  I hope you'll join us for this challenge, it's open until 9 am EST 2/14.  In the meantime, be sure to pop over to the challenge blog and see the gorgeous cards by the other DT members! 

Take care!

Stef