Hello Friend for Color Hues

Hello friends!  Wow, here we are at the beginning of July - is this year flying by for you too?  Nevertheless, the first of the month does bring us a new challenge over at Color Hues, where this time the lovely Nancy has chosen aqua and white for her color combo.  

Color Hues

I was playing around with foiling using press plates because, while they are wonderful used as intended with the Betterpress System, they are work just as well for foiling.  This makes me happy because my crafty budget goes further with a dual purpose tool.  So, here's what I came up with for my card...

Doesn't that Gilded Marble Press Plate look divine in white on aqua?  I loved how it turned out, so much so that it was hard to trim down the panel lol!  But I did, then added it to the white card base.  I love this design with the angled panel, which has been around for a long time, but never think to use it, that is until I was reminded of it when watching a crafty video recently.

The sentiment was die cut three times from black cardstock, then layered together for some nice dimension.  Before adhering the sentiment to the card, I added a thin strip of black on top of the cut panel to give it a finished look.  The word friend was stamped and trimmed down to fit below the line, and lastly, I added some Surf gems for a bit of sparkle.  Very CAS (for me, anyway) and fast to pull together.

What are you inspired to make with these colors?  For loads of beautiful ideas from my talented teammates and our guest designer Nance, be sure to head over to the challenge blog and take a peek.  I hope you'll join us for this challenge, it's open until 9 am EDT July 14th.

Thanks for visiting!  Take care!

Stef

• Altenew Gilded Marble Press Plate
• Altenew Fancy Hello die
• Honey Bee Stamps Bit Time Kindness Stamp set
• Concord & 9th Aqua Sky cardstock
• Spellbinders Opaque White Glimmer Hot Foil
• Simon Says Stamp Surf Dazzling Gems

Birthday Wishes

Hello, friends!  I'm back with a share a card made for the current challenge at Color Throwdown.  

CTD #799

I love these colors so much, so I had to play along.  

I hadn't used this stamp set in a long time but was recently inspired by Joyce Maddox on IG and decided it would be perfect for this challenge.

I colored the stamped image in my OLO markers from the newly released bright pinks, bluish purples and yellow green markers (listed below).  I used a white gel pen to highlight the stamin then die cut the panel to fit on a piece of black cardstock cut to 8.5" x 3.5" with a slimline stitched rectangle die.  After stamping the sentiment, the last step was to add a bit of bling.

Thanks for taking time to stop by.  Take care!

Stef

• Pinkfresh Studio Miss Your Smile and Joyful Day stamps
• Waffle Flower Slim Lacy Layers die
• Honey Bee Stamps Aurora Borealis gem stickers
• Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
• OLO markers - BV 1.7, 1.4, 1.2, 1.1, RV 1.7, 1.5, 1.3, 1.1, R1.8, 2.4, YG1.6, 1.4, 1.2, G1.8