Thinking of You for Color Hues

Hello friends!  No fooling, the first of April has rolled around and we have a new challenge at Color Hues! (I apologize for the old groaner, I just couldn't resist.) ;-)  

This time the amazing Jules is hosting and has chosen a delicious color combination.

Color Hues

After enjoying using an older Emily Midgett illustration for our first challenge this year here, I decided to use another one for this challenge.

I started by shading the white flowers with cool grays then moved on to the remainder of the panel.  I can't tell you how much I love this color combination.  I could have used darker orange colors for a little more drama but I went with something a bit lighter, maybe because it's Spring?  I don't know but I like how it all turned out.  I used a lighter shade of teal to color the background, the trimmed down the panel.

Some gold metallic paint was used around the edges of the panel, and lest you think my hands have gotten shaky, the imperfection was intentional.  I followed that up with some splatter and after it dried mounted it onto an orange panel adhered to a white card base.  I used a white gel pen for the stamen then finished things off with the foiled sentiment from my stash.

Thanks for visiting and I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog where my wonderfully talented teammates and Guest Designer Renate have some spectacular inspiration to share with you.  The challenge will remain open until 9 am EDT Monday 4/14 and we'd love to see YOUR card in the gallery!

Take care!

Stef

• Emily Midgett Illustrated panel
• Poppystamps Your Are Amazing Foil & Cut set
• Gansi Tambi Starry Colors Metallic paint
• Copics - 
•    Flowers - YR69, 65, 01, 00 and C02, 0
•    Berries - YR07, 16, Y17
•    Leaves - BG78, 49, 45, 01
•    Background - BG000

Take Care for Color Hues

Happy New Year, friends!  To start off 2025, we have a new challenge at Color Hues, where the lovely Sheri has chosen a beautiful combination of red and kraft.

Color Hues

I thought I would use an older illlustrated panel by Emily Midgett for this challenge. I don't believe Emily sells these anymore but she has many, many stamps she's illustrated for Simon Says Stamp and other companies, which she shares through her blog posts (blog linked HERE).  At any rate, rather than have these panels continue to collect dust (figuratively - they're stored in a cabinet lol!), I decided I would use them more frequently, when I could, and this color combination was a perfect place to start.

Using three different groups of reds, I colored the two flowers and the grapes with Copic markers and one Olo marker.  I used Olos for the leaves because the light browns are much closer to kraft than I could achieve with my Copics.  I love the drama I can get when coloring with those reds.

After the coloring was complete, I used a rectangle die to trim down the panel.  I added some Latte ink blending around the edges, then followed that by edging with gold then adding splatter.

While that dried, I die cut the sentiment from gold and layered it on a second white layer for just a tiny bit of dimension.  It was adhered to the vellum shadow die cut then added to the now dry panel.  I added two additional panels of scrap cardstock under the colored image for a small amount of lift off the white card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I do hope you'll make time to join us for our first challenge of 2025!  I encourage you to visit the challenge blog (linked above) to see the stunning creations by my oh, so talented teammates and our guest designer, Stephanie Severin!  The challenge will remain open until 9 am Tuesday 1/14.

Take care!

Stef

• Emily Midgett Illustrated Panel
• Altenew Stylish Greetings die set
• Simon Says Stamp Latte ink
• SSS Matte Gold cardstock
• Gansi Tambi Starry Colors gold metallic paint
• Copics - (R39, 37, 35, 32), (R59, 46, 27, 14), (R89, 59, 85)
• Olos - YO 4.6, 4.3, 4.1, and RV 1.7 for the grapes

Happy Birthday for The Flower Challenge

Hello and welcome.  I am thrilled to announce that I have been asked to join the Design Team at The Flower Challenge!  If you've been following my blog, you know florals are my one of my very favorite images for coloring and cards, so I was beyond ecstatic when Viv asked me to join the team, and very honored to be creating beside some amazing artists!

Now to the new challenge.  This month our theme is Occasions.

The Flower Challenge

I'm also joining the challenge at Seize the Birthday where the option is to add sparkle and shine.  My card sports a gold metallic sentiment and gold metallic splatters for a bit of shine.

STB #231

I can always use birthday cards, so our Occasions challenge was perfectly timed!

I decided to use one of the exquisitely drawn floral coloring panels by Emily Midgett (periodically, she will sell her original illustrations on her blog here).  I colored the images with Copic markers, then lightly splattered the panel with gold metallic paint. After the paint dried, the panel was trimmed down to 4"x 5.25".

The sentiment was die cut from Gold Pearl Mirror cardstock and then adhered directly to the panel (I apologize if the sentiment looks slightly out of focus in a couple of the pictures, my camera was absolutely not cooperating and I reshot the photos a number of times).  The panel was added to the Fog card base and that finished things off!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I appreciate it!  Be sure to use the link above to see the gorgeous cards by the other DT members and hopefully join us this month!

Stef

Stamps:  None

Paper:  Emily Midgett Color Panel, Fog (Simon Says Stamp), Gold Pearl (Tonic)

Ink:  None

Other:  Happy Birthday Script die (Simon Says Stamp), Gansi Tambi Starry Colors Metallic Gold Paint

Copics:  RV69, 66, 55, 52, BG99, 96, 93, 90, 18, 72, 70, Y26, 15, 11

Part of My Life

Hello friends, I hope you're doing well!  Today I'm sharing a card that was inspired by the yummy colors at the current Color Hues challenge.  I'm also joining the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, both with Feminine themes.

TCH #17

WWC315

I recently acquired some stunning floral Color Panels that were illustrated by the immensely talented Emily Midgett, and just had to use one for this card.  Periodically she sells sets of her color panels and here's a link to Emily's blog post from April, the last time they were available.  If you're interested you could reach out to her and/or follow her blog to catch they next time she has them for sale.  

The panel was colored with Copic markers in the challenge colors of orange and red, plus I used warm grays for the leaves, stems and flower centers, and a light orange inside the framed portion of the background.  Originally I thought about mounting the panel on a light gray card base, but ended up opting for black.  I trimmed the panel down so it would have a nice black border and adhered it to the base with foam tape.

After the sentiment was white heat embossed on black, it was die cut and popped up on the card front with foam tape.  I used a black glaze pen to then bring the stamen ends to life as the Copic coloring made it hard to see them.  Lastly a few clear sequins were scattered about on the panel.

Thanks for taking time to visit, I appreciate it!  Take care and have a great week ahead.  And if you're a mom visiting on Sunday May 9th, Happy Mother's Day!

Stef

Stamps:  Build A Flower - Stargazer Lily (sentiment/Altenew)

Paper:  Emily Midgett's Coloring Panel on NSW, Black

Ink:  Versamark

Other:  Featured Sentiment die, Sakura Black Glaze pen, Sparkly Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Copics:  R59, 46, 24, 14, YR18, 07, 16, 000, Y17, W7, 5, 3, 1, 0