Color Hues #95 and more Hope for JUGS #744

Let me just start by saying there WILL be 'second helpings' for Color Hues #95 - another darling PB couple just had to play, too!  But today I pulled out an Altenew set that hadn't seen any action for a while.  It's a beautiful set, but I questioned whether the simple color combination would work... I do believe it did, by using several 'hues' of each color and stamping the details in grey.  See if you agree...

More interest was added by dry embossing the background* with - are you ready for it? - an Altenew POINSETTIA background folder!  I think those leaves are a wonderful match!

A beautiful hope-filled sentiment completes my card - from ASD's Spring Garden - and makes it eligible for JUGS #744 Word Week: HOPE!

=] Michele 

* the paper used is Cerulean Blue from The Stamp Market

A flower by any other name... Color Hues #65

Hello, my friends!  How are you??  I've been kinda quiet, right?  Our weather has been TOO glorious not to get out and enjoy it!  

All it takes is a great color combination and a new stamp to get my juices flowing again!  My thanks to Julie Peddicord who is our host at Color Hues #65, for her fabulous color combo:

This is a favorite color combo at Christmas time, but it also worked beautifully with my newest floral collection from Altenew: Rock Trumpet!  As is my usual, I searched the internet for photos of these ... much to my surprise one of my favorite hanging basket blooms, the Dipladenia, is from the same genus of plants!

I gathered a few aqua and red inks:

 This Rocket Trumpet is HUGE!!  I was able to stamp it using my original MISTI onto an 8.5 x 6.5 inch piece of Neenah 80# card.  After stenciling the image with the coordinating stencils, I cut it with the matching die.  Yesterday, I watched a wonderful video by Erum Tasneem for Altenew where she showed how she used the die-cut image to make two A2 cards.  I managed to get two SLIMLINE cards from one image:

Two panels: 4 x 8.5" were first splattered with watery aqua ink, then I laid out the die-cut florals until I found the 'sweet spot' for dividing it!  Here are the two cards I was able to get from one image:

Of course, I had to 'hang' them!  

Here is the one I'll share with our friends at Color Hues:

Thanks so much, Jules - I loved playing cards with your colors!

=] Michele