Colour Challenges

 This week two of the Challenges I join in with were both colour challenges.

The first being my normal Creative Colour Challenges run by Victoria Littlewood of  https://creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com.  The colours this week were poppy parade, night of navy and smoky slate - so a nice bright red, dark blue and a pretty pale grey.  

I found these colours quite easy to work with, and because, for once, I had all three of the colours in ink I decided to do some ink blending for the background.  So, I got my brushes and starting at the top with the red I covered a piece of white 6" by 4" card with gentle blended colour.

Next I needed a focus for the card, an old Christmas fir tree stamp was just perfect.  This I stamped in night of navy, in first and second generation ink.  Then using, now retired, shimmery white card I made a snowy foreground - riping the top to make it less formal.

I stamped my sentiment in smoky slate, and added the front scene to a night of navy matt .  Then with just a few added snowflakes and a flick of wink-of-stella it was finished.  

 

The next of the two colour challenges was to use yellow, orange and green.  A very atumnal mix, but after making so many recent Harvest cards I decided to make my card a christmas card, and I really am so behind with my cards this year.   

But what to do that would incorporate those colours?  Then it came to me, a wreath - so I dug out my long retired "Arrange a wreath" set.  So with an assortment of stampin up! colours I quickly got cracking.  Colours I used were garden green, mossy meadow, soft succulent, daffodil delight, pumpkin pie and pale papaya.  

 

The finishing touch was to plaster the flowers liberally with wink-of-stella - you can just about see the shine.

I hope you like my cards - you too can make such cards, all you need is the right products.  

Happy crafting!

Hazel Anne x