Monday, May 16, 2022

Color Hues: Aqua and Red


And whoosh, we're into the second part of May, meaning it's time for a new Color Hues challenge! Teammate Cindy has picked our pairing, and it's RED and AQUA. Yet again, a hue in the blue-green section of the spectrum that confuses me! :D I decided a Copic called coral (wait, what?) SEA must count as an aqua. ;) I quite like a pairing such as this for Christmas cards, so that's the direction I went:


Sneaking in an ugly Christmas sweater is merely an extra added bonus! :D I just used the one shade of aqua, but go from a tomato red for the snowman's carrot to what to me is more a "true" red for his scarf and other sweater parts. Amazingly, I also managed to find some patterned paper that echoes the same reds. (And this is why I keep all my old patterned paper pads...) The only drawback to this fun sweater stamp is that the snowflake, by default, stamps in black - but what's a Christmas sweater without at least one bit of bling? 


We have two guest designers for this challenge, Kim and Marcia - so there is lots of inspiration on the Color Hues blog today! I hope you'll join us. 

Supplies: Neenah white cardstock, Basic Grey Aspen Frost patterned paper, Paper Smooches Tis the Season stamps, Versafine onyx black ink, Wow clear gloss embossing powder, Copic markers, MFT double-stitched rectangle die, Hero Arts gem

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11 comments:

Dotty Jo said...

Lovely - great colours and CAS perfection, Jo x

Julie B said...

The colours work really well for this cute snowman Christmas jumper, very festive. :)

Nancy said...

I adore this Christmas card so very much! Awesome choice my dear!

Karen said...

I've never thought of using these colors for Christmas cards, but I won't forget it now! Love that cute snowman and the sentiment is great! The whole thing reminds me of all the tacky outfits we came up with for the holidays as elementary school teachers!

Barbara Godden said...

Super cute snowman swaater card, love how you did the two red on the carrot and scarf. Love the sentiment it's just perfect. And yes there has to be a little bling.

Kristie Goulet said...

ACK! This is adorable and so perfect! I love it!

Cindy Beach said...

Lindsey, I'm so glad you went with a holiday theme for these colors, I love your snowman! I think he's adorable and so is the sentiment! The bling is perfect!

Tracey McNeely said...

I think it's fantastic that you made a Christmas card. I haven't made one yet this year, but this inspires me. Fun stamp and your sweater is anything but ugly--Awesome!

A.Rose said...

I want this as a real ugly sweater! So much fun.

cm said...

Nothing 'ugly' about this sweater; so cute! I'd wear it!
hugs~c

Kim Heggins said...

Love this....I want a Christmas sweater just like yours!!!