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shake a tail feather

Color Hues #83 Cream and Blue

The challenge at Color Hues is to use cream and blue and I came up with this card. I used a Kokorosa stamp and die set along with a banner die set from StampinUP. I stamped each banner with 2 stamps from the set, the blue banner with Antique Linen for the fence and the cream one with Faded Jeans off stamping each time so that it was truly faded. I made a small hole at the top and threaded through my twine and then added both pieces to the darker card front. I left the twine as threads at one end as it reminded me of the tail feathers. My card front is cut from a very old CTMH piece of CS that I liked when held underneath the other layers. My chicken was stamped onto cream CS, added some clear heat embossing and then coloured it with pencils and gamsol. I probably should have used a darker outline for the stamping, but obviously I didn’t . It still works but in retrospect it may have looked better with a darker outline. I had made another banner yet wasn’t happy with it but a piece of it worked for doing the sentiment and I added some Nuvo drops to this as well. Also, I stamped Birthday wishes on the inside of the card.

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    1. Thanks Judy. For the challenge I’ve left it as is, but I found it a bit bland so I’ve just added another layer over the original so the chicken is much brighter.

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    1. Thanks. This is a new stamp set and I like both the images and the various sentiments that are part of it.

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  6. Your card for the Color Hues challenge turned out beautifully! The combination of cream and blue creates such a serene and elegant look. I love how you incorporated the Kokorosa stamp and die set along with the StampinUP banner die set, and the addition of the twine adds a charming touch reminiscent of tail feathers.

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    1. Thanks, I’m glad you like it. I’ve since added more colour to the chicken and like it better, but for the challenge it needed to be less conspicuous and in keeping with the chosen colours.

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