In the Mood for Mauve

According to Vogue, mauve is the 'home decor colour taking over homes in 2023', making in-colour Moody Mauve very 'in' right now. There's a plethora of shades to go with it and for today's card - my first using this new colour - I picked ivory and sage green with hints of gold.

I cut my flower out of watercolour card, coloured the leaves with three green distress inks and the petals with light then darker applications of moody mauve. Such an amazing colour in the ink! The flower centre has touches of black and blackberry bliss to help it blend in. The piece behind it - also watercolour - has a little stencilling, a little stamping and some gold embossing powder splatters, while the background mauve was dry embossed then edged with gold embossing powder. As little extra touches, I sponged mauve ink in patches over the texture and gave it some gold splatters too, this time with ink, and it has a lovely shimmer. 

I could add a sentiment strip but I like having cards I can use for various occasions on hand, just adding a sentiment when I know its purpose. 

This is indeed a very moody colour, in all the best senses of the word, in my opinion. It won't take over from Boho Blue or Copper Clay for favourite position but now that I've used it, it's growing on me. Which are your favourites of the new in-colours?

Materials used:

• stamps - background elements (stash)
• card - moody mauve, watercolour
• distress inks - bundled sage, peeled paint, forest moss
• other - craft foam, Dimensionals, blending brushes, Sunrise Stem wafer die (Simon Says Stamp), Big Shot, Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder (SU), sponge daubers, diamonds decorative mask, gold embossing powder, heat tool, water spritzer, Versamark ink, Golden Glitz ink (Delicata), fan brush

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Hexagons - CAS on Friday Challenge #223

Welcome to CAS on Friday challenge #223 where our theme is HEXAGONS.

There are so many ways to use this versatile shape! For my card I used them to add colour and texture as a compliment to my die-cut flower. 

The mosaic pieces are ones I made some time ago with a stencil, crackle texture paste and a number of SU embossing powders, so I merely cut them with hexagon dies. I used some of the colours from those patterns for my flower. Some ink speckles for the background, a simple sentiment and touch of sparkle, and my card was good to go!

Materials used:

• stamps - Tiny Words Birthday (SSS), Gorgeous Grunge (SU)
• card - watercolour, soft sea foam
• distress oxide inks - mustard seed, fossilized amber, mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, pumice stone, barn door
• other Tim Holtz products - stacked hexagon dies, wildflower stems 3 die, mosaic stencil, distress crackle texture paste, picket fence distress paint
• other - various embossing powders (SU), heat tool, Dimensionals, blending brushes, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot Switch, paint brush, clear sequins, craft foam, peeled paint archival ink, Memento tuxedo black ink

We'd love you to create your own clean and simple card featuring hexagons and load it in our gallery. If you'd like further inspiration, follow the link to the CAS on Friday blog to see my team mates' cards.

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry