Dusty Blue and Brown

Today I am sharing a card that I have made for a specific challenge. That is such an unusual event that I thought I should share it even though I am not that happy with the finished product. Actually 2 products as it one of those designs that leaves you with 2 cards.

Colour Hues are asking for dusky blue and brown, an unusual combination that I decided I would like to try. I used a cover die by Concord & 9th called empire inlay card front die and cut it from 2 colours. I used Catherine Pooler ink in stone blue and over coffee to colour my paper before cutting. I love doing inlayed die cutting but quickly realised that it was going to be quite a challenge to do it all one handed.

The pieces in the middle diamonds didn't fall out easily so I decided to leave them in and put double sided tape on the back and inlayed sections with the other colour. I had recently purchased another Concord & 9th stamp and die set called bouquet turnabout stamp set, which included the hexagon stamp, die and happy birthday. I coloured another piece of white card with both inks and stamped, heat embossed and cut the sentiment. I thought theses hexagons fitted well in the centre.

The stamping was done in the opposite colour but it turned out looking black on both colours. I finished them off with a few metallic looking gems.

There are lots of small errors on these cards, mainly because I am working with only one completely functioning hand, but I hope they are not too noticeable and I am pleased that I can still craft a bit, as long as I am careful.

Here is the other colour way:

As everything on these cards is NBUS, I am also sharing it at NBUS #90

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