February 1, 2026

Color Hues #126 - Red & Pink

Well there is certainly no shortage of snow here again this year! After Christmas my husband and I were talking abouot how the snow so far wasn't bad. No sooner were these words spoken and a three day snow event has left us with our fill--lol! It's still so much less than last year but enough.

Today we start a new colour duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. Teammate Julie Beech is our host for this challenge and she chose the colours Red & Pink! Perfect for a Valentines card which is the first thing that came to my mind!

Last year I purchase a few Valentine items from Pretty Pink Posh. For my card I used the Double Heart Shaker dies. I started off by cutting my heart pieces, the main double heart and the two heart pieces all cut from white cardstock. 

The two separate hearts were ink blended using Distress Oxides ink in Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Festive Berries and a touch of Candy Apple.




I made my card base and then matted it with a piece of pink cardstock. I cut it to 5 1/4" x 4" and glued it to the card base with liquid adhesive. the large white double heart was adhered to the card base and then the ink blended hearts were added with liquid glue!





The sentiments are also from Pretty Pink Posh! It's from the Valentine Greetings stamp set! It was stamped in black and die with the co-ordinating dies. I cut two more layers from the sentiment die and glued the three pieces together with liquid adhesive before adding it to the ink blended hearts!






Such a fun colour palette challenge, perfect for Valentines but really for any occasion!

If you haven't already been over to the Color Hues blog you really should. My teammates have, as usual, created some fantastic designs that are sure to inspire you to play along!


Thank you so much for taking time to stop in today! Your visits are always appreciated!


13 comments :

Lisa Elton said...

CAS and ever so sweet, Tracey! We've had our fill of the snow and cold too. Spring can't come soon enough!

JoAnn said...

Such pretty hearts. Love how you ink blended them and then inlaid in the white frames. Great card.

Greta said...

Sweetest Valentine ever, Tracey! Beautiful ink blending! Thanks for your sweet comment, my friend.

Julie B said...

Clean, crisp and CAS, just my ticket Tracey. A fab take on my colour duo! :)

Bonnie said...

Your ink blending is so smooth and pretty, Tracey! A simple, classy valentine!

Bobby said...

Your layered hearts are delightful, Tracey, and I love the font of the sentiment. Great CAS valentine!

Marcia Hill said...

What a cool heart die set Tracey and I love that you ink blended your two hearts rather than use colored cardstock...I love seeing the gradation of color the ink blending gives!! Love the font of your sentiment too! Sweet, sweet Valentine card my friend!! Hugs. :0)

Nancy said...

I may have gotten a sneak peek at this card, but is is really, really cute! I don't have very good Valentine sentiments. I like these that you have used.

Karen said...

I love everything about this CAS Valentine! The ink blending adds so much interest to the two hearts, and the scripted sentiment is wonderful!

Maria said...

Lovely pink and red hearts! Wonderful sentiment, too! I would love to purchase them, but I've already bought so much Valentine goodies, lol!

Nora Noll said...

This is so pretty. I adore your CAS design. Those dies are so fun!!

Stef Perry said...

This is such a sweet Valentine, Tracey, in your classic CAS style! The stitching on the hearts is such a nice detail, and I am crazy about great fonts, which your sentiment has. Of all the crafting supplies I have, I probably have the least for Valentine's Day. Your set was a smart buy!

JulieP said...

Beautiful blending Tracey!!! Sometimes simpler is best and this is one prime example.