Color Hues Challenge #4

I actually have two inspirations for today's card.  The most obvious one is the color duo chosen for the current challenge over at the Color Hues blog.  I will be honest.  I have always despised the complementary color combination of blue and orange.  There.  Said It.  Out Loud Even.  

And in total transparency, I probably would have chosen to skip this challenge altogether if it weren't for the fact that my daughter was recently accepted to the University of Florida and yep, you guessed it, their colors are Blue and Orange.   I much prefer the black, gold and garnet colors of FSU where she was also accepted however she's decided to become a Gator.  And given that UF is half the distance away as is FSU, I'll happily embrace blue and orange.  

In honor of her accomplishments I created this card for my daughter.  

I began by ink blending the corners of a white cardstock panel using a stencil and Distress Oxide inks. I wanted some sort of a border so I used a checkered stencil to create a second background and then cut two lines of checkered strips from the patterns.  I adhered the blocked strips diagonally along the border of the blended edges. I die cut the sentiment from scraps of the orange and blue blended cardstock and layered them with a hint of a shadow.  I finished off the card with some glossy accents and tiny gold stars.  

Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink - Colorblock stencil set

The Greetery - Square Dance stencil set

Simon Says Stamp - Painted Congrats die

HoneyBee Stamps - gold stars

I haven't given her the card yet but I'm sure she's gonna love it.  She always does.  :-)

Stay safe and healthy my friends!  

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Happy Crafting!

Jules