What Do You Think of When I Say Red?

 Hey Everybody,

Our Alphabet Challenge letter this week is R-Red. You can find the challenge here.  

I love using red with black because of the wonderful contrast. So when I stamped this image I thought of leaving most of it black. This image is from Unity Stamps called, One of the Good Ones. I thought I'd color some of the parts red. Then I thought it looked too plain with the card base background, so I cut 1/2" strips of red and black paper and did a herringbone pattern. You can find the tutorial here.

I wanted to add some texture to the background so I dry embossed it with the old world paper 3D embossing folder. The image was added with dimensionals. I stamped this specific sentiment so it could go on a dinner tray for a guy at a local hospital.

Keywords: ABC24R18

Stamps: Unity Stamps-One of the Good Ones

Paper: white, real red, basic black

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Stampin' Up!-Old World Paper 3D embossing folder, Copic Markers, Black fine point sharpie pen

Techniques: herringbone background, dry embossing, coloring

If you were to do this challenge, what would you use for this Red challenge?

Take a look at the wide variety of interpretations of this challenge. I copied just some of the ideas ladies had.

I thought there would be Christmas cards and flowers, but I didn't expect animals. I also thought there might be foods like strawberries or apples in the gallery.  All of the cards but one were stamped. The first one which is the snow scene, was drawn and watercolored I believe.

Now that you've seen some samples, maybe that gives you ideas on what you could do for a a card. I hope you give this challenge a try.

I'm off to find some strawberries or cherries or red candy stamps to make another red card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue