I have 2 posts going live at the same time this morning-please scroll down if you were looking for my Coffee Card for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

Hello, It’s the middle of June, and time for the next Hues of Colors at Color Hues. Karen is our wonderful hostess and she chose a color pairing of Yellow and Green. I know the gallery will be full this time around because I know very few card makers that would be opposed to this pairing. I loved it so much that I decided to make two cards.

I adore orchids and in fact, have three of my own. When we had my father’s funeral at my house this past December we had 4 orchids on the table representing each one of his children. Two were yellow and the other two were white. I wanted to keep one of the yellow ones but my sisters both wanted yellow ones, so I let them have them. Sigh! I can’t believe he has been gone nearly 6 months already. Some days it seems like yesterday.

*I know the centers of my orchids should have a lot more color but to not break the rules at Color Hues I had to just use a smidgen of a deep reddish brown Copic.

Card 2

I am linking my card up over at the Flower Challenge because as I mentioned above they remind me of my father and my mom for that matter as they had a few when I was younger growing out of a tree in the backyard. (Not sure what happened to them.) So they are definitely one of my favorite flowers.

Card Details: I used the smooshing technique on watercolored paper for my flower and stem/leaves. The Orchid dies are from Waffle Flower (borrowed from a friend). Elliptical ovals from Spellbinders are a must-have in my opinion. The brick wall stencil is from MFT, the small greeting is from the Simon Hurley-Butterly Reflections stamp set, and the large greeting is from the SSS-Leafy Frames stamp set. I used my favorite Dew drops from Honey Bee Stamps on both cards.

I also want to note that we have Michele Ferguson joining us over at Color Hues as our guest and we are very happy to have her with us again. Michele is a staple at CH and we certainly appreciate her.

Take care and I certainly hope you will pop on over to Color Hues and check out my fabulous teammate’s cards along with Micheles and join us!

Nanc’