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Monday, March 16, 2026

Purple and Marigold for Color Hues

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues.


This month my dear, sweeet friend, Marcia picked our colors.  She chose....


I had jus received this new to me stamp from Unity and it worked great for
watercoloring with Distress re-inkers in these colors.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our
fantastic Guest Designer Chris have done to inspire you.


I hope you'll create a card using Purple & Marigold and add it to the gallery at


Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on March 29th.

Other Challenges:
NBUS #84 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Stamp)






Card Recipe
Stamps:  Where Butterflies Wait (Unity)
Ink:   Toffee Crunch (Memento)
Paper:  Betterpress Porcelain, Lilac (SSS)
Other:  Re-inkers (Dried Marigold, Ripe Persimmon, Wilted Violet, Brushed Corduroy), Ruffles & Dashes die (CP)


Enjoy!


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23 comments:

  1. Your card is gorgeous Bonnie. Love the pretty cluster of flowers and your distress ink water coloring, always perfect. You have framed them beautifully.

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  2. You've breathed beautiful life into your flowers with your incredible distress re-inker painting. Gorgeous card and an inspiring showcase of the challenge colours.
    Hugs~carol

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  3. Oh My Stars! Your floral card is beautiful -- you truly brought those flowers and colors to life with this beauty! I love this

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  4. I love the whimsy of this beautiful flower and butterfly stamp, Bon, and your coloring is perfection! Great choice for the purple and gold! Hugs, Dolly

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  5. A fabulous card for this challenge. The blend of those colors is awesome and that is a great stamp. Love that scalloped framing.

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  6. Serendipity at its best, Bonnie. That image is perfect for the colors and you watercolored it beautifully.

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  7. Such a gorgeous new stamp and really works perfectly for these colors, Bonnie!! What a wonderful card - this one belongs in a frame, my friend!
    =]

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  8. What??? You talk about the stamp so casually as if it's not the most beautiful, fabulous, awesome, fun thing I've seen in a long time! Such beautiful coloring. I guess you know I LOVE it!

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  9. Oh Bonnie...I've been swooning over this card ever since I saw it on the site! Such a pretty stamp to start with and how beautifully it came out with the water coloring and the purples and yellows! It's like the image was totally made for this color pairing and I'm absolutely loving it!! Thanks so much my friend for making my colors SHINE!! Hugs. :0)

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  10. What a gorgeous card! The purple and marigold watercolours blend so beautifully, and the butterfly design adds such a delicate touch. www.melodyjacob.com

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  11. Oh how pretty! Absolutely gorgeous!!
    Sandy xx

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  12. My dear Bonnie. I saw this stamp and it caught my eye, but I haven't bought it yet. But looking at your card, at the masterful watercolor, I have to have it! WOW!!! Your coloring truly brought these flowers to life! You did it masterfully! I can't stop looking at this card...
    xx

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  13. I would say it worked better than great! This is amazing, Bonnie. Love your new image and what you've done with it!

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  14. Gorgeous image! Wonderful colours and shading!

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  15. I haven't looked at Unity stamps in the longest time, and I see I've missed one fabulous stamp. You've achieved such wonderful shading with your watercoloring! A truly beautiful card!

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  16. What fabulous floral stamp and you've brought it to life with your watercolouring Bonnie. :)

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  17. Amazing watercolouring is this beautiful image Bonnie. It was meant for these colours! xx

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  18. Oh my goodness, this is Fantastic. You really made the most out of these colors Bonnie. Stunning.

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  19. Beautiful card Bonnie, that colour combo is perfect for all the spring flowers popping up xx

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  20. Beautiful coloring on a beautiful image! And I was a little skeptical about the two colors but you've changed my mind and I may even play along! Thanks for always inspiring me!

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  21. This is really wonderful, Bonnie. I found myself just staring at it for quite a while. I apologize for coming by so late, Dave and I have been away for his birthday and just got back.

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  22. This card is STUNNING!!! I love your watercoloring on it. Like the commenter above said, I keep going back and looking at it. Perfection!

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Enjoy! Bonnie