Color Hues #2

Today's card is for Color Hues #2.  I thought the colors would work well for a masculine card and that's what I had in my mind when I started.  

The background was made with my NBUS Square Dance stencils from The Greetery in Chipped Sapphire and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks.  I trimmed it down and added a branch from Altenew's Leafy Canopy (also NBUS and something I've been waiting for like forever.)  The top leaves are popped up as is the sentiment from PTI, white heat embossed on a scrap colored with Chipped Sapphire.  I know it looks black in the photo.  Leaves are okay on a masculine card, right?

I hope you're having a great day.  Thanks for taking the time to drop by.

Addicted to CAS #154

Stephanie has chosen this as our Code Word for the Addicted to CAS just before St. Patrick's Day.

I didn't do the obvious though because I have no stamps or need for a St. Paddy's day card.  Instead I played with Brushos and made a sympathy card.

I must admit I'm not great with Brushos.  I either get them too wet or not wet enough.  Or maybe I'm just too impatient to let the colors develop.  I ended up painting over the leaves with all those wet powders that I also used to spatter the card.  That is such a skinny stem that I had to cut another branch from green paper and glued the painted one down on top only along the center.  The sentiment is from My Craft Spot (OOB).

The Design Team has a variety of cards featuring the color green, including two guest designers Beate and Claire.  Take a peek at those and let inspiration lead you to entering a card in the challenge.