Viva Magenta and More

I always look out for the Pantone colour of the year announcement. I was a little disappointed to see 'magenta' because in my mind that is pink and it is no secret I don't like the colour pink. However I had a look at the Pantone website and the more I looked at the colour Viva Magenta the less pink it looked. Maybe I can get on board with this years colour!

To my eye, from looking at a screen, it shows as fairly red. It has bluey undertones but really doesn't read as pink. I looked through my inks and found the best matches were Distress Oxide Lumberjack Plaid and Gina K Cherry Red. When I looked through my patterned papers I found my best match were from some old Doodlebug 6x6 petite print packs.

I have thrown these together with this month's Stick It Down sketch and come up with this card

Alphabet dies from Heffy Doodle; birthday stamp and die from Alex Syberia Designs.

I've not hit the colour spot on, I know, but it's what I can do with what I have. The pantone shade is quite a lot richer. Maybe I'd have better luck matching with watercolours or acrylic inks.

I also had a play with some aquas from Pinkfresh Studio. For this card I stuck to the sketch more strictly.

All papers and dies from Pinkfresh Studio; holographic enamel dots from Taylored Expressions.

I won't lie. I prefer the mints and blues!

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