Thankfully, in that batch of Czech glass seed beads I bought for Christmas, I bought a shitload of reds. Found some cool Czech glass 'E' bead mixes at A.C. Moore and a few charms that would work well too. I remembered the strand of genuine Garnet rounds I had and tossed a dozen or so of those in the mix as well.
It took nearly a MONTH to get this started and finished. I finished just under the wire, as the deadline is TODAY, and I just got it listed an hour ago, or so. First time I'd had issues with a Challenge piece that just did not want to be created and had to be dragged out by the skin of my teeth, practically.