Tricia's Stamping Creations: Around The World On Wednesday November Blog Hop Color Challenge

Welcome to the Around The World On Wednesday November Blog Hop as we have fun with a Color Challenge with a twist. We were given the choice between traditional colors or coastal colors and I decided to take the non-traditional option to have a little fun with my Christmas card design. Our Design Team will be sharing their take on this Color Challenge to help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects for the holidays.

For my card design, I wanted to combine the Winterly Tree Tops Dies with the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper to create a pretty Christmas card design. I love the combination of Coastal Cabana with Pretty In Pink and I chose one of the designs from the designer series paper to create a snowy background scene for my design. I used one of the images from the designer series paper featuring the pair of birds as my focal image. The sentiment was created using the Greetings of the Season Bundle to help finish off the design.

Products Used:

Greetings of the Season Bundle (item #164113)

Winterly Tree Tops Dies (item #164065)

Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper (item #164183)

Coastal Cabana Cardstock (item #131297)

Pretty In Pink Cardstock (item #163793)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Pretty In Pink Classic Ink Pad (item #163807)

Blooming Pearls (item #162238)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Coastal Cabana Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Detailed Card Front die cut with the Winterly Tree Tops Dies

Pretty In Pink Cardstock

Detailed Card Front die cut with the Winterly Tree Tops Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"

Sentiment Label stamped and die cut with the Greetings of the Season Bundle

Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Birds on a Branch image die cut using the Winterly Tree Tops Dies

This pretty Christmas card is all about layers of color and I had so much fun with the combination of Pretty In Pink and Coastal Cabana that I saw in the Color Challenge image. They definitely not what you would expect to see for a traditional holiday card design and I like the fresh feel they give. I love that the designer series paper for the background gives the appearance of falling snow and the die cut frames in Pretty in Pink and Coastal Cabana add depth and dimension to the design. For the focal image, I die cut the birds from the designer series paper with the coordinating die from the Winterly Tree Tops Dies and then I applied Pretty In Pink Classic ink to the images using a Blending Brush to add a pale tint to coordinate with the card design. For the sentiment, I stamped the images using Pretty In Pink Classic ink onto the Basic White sentiment label that I die cut with the Greetings of the Season Dies. For a touch of bling, I added several pink pearls from the Blooming Pearls to complete the design. I love how these colors and designs all layered together to create this beautiful Christmas card. It is a wonderful example of how you can use non-traditional colors to create your own beautiful designs.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my version of the Coastal Colors Color Challenge image helps inspire you to explore using these pretty colors to create your own beautiful holiday cards. Don't be afraid to mix and match different products to create your own unique creations.

Now it's time to visit Theresa's blog and see what she has created for this month's Color Challenge. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

Roll Call List

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Ximena Morales - DE

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Tina Zinck-MacDonald - CA

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