Hello, hello! I have the distinct pleasure of being the guest designer over at Color Hues today and if you are looking for a color combo to help create some "Christmas in July" cards then Color Hues is the place to be! The combo for the next two-ish weeks is red and green! Take a look at what I created with those colors.
As you can see from my card I went with dark shades of the red and green. My most favorite red in the crafting world is Stampin Up's Cherry Cobbler. It is the most gorgeous dark red and it pairs perfectly with PaperTrey Ink's Pinefeather, a gorgeous dark hunter green. I used two dies from Poppystamps: Holiday Joy and Nordic Bird. I die cut all the pieces for each from the Cherry Cobbler and Pinefeather cardstocks and then layered them as you see. I did cut several of the word joy from the Cherry Cobbler and layered them together before adhering to the shadow layer cut from Pinefeather. I decided to go with a cream background panel that I embossed with a Spellbinder holly embossing folder. I adhered the joy using liquid adhesive and the added the bird using a combo of liquid adhesive and thin foam squares. I finished with a foiled sentiment that I had in my stash.
I hope you will take the time to play along with the Color Hues challenge. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Awww - sweet Nordic birdie atop the JOY, Rosemary - love the rich red/green combo you chose & it looks great with the crisp white embossing! Congrats on guest designing!!
ReplyDeleteRosemary that is just the sweetest card, your bird is lovely and the overall card is so elegant. Thank you so much for being our guest at the Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on guesting, Rosemary! Your card is lovely. I like the sweet little bird perched on the layered sentiment!
ReplyDeleteAww cute little bird and perfect sat atop the die cut joy. So happy to have you GD with us. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty Christmas card, Rosemary. The EF is a perfect backdrop for your sweet bird! Thanks for guesting with us at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on guest designing! You know I love Christmas cards and I love this one! Beautiful shades of green and red and love the diecuts!
ReplyDeleteAwww so sweet! Love the Nordic bird atop the sweet sentiment. Really wonderful, Rosemary
ReplyDeleteCAS and oh so pretty Rosemary! I am so hooked on all the "Nordic" dies from Poppystamps and this sweet little birdie is no exception! The simple die cut JOY and the embossed cream colored background all work together to make this such a lovely, lovely card! So glad you could join us as our Special GD and inspire all our players with this wonderful card! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas card is wonderful! The die cuts are beautiful together, and I love the embossed background. It's so nice to have you join us as Guest Designer.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty CAS card, Rosemary! The embossed background goes so perfectly with the Nordic style bird and I always love a big sentiment that can do a lot of heavy lifting for the look of the design. Thank you so much for being guest designer this week!
ReplyDeleteA well deserved GDT spot Rosemary and your card is just wonderful, love the shades of red and green you used, and the die cuts too. Great embossing to finish off, a stunning card. x
ReplyDeleteA well deserved GDT spot Rosemary, love the shades of red and green you used, super dies and wonderful embossing folder. A stunning card. x
ReplyDeleteI love the shades you chose. Pinefeather is actually one of my all time favs and it's been out of stock FOREVER. The contrast of cream on white is very pretty. We're delighted to have you here!
ReplyDeleteYour cobbler red and pinefeather combination is eye-catching; a perfect pairing for your pretty Joy card. Delighted to have you joining us for this challenge.
ReplyDelete~carol