Wednesday 5 August 2015

Pretty colours for Christmas

There are two challenges looking for cards in pretty pastel colours at the moment - Christmas Card Challenges with this colour scheme



And Merry Monday who are looking for pastels in general.



These are not really colours I associate with Christmas, and you will (unless you have access to my recycling bin) never know just how many times I stamped and embossed this Christmas Tree and sentiment until I was happy with the result! Every combo of card/ink/powder I used seemed to produce a result that was so pale you couldn't see the image or so bright it had strayed too far from being a pastel. Eventually a combination of Brilliance inks and Pearlescent powders produced a result I was happy with.

And then it was such a gloomy miserable day that even with electric lighting and flash, I still ended up with gloomy shadows up one side of the card. Some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.....

12 comments:

Shirley-Anne said...

A beautiful tree after all for this delightful Christmas card. Thanks for sharing on Christmas Card Challenges

Bonnie said...

I"m glad you kept at it, Jane, because this is beautiful! Love that embossed tree! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

Liz said...

A tough challenge to use pastel colours for a Christmas card, but you've nailed it! xx

3treescreations@gmail.com said...

It's perfect! I am so happy you kept at it!!!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Merry Monday.

Deanne :)

Inkyfingers said...

It was worth persisting to get this lovely card! I love the spotty background and the tree is gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing with us at Christmas Card Challenges.

JoAnn said...

Very pretty card and great use of the colors. Thanks so much for joining us at Christmas Card Challenges.

scrappymo! said...

Wonderful image...that tree is so lovely!
Glad you persevered as this card looks great.

scrappymo! said...

Wonderful image...that tree is so lovely!
Glad you persevered as this card looks great.

Susan Powell said...

Very pretty!

Notes by Nina said...

So pretty, Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

Wendy said...

Cute card!! Love the paper and pretty tree! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Monday! :)

Claire Toplis said...

Love the simple design of this .. It's ok to see a bit of Christmas