So I’m not much of a red-green Christmas colour kinda girl – I’ll use it on some cards but not all. Instead, I’m trying lots of different colour schemes this year with my Christmas cards and for this trio of cards, I went with a pastel scheme. I love how this trio of pastel Christmas cards turned out and it worked so well with the Alpine Village stamp & die set in the new Catherine Pooler Nordic Woods release. This creates beautiful sweet whimsy Christmas cards to send out this season, so let’s get started!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY BRAND AMBASSADOR WORK FOR CATHERINE POOLER DESIGNS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
A trio of pastel Christmas cards: card 1
For this pink card, create a pink card panel by using the direct to paper with method with an ink pad. Apply Pink Champagne Catherine Pooler ink to colour a white card panel and set this to one side to dry.
Once dry, use a clear acrylic block and stamp the houses from the Alpine Village stamp set onto the card in WOW! Clear Ultra Slow drying embossing ink in horizontal lines across the background. Cover with WOW! Opaque Bright White embossing powder but do not heat set yet.
Stamp selection of trees from the stamp set next to the houses and cover in the same embossing powder. Once you have stamped the background completely, heat set the powder.
For the sentiment, heat emboss ‘hello winter’ from the stamp set onto card base colour with Juniper Mist Catherine Pooler Ink. Foam mount this onto the front of the card. Finish the card off with Chalk Stick Vintage Nuvo drops to mimic snow.
A trio of pastel Christmas cards: card 2
For this card, create a piece of coloured as above but this time with Juniper Mist Catherine Pooler ink. In addition, create another piece of Juniper Mist ink cardstock and once dry, heat emboss the Church from the stamp set in white embossing powder.
On white cardstock, stamp a selection of trees in Pink Champagne and Hot Tub Catherine Pooler ink. Use the coordinating dies to die-cut the church and trees out. With 3D foam pads, adhere these to the front of the card panel.
For the sentiment, heat emboss ‘Warm Wishes’ from the stamp set onto a piece of cardstock coloured with Hot Tub ink and add this to the front of the card. Finish the card off with Chalk Stick Vintage Nuvo drops to mimic snow. As Catherine Pooler inks are water-reactive, the Nuvo drops will reactivate the Juniper Mist and colour them slightly.
A trio of pastel Christmas cards: card 3
For this last card, use Hot Tub ink to colour a white card panel. Stamp a selection of trees, houses and the church in all three of the colours. Use the coordinating dies to die-cut out all your stamped images out. Layer these onto your card panel with 3D foam pads for dimensions.
For the sentiment, colour a strip of card with Pink Champagne ink. Once dry, heat emboss in Metalic Copper the sentiment ‘from our home to yours’ and foam mount onto the front of the card.
Lastly, finish the card off with Chalk Stick Vintage Nuvo drops to mimic snow.
Supplies
A trio of pastel Christmas cards
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Picket Fence Studios (PF), My Favourite Things (MFT), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Alpine Village Stamp set- Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
Alpine Village ‘I want it all’ Bundle- Catherine Pooler Designs |  Alpine Village die set – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
 Hot Tub Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Hot Tub Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Hot Tub Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Juniper Mist Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Juniper Mist Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Juniper Mist Bundle – Cathering Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Pink Champagne – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Pink Champagne Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |  Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Metallic Copper – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Chalk Stick Nuvo Vintage Drops – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (US) | LPT |  Premium White Cardstock: 8.5″ x 11 – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |  2-3/4″ Round arcylic block – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |
 Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: CPD | BP |  Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my Brand Ambassador work for Catherine Pooler Designs I have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Catherine Pooler Designs to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
