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muted pastel tones for a christmas card

Muted pastel tones for a Christmas card

I was on Facebook last month and someone was asking what colours of Catherine Pooler inks should you use for Christmas cards, Party or Spa? Well, for me you can use both, but I guess most people will opt for Party as these are the bright colours. So I thought why not create a Christmas card with the Spa colour of inks. The colour scheme I went with use muted pastel tones for a Christmas card, I love how different it turned out from the regular colour combinations for Xmas cards. 

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muted pastel tones for a christmas card

muted pastel tones for a christmas card: creating a colour base

Start off by using Clay Mask ink pad to colour a piece of white cardstock with the direct to paper method. Die-cut from this card with one of the dotted rectangle dies from the Scallop & dots die set.

 In addition, also die-cut the scalloped die on either side of the rectangle out of white cardstock to layer up on a white cardbase. For the stamping, stamp a selection of the leave/berry sprigs from the Adorning Doves stamp set out of the following inks:

muted tones for pastel cards: bulding the wreath

For the rest of the wreath, stamp the candles, bow, wreath and hanger out of the following inks:

Use the coordinating dies to cut out all the images ready for assembly.

Layered up the stamped images with foam pads to add dimension and variation. For the sentiment, heat emboss a sentiment from the stamp set in Gold embossing powder. Fussy-cut this out and adhere on to the front. 

muted pastel tones for a christmas card

Lastly, embellish with a few matt gold sequins to finish the card. 

muted pastel tones for a christmas card

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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. 

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Hi, I am Verity and I live in the UK.  I love to create beautiful projects whenever I can. My main passion lies with Papercrafting, however, I will always turn my hand to a new project or craft any chance I get.

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