Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! We had a wonderful time with my daughter Emily, her hubby Josh and their kids Charlotte and Evan. I overdid it on dinner -- whew, so many sides, so many pies! -- but we're now enjoying leftovers, yum!!
Today, I was supposed to go to a Christmas card workshop at my friend Anita's house, but really, I just need time in my own craft room to focus on cards I need to make. Of course, I got few done because the mess is distracting. But maybe tomorrow .... if buying a new washer and dryer doesn't interfere. There's always something, isn't there??
Here is the next card I've made to focus on "trending colors" as shown in HGTV Magazine's December 2015 issue:
The trending colors are: Hot Pink, Gold and Black. For this card, I used Close To My Heart's "Blessings of Peace" stamp set for the dove and sentiment. I stamped the dove on White Daisy CTMH cardstock in Versamark and sprinkled it with gold embossing powder. I then embossed it by warming the powder with my heat crafting gun. The hot pink paper is from my stash, and the black/white striped is from CTMH's new La-Vie En Rose paper line. The bling is also from CTMH, as is the gold adhesive stripe across the middle (that doesn't photograph well).
These trending colors are shown in the magazine like this:
Hello, CardMonkey Followers!
I'm back today with another trending color combination that caught my eye in the December 2015 issue of HGTV Magazine. Here is the Christmas card I made today, using the "mint green, navy and light blue" combination the magazine suggests.
And here is a picture of the pages from the HGTV Magazine that inspired this pretty combination:
My card uses Close To My Heart's (CTMH) "Festive Trees" stamp set (#B1493), along with Exclusive Inks stamp pads in Pacifica (large tree), Pear (middle) and Lagoon (right). I also used a small pieces of blue Glitter Trim and fern Thick Twine. The images were stamped on White Daisy CTMH paper, stitched onto Sweet Leaf cardstock and mounted with Foam Tape onto Pacifica card-stock. I also embossed the silver star atop the large tree, and applied Wink of Stella Silver glitter to the tree on the right.
Often, many of those who make cards too where I get inspiration for my designs. Honestly, the answer is "everywhere I look!" I'm active on Facebook where cardmakers post their work for "scraplifting", and there's Pinterest too.
I also subscribe to HGTV Magazine, and I just love many of the shows on that network too. I look to this magazine to see what is trending, as I'm an older dog who until recently never used the term "trending." (And funny enough, my 85-year old Mom gave me my first HGTV subscription, proving once again there is no such thing as too old to be trending!)
This picture caught my eye in the December 2015 issue:
I'd never otherwise think of pairing these colors together (and grew up thinking pink and red clashed!). But using this as inspiration, I made this Christmas card:
Untraditionally, I used the holly leaf and berries stamps from The Ton Stamps to form flowers on a solid white cardstock. I stamped using Memento ink ("London Fog" color) and colored using an assortment of Copic markers. This photo makes the berries and ribbon look red, but they're really hot pink. I dabbed the flowers using "Wink of Stella" in silver to pick up on the silver edging on the ribbon by Really Reasonable Ribbon. I matted the card on hot pink and black cardstock and mounted it onto a white A2 card. The sentiment is on the same stamp set as the holly berries and leaves, from The Ton.
