It’s Friday and we are on to our final color scheme of the week!

This one will have you thinking of Springtime and Easter but instead we are going to show you how well this works on holiday cards. The cool pastel shades of pink, purples and blues remind me of fresh fallen snow, ice on the windows and a splendidly decorated gingerbread house. The touches of green bring the “holiday” feel together.

Up first is a card I made. This was my first chance to play with the Clear Design: Holiday Dolls! They just couldn’t be any cuter! I did a blocking design here by stamping two different backgrounds and then cutting them into smaller rectangles to piece onto the front of my greeting card. A touch of Christmas cheer was added with a line of clear gemstones.

Supplies:

• Clear Design: Holiday Dolls
• DesignBlock: Grid Pattern
• DesignBlock: Reach for the Stars
• Happy Holidays Greeting
• Clear Gemstones
• Spring Mixed Notecards
• Other: patterned paper, scallop punch, colored pencils

Leslie’s Tips:

• The pink swirly stamped image is actually from a large background stamp that I cut apart after stamping to turn the one swirl in a different direction.
• The gemstones come in a long line, all adhered temporarily together. Pulling the entire line and adhering onto a card allows you to get that uniform straight “border”.

Up next we have a beauty of a card by Tami Hartley. I absolutely love how the color combo worked here and the delicate, feminine touch this card has. That satin ribbon really is a nice touch!

Supplies:

• Clear Design: Decorate Your Own
• Antique Flower Background
• Raindrop Background
• Beautiful Memories
• Memories ArtPrint Brown Ink
• Soft Pool Shadow Ink
• White, Chocolate, Pool & Lime Notecards
• Small Accent Pearls
• Frosted Lace Stickles
• Other: satin ribbon, assorted inks, machine stitching, pop dots

Tami’s Tips:

• Outline each snowflake square with a thin line of Frosted Lace Stickles for added holiday sparkle.
• Mount the strip of snowflakes to the card with pop dots for dimension. If you’d like to keep the design flat for mailing, you could omit the pop dots and ribbon, and replace the pearls with Hero Arts Metallic Decor.

Lisa Spangler just outdid herself with a card sweet enough to eat! I love the scalloped shape of the card and the deer on the front is my next “must have” stamp! Lisa says: “I love playing with different color combos, and when Leslie sent me the scheme for today I did a little happy dance!  I instantly thought of using the Young Deer and making her pink — the rest all flowed from there.”

Supplies:

• Young Deer
• Clear Design: Holiday Cheer
• Snowflake Circle
• Pale Pink Gemstones
• Felt Snowflakes
• White Embossing Powder
• VersaMark Ink
• Zig Glue Pen
• Pool, Lagoon, Wisteria, White & Lime Notecards
• Other: ribbon (American Crafts), pink chunky glitter (Doodlebug), Copic markers, circle and scallop dies (Spellbinders)

Lisa’s Tip:

• To make a circle card like this one, cut two circles of the same size — one for the front and one for the back.  Score the back circle about 1/2 inch from the top.  Then adhere it to the front circle.  It will stand up like a picture frame.

Thanks everyone for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed another day with another fun color combination. I hope you are feeling inspired and encourage everyone to enter this week’s challenge -  there is still time!

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