Color Coordinates: Soft Colors for Year Round Cardmaking
Welcome to the blog my friends! It’s Shari here with a new color coordinate combination. I have been waiting to do a color blocking background using an ink blending tool, so I chose some colors that sit well on top of each other.
They are all pastels and are pleasant for many occasions.
The technique used is quite simple and is a great jumping point for those of you wanting to ink up a quick background. I started out by using my Rectangle dies cut from cardstock to create a quick stencil. I also used some Post-It tape to adjust the size of the openings to get a variation of the rectangles.
Once I had the background colors blocked out, I trimmed up the panel and put it on a top folding notecard. Next, I die cut the Bright Blossoms die from Neenah card stock three times and glued them together. This gives the flowers nice dimension. I did the same with the Script Thanks die and mounted it to a strip of cardstock colored with Sea Glass ink.
I filmed a video that you can view below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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So lovely
Wonderful pastel colors for background to go with the silhouette flower.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Shari,
Love the colors you used today! Very light and airy. I have that flower die and I LOVE it, love how you used it on the card!!!
Lovely background. I’ll have to give that a try.
So soft and serene!! What a beautiful color combination!!
Wow! Such a lovely card!!! Beautiful colors!!!
I love the beautiful simplicity of this card. It’s lovely.
I love this card. The soft colors and the die cuts are amazing.
Wow! What a beautiful card. Love the background.thank you for sharing.
Very nice colors!
I love this fresh, light look! Great use of dies too :-)
Fabulous background, perfect way to add interest without distracting from your focal image.
Such a pretty card. Thanks for sharing.
This is beautiful
Love the light colours and a fun technique!
These colors (and the entire card) are so soothing!
Love the colors.
So soft and elegant.
Makes beautiful cards.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful background! I need to try this.
Beautiful card and looks like so much fun to create!
Love these subtle colors!
What a beautiful card.
I absolutely LOVE the soft colors with the white floral spray and “Thanks” – inspiring! Plan to make something similar to this beauty!
I really love this with the beautiful soft background. I have several floral dies(some from SSS) that would work so well with this design. Thank You for the inspiration!
Shari, this is an elegant card with the pastel colours and delicate die cuts! I love the versatility of colour blocking. I struggle sometimes when making a masculine card and while watching you do this I couldn’t help but think of how nice this would also be in some darker colours to make a nice background for a mans card. Thanks for inspiring me to think “outside the box”!
Great technique and I love the design.
These are beautiful pastels – and great for summer!
Beautiful card.
Beautiful card! Love the soft pastels.
What an original idea for using dies! I never would have thought of it. Thanks for the great inspiration!
Awesome background…Love that flower die!
Such a pretty color palette
I love the soft color palette and the great dimension of the flowers!
Wow, love the soft colours and the die cut on top!
I have never been a “pastel type of gal” but your card looks so clean and refreshing I want to try. Love the colour blocking technique and would love to be able to achieve it as well as you. I will have to get my inks out and practice. Thanks for sharing…
Such lovely, soft tones!
Thanks for the inspiration Shari! I love the soft background and I love that flower die with or without the petals in. TFS
What a beautiful card, and the colors are so beautiful together. Thanks for the inspiration!
So subtle and soft. Will definitely try this technique. Love techniques. Thanks
I’m always frustrated when I can’t find I good background paper. I forget I can make my own. Great technique! Thank you.
Simple and lovely, thank you for sharing :)
Thanks so much for sharing this technique. The colors you chose work together beautifully. Can’t wait to try this.
Very pretty. I love those colors. Like how you stacked the images also. TY
So pretty and soft. Love the colours, technique (so simple) and design.
Pretty color combo! Beautiful card!
Beautiful colour combination, and such a lovely card! Thanks for the inspiration!
Such a beautiful card, Shari! I always look forward to your Color Coordinates card. You definitely have a special gift of putting colors together.
Such a pretty card:)
I love your soft, simple background, Shari!
Lovely soft tones. Thanks for sharing:)
What a gorgeous palette! I love the simplicity, too!
Lovely colors! This is a beautiful card. Love the design, too.