I love the look of the Serene Bird from Memory Box; it's absolutely perfect for a sentiment that includes "peace". I used the branch that comes with it as one of my banners.
The rest of the card was a stretch for me but I love how it turned out. First, I am not a huge fan of classic red and green. I know that's blasphemy for a cardmaker who does Christmas. I struggle to use it on the clean white-background cards that I lean towards which is probably more of a statement on my cardmaking skills than on the colors!! I love the colors toned down a bit - in Stampin' Up colors that would be Sweet Sorbet or Poppy Parade along with Parakeet Party or Granny Apple Green. OR I love classic red and green on kraft. But I do love this paper pack from Stampin' Up and this piece had the blues and wheat and even some pops of white so I went with it.
Second, I would have said with certainty that I did not like the new color, Wild Wheat, but I do like it here. I planned on a blue background for the bird and I tried them all but they didn't stand out enough against the pattern. So I hesitantly pulled out my Wild Wheat paper and I ended up loving the richness of it. I can't say I'm a convert but I see that it has its place!
Do you love the pink color cast of the photo? You should have seen it before I did some color correcting! It's due to the massive and truly gorgeous red maple outside my craft room window. I wouldn't trade it for the world but there's a number of weeks where everything in my house has a pink/red color cast! (FYI - I just use a freebie photo editor and it doesn't have the power to only color correct the background. If I take out the rest of the pink, the card itself changes to some truly odd colors!)
I hope to see you playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
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Dies: Memory Box Serene Bird and Branch
Paper: Stampin' Up Garden Walk 6x6 dsp, cardstock in Wild Wheat, Garden Green and Poppy Parade
That is a pretty bird! This is a wonderful Christmas card, Kim!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE everything about your card that isn't your favorite bit, Kim!! lol That paper is gorgeous, as is the color of the wheat card stock, and I don't even mind the pink-ish cast of your absolutely fabulous bird!
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I love the white bird against the colors you chose for the backdrop! Perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous! The colors and the elegance. I love it all!
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw this, I fell in love with the color scheme. Not my go-to either but it really works! The pink is a worthy sacrifice for enjoying the color. Ours has been good but, alas, the leaves are falling pretty fast now.
ReplyDeleteI'm also not a fan of red and green together, or any complementary colours really. But this is one gorgeous card and that bird is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Kim - the white dove balances that bold paper perfectly. I don't know why but I struggled to create something I was happy with using this sketch this week (creative block!!)
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