Out-of-the-box Christmas Colors?

[bambi64]

I'm looking for out of the box colors to use on Christmas cards this year. Give me your favorite combo!

Mine would have to be pink and brown.

[steubner]

I'm loving Guava, Soft Sky, Black & White!

[Melissa C.]

I like pinks and greens but today I bought some Paper Salon Holiday/Winter print paper that is light blue, light green and a touch of lavender.

[Scrapjanny]

I used light green, pink, red & white last year for some of my cards. They turned out great!

[1angelette]

I simply adore red, pink and green together. Also lime, navy and purple...and silver with navy and white.

annette

[LeahsCreations]

so saffron and elegant eggplant make a rich combo

[Dragonbutterfly]

I love pink and black....I've also used blues, all different tones of blue. right now I'm on an earth tone kick so mine are a sage green and brown. They look so nice!

[Jillgunter]

I had a SU party on friday night. My demo did some wrapping paper with blue ink and tied it up with the new wide brown grosgrain ribbon. It was really pretty.

[thechecker]

My mom's cards are Night Of Navy and white.
Mine will be Pixie Pink and green- I forget which one- avacodo maybe?
I ordered it but haven't gotten it yet!

Anne

[kiddielitter]

I made last year's cards with a family portrait that our 4 yo dd drew as the main image. She used pale lavender and light aqua colored pencils, so those are the colors I used for the cards. Surprisingly, the color combo turned out to be very frosty and wintry. I got a lot of compliments from people who thought they were a refreshing change from more traditional Christmas cards.

Marcy

[wiggydl]

I'm using multiple shades of blue because this year, I am making all my christmas cards using the Snowflake set, which my ds gave me last year for a christmas present. Should be interesting...

[sewsplendidstamper]

Last year we did Old Olive, Real Red and Cool Carribean. I only have a small stash of CC so I might have to incorporate Soft Sky.

I think we'll keep doing untraditional color combos until the kids are big enough to make their own ornaments and then we'll go traditional with lots of family treasures.

[sewsplendidstamper]

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Originally Posted by wiggydl

I'm using multiple shades of blue because this year, I am making all my christmas cards using the Snowflake set, which my ds gave me last year for a christmas present. Should be interesting...

For years DH and I did blues, white and silver. For the house decor as well as cards. Someone would always comment that they didn't know we were Jewish. Um hello did you notice the card said Merry Christmas. Always made be laugh.

[scrappinforNate]

I actually wasn't going to do something untraditional winter/Christmas until I saw the Angel Company catty which has the CHA CHA paper used for a Flamingo Christmas card- it has red, lime green, and purple. Really cute..
and no, not a shameless plug for TAC... but it's the only time I thought of going outside the box.

I like the idea of purely pomegranate and wild wasabi for a different take on the red and green idea as well.. I love the current in colors!

[meluvstampin]

this year my X-mas card colors are Cranberry crisp - I stocked up on the paper - and Always artichoke and blush blossom. I am also going to use Purely Pomagranate and Wild Wasabi on some other ones.

[cindybstampin]

I love the cards in the SU! catty made with soft sky, artichoke, vanilla and pomegramate!
I made my first card for the season and used river rock, vanilla and red. A twist on the traditional, I guess.

[tmd95]

Last year I used a color combo that was in the catalog....

Vintage Violet, Garden Green, Almost Amethyst and Whisper White.

[mom of Marine]

I used lilac with silver embossing with white accents...striking.

[Anemone]

Eggplant & silver.

[Kittypaws]

This year I'm doing Peaceful Wishes with Cranberry Crisp, True Thyme and Close to Cocoa for the pine cones. The past two years I have used Night of Navy and Whisper White. Very elegant together. Have fun deciding - there are some great combos listed.

[p7eggyc]

One of last night's VSN challenges was to use fall colors on a holiday card so you might enjoy looking through that gallery:

Gallery at Splitcoaststampers

Peg

[LeahsCreations]

Ooh, I made pretty cards with orchid opulance (not my favorite color to say the least) and hunter green. Very nice looking with shimmery white paper.

[NYstamper]

I used pink and burgandy together, and navy and silver.

[stampwithdiane]

My favorite challenge from last year was the brown snowflakes challenge. Here's a link to the gallery. Gallery at Splitcoaststampers

[stampwithdiane]

I also liked using regalo rose, certainly celery and cool caribbean for a Christmas card (if you don't have cool caribbean, tempting turquoise works great too) Here is what my card looked like: TLC86 CC83 cool snowflakes by stampwithdiane at Splitcoaststampers

[bambi64]

wow... thanks for all the untraditional color combos! These are great... think i'll write them all down just to have for even regular card ideas!

[Batavia-Soprano]

Mine are in the brown family - I am using City of David for my Christmas cards this year, and wanted it to kinda look deserty....

[sabknits]

Wrapping paper catalogs (school fundraisers) are showing a lot of pink and green - hot pink, light pink, dark green, lime green.

My personal favorites: light blue, navy blue, bright, rich red, metallic gold, snow white.

BTW, I was up in the night, decided to stamp some green evergreen trees onto gray paper with silver speckles, so they'd be dry this morning. Practiced making "snow" with several of the white inks suggested on another thread.....ended up using the white Uchida Puffy Fabric paint marker - heatgun - GORGEOUS snow!!!! Will try highlighting just a few areas with one of the iridescent whites tonight. Holiday cards, here I come!! sab

[jensman]

Last year I did mellow moss, elegant eggplant, and very vanilla with the City of David set.
This year I'm thinking of Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, and Real Red.

[ked]

I really like Orchid, Caribbean, Celery. And I'll sometimes throw in Black or Turquoise.

[meldancer]

I love the color combo, Sage Shadow, Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Vanilla.

[Michigan Stamper]

I love the colors in the SU! Winter Bright Simply Scrappin' Kit:
Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Real Red, Pretty in Pink . Not colors I ever would have picked for Christmas myself.
I'm in the process of doing the "60 cards from a Simply Scrappin' Kit" project. At first I wasn't sure about the pink, but now I love it!

[Inkalicious]

Soft Sky, Pomegranate and Choc Chip!! mmm Im hungry!!lol

[cr8on58]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bambi64

I'm looking for out of the box colors to use on Christmas cards this year. Give me your favorite combo!

Mine would have to be pink and brown.

I'm thinking that I am going to use pale grey, black and copper this year. I know what I want to do I just haven't sat down and tried yet as I'm not sure if I have the grey that I want.

Elaine

[Cicicara]

What is this "60 cards from a simply scrappin kit"? Where can I get that info, please?

Thanks,
Leslie

[mybelle101]

wow...some great ideas here!! I loved the Bashful Blue, Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive and More Mustard combo (pg 33 of the catty) and the Soft Sky, Ruby Red, Mellow Moss, and Sahara Sand combo (pg 37). I love the "twist" that the soft blues seem to add to the "traditional" red/green color combo. I also love Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, and Pomegranate together, with or without a green (maybe Artichoke or Old Olive?)

[mybelle101]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michigan Stamper

I love the colors in the SU! Winter Bright Simply Scrappin' Kit:
Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Real Red, Pretty in Pink . Not colors I ever would have picked for Christmas myself.
I'm in the process of doing the "60 cards from a Simply Scrappin' Kit" project. At first I wasn't sure about the pink, but now I love it!

ooooooh...I'd love that info! Where did you find the "60 cards from a Simply Scrappin' Kit" project?

[stampin_in_atlas]

I think any sagey green and silver would be really pretty. Think of frosty juniper leaves...

[tink357]

My fav. A few shades of lavendar,Pale green, Forest Green and cream!!

[ssummerer]

I just made a snowman card with So Saffron, More Mustard and Bordering Blue. You can see it here.