What are your favorite Christmas Color Combination?

[PaperKat]

I thought it would be fun to find out what color combinations we all like when it comes to our Christmas cards. And of course Hunakkuh and Kwanzaa and any others that I may have missed! So what do you think??

[Carol Lee]

My favorite Christmas card I ever made was unconventional colors. It was Night of Navy and I stamped the snowflakes set with Versamark and dusted them with .....oh what are those iridescent powders called.....I can't remember their name....brain f*rt.....Pearl EX...that's it!!
Anyway they were gorgeous. I think I layered the Night of Navy on a dark red panel and attached it to a black card. Then I silver embossed the saying "silent snowflakes gently falling"(can't remember it exactly--not SU).
My best card ever IMHO.

[babyboxermom]

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Originally Posted by Carol Lee

My best card ever IMHO.

Them's mighty big words. Show us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Carol Lee]

I'd love to show you. I sent them all out but scanned it into my computer. Then the computer crashed. $200 later the computer was all better but wiped clean. :( So no card now. I think my SU demonstrator made her Christmas cards like it too.

[babyboxermom]

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Originally Posted by Carol Lee

I'd love to show you. I sent them all out but scanned it into my computer. Then the computer crashed. $200 later the computer was all better but wiped clean. :( So no card now. I think my SU demonstrator made her Christmas cards like it too.

Good night - that's awful! I'm so sorry! :

[Jenlast]

I made one this evening with garden green and regal rose and liked that. I also used some gold accents (Stardream stationery).

[stampinCPA]

Here's a thread from last October that has lots of great combos in it.

[PaperKat]

StampinCPA.... I can't access that thread you linked to. Why is that? I didn't realize there were other sites then the DD that subscribers can't access.... :(

[emarj]

PaperKat, there is a demo-only forum that a lot of us subscribe to. You have to have proof that you are a demo, etc... We discuss a lot of business things on that side. I'm sorry you can't access that thread. I will try to look at it and see if I can copy and paste some things into this thread.

Emily

[emarj]

1. Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke, and Sahara Sand (emboss your image in silver on the SS) and accent with some silver organdy ribbon. Did this for a Holiday Stamp Camp and it got some oohs & aahs. (from sbcreativecanuck)

2. Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, So Saffron. I embossed gold on the SS and AA.
Also, Certianly Celery, and Always Artichoke. (from jennmcd)

3. Ruby Red, Garden Green and Creamy Caramel. You wouldn't think brown would be good for Christmas, but this combo works great. (from nbwcc)

4. Mine would be elegant eggplant, old olive and Gold accents. Very rich looking! (from valentina9)

5. Old Olive and More Mustard
Pretty in Pink & Gable Green
Ruby Red & Old Olive
Real Red & Sage Shadow
Sage Shadow & Bordering Blue (or Bashful Blue)
Creamy Caramel for background, image stamped in Ruby Red & Hunter Green, layered with Ruby Red cardstock (3/8" organdy cream ribbon)
Snowflake card combo's:
Bashful Blue & Lavender Lace
Bordering Blue & Night of Navy
Bashful Blue, Orchid Opulence, Almost Amethyst
Night of Navy, Lavender Lace, Brilliant Blue
Night of Navy, Lavender Lace, Ballet Blue
Tempting Turquoise, Orchid Opulence & Pink Passion (or Lovely Lilac)
Ballet Blue, Pale Plum & Silver (all from labullard)

6. Garden Green, Certainly Celery and Rose Red (from vegastamper)

7. Bravo Burgundy, Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke...can gold emboss to accent. VERY elegant looking. (from stampercamper)

8. Ruby Red, Ballet Blue, Old Olive (from stampinwrose)

9.Night of Navy, white and gold
kraft, real red, gold
Blue Bliss (or what ever it's called now) kraft, cream, more mustard {did a really cute card with Flakey Friends, stamped the group on cream, dirtied up the card with more mustard after coloring mounted to kraft then on blue, snowflakes versamarked on the blue - it was soo cute} (from rwood)

10. Bashful Blue & Very Vanilla w/ navy and silver accents - really nice looking (from Amy R)

11. Almost Amathyst and Night of Navy with silver accents...
(from colleen Schaan)

12. Bashful Blue and Perfect Plum
Kraft, Bravo Burgandy and Gold
Not Quite Navy, Rose Red and Gold (from Tanira)

13. Handsome Hunter, Rose Red, Gold
Handsome Hunter, Ruby Red, More Mustard
Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Black
Real Red, Black
Celery, Garden Green, Gold
Green Galore, Glorious Green, Real Red (all from Stampdiva)

14. Always Artichoke
Orchid opulence
accented with close to cocoa
Put image on vanilla
accent with gold ribbon

I also found Night of Navy, Real Red, and Creamy Caramel look cool (from mytime)

15. Pink Passion and Green Galore!
Celery and Rose Red (stampin_chiquie)

16. I just did a card using Mellow Moss, Lavender Lace, and Copper, they loved it!! I embossed the poinsetta wheel on the copper in copper...very rich looking! (shellypasek)

17. creamy caramel, certainly celery, rose red & so saffron...oh and a bit of chocolate chip in there too!! (canadiandiva27)

18. There is a color combo in the Stamping Technique book that is stunning together. It is Real Red, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, and Taken with Teal. I did this color combo on a card for my stamp club and the ladies just flipped! It's awesome! Check it out! (kathleenh)




okay, that is all of the responses copied and pasted...I hope that helps. some of them sound very interesting to me, too. I will have to play around with a few of them.

[AddictedScramper]

That is a great list! I have to say I am in the pink and green mood again. It started last year. I just love the softness and the different feel. I just don't really like the red and green thing.

[PaperKat]

Oh WOW Emily!!! Thank you so much for all of your help!!!

You are fabulous!!

[mytime]

I LOVE Vintage Violet, Cool caribean, and pink

[Kittypaws]

My cards last year & this year will be Night of Navy and Whisper White. I also like Old Olive and Real Red, but there are so many wonderful combinations out there. I guess the best thing to do is just to play around with colors until you come up with one that will work for you. Enjoy!

[GWTW Junkie]

Blue and white....
My favorite has been around a while but it always gets the oohs... it is Snowflakes embossed in white on white CS, then sponged over with blue (any shade). Looks incredible and takes a very short amount of time. If you're short on cash, you can do it in only one layer and it's just so simple and lovely no one will miss anything.

[stitchinstampin]

I like Hunter green and Cranberry Crisp......or Bravo Burgandy too...either one of the burgandys .......

Lori

[TeeGeeDee]

I love Cranberry Crisp and will probably pair it with Night of Navy and add a bit of True Thyme.

I also want to use Rose Red with Garden Green. I think this combo (with Certainly Celery) was mentioned in the thread someone provided a link to.

Other combos I like:

Night of Navy with Whisper White and / or Brushed Silver
Elegant Eggplant with Brushed Silver
Real Red with Brushed Gold
Night of Navy with Brushed Copper

(I love Night of Navy and the brushed colors!)

This is fun!

[WAXYO]

I just did one using Snowflakes in shades of brown - odd, but I actually love the way it turned out! It's in my gallery if you'd like to peek!

I'm loving the other combos you all have come up with...especially violet, caribbean cool and pink - who'd've thought?!

[jdmeeks]

Hues of blues and silver