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Hello everyone and thank you so much for stopping by today to celebrate Altenew & My Sweet Petunia Blog Hop (more on that below).
As I sat down to create a card I’m featuring in this post I struggled with the perfect color combination. And this is something I often find difficult when I create cards. I have a few go-to color combos that I use often and consider to be my favorite, but when I come across new colors I often become puzzled as I have no clue how to combine them to have beautiful color combinations on my cards.
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A few years ago when I stepped away from scrapbooking and started doing a lot more Clean & Simple cardmaking I created a Color Guide for myself to use; I still use it almost every time I make a card.
I believe I’ve mentioned it briefly in one of my videos a few years ago, but I wanted dedicate a separate post to it as I really find it to be a very helpful tool especially when it comes to stamping. So hopefully, if you are also struggling with selecting colors for your handmade cards you’ll also find this useful.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
I filmed a video tutorial where I talk about my Color Combo chart in detail, you can watch it below or on my Youtube channel:
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UPDATED TO ADD
I’ve had a few people ask me how to make collages with 4 color palettes (instead of one) to print. I made mine in Adobe Photoshop and printed from Photoshop. But there are a lot of free online apps that can be used to create similar collages. I’ve filmed a quick screen capture video to show you how you can make a collage in this app (I just googled “create collage online” and this was the first one I found, but there are many others out there). I hope this will be helpful to those of you struggling with printing several images onto one sheet.
COLOR COMBO CHART
It is actually very easy to make a color combo chart like I have here. Go to Pinterest and search for Color Palette. The search will return a huge amount of various beautiful images along with color combinations pulled from those images.
Its usually the image itself that I look at first, rather than the actual colors. If I find the image inspiring and if I think the colors shown there are colors I can see myself using on a card, I save the image onto a folder on my computer.
Once I have a decent amount of images saved I go ahead and print them. I use photo paper rather than regular printer paper to print these so that I get true vibrant colors and so that the paper is a little bit more durable. I use the cheapest matte photo paper available as I don’t think you need to spend a lot of money on high quality photo paper to print these, the cheapest option works for me.
I printed and trimmed mine to be 6×6 inches as this is a nice size for my desk. Usually anything bigger is a bit too overwhelming for me and takes too much room, so this size works for me. But you can print these in whatever size works best for you. You can also cut these up and put on a book ring so all images stay together or in a file storage system. I keep mine loose on a pile, this way I can easily and quickly flip thought my collection.
CARD DETAILS
For the card I’m sharing today I was inspired by Peach and Gray color combo. I don’t think I’ve ever used it before, so it was definitely a fun one to try. I added a hint of Rose Gold by using Rose Gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and I think that helped to warm the card a bit as otherwise it was rather cold.
I used Altenew’s Vintage Flowers stamps with matching dies to stamp and die cut the flowers and the leaves. MISTI ended up being very helpful in terms of aligning images and spending less time stamping these. I used the following colors on ink from Altenew (all linked below): Blush, Peach Perfect, Rouge, Crimson, Paper Bag, Dark Chocolate.
To create the sentiment I heat embossed “On This Special Day” using Platinum embossing powder from Hero Arts, the sentiment is from Thinking of You set.
GIVEAWAY
There are TWO mini MISTIs from My Sweet Petunia and THREE $30 gift certificates from Altenew up for grabs. Winners will be picked randomly from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Winners will be announced on the My Sweet Petunia and Altenew blogs on July 3, 2016.
BLOG HOP
If you arrived from Ilina Crouse – you are on the right track as I am the last stop on this hop. You can also start at the beginning at Altenew blog.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 EK Success Craft Tweezers Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Perfect Crafting Pouch Multi-Purpose Craft Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Hero Arts Platinum Embossing Powder PW117 Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Ranger Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive Shop at: SSS | SC | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Altenew Red Sunset Crisp Dye Ink Pad Pack Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Blush Crisp Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Crimson Crisp Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Evening Gray Crisp Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Moon Rock Crisp Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Morning Frost Crisp Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Rouge Crisp Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Thinking of You Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Spicy Yogurt Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Fenstone Decorative Element Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Paper Bag Crisp Dye Ink Pad AN166 Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Dark Chocolate Crisp Dye Ink Pad AN196 Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Peach Perfect Crisp Dye Ink Pad AN190 Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Warm Gray Oval Set Crisp Dye Ink Pads Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja CRYSTAL KATANA Mixed Media Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Vintage Flowers Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Vintage Flowers Die Set Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 6MM METALLIC ROSE GOLD Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC |
Thank you for sharing your color charts. It would make it easier to pull a card together in a hurry. Thank you for sharing.
Very pretty. This is a nice color combination – something a bit different & I like it. Thank you!
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea thanks
I am totally inspired, Yana! Your color combo is fabulous, and I love the idea of printing them out for easy reference. Going to see how to do that myself. Great hop and appreciate the chance to win!
Fabulous, Yana! Great hop, too.
Thank you for your card and your information on colors.
Beautiful card as always! Subscibed to your newsletter. Looking forward to following you.
Beautiful, Yana!
OMGosh this is so fabulous
Such a beautiful card!! Love the soft colors!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Love the colors of the flowers.
Thank you for the Pinterest pallet tip. I too have trouble deciding among all the available colors choices.
Beautiful color choice and great tip on where to find color inspirations.
Wonderful card! Love the design and coloring.
Beautiful modern card!
Yours is a stunning card. I love your choice of colors.
Always an inspiration! Love your work. I do have the color swatch pictures as well, but I haven’t printed them out on photo paper – thanks for the idea! Now I will reference them more!
Yana – I am such a HUGE fan of yours!! Your work is always so perfect and so well done!! This card is stunning and beautiful and gorgeous and every detail works to add to the warm feeling of this amazing card!!
Great idea for the color chart! Very pretty card!
Love your card.and your video on the color swatches. I, too, have a lot of problems matching up colors, so this was very helpful.
Love your card and video.
Thank you for the color tutorial. And your card is beautiful.
The best for last! As always your style and talent comes through in your cards! Very beautiful!
I love this card! The peach & gray combo is awesome. Thanks so much for the color tips!
Thanks for sharing how you come up with colour combinations! I really like the one you used for your lovely card today.
Gray and peach – so lovely!
What a great idea to make a color chart with. Thanks so much! Your colors on the card are gorgeous.
Thanks for the tips you have given. Have to keep these in mind.
Very pretty card and I really like your idea on the color combo charts. Thanks for a tip that will be very useful!
Very pretty. Like the color combo used on the card. The video on the color combo was very insightful.
Oooh, the gray and soft pink color scheme is so delicate and pretty! I always love seeing your beautiful cards.
Such a pretty and elegant card! You always bring me so much inspiration and I love your videos !
You make such stunning cards! And thanks for the color combo chart inspiration, I’ll definitely try that!
Thank you for your great tips, pretty card and video tutorial. @}–
Beautiful
Kathleen
Very nice
Pretty card! Big thanks to you for sharing the color chart idea!
This card is simply beautiful!
Beautiful card! Thanks for the great information on how you choose colors. Can’t wait to go on Pinterest and create my own color charts.
Beautiful card. I love the color combo and your ideas for choosing colors.
Beautiful card, Yana. I love your colors.
Love color cobo great tip I must take a look for colors charts
Awesome!
Your card is absolutely amazing – just love your style!
I love your beautiful card, and thank you for the tips!!!
What a perfect colour combo and stunning design!
hugs, t.
Very pretty card. Love the colors
This is my favorite card. TFS ☺❤
Gorgeous card. I love how you are showing a lot of your design processes. I will definitely look for colour inspiration on pinterest.