Holly Anderson
Lately, one of my favorite things has been pastels. They are so soft and pretty! I love the trendy mint and pink colors, but I love all the other pastels too.
So I think I’ll show you a few pastel cards we’ve published in our magazines recently.
It’s always a bit difficult to make just the right sympathy card, but I think this one is beautiful and tranquil and would communicate to its recipient exactly what you’d want it to.
So Sorry Card by Kris Chirhart on page 63 of July/August 2012 issue
And look at this cute friendship card by Chunyuan Wu! The pastels pair quite nicely with those butterflies!
Friend Definition Card by Chunyuan Wu on page 80 of Stamp It! Cards Vol. 9
Pastels are always great for baby cards too!
Scalloped Welcome Baby Card by Ashley Harris on page 30 of Card Creations Vol. 10
So since I hadn’t crafted in some time (*gasp*, please forgive me!) I thought I would make a nice little pastel card with some of Dear Lizzy’s Neopolitan collection.
I’m thinking I’ll send it to my little niece. She is quite a cutie herself!
How would you like to win some pretty pastel paper-crafting products? (Phew, say that five times fast!) I’ve got a nice mix of pastels here for one winner! We’ve got the Sweet Day collection by Echo Park, the Sweet Beginnings boy and girl collections from TPC Studio, a 6×6 pad, ribbon, and brads from the Dear Lizzy Neopolitan collection, and Thickers from American Crafts.
Just comment below telling me what your favorite kinds of colors or collections are to work with at the moment!
All comments must be received by Wednesday, July 18th at 5 pm MDT.
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Usually green is my favorite foe everything, but as of late, the combo of gray and yellOw has been my go to colors! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Thanks again,
Debbie Bassett
Blue,red & green ,
Favourite these colours always had been ,
But now that I have become a crafting queen,
I see colours which i had never before seen,
Yellow of sunrise, blue of sky , white of ice,green of leaves to stock them all in my stash
I am keen
Love all colours
The pink and blue are my favorite colors.
Holly, your card is darn cute!
I love pastels, and find I use them quite a lot. I’m also a big fan of vintage colors: kraft, black, cream, red, navy…hard to go wrong with those!
Keep on craftin’, girl…you’ve got skills!
right now I’m really into using bright color combinations like blues/greens/oranges and yellows, but it always depends on my mood at the time I’m creating as to what I used.
these are all so fabulous! my favorite colors to use right now are rich, bright colors like raspberry, melon, aqua, celery, lime, and orange! I also like the soft pastels, too!
It is rare that I make a card without something brown. I love brown – everything from manilla folder to kraft (oooh, my favorite) to a dark chocolate brown. And green. And red. Okay, I love color – period.
I’m getting ready to use lots of pink as one of my dearest friends is having baby girl #5 this week!!! 
Since the majority of the cards I make go to women my favorite is pink. However, I do like blue and yellow together!!
I love using the pink blue yellow combo. I also love the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line.
But then again, I love just about any paper!
Red & green because I’m working on “Christmas in July” for my club.
I love using the pastel yellows, greens and blues.
In the spring, I like pastels. In the summer, I like bright hues. In the fall, I like oranges, reds, yellows and greens. In the winter, I like blue and white.
i tend to use blues, greens, and purples most of the time.
Everything is so pretty that I can not pick a favorite anything! I do look forward to all the pretty summer collection available for my summer photos
Lately I have been all about fun carnival collections….DCWV Carnival stack is ADORABLE!
Mine is green- any and every shade of it. I could use green in every project that I make and still not get tired of it.
Right now I think it’s bright summer colors, but these pastels would be beautiful for baby layouts!
My favorite colors to work with are Blue’s and purples. I love working with pastels though because they are so soft and really blend well.
I love working with soft blue, green, and gray. Can’t go wrong with this combo.
Love those pastels, but right now I’m using some reds and greens on some Christmas cards.
I am so glad you added the “at the moment” as what I like seems to change with the wind. Lately I have really enjoyed using pastels accented with black or brown.
I love pink and green together and blue and yellow. I have always love pastels.
I love What a Cutie. The ruffles are adorable.
I’m just learning about mixed media. I’m more crafty than artsy, so we’ll see what I can come up with.
Ohhh these are so pretty! Thanks for the inspiration – I rarely use pastels as a colour theme, but I’ll definitely have to give it a go.
I like pinks and browns together.
Right now, I’m very into anything that is just plain eclectic – kind of a hodge podge of items.
I really love bright color mixtures – especially yellows and oranges right now.
Right now I’m into different shades of green.
Right now it is pink and pastel green or different shades of gray and brown.
I seem to always pick papers with combos of blues and greens.
Creamy colors are it for me right now, blues, pinks, oranges, yellows etc.
My favorite is any color with kraft. You can’t go wrong with that.
Pastels are good to use for times when I’m feeling quiet and peaceful and want my cards to reflect thet. Most of the time I use bold, bright colors. They reflect my love of life and my loud, bold personality.
I have been gravitating towards cool colors – blue and purple, and some green. Maybe because its been so hot out!
Paper collections that have brights is so fun to design with right now!
I tend to make a lot of purple or turquoise cards.
i love pastels, too. green. pink. aqua. peach. all the colors of a spring morning. delish!
I love shabby, retro colors and almost always ink the edges of my cards for that old-time look.
I tend to migrate towards blues, but lately I have been trying to bring a variety of colory to my projects and having a blast doing it.
I use a lot of shades of green in card making and also love to use pastel colors.
I use lots of blue. I like colors that go with beach photos.
What a pretty cards!!! Now I love using pastel pink for cute princess cards
I always love crafting with aqua but right now I’m loving those bright, summer colors. Red, yellow, navy, garden green are making me happy right now!
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I am really trying to step out of my comfort zone of blues and greens and am using a lot of yellows. =)
I really like to go with the flow of the moment of creation. American crafts is one of my favorite products.
Thanks
Loly