Learn to Get Creative with Colour & You'll Get Great Results.....In cardmaking the colours you decide to use can make or break the look of a card - learn to get Creative with Colour and you'll always get great results in your cardmaking.
Some people instinctively know which colours work well together but don't worry if you're not one of them. It is a skill which can be learned! Look around stores or in magazines at furnishings and other displays, and see what colour schemes the designers put together. Copy them! What works in displays will work in cardmaking! Look at cardmaking magazines and see which colours the designers are putting together. Looking at the front covers will give you good ideas even if you don't want to buy the magazine. Some card makers use a colour wheel which will show you which colour combinations work.
Or to save money collect some paint colour strips from decorating or DIY stores. The colour strips will show you all the shades of a colour from dark through to light.Look at which order the shop displays the strips in - they do not display colours which will clash next to each other. If you are rubber stamping look at the colours printed on the top of the stamp - use them as your guideline and co-ordinate your background paper and any embellishments to those colours. Consider what you are making the card for - let the occasion dictate the colours you use. For example a young child's birthday card could be made with Bright colours. A wedding or engagement card could be made with Pastel shades. The colours used will dictate the mood of the card. If you are intending to theme the card then the colours you use can flow from the theme. Think of what the colours would be in the real world. For example an African or Egyptian theme could have browns, yellows and earthy colours i.e.Warm colours.A water themed card would use blues or sea greens i.e Cool colours. If you are using embellishments consider taking a main colour theme from one of them and build your card in various shades of that colour. This is a Monochromatic colour scheme. Quite a modern trend is to use a black, white or grey scheme. This is known as an Achromatic scheme as they are neutral colours. The classic Christmas colours are red and green They work well because they are Complementary Colours. TIP: As you collect off-cuts of Background Papers and Card Stock try to keep them colour co-ordinated in separate plastic bags or wallets. When you next want to make a card of a particular colour you won't have to root through a mountain of offcuts to get the right one.
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