Mix It Up Monday: Clean and Simple Christmas stars

It’s Mix It Up Monday again and time for another colour combination from my In Color charts.

This one takes its inspiration from Germany. I am frequently drawn to the blogs of German demonstrators; I love their clean, classy style, particularly at Christmas. The demonstrators whose blogs I follow employ this “scattered elements” look to great effect and are big users of Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Smoky Slate. It’s a tasteful but subdued colour palette which doesn’t lend itself well to CASEing for a colour combination challenge.

Undeterred, I had a go at adapting the style for this week’s Mix It Up Monday project and came up with this fun card for Christmas. I die-cut the large star using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits set, which also has a strip of tiny stars, which I used for the red and green stars. The stamped star is punched out with the Itty Bitty Punch Pack star punch. 

And that’s it. Quick, clean and simple, with just a tiny hint of grey in the stamped background. Because, even though I love those German cards, I’m still not a big fan of grey. 

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] £4.50	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949] £6.00	Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad [138324] £6.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] £6.00
Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] £6.50	Cucumber Crush A4 Cardstock [138342] £6.50	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315] £4.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] £15.50	Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies [137547] £36.00	To You & Yours Too Photopolymer Stamp Set [139819] £14.00

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