Choosing The Right Shade of Blue
Blue is a color that evokes calm, peace and serenity. It makes us feel confident and secure, and we tend to trust people more when they’re wearing the color blue as it exudes honesty and reliability.
As a natural color occurring in nature, many people look at the ocean and the sky for inspiration and to feel tranquility. Blue promotes relaxation and seeks to find order and direction amongst chaos. It is a friendly color you can depend on.
From baby blues to ice blue and everything in between, there isn’t a one ‘blue’ which fits every project. Different blues have different hues and saturations, some closer to green and some with red more predominant. We offer cardstock in a few distinct shades of blue, and we’ve created this guide to help you choose just the right color for your project.
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| Blast-Off Blue | Celestial Blue | Lunar Blue |
Celestial Blue True to its name, Celestial Blue is ethereal in nature and belonging to the heavens. On the spectrum of blue, it falls somewhere in the middle close to indigo and can be used for a large variety of purposes requiring the color blue, paired with lighter blue color. It is a great color to use for Hanukkah decorations.
Lunar Blue is a medium light shade of cyan and is situated somewhere between green and blue. It is close to aqua and brings a feeling of brightness and happiness, like the deep blue of the sky or ocean. You might use this in a project where nature is represented, and for decorations and cards when welcoming a new baby boy.
Blast – Off Blue Blast Off Blue is mostly blue with little relation to green, coming off as a cool color. It is moderately close in color to sapphire, and it really packs a punch. Blast Off Blue is deep where other blues are not. It brings to mind blueberry pie and lazy BBQ’s on the 4th of July.
For A Baby Boy
You’ve welcomed a new baby boy into your home. Now it’s time to send out baby boy shower invitations, and start deciding on a menu, the guest list and of course baby boy decorations for the party.
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Lunar Blue is the perfect color palette to start with, and the large selection of cardstock can help you make baby shower decorations, cards, and invites. The cardstock is printer friendly with inkjet and most printers, and we also carry cards and envelopes in various blue shades.
Cardstock is great for paper chains and other decorations and can be used as a poster board for baby well wishes or formed into photos hanging on a clothesline. There are so many cute and festive things you can do with blue cardstock paper, from making “It’s a Boy!” sign with each letter printed on a different paper and cut with a design, to making all sorts of decorated hanging crafts and decorations. You can even use this for your gender reveal party! Cute little blue and pink feet and baby carriages strung up as people eagerly beg the question, is it a boy? Is it a girl? As you shop for just the right shade of blue paper, only you will know the answer to that question. |
For 4th Of July – Independence Day
You could say someone is as American as… blueberry pie. Why has America become associated with blueberry pie, you want to know? Who cares, it’s delicious! As you prepare for the 4th months in advance in anticipation of summer and of course America’s independence, don’t forget the biggest part of the party.
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Kids love to make 4th of July crafts, from patriotic wreaths and hanging basking, to cut out red, white and blue stars, to finger painted flags. Be sure to have something for everyone. You might even cut out stars and use them as stencils or decorate the empty space on the page into beautiful fourth of July cards you’ll want to take home with you. While the adults are enjoying ice cold beer and BBQ like the good ole American way, the kids will be happy being entertained by arts and crafts and fun activities to keep them busy.
Make your own bingo boards in various shades of blue with cutout reds and whites as pieces. Kids can win fun prizes like ice cream or a lovely keepsake that they can take home with them. Some other fun activities for kids involve printed 4th of July coloring pages or making your own backyard carnival. From BBQ’s to backyard campouts, 4th of July wouldn’t be complete without the perfect touch of Blast Off blue. |
For Hanukkah
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Jews celebrate Hanukkah in December and that means 8 nights of parties.
Make your Hanukkah decorations this year with Celestial Blue cardstock paper. Paper dreidels, Stars of David and hanging Menorahs all need the support of some good sturdy cardstock. First, start with something for your front door to greet the guests as they arrive for the festivities. 3D dreidels in various shades of blue hanging on blue ribbon is sure to do it.
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A Hanukkah paper wreath is another great decoration to bring that Hanukkah cheer into your home.
Kids expect nothing less than a present every night. Enjoy activities with your kids and make crafts together. Each person will have their very own Jewish star “pocket” hanging on the wall where they can delight in finding new gifts every Hanukkah night. Take two pieces of cardstock paper, cut them into stars and sew or glue the bottom half of two stars together leaving an opening at the top as a pocket. What a delight the kids will have. There are some beautiful DIY Hanukkah card ideas to make and send to family and friends, or even to give to your family at home. With cardstock you can cut out the shape of a Menorah, dreidel or other Hanukkah symbol and glue another color behind the empty space, or you can overlay colorful cutout candles onto a cardstock. Whether you choose to make a more complicated 3D popup card, or a simple and easy cutout dreidel design with your child’s face on it, someone will have the warm and fuzzies when they get your delightful homemade card made with heart. |
Looking For Blue Cardstock?
Whatever the occasion whichever day of the year, when you need blue cardstock, we’ll be here. From warm serene blues to pack-a-punch blue to something quite in between, we understand the need to keep looking until you find the right color.
We are experts in the fine art of crafts and understand the distinction between the many closely related shades of blue. It is no wonder that discerning people can look at a fine project and immediately call to mind the blue color or one that it closely resembles, and as a color aficionado you know that periwinkle is blue not purple, and that cyan is a color and not a hot pepper.
With that, we trust you to browse Fine Cardstock to find the right shade of blue, as there are many, and have fun crafting!
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| Blast-Off Blue | Celestial Blue | Lunar Blue |