Three Amigos December 2017 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Three Amigos Blog Hop. We are three Close To My Heart Independent Consultants with a love for stamping and scrapping, and would like to share our creative ideas with you. On the 3rd of each month, we feature a different CTMH product and create a card, layout, or other project. There are only three stops on this hop, so it will only take a few minutes to hop through. When you finish hopping, be sure to check out the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge!

This month we are featuring projects using the Silver & Gold Paper Pack (papers or featured colors). The featured colors are Black, Pebble, Pewter, White Daisy, and Gold Foil.

Time doesn't seem to be on my side when it comes to creating things these days. I put together a quick and easy card using two papers from the pack, a little bit of cardstock, ink, some die cut shapes, ribbon, and sparkly embellishments. The card is so pretty in person. It's hard to capture all of the sparkle and shine from the foil and gems.

The black ribbon actually has gold threads running through it. The stars are cut from Gold Foil Paper with the Basic Stars Thin Cuts. I added clear shimmer to the word JOY (you can see it if you zoom in a little). The sentiment is from the WYW Joyful Tidings Cardmaking Kit.

Did you notice the pierced edges on the black cardstock? Our ruler has stitch guide holes for piercing, but it'll be going soon! I pierced around the black panels on the front and the inside.

Thanks for hopping by today! Hop over to Lisa's Blog and Donna's Blog to see what they created for you, then over to the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge. We hope you play along!

Supplies Used:
X7226B Silver & Gold Paper Packet
G1142 Workshops Your Way Joyful Tidings Cardmaking Kit
X7226D Silver & Gold Coordinating Cardstock
Z3365 Gold Foil Paper
Z2833 Pebble Ink
Z3271 Archival Black Ink
Z4012 Black Shimmer Ribbon
Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems
Z1263 Bitty Sparkles
Z3328 Thin Cuts- Basic Ovals
Z3329 Thin Cuts- Basic Stars
Z3293 Shimmer Brush- Clear
Z2046 Piercing & Embossing Tool Kit
Z1471 Ruler (Going Soon)
Z1859 Foam Mat (Going Soon)

Color Dare #272 Traditional Color Challenge

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's challenge is to use only Reds and Greens, White Daisy, your choice of a neutral, and optional Gold and/or Silver.

Have you seen the ribbon trees the CTMH design team shared on the Close To My Heart Blog? I decided to give it a try for this challenge. The layers of my tree alternate between ribbon and paper (Beary Christmas and Falling For You), with a few strips of Gold and Red Shimmer Trim tucked in for sparkle. A wooden toothpick is sandwiched between two stars cut with the Star Thin Cuts from Gold Glitter Paper for the topper. 

All of the ribbon I used is unfortunately retired now. You can see in the close-up that I layered gold ribbon beneath New England Ivy ribbon so the green would show better.

Ready to play? Just create a project using ONLY the colors in this week's challenge, Reds and Greens, White Daisy, choice of a neutral, and Gold and/or Silver. This color challenge is open for the entire month of December, giving you more time and flexibility to create, share, and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 10pm EST Thursday, December 29th to enter! To make the holidays even more festive, we are partnering with the Heart2 Heart Challenge blog!   Enter to win and share some holiday cheer! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
X7225B Beary Christmas Paper Pack
X7223B Falling For You Paper Pack
Z3238 Gold Glitter Paper
Z1848 Red Shimmer Trim
Z1985 Gold Shimmer Trim
Z3318 Thin Cuts- Basic Circles
Z3329 Thin Cuts- Basic Stars
Fern Satin Ribbon (retired)
Garden Green Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)
New England Ivy Ribbon (retired)
Gold Ribbon (retired)
Other: Styrofoam cone- 6", straight pins, toothpick