Color Dare #286 Party Time

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! It's the last Color Challenge in March and Tic-Tac-Toe is here again. You get to choose colors from a Tic-Tac-Toe board using the Close to My Heart color palette from the featured paper pack of this month "Stargazer." I chose to use the first column of colors, Sapphire, Pacifica, and Canary, with a splash of Poppy.

Keeping it fast and simple this time by using a Picture My Life card from the Summertime set, a bit of paper from the Stargazer Paper Packet, and the Birthday Time Stamp of The Month set. The PML card had the Sapphire and Pacifica dots on it with a sentiment in the center that said "Sweet Summertime." I used my Circle Thin Cuts to cut that sentiment off (I can save it to use on a layout) and replaced it with the Party Time sentiment from the SOTM. I thought the blues and yellow could use a splash of red, so I added a small strip of Poppy striped paper and a few Poppy Enamel Dots.

I used the clear shimmer pen to add sparkle to PARTY and the Sapphire dots on the PML card. The white circle is popped up with Thin 3-D Foam Tape.

The inside sports the same Canary and Poppy B&T papers as the front. I combined two sentiments from the SOTM for the inside sentiment.

Ready to play? Just create a project using at least three colors in a row of your choice. You must identify the row you chose with your entry. You may also add any or all of the other colors from the Tic-Tac-Toe board and Black and White Daisy are always free to use but please do not add extra colors. If you don't have the exact colors, use the closest colors you have. Our color challenges are open for two weeks, giving you more time and flexibility to create, share, and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 11pm EST Thursday, April 12th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies used:

S1803 Birthday Time

X7229B Stargazer paper Packet

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

X5957 Sapphire Cardstock

Z2848 Sapphire Ink Pad

Z2892 Pacifica ink Pad

Z2843 Canary Ink Pad

Z4148 Summertime Picture My Life

9044 Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 4 (Pattern 2)

Z3318 Thin Cuts-Basic Circles

Z4143 Stargazer Dots

Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

Z3293 Shimmer Brush- Clear

Z3224 Waterbrush- Small Round

Other: My Favorite Things-Stitched Circles Stax

Color dare #284 Keep Your Fin Up

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's challenge is Glacier, Pacifica, and optional Silver. Unless otherwise indicated, you may also use Black and White Daisy.

I was feeling a little under the weather this week, so I'm a little late with my post. I knew I wanted to make something with the whale from the Make Waves-Cardmaking Stamp Set for this challenge, but wasn't sure how I wanted my project to come together. When I was finally able to sit down and create, my card practically made itself!

Since we have a Die-namite sale going on with our Thin Cuts this month, I decided to use a couple on this card. Using the negative cut from the Scallop Border Thin Cuts, I created waves for that sweet whale using Pacifica Cardstock and Pacifica B&T paper from the Adventure Fundamentals Paper Packet. I like the variation of color from the watercolor design of the B&T paper, and the shadow effect from the solid cardstock. My sky was created by sponging White Daisy Pigment Ink onto Glacier Cardstock using a couple cloud-shaped templates I made.

I stamped the sentiment and the whale with Archival Black Ink, and then with VersaMark Ink before heat embossing with clear embossing powder to give them a little shine. For added texture, I stitched the spray lines. The front panel is double matted with Silver Foil Paper and Black Cardstock.

The inside has plenty of room to write a message. I stamped the fin image in the lower corner to play on the front message.

Ready to play? Just create a project using ALL and ONLY the colors in this week's challenge. If you don't have the exact colors, use the closest colors you have. Our color challenges are open for two weeks, giving you more time and flexibility to create, share, and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 11pm EST Thursday, March 29th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies Used:

Z4160 Make Waves- Cardmaking Stamp Set + Thin Cuts

Z3351 Adventure Fundamentals

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

1386 Black Cardstock

X5967 Pacifica Cardstock

X5978 Glacier Cardstock

Z3366 Silver Foil Paper

Z3271 Archival Black Ink Pad

Z2892 Pacifica Ink Pad

Z2841 Glacier Ink Pad

Z2863 White Daisy Pigment Ink Pad

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z2088 Ranger Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder

Z2046 Piercing & Embossing Tool Kit

Z3348 Scallop Border Thin Cuts

Z3341 Thin 3-D Foam Dots

X254 White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack

Other: Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Borders, Sakura GellyRoll White Pen, Needle, Thread

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #12

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!

Our challenge for this month is "Out Of This World." Let your imagination run wild!  Whether it's Outer Space, Mermaids, Fairies or anything magical, fantastical, or other worldly!

As soon as i saw the Super Girl stamp set, I knew I had to make a card for my sister who collects Wonder Woman stuff. She recently hit a few awesome goals, and I wanted to show her how happy I am for her! I saw a tutorial here for an interactive slider card that was perfect for my theme. I stamped, water colored (using a waterbrush and our ink pads), and die-cut the super girl image and adhered her to the slider mechanism of my card.

When you pull the slider tab, she flies across the card to save the day.

I added a few glittery touches to her gloves, bow, star, and boots with the Clear Shimmer Pen. I also shimmered the two sentiments (Wow! and GiRL CAN). A couple retired Enamel Stars finish off the front design.

To make it easier to grab the slider tab, I notched a little area on the card base. I stamped a few stars from the Stargazer-Cardmaking stamp set on the inside, making sure I left plenty of room to write a message.

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:

Z4163 Super Girl Stamp Set + Thin Cuts

C1704 Stargazer- Cardmaking Stamp Set

X7229B Stargazer Paper Packet

X5956 Sapphire Cardstock

X5967 Pacifica Cardstock

X5963 Poppy Cardstock

Z3146 Watercolor Paper

Z2848 Sapphire Ink Pad

Z2892 Pacifica Ink Pad

Z2852 Poppy Ink Pad

Z2843 Canary Ink Pad

Z2833 Pebble Ink Pad

Z899 Memento Ink Pad

Z3224 Waterbrush- Small Round

Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

Z3293 Shimmer Brush- Clear

3505 Watercolor Pencils (Retired)

Z2010 Enamel Stars (Retired)

Thumb Notch Punch (Retired)

Color Dare #282 You Are Special

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's challenge is Pick Your Own Red with optional Gold. Unless otherwise indicated, you may also use Black and White Daisy.

The graphic for Pick Your Own Red shows Poppy, Ruby, and Cranberry, but I chose to use Pomegranate. I die cut the triangles from Gold Glitter Paper and Gold Foil Paper, randomly placed them on my front panel, and left room to heat emboss a sentiment in gold. The panel is matted with black cardstock and adhered to a white card base.

The camera just doesn't capture the shine of the gold foil with the glimmer of the glitter paper. The gold foil pieces inside the triangles actually look like little mirrors.

I added another gold embossed sentiment inside with an inlaid triangle that is an opposite of the front triangles (this one has a gold foil outline with glitter inserts). The sentiments are from the Notes of Inspiration Stamp Set.

Ready to play? Just create a project using ALL and ONLY the colors in this week's challenge. If you don't have the exact colors, use the closest colors you have. Our color challenges are open for two weeks, giving you more time and flexibility to create, share, and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 11pm EST Thursday, March 15th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies Used:

C1713 Notes of Inspiration

1386 Black Cardstock

X5964 Pomegranate Cardstock

Z3365 Gold Foil Paper

Z3238 Gold Glitter Paper

Z2854 Pomegranate Ink Pad

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z2066 Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder

Other: Altenew Shattered Triangles Die

Color Dare #280- Warm Birthday Wishes

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's challenge is to use only Pixie, Emerald, and Pansy. Unless otherwise indicated, you may also use Black and White Daisy.

Since the colors in this challenge are so saturated, I decided to add Black and White Daisy to the mix. I cut strips of paper from the Make Waves Paper Packet, adhered them to a black base, and added white, cloud-like sentiment piece.

I stamped the birthday sentiment with Emerald Ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. A few Make Waves sequins add a finishing touch.

I carried the striped pattern from the front to the inside as well.

Ready to play? Just create a project using ALL and ONLY the colors in this week's challenge. If you don't have the exact colors, use the closest colors you have. Our color challenges are open for two weeks, giving you more time and flexibility to create, share, and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 11pm EST Thursday, March 1st to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

S1802 Sunny Thoughts

X7227B Make Waves Paper Packet

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

1386 Black Cardstock

Z2804 Pansy Ink Pad

Z2806 Emerald Ink Pad

Z2844 Pixie Ink Pad

Z2805 Black Ink Pad

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z2088 Ranger Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder

Z4142 Make Waves Sequins & Gems

Other: Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2 Dies

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #11

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!

Our February challenge is a NOM NOM challenge. Anything food or drink related counts! I pulled out the We Belong Together stamp set and got to work on a valentine card.

Isn't that little pizza dude adorable?! I knew he would be my focal point, so I selected a pattern from the Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 4 book to showcase him. The background paper is from a retired set of Enchantment Fundamentals. The clear embossed hearts create a subtle texture. I used our Basic Heart Thin Cuts to cut the heart shape from the scallop square panel, then backed the opening with vellum to soften the background. The adorable pizza dude is colored with our Watercolor Pencils, softened with the Small Round Watercolor Brush, and popped up over the heart cut-out with Thin 3-D Foam Dots.

I wanted to add a few sparkly accents, but couldn't find the perfect color. ShinHan markers and Purple Glitter Hearts to the rescue! I made custom accents that work perfectly with my design by coloring three glitter hearts with the Carmine ShinHan marker. The white glitter ribbon border carries a little of the sparkle down to the bottom of the card as well.

The inside sentiment and hearts are from the retired December SOTM, A Little Bit of Pun. I mimicked the card front design, leaving enough room to write a short message. All of my stamping was done with Nutmeg Ink.

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:
B1581 We Belong Together
S1712 A Little Bit of Pun (retired)
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
Z3237 White Glitter Paper
Z2380 Nutmeg Ink Pad
Z2870 Ruby Ink Pad
3505 Watercolor Pencils
Z3224 Waterbrush- Small Round
Z3317 Thin Cuts Basic Hearts
Z2448 ShinHan Marker- R11 Carmine
Z3124 Enamel & Glitter Duos- Purple Hearts (Clearance)
Z3341 Thin 3-D Foam Dots
9044 Make It From The Heart, Vol.4 (Pattern #5)
X254 White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack
Embossed Enchantment Fundamentals (Retired)
Other: Scor-Tape, MFT Die-Namics Stitched Mini Scallop Squares

Color Dare #278 Love You Card

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's challenge is to use only Bashful, Kraft, and optional Gold. Unless otherwise indicated, you may also use Black and White Daisy.

Have you seen the Pretty In Pink special for the month of February? This challenge fits the theme beautifully! Four elements from my card are included in the sale (Bashful Cardstock, Bashful Ink Pad, Gold Foil Paper, and What Matters Most Stamp Set).

I have been seeing a lot of projects with inlaid letters cut with our Block Alphabet Thin Cuts lately and decided to give it a try. I cut the word YOU from a Kraft panel and inlaid Bashful letters (with the edges inked, of course). Using VersaMark Ink, I stamped the Love image from the What Matters Most stamp set across the inlaid letters, then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. This card was screaming CAS, so I simply matted the Kraft panel with White Daisy Cardstock and Gold Foil Paper, added pearls to the corners, and popped it up over a triple ribbon accent.

One thing I discovered when heat embossing on the Kraft Cardstock is that my anti-static tool had little effect. You can see how the embossing is smooth on the Bashful letters, but bumpy on the Kraft panel. The embossing powder liked to gather in little static clumps on the Kraft Cardstock. I don't think it deters from the overall card though.

Ready to play? Just create a project using ALL and ONLY the colors in this week's challenge. If you don't have the exact colors, use the closest colors you have. Our color challenges are open for two weeks, giving you more time and flexibility to create, share, and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 10pm EST Thursday, February 15th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

D1728 What Matters Most

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

X5941 Bashful Cardstock

Z1375 Kraft Cardstock

Z3365 Gold Foil Paper

Z2819 Bashful Ink Pad

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z2066 Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder

Z3386 Block Alphabet Thin Cuts

Z3189 White & Gold Ribbon

Z3370 White Pearls

Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

Other: 1120- Stitched Rectangles- Elizabeth Craft Designs