Color Dare #258 Hi There Card

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's colors are Black, White Daisy, Whisper, Sweet Leaf, Slate, Ruby, and Juniper.

I created a sweet card using a few cricut cut images along with some of our new Thin Cuts. I used Whisper Cardstock for my card base and the Simple Chevron Embossing Folder to create the White Daisy backdrop for my scene. The birdhouse is cut from Slate and Ruby Cardstock and stamped tone on tone with the coordinating inks.

The sentiment plays along with the bird on the branch visiting his little friend in the birdhouse. A few of the pieces are cut multiple times and stacked to create extra dimension on the card. To create the birdies' eyes, I colored Bitty Sparkles with the Black Shin Han marker. Black Glitter Paper adds a little sparkle to the card.

Another friend awaits inside to say, "Hi There!"

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. You have until 10pm EST Thursday to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used:

D1709 Line It Up (from Cricut Flower Market Bundle)

C1678 Jack- Cardmaking

1385 White Daisy cardstock

1386 Black Cardstock

X5965 Ruby Cardstock

X5979 Juniper Cardstock

X5980 Sweet Leaf cardstock

Whisper Cardstock (retired)

Slate Cardstock (retired)

Z2153 Sweet leaf Ink

Z2165 Juniper Ink

Z2170 Ruby Ink

Z2172 Whisper Ink (going soon!)

Z2173 Slate Ink (retired)

Z3236 Black Glitter Paper

Z3347 Simple Chevron Embossing Folder (going soon!)

Z3348 Scallop Border Thin Cuts

Z553 Dual Action Glue Pen

Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

Z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Z2446 Black Shin Han Touch Twin Marker

Other- Cricut All Occasion Box Cards Cartridge

Color Dare #256 Hello Card

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge. This week's colors are Black, White Daisy, Pomegranate, Peacock, and Juniper.

For today's card, I followed pattern 29 from the Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 1 guide. I knew I wanted to use the new For You Darling stamp set, but the sentiments weren't the right size for my design. The Hello sentiment from the Flourishes stamp set fit perfectly. I didn't want a patterned paper to compete with the succulents, so I opted to emboss and sand a few scored lines on Peacock cardstock for the bottom panel. The succulents are stamped with Juniper and Peacock inks. I used the masking technique to stamp Pomegranate and Juniper in the small floral outlines.

To give the card a hint of sparkle, I matted the sentiment with Black Glitter Paper. The Black Dots around the succulents integrate the black into the card design. The succulents and flowers are popped up with Thin 3-D Foam Tape.

A small succulent and flower carries the design 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. You have until 10pm EST Thursday to enter!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies Used:

D1749 Flourishes

Z3375 For You Darling Stamp + Thin Cuts

X5979 Juniper Cardstock

X5958 Peacock Cardstock

X5964 Pomegranate Cardstock

Z2165 Juniper Ink

Z2649 Peacock Ink

Z2653 Pomegranate Ink

Z3236 Black Glitter Paper

Z3314 Black & White Dots

9035 Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 1

X254 White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack

Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

Z1204 Bone Folder

Three Amigos August 2017 Challenge

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 sharing projects using Jack (papers or featured colors) from the new Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book. The featured colors are black, juniper, ruby, slate, sweet leaf, whisper, and white daisy.

I love cards with special folds, and decided to make one to share today. I also made a coordinating box to go along with it. I used four colors of cardstock, the tree background and texture pattern from the paper pack, and the Jack Cardmaking Stamp with coordinating Thin Cuts for both. This bear is my favorite stamp in the entire seasonal expressions book!

This card has two "panels" that open up to reveal the message inside. The first panel is the bear tab, which opens to the right.

I decided to cut a second bear shape with the thin cuts, but couldn't leave it just plain. I inked up one of the bears ears to make his tail, and added more fur by turning the stamp 180 degrees before stamping. Isn't he just the cutest?!

Open the second panel to the left to reveal the sentiment on the inside. The hearts are each embellished with a bitty sparkle.

I decorated the top of my box to coordinate with the card I made. You can fill it with a set of cards or a small gift. I'm not sure if you can tell from the pictures, but I stamped an extra nose for each bear and popped it up with thin 3D foam tape.

I found directions for the box here, but changed the dimensions for mine to fit a 4.25x5.5 card. With a depth of one inch, you can easily fit a set of four cards with envelopes inside. I gave a few of these boxes filled with assorted cards to some of my CTMH pals at convention.

Here's a photo of my measurements and basic directions.

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:

X7222B Jack Paper Pack

X7222D Jack Coordinating Cardstock

Z3333 Jack Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

Z2805 Black Ink

Z2173 Slate Ink

Z2170 Ruby Ink

Z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Z3197 Black & Gold Ribbon

Z3022 3L E-Z Dots Adhesive

Z2060 Thin 3D Foam Tape