Color Dare #262 Do What Makes You Happy Card

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's colors are featured in the Cats and Bats Paper Packet. For this challenge you must use Willow, Goldrush, and Emerald, plus one or more of the neutral colors (White Daisy, Black, Charcoal, Pewter, and Pebble).

Cats and Bats is our Halloween paper this year, but that doesn't mean you have to create Halloween-themed projects! You'll find all of the featured colors in my card today. I layered the light side of Pebble cardstock onto a White Daisy card base, added a Black panel, and a Zip Strip from one of the background & texture papers. Each star is cut in a different size using the Thin Cuts-Stars, and stamped in a different shade of grey (Pebble on Goldrush, Pewter on Willow, and Charcoal on Emerald). As I have done in the past, I layered several star shapes to give them dimension. The sentiment is heat embossed in white.

The inside sports another piece of the Zip Strip and an Emerald star.

Ready to play? Just create a project using ALL and ONLY the colors in this week's challenge (Willow, Goldrush, Emerald, plus one or more of the neutrals). If you don't have the exact colors, use the closest colors you have. We decided to change our color challenges from one wee to TWO WEEKS! This change gives you more time and flexibility to create, share and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 10pm EST Thursday, October 5th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies Used:

C1685 Inspire

D1733 Splash of Color

1386 Black Cardstock

X5955 Pebble Cardstock

X5962 Goldrush Cardstock

X5969 Emerald Cardstock

X5970 Willow Cardstock

Z2831 Charcoal Ink

Z2832 Pewter Ink

Z2833 Pebble Ink

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z2068 Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder

Z3314 Balck & White Dots

Z3216 White Twine

Z3329 Thin Cuts-Stars

Z3341 Thin 3-D Foam Dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Dare #260 I'm So Happy For You Card

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's colors are White Daisy, Charcoal, Raspberry, Bashful,and Willow.

My studio time is still very limited, but I managed to sneak some time in to create a card using the National Stamping Month From The Heart Stamp Set. A couple days ago, my two of my aunts and I went shopping for a baby gift for my niece (she's having a girl). My card was inspired by all of the cute ruffled bottoms we saw while shopping.

I stamped the image using VersaMark and Charcoal inks, and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The flowers and leaves are "water colored" using Raspberry, Bashful, and Willow inks by squeezing a small amount of the ink onto the lid of the stamp pad and spritzing with water. When I spritzed the Raspberry ink, I accidentally got overspray onto my stamped image. It turned out to be a happy mistake!

I pulled out my thin cuts to cut several scallop border pieces from two-sided Bashful Cardstock and layered them to create the ruffled bottom of the card. I altered each layer with the dark front and the lighter back, accented the light scallops with the clear shimmer brush, and topped it off with a glittery bow.

I kept the inside simple.

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. We decided to change our color challenges from one wee to TWO WEEKS! This change gives you more time and flexibility to create, share and invite your crafty friends to join us too. You have until 10pm EST Thursday, September 21st to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

CC1128 From The Heart Stamp Set

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

X5953 Charcoal Cardstock

X5941 Bashful Cardstock

X5974 Raspberry Cardstock

Z3360 Bashful Glitter Paper

Z2831 Charcoal Ink

Z2819 Bashful Ink

Z2812 Raspberry Ink

Z2807 Willow Ink

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z3274 Clear Sparkles

Z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Z3293 Clear Shimmer Brush

Z3224 Small Round Waterbrush

Z2088 Ranger Super Fine Clear Embossing Powder

Z555 Craft Heater

Z3348 Scallop Border Thin Cuts

Z3349 Ribbon Border Thin Cuts

Three Amigos September 2017 Blog Hop 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 Falling For You (papers or featured colors) from the new Holiday Expressions Idea Book. The featured colors are Almond, Charcoal, Espresso, Fern, Goldrush, Linen, Nutmeg, Pewter, Saffron, Toffee. 

My studio time has been very limited lately, so I'm keeping it simple again this month. I designed a friendship card using the Falling For You Cardmaking stamp set Thin Cuts. Instead of using a stark white, pre-made card base, I opted to make a top-folding card using our new Linen double-sided cardstock. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the card base and embellished around it.

I embossed the Nutmeg strip with the new Buffalo Plaid Embossing folder and added color to two of the stamped leaves with Shin Han Touch Twin Markers. To make the bow, I pulled two strands off of a piece of White Burlap Ribbon. A few Bronze Sequins finish off the design.

One more colorful leaf brings the fall feeling to the inside of the card too.

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:

Z4041 Falling For You- Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cuts

X5946 Linen Cardstock

X5952 Nutmeg Cardstock

X5960 Fern Cardstock

X5961 Saffron Cardstock

X5962 Goldrush Cardstock

Z2830 Nutmeg Ink Pad

Z2850 Fern Ink Pad

Z2851 Saffron Ink Pad

Z2823 Goldrush Ink Pad

Z2456 Mahogany BR96 Shin Han Touch Twin Marker

Z2457 Marigold YR24 Shin Han Touch Twin Marker

Z2454 Leaf Green GY234 Shin Han Touch Twin Marker

Z4032 Buffalo Plaid Embossing Folder

Z3323 White Burlap Ribbon

Z4029 Bronze Sequins

Z1204 Bone Folder