Friday, September 22, 2017

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!

Friday, September 8, 2017

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

Sunday, September 3, 2017

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