Color Dare #294 Big Thank You

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! It's the last Color Challenge in May 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 "Beautiful Friendship." You MUST use and identify the three colors in a row of your choice; however we will allow any or all other colors from the Challenge Board to be included. I chose to use a diagonal of colors from the bottom left up to the top right, Bashful, Smoothie, and Canary.

My card came together quickly and easily thanks to one of our new Thin Cuts- A Big Thank You. To incorporate all of the challenge colors, I sponged a panel of White Daisy Cardstock with Bashful, Blossom, and Canary inks. I die cut the thank you image from Bashful Glitter Paper to add a bit of sparkle to the card without overwhelming the design, and backed it with my sponged piece. 

The die cut panel is popped up off of the Smoothie mat using craft foam, and then adhered to a Bashful card base.

I sponged another panel for the inside of the card. To soften the sponged panel so a handwritten note could easily be read, I attached a piece of Vellum Paper with a Bashful glitter frame.

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, 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 10pm EST Thursday, June 8th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies Used:

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

X5941 Bashful Cardstock

X5985 Smoothie Cardstock

Z3360 Bashful Glitter Paper

Z3367 Vellum Paper

Z2819 Bashful Ink Pad

Z2896 Smoothie Ink Pad

Z2843 Canary Ink Pad

Z4174 Thin Cuts- A Big Thank You

Other- Craft Foam

Color Dare #292 Missing You

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's challenge is to use only Bashful, Canary, and Linen. You may also include White Daisy and Black, but please do not add any other colors.

I stared at the three challenge colors for quite some time trying to decide which direction I wanted to take for my card. My original idea just wasn't working for me, so I went with "plan b." The soft colors in this challenge are perfect for clean and simple cards. I decided to focus on the Bashful and Linen, and use Canary as an accent.

The Rose Embossing Folder adds subtle texture to the Linen panel while allowing the Bashful Glitter butterfly to remain the main focal point. I backed the die cut butterfly with Canary Cardstock, adding a layer of vellum in between to soften the yellow. I tried not to use black on this card, but the challenge colors were too light for the sentiment.

To add a bit of dimension to the butterfly, I adhered the body directly to the card panel and used Thin 3-D Foam Dots under the top portion of the wings. Sparkles accent the body and sentiment.

Inside, the Bashful panel is accented with embossed Linen cardstock and a thin strip of Bashful Glitter Paper.

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, May 24th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!

P.S. If you love challenges, the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenges theme is May Flowers! Why not try both?

Supplies used:

C1721 Shell Sentiments

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

X5941 Bashful Cardstock

X5946 Linen Cardstock

X5982 Canary Cardstock

Z3360 Bashful Glitter Paper

Z3367 Vellum Paper

Z2819 Bashful Ink Pad

Z2805 Black Ink Pad

Z2824 Linen Ink Pad

Z3343 Rose Embossing Folder

Z3274 Clear Sparkles

Z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Z3341 Thin 3-D Foam Dots

Other- Cricut Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Butterfly Trio Dies

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #14

Welcome to the Three Amigos Blog Hop. We are three friends 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 theme this month is May Flowers, and the new Beautiful Friendship suite fits the theme perfectly. I knew I wanted to use a large focal image on my card, so I decided to highlight the Beautiful Friendship Cardmaking Stamp Set today. I found the perfect pattern to showcase the teapot in the Make It From Your Heart, Vol.4 how-to book.

I stamped the teapot with Sapphire Ink onto the lace doily B&T paper and used the coordinating Thin Cuts to cut it out. For added dimension, I cut two more teapot shapes from White Daisy Cardstock and layered them together. The teapot is popped up on a strip of Bashful Cardstock that I scored every 1/4" and lightly inked. See those sequins? They have been sitting in my stash since my early days with CTMH. I've decided to make more of an effort to incorporate some of the old with the new to use it up.

I stamped the teacup inside, adding a cluster of flowers and flourishes of steam, with Heather Ink on the light side of Bashful Cardstock.

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:
Z4180 Beautiful Friendship Cardmaking Stmap + Thin Cuts
X7233B Beautiful Friendship Paper Packet
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
X5941 Bashful Cardstock
X5948 Heather Cardstock
X5957 Sapphire Cardstock
Z2819 Bashful Ink Pad
Z2826 Heather Ink Pad
Z2848 Sapphire Ink Pad
Z4196 White Ribbon
Z3341 Thin 3-D Foam Dots
9044 Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 4 (Pattern 3)
X254 White cards & Envelopes Value Pack
Z1937 Score Board (Retired CTMH)
Sequins (Retired CTMH)

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Hello! Just popping in to share all of the fun May offers!

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Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the Three Amigos Blog Hop and Challenge!