Paper Menagerie: Chelsea Gardens

Friday, January 5, 2018

Color Dare #274 Just For You Card

It's time for another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge! This week's challenge is to use only Charcoal, Glacier, Bashful, and optional Silver.

I pulled out my Basics Fundamentals, Bashful Glitter Paper, and Vellum Paper for this challenge. The Chelsea Gardens- Cardmaking stamp set was still sitting out on my work surface, so I inked it up again for this card. I used the clear shimmer brush to pick up a small amount of Glacier Ink to add color to the butterflies. The sentiment is heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

When I started designing the card, I used our Basic Circle Thin Cuts. I felt like the edges needed something, so I cut a new circle using a stitched die. A few Bashful Pearls finish off the design.

I stamped a couple leafy stems inside and added another small glittered butterfly.

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, January 18th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

C1709 Chelsea Gardens- Cardmaking

Z3353 Basics Fundamental Paper Packet

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

X5953 Charcoal Cardstock

X5941 Bashful Cardstock

Z3360 Bashful Glitter Paper

Z3367 Vellum Paper

Z2831 Charcoal Ink Pad

Z2841 Glacier Ink Pad

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z3293 Shimmer Brush- Clear

Z2067 Ranger Silver Super Fine Embossing Powder

Z3369 Bashful Pearls

Other: Die-namics Stitched Circle STAX (My Favorite Things)

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #10

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!

The challenge this month is Anything Goes. Time to get our creative juices flowing this year. The three cards I am sharing today are actually cards we made at the Seasonal Expressions Launch last month. If you haven't checked out the new Seasonal Expressions 1 idea book, I highly recommend you take some time to browse through it!

All of these cards feature a technique using the Watercolor Pencils and Clear Shimmer Brush. After lightly coloring the images with the pencils, I used the shimmer brush to soften the pencil strokes. The result is a shimmery, watercolored effect. I love the Background & Texture papers (B&T) in the Chelsea Gardens Paper Packet!

You can see the shimmer on the wing of this butterfly. It's stunning in person!

This card uses vellum to add interest and texture to the card. The leafy stems, flowers, and butterflies are all colored using the watercolor pencils and the shimmer brush.

The vellum on this card tones down the charcoal cardstock behind the sentiment. I attached it with glue dots positioned behind the butterflies.

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:

C1709 Chelsea Gardens- Cardmaking

X7230B Chelsea Gardens Paper Packet

X7230 Chelsea Gardens Coordinating Cardstock