Colour Dare #576 - Six Pack

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #576 is a six pack challenge. You need to use 3 of the colours at least, plus... you can also use Black, white, and Metallics but no other neutrals. When you are creating for more than one challenge please make sure your project meets our requirement. Most importantly - have fun!  Go to the link for Colour Dare #576 and add your entry. When you submit your entry you must provide a link to your post, not just to your blog in general. There are LOTS of ways to enter either a Blog Post or post to an online gallery (Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram etc), more details on the Colour Dare Blog post (see link above).

I pulled out all the things I wanted to use to make this card project. *I did grab a couple of extra things after this AND didn't use everything that I first pulled. 

I pulled cardstock = White Daisy, Sage, Pine, (Mocha & Acorn didn't get used but are shown in the below photo), plus Triangle Trees Thin Cuts, Triangle Trees Stamp Set, Triangle Trees Stencils (You can buy the trees set in a bundle - its amazing!). I also pulled Silver Bells—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts, Silver Bells Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet = I pulled out the mink coloured garland looking paper... and the Thanks a Bunch—November Stamp of the Month and Silver Bells Dots and Blending Brushes with Sage Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (and later- I pulled out Mocha ink too). 

I looked at all the cardstock and decided I just wanted to cut lots of Christmas tree triangles but I didn't want them to be brown so I only cut, green (sage & pine), grey (mink pattern) and white cardstock. 

I didn't have many scraps for the pine cardstock but I cut 2 sizes on scrap with a bit of a hang-over which didn't matter because I was overlapping them and the tiny bit could be hidden.  

I cut varying sizes and layered them a few different ways. I knew I was going to use the Triangle Tree stencils and stamps. Then every time I stamped or stencilled a triangle I rearranged the triangles.

I stamped with Sage ink with theTriangle Trees Stamp Set on the green and white and stencilled with Sage on the Triangles and directly on the Slimline Cards & Envelopes with the using the Triangle Trees Stencils

After I had stamped on the white triangles I used my blending brush to add some Sage ink to the white cardstock so they would stand out against the other trees. Each tree had a different treatment. On the Pine Cardstock I stamped with Mocha ink because I didn't think the sage would show up on the darker cardstock.  

To finish I stamped the sentiment from the Stamp of the Month "Today and everyday, I am" and then from Silver Bells—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts "Wishing you JOY". so it reads, Today and everyday, I am wishing you Joy. 

Then I put some of the metallic brown Silver Bells Dots
. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #576. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my project, so I'd love you to leave a comment. See you again soon, subscribe to my blog so you don't miss a challenge.

If you don't have a Close to My Heart Consultant (and you're in Australia) feel free to contact me either on this blog or via my website HERE.

Vandra Stenton, Close to My Heart Consultant, Perth Western Australia

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au

Colour Dare #574 Tic-Tac-Toe

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #574 is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. You need to use 3 of the colours at least in a row, colum or diagonal... plus... you can also use Black, white, neutrals AND Metallics. When you are creating for more than one challenge please make sure your project meets our requirement. Most importantly - have fun!  Go to the link for Colour Dare #572 and add your entry. When you submit your entry you must provide a link to your post, not just to your blog in general. There are LOTS of ways to enter either a Blog Post or post to an online gallery (Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram etc), more details on the Colour Dare Blog post (see link above).

I decided to do diagonal because I LOVE the colour of the Year Journey, so I chose - Journey, Gold and Honey Butter. 

First step pulled out my  Card Front Stencil Pack 2 with the half hearts, my Journey Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and my Blending Brushes and got to blending. I did attempt to tap it down onto my All-purpose Mat but I didn't do a great job with it and it sort of moved (see top right hand bit). I decided not to re-do it because I was planning to stick things to the front of my card anyway. 

After doing the below half. You take the stencil and wash it and flip it over and line it up and do the second half of the heart. I was going to do it lighter on the second half but decided darker would look better. 

Second side flipped it shown below. the bottom middle one or two didn't look too lined up but I didn't do another or do anything to fix it. 

After creating my journey two toned hearts on 5.25 x 4 white cardstock with Journey ink, I matted that with Journey Cardstock. 

I wanted to create a shaker element so I got some Honey Butter Cardstock, and cut the Small Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts solid circle and then the edge in Gold Glitter Paper. 

I lined the Honey Butter circle with Small Circle Shaker Window Foam + Acetate and filled it with Journey Loose Sequins, and then adhered the acetate and the gold glitter top. I put this all over the small slip in that top right hand corner. 

This card was made specifically for a CWA (Country Women's Association) of WA Branches 90th Birthday that my mum is attending next week. So I also cut a 90 from gold glitter paper from Classic Alphabet Thin Cuts. I adhered the glitter 9 and 0 with the left over foam tape from the middle of the small circle shaker window foam. 

Its hard to photograph a shaker card so I took a few snaps to show the movement. 

To finish off the card I added a Happy sentiment from the Operation Smile stamp set Your Smile Stamp Set. With every purchase of this stamp set, $7 USD are donated to the life saving mission of Operation Smile™. Set of 17.

I stamped in Black ink on white scrap cardstock and adhered with 3D Foam tape (on 2/3rds of the banner) the part that overlapped the circle I didn't add 3D foam. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #574. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my project, so I'd love you to leave a comment. See you again soon, subscribe to my blog so you don't miss a challenge.

If you don't have a Close to My Heart Consultant (and you're in Australia) feel free to contact me either on this blog or via my website HERE.

Vandra Stenton, Close to My Heart Consultant, Perth Western Australia

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au