Colour Dare #394 Shades of Green

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #394 is Shades of Green. Using monochromatic greens, Black, White and all neutrals are free to use. You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #394 and add your entry. 

I love the Green challenge so pulled out some old Central Park paper that I've been trying to "scrap my stash" and use up. Then some Clover Cardstock

that you can get on sale this month in the Green Cardstock Bundle. 

I HAD to use the new "Toilet paper" stamp set from the National Scrapbooking Day Cardmaking Bundle 1. its my very favourite stamp set and from the National Scrapbooking Day event held by Close to My Heart this stamp set is THE MOST POPULAR stamp set in the history of CTMH! I really love this! I love that we can make light of the darkness that is the current Global Pandemic! 

Its awesome that Close to My Heart Cardstock is double sided. So I stamped on the Clover Cardstock with Evergreen Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad on each side of the paper and cut it out with Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors. 

Then I stamped in Clover Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad for the circle and cut it out with the Stitched Circles Thin Cuts. 

To stamp the title I stamped on French Vanilla Cardstock, 

using three colours of inks - First totally stamped with Green Apple Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, secondly I stamped about half of the green apple covered sentiment with Clover Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad  and lastly along the very bottom  I stamped with Evergreen Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. All three shades on the one stamp. I watched a video on the CTMH Facebook page that demonstrated it recently and I did know this technique, but I haven't done it for so long I thought it was a good time to trial it again with this Colour Dare Challenge. 

I stamped the three green inks of the small heart - one in each colour in the gradient (in the corresponding locations, dark bottom, Clover middle and lighter top). Then I trimmed the paper to the size I wanted freehand and used my scissors to cut a toilet paper like edge on it. 

I used varying thicknesses of 3-D Foam Tape and Thin 3-D Foam Tape. 

This made three heights for the three elements. I followed the rule of threes with the heart stamps, the cluster of toilet paper embellishments and I finished off with 3 of the clear opaque looking hearts from the Julep Loose Sequins. 

I didn't have any bright green ribbons or twines so I was stuck for embellishments on this one. I thought black would be too dark as the darkest colour on this card is Evergreen!

I didn't want to use the cardstock that came with this set cause I had old green to use first but you could totally recreate this card using the lovely embossed papers of this kit. Also I've seen a lot of people emboss their toilet paper and I want to give that a try too but my embossing folders were packed away under a box. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #394 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my card, so I'd love you to leave a comment. See you again soon. 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

Central Park CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most lovely paper suite Workshops Your Way® Central Park Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, stamp sets and ribbon, which is featured this month. If you have arrived here from Maz Wood then you are in the right place. If you landed here another way, please join in by following the link at the end of this post. Follow the links, check out all the amazing ideas and eventually you'll come right back here to where you started.

Workshops Your Way® Central Park Scrapbooking Kit

Product Description

Kit contents:
1 – Central Park Paper Packet (X7231B)
1 – Central Park Complements (X7231C)
4 – cardstock sheets (1 Pacifica, 3 White Daisy)
1 – Central Park Sequins (Z4178)
1 – Central Park Alphabet (Z4197)
printed instructions
photo placeholders

Use the materials in this kit to create three coordinating scrapbook layouts. 

The instructions also have some optional card kits using the Central Park Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts (see pic with the blue). 

This is one of the cards I made with these instructions. I used a 3rd sequin because I was covering an imperfection. Best thing to do is embellish last :) 

After I made the pages and cards from the instructions. I made some extra cards. 

The below card is made using the spotty paper on the White Cards & Envelopes and stamped "Home Sweet Home" using Black Memento™ Ink Pad stamped on 12" × 12" White Daisy Cardstock.

I cut out the house from Central Park Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts out of 12" × 12" Mink Cardstock and coloured in the roof and door and middle of the heart in ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Carmine Marker. I stamped the "New" in Poppy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and matted the cards in 12" × 12" Poppy Cardstock. I fussy cut the bunting from one of the Picture my life cards and adhered it plus the house and new banner all with 3-D Foam Tape.

 Next I made the welcome home card using the gorgeous paper with the houses. I stamped the Welcome Home with Pacifica Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad on white cardstock, backed in blue dashes paper and stuck on with 3D Foam tape. I coloured the home in with ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Leaf Green Marker and I used the green ribbon from the old whimsy ribbon pack in my stash. I covered the word Summer Days on the paper with the Welcome Home title. 

Remember this great set Workshops Your Way® Central Park Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this seasonal catalogue so go to my website or to your Close to My Heart Consultant. If you don't have a Close to My Heart Consultant feel free to contact me either on this blog or via my website HERE. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project ideas. I'm really interested to hear what you think about them, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Creating with Kara Davies I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon.

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

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au