Colour Dare #558 Tic-Tac-Toe

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #558 is a Tic-Tac-Toe board. You need to use at least 3 of the colours from the above picture in Row, Column or diagonal). Plus.... Black, white, neutrals free to use. 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 #558 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 thought I better choose my favourite colours in this tic-tac-toe- so I chose Row 3: Lagoon, Raspberry and Mink.. I needed a design so I pulled up Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for this week Sketch 534 and thought I would create a card with this. *Click HERE for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

with the Sketch I decided to use Raspberry Cardstock to match with the red strip at the top. Then I got the Lagoon Cardstock for the bottom strip. I grabbed a largish scrap of Mink Cardstock and cut a banner and stamped with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

with my favourite Stamp set from the Annual Catalogue that is just about to retire For All Occasions Stamp Set (I will be sad when our current catalogue goes).

For the sketch there were flowers and leaves and I had the Cape Cod Embellishments

that I had won at a Consultant Crafternoon. They look perfect for the sketch. 

To finish as per the sketch I added white dots from my stash that are similar to the current 

Black & White Dots. 

A simple and easy card but I was happy with the results. I hope you like it too.  I wanted something easy because I am busy this week, doing the Close to My Heart Virtual Convention (the new annual catalogue launch and the new September/October seasonal catalogue launch). The theme is Heroes with Heart so we have been dressing up like super heroes. I am having LOTS of fun!

 Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #556. 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

Sunshine Birdies March SOTM Australasian Blog Hop

We have all been creating with "Sunshine Birdies—March 2016 Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Doris Taylor Creative Inspirations 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.

Today I would like to share with you my project which features the Sunshine Birdies—March 2016 Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout March 2016 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. This is a sweet little stamp set and is perfect for colouring in with. Both adults and children will enjoy this set. 

I had limited time to play with this Stamp of the Month so I did a very basic card. If you would like to colour in you can use Watercolor Paints, Watercolor Pencils or ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Markers. I think it makes the most beautiful "Adult Colouring Book" style card, so I decided to keep it black and white. 

I was playing with the branches, and butterflies with 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock and Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I put two of the butterflies on the 2" X 2" My Acrylix® Block and then randomly moved them around and rotated the block. 

Then I cut down the butterfly section and mounted it on 12" X 12" Black Cardstock

and then on the 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes.

For the title I used the cute little title "It's your special day." from the stamp set that is 'Tu Tu Cute' from the Safari Ballet Stamp Set. During March Stampanza you can get any stamp sets in the special of Buy Two, get one free. (See future blog hops on 20th March for inspiration). 

I put the "It's your special day" stamp set with White Daisy Cardstock and Black Exclusive Inks™ and then I mounted it on Black Cardstock and used my Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors

to cut and make a pennant banner. 

On the inside I plan to write or stamp the words "So... Celebrate Your Way!". The Card will read "IT'S YOUR SPECIAL DAY" (front) "SO... CELEBRATE YOUR WAY!!" (inside). Also inside I will stick 3 or 4 small pencils for the adults (or children) to colour it in. (Picture below taken from Google Images). 

Remember this great stamp set  Sunshine Birdies—March 2016 Stamp of the Month is only available throughout March from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project, I hope you get inspired to create something with this cute stamp set this month. I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Tanya Armitage - Happy papercrafting.

  Come back to see me again soon.