Colour Dare #559 - Inspiration

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #559 is an inspiration photo. You need to use at least 3 of the colours from the above picture Plus.... Black, white, neutrals AND Metallics are 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 #559 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 needed to make a 60th birthday card for a friend, so I pulled out the colours I thought I would use. 

Glacier Cardstock, Green Apple Cardstock and Papaya Cardstock. 

I designed a card in Cricut Design space. Like previous cards I wanted a large number card. 

I made it just under 6x6 size to fit in a square envelope. 

I created the 60, then I created an offset for the outline. Then flipped it and put a score line in it (as shown above).

I did an extra 60 in White Daisy Cardstock cause I thought I might add it inside (I didn't end up using it). I also cut the happy birthday from the Close to My Heart Artiste Cricut Collection and added a white offset for that too. 

I cut it out and decided the Glacier was too grey and it looked washed out with the papaya and green apple. 

SO... I cut it again with Capri Cardstock. I had the extra white 60 and the glacier card base so I have 2 cards now :) 

I finished off the card by gluing it all together with Air Touch Adhesive.

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #559. 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 #534 Inspiration Photo

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #534 is an inspiration photo (shown above). You need to choose at least 3 colours from the above photo. You are also free to use all 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 #534 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 started this challenge by pulling out a green, light and dark blue and an orange colour to make a card for my nephew for his 13th Birthday. I grabbed Green Apple Cardstock, Glacier Cardstock, Capri Cardstock and Nectarine Cardstock. 

I decided I would look at my CTMH Artiste Cartridge on Cricut Design Space and I found a fold card that had a round banner sun shape (I'm not sure what its really called). I made sure it was 5.5inches high and 8.5 inches wide (so when it folded in half it would be the same size as our CTMH Cards and Envelopes). 

I grabbed the corresponding round banner sun shape and made it the same size as the cut out card. It creates like a fold back card. I couldn't decide if I wanted to do a blue with green circle or a green with blue circle so I decided to cut them both as they didn't take up much room on the cricut mat. 

I cut one in Green Apple and one in Capri cardstock and it used less than half a sheet of cardstock. 

I still couldn't decide and then I folded them both and stuck the opposite coloured circle shape on the front. Then I had the magic idea to USE THEM BOTH. I could have them fold together and create like a trifold card. So I could create a pull out card for the gift voucher we had gotten from a local games store as our Nephew got a gaming machine for Christmas. 

I pulled out the Level Up Stamp Set because we gifted a gaming gift voucher. I stamped out all the gaming handsets/controllers on Glacier Cardstock and fussy cut them out. Originally this stamp set could be purchased with a thin cut but I decided that it wouldn't be hard to cut out these controllers... but I hate fussy cutting so I always regret not getting the matching thin cuts. Now you can still buy the stamp set but the thin cuts are sold out so I can feel happy with my decision to not buy the thin cuts. These shapes below aren't that hard to cut out! You can do it too! (have I already said how much I hate fussy cutting??). 

I then stamped on what would be the inside with the quotes in Black Ink. Eat Sleep Game Repeat. and a Happy Birthday M sized stamp set. (I checked my Evernote and found this one which I liked called M1210 - Mini Birthday Party Hat Occasions). 

I measured the slide in spot and added 3-D Foam Tape along the Green Apple side. Then on the Capri Cardstock side I cut a Circle pull tab shape out of the top of that side with the Pull Tab Thin Cuts. I used some odd silver glitter ribbon from my stash to tie around the top of the gift card so it wouldn't be lost in the pocket. 

We had to write on the inside of the card because after I stuck it together it would be the top of the slide out pocket so it would be harder to write on it after it was put together. I handed to my husband to write while I continued to stick my gaming controllers onto the sides and front of the card. 

On the front of the Capri Blue side I cut some Nectarine numbers 13 with Classic Alphabet Thin Cuts and glued them down. 

I put 3D foam at the bottom too so the gift card wouldn't slide too far down. I got it all ready to stick and then lined it up on the reverse side and folded it back down together. I lined up the circle sun shapes to get the card as level as I could before adhering the foam tape down.

On the front I stamped Level up... and hidden behind is the 13 so on that page it says LEVEL UP 13. (I stamped this before I glued it together. 

It can stand up and open but its REALLY hard to photograph. I did a short video of it too so I'll probably upload that to Instagram. You can follow me on Instagram by going to https://www.instagram.com/vandra_ctmh/ and I also post mostly the same things to my Facebook Business Page too so you can follow me there as well... https://www.facebook.com/Vandra.ctmh/

This is with it put together and the ribbon shows the voucher hiding away. 

To finish off the front that looked a little plain, I added a longer vertical and shorter horizontal strip of Silver Shimmer Trim. If I had thought about it more before I stuck it all together perhaps I would have stamped a bit more in a similar colour (tone-on-tone stamping) in perhaps the controllers but I didn't want it to be too busy. My nephew is 13 so I doubt he looked at it very hard. :) I really liked that it had a special little hidden pocket for the voucher. 

I took lots of photos when I made the card because I gifted it to him for his birthday the day after making the card so no chance later to take more pics. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #534. 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

Also added to Creative Creases Challenge (Thanks Suzanne for the info)

https://secretstamper.com/2023/02/anything-goes-with-a-fun-fold-for-creative-creases-50/

Easter Bunny Cricut Lolly Pops and Chocolate Covers

HAPPY EASTER

Easter Bunny Cricut Lolly Pops and Chocolate Covers

Its been ages since I have done a blog post that wasn't related to the Colour Dare Challenge, but I created these Easter Bunnies and chocolate bar packages on my Cricut Design Space (and cut, score and drawn on my Cricut Maker) for Easter Gifts for my family and wanted to share here. 

The Easter Bunny Lolly Pop holders were designed by me using the Cricut® Daisy Meadows Collection on Cricut Design space. Anyone who purchases this collection for me can get this template for FREE, I will include the cricut design for the chocolate box too. Send me a message and I'll send you the Design Space link. 

I also created these chocolate bar holders for Chocolate bars that fit 180g chocolate bars. I was inspired by Laura Beacham's Easter Bunny chocolate cover. I used retired cardstock and my 14yr old daughter helped me choose and we had the Cricut draw the family members initials on their chocolate bars (couples had to share a block). Then I put a belly band around them with Daisy Meadows Bulk Paper Packet which is still available = I used a 1.5 inch x 10 inch strip of Daisy meadows bulk paper. I used the red CTMH Adhesive Tape to adhere the bottom and side of the chocolate box and then I left the top flap of the boxes without adhesive so they could easily access the box and hide things inside it - no one needs know how much chocolate is hiding inside. 

 Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my Easter 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 #490 Browns plus one colour

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #490 is Browns plus one colour = Black, White and Gold are 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 #490 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, SplitCoast Stampers, or Instagram).

I had in mind for my colours to use Browns with Lagoon... so pulled out some Kraft Paper, Espresso Cardstock and some Mix-In paper (with brown tones) with Lagoon Cardstock.

My story about today's Colour Dare challenge project started with me making a special box for my Mother-In-Law's birthday in May using one of Jennifer Maker's Alphabet Cricut Boxes. I used Mulberry Cardstock with As You Grow Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet. 

My daughter also purchased a wooden pennant banner from Kmart and asked me to help her create a banner for her Gran. It came up really great using Black and White Vinyl. She designed it on paper and just had me help her design it in Cricut design space. 

It came out really lovely and while it took me a few hours to make it wasn't as hard as I thought... so I thought when it was my friend Sarah's birthday for her 50th I thought I would create an S shape using Jennifer Makers Cricut SVG. But the W was a walk in the park compared to the S. 

Also one of the tips that Jennifer Maker has is to use double sided paper so you can tell which side is which. THIS IS A MASSIVE CLUE.... I thought I would make a Kraft Base and an Espresso base or visa versa... but when was learning how to put it together I started with the Kraft paper which was a mistake because the Kraft is same on both sides whereas all of the CTMH Cardstock is double-sided with a light and dark side so its very easy to see which side is which. So I had messed up the Kraft side and ended up with two S the same shape... the W is the same both sides so it wouldn't have mattered BUT the S in reverse can not work together. Doh! 

So I needed to re-cut them again... I cut the base again in Espresso and a lid in Kraft and I re-did the S... By the time I got to the end of the 3rd S I was saying it was S for Swear words! 

I have all the bits cut for the second Kraft half of the S but I haven't put it together yet. My surname starts with an S so it wouldn't be the worst letter to have in our house but I just couldn't do it to myself so soon after the other 3 halves of the boxes. 

I used the Dual-tip Permanent Glue Pen but perhaps a quicker to dry glue would be less frustrating :) But having to bend the paper back on itself was quite tricky. I would not recommend doing this shape! Pick easy letters like I or L :) Don't look too closely at my finished product because its a little rough. 

I then cut flowers from Cricut® Flower Market Collection in Lagoon Cardstock. The flower I chose came with these size variations and I added one extra shape (so my two flowers are slightly different). Bottom one is bigger and I put it to the bottom to create that visual heaviness at the bottom. I alternated between light and dark side of Lagoon for the flowers and off-set them a little to create pretty flower clusters. I also bent them upwards using my finger nails. Attached with Glue Dots® Ultra-thin Dots. 

To finish off I added some Gold Glitter Gems to the centre of the flowers. Lagoon is the colour that suits my friend Sarah's massage table so she could have it in her treatment room if she chooses. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #490. 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

Wild Berry Blast products and discounts on Wild Berry products only available WSL in April 2022. 

Colour Dare #464 Wild Berry, Ballerina and Nectarine

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #464 is the colours of the Boo Crew Product Bundle, pretty Wildberry (colour of the year) with Ballerina and Nectarine, you are free to use Black & White. 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 #464 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, SplitCoast Stampers, or Instagram).

For Colour Dare Challenge #458 I made a 90th Birthday card for a gentleman who's like family and this month his wife also turned 90 so I needed to make another 90th card. I took the Design Space file I created in that challenge and tweeked it to make it more feminine. See my post #458 for that design space file.  

For this project, I used the Wild Berry Cardstock as the base, Ballerina Cardstock as the cover and Nectarine Cardstock as the flower centres. I then used White Daisy cardstock to cut a centre section to write on. You could write directly onto the Wild Berry but easier to read in white.  I did trim the white a little at the top to fit nicer into the inside of the 90 so that the card sat flatter. 

Here is my FREE Sharable Cricut Design Space File to make this card (Click HERE)

Note: The flowers are from the Cricut® Flower Market Digital Collection so you will need that before you can open my free Cricut file. If you already have it you should be able to open no problems, if you need it you can purchase from my website or your CTMH Makers website. 

After I'd cut all the peices I decided the ballerina peice was too flat and I wanted to give it dimension so I grabbed out my Ballerina Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and stamped Birthday all over it in a random pattern. My ink pad looks like it needs a refill as the whole pad isn't juicy but I liked how the mottled look was for this stamp, I thought it created extra dimension... so I wasn't overly concerned, but I will need to grab some Ballerina re-inker. Ballerina is a favourite in our house. 

The stampset is called For All Occasions and it has lots of great sentiments. 

Before I stuck the flowers onto the card I used my thumb nail to curve the petals upwards to create some more dimension. The card was to be posted so it might get flattened but I was hoping it stayed dimensional. 

Super happy with this colour arrangement for my card. You can get a selection of those colours in the Boo Crew Coordinating Cardstock pack or you can create your own cardstock pack with a Custom Cardstock Pack--12 Sheet or a Custom Cardstock Pack—24 Sheet. This means you can get a selection of coloured cardstock of your choice. Minimum quantity of 2 sheets per colour.

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #464. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my cricut card, 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