Colour Dare #446 Yellow, Blue, Grey

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #446 is Yellow, Blue & Grey, you must use ALL 3 colours, plus you can use black, white and silver for this challenge (don't use any other colours). 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 #446 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). 

So join in TODAY!!

I needed to make my father in law an 80th birthday card so jumped into Cricut design space and created an 80th birthday card. I grabbed a font that I liked. (I don't even remember which font). Then I changed the letter space to put the 8 and 0 touching, so close I think it went into the negative. Then I copied and pasted and flipped the 80 over and overlapped it a little. I added a couple of score lines and made it as big as would fit on a cricut mat (piece of cardstock). I then duplicated the whole 80 again and then cut it in half and deleted the parts I didn't need and recoloured the blue section for the front of the card. Then to get the yellow section I used the new offset feature in cricut design space and went into the negative to get an inside shape. This is an awesome new feature that makes things SOooo much easier to create additional layers on your project. Then I added the Lets Party banner from the Cricut® Flower Market Digital Collection. Let's party was a bit of a cheeky thing to write but we were all heading over to Rottnest (An island off the coast of Western Australia that has the only colony of cute Australian mammals called Quokka's), for a whole weekend so I thought "let's party" was kind of appropriate. The photo of him opening the card was taken on the Rottnest Ferry (the boat that takes people to the island, its a 45 minute ride).

In Cricut Design Space I have coloured the card the colours I wanted for this challenge but you can create this card in any colour you wish. I have included the design space file FREE for you to download (see below). I think you will need to own the Flower Market digital collection (or old cartridge linked) to access this free project but if you don't have it you can buy it from your CTMH consultant/Maker or if you are in Australia you can use the link above to purchase the collection from my website http://www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au/. 

FREE - Download this 80th Cricut cut card project here

*Note: This is the very first time I've shared a Cricut Design Space Project file so please let me know if you have any issues downloading it. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #446 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my cricut cut 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

July 2015 SOTM Blog Hop Life is Wonderful

Hello and welcome to our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. We have all been creating with "July 2015 SOTM Life is Wonderful" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from  Shaunna Richards, Passionate About Pages 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 to where you started.

Today I would like to share with you my double page spread which features the Life is Wonderful – July 2015 Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout June for $27 or you can get this stamp set for FREE when you spend AUS $32.50 on full priced stamp sets from the current catalogue. Such great value and its a really uplifting stamp set.

This week my kids were on the front page of the local newspaper and again on page 8 of the paper with the follow up story. So I wanted to do something with the cuttings from the newspaper.  I got the My Crush™ Wildwood Assortment as my embellishments on the page. The Assortments have some small journalling boxes, some stickers and some small alphabet stickers, There are also envelopes and little tags to fit inside the envelopes but I didn't use these on my pages. This set will be retiring when the current catalogue ends so be quick to grab this nifty little bargain alongside your Life is wonderful stamp set. 

My Crush Wildwood Assortment

 The first thing I did to make my double-page spread was pull out 2 pieces of 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock  and with Chocolate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad I stamped the corner flourishes, in opposite corners (there is a left hand and a right hand flourish). After the corner flourishes I stamped the arrow five times up each side. I really like the arrow because it has the rough pencil line to make it look rustic. The whole stamp set has an old world charm. 

Still using the Chocolate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I stamped the "always remember something wonderful is about to happen" stamps onto one of the Journalling boxes (red with the arrow on top) from the My Crush™ Wildwood Assortment. 

When adhering my newspaper clippings, I had the portrait photo page be upright and the landscape paper cutting to be landscape (page on the side). Next I stamped the frame in Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad around the title I created from the alphabet stickers from the My Crush™ Wildwood Assortment. 

The "On this Date" card was a journalling box that I cut in half and circled in red pen the date and added the numbers for the year. I added some stickers and embellishments from the Wildwood assortment on a few spaces over the two pages but purposefully left it quite plain. 

Remember this great stamp set Life is Wonderful – July 2015 Stamp of the Month is only available throughout July from your Close to My Heart Consultant and you can get this stamp for FREE in July only with a purchase of $32.50 AUS of current regular priced stamp sets. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest double page spread, I hope you get to make a page this month too and get yourself a stamp set for FREE. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my double-page, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is  Georgia's Blog - Georgia Creates. 

  Come back to see me again soon.

Home for the Holidays S1410A - CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Patricia Manhire, then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

Today I would like to share with you this cute Christmas Cupcake Box I have created, which features Home for the Holidays – October 2014 Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout October for $27 or for just $5 when you spend $75.

 The Designer Creations Cupcake Box makes a fantastic gift for real edible cupcakes but for Christmas Gifts of clothing for children, it makes a really cute decorative way to display a "boring" item of clothing! 

 

Firstly I got onto Cricut Craftroom and using Art Philosophy Cartridge I got the October Stamp of the Month Cricut shapes (see the stamp set for page numbers) and using Artiste Cartridge I got the heart shaped cupcake Accent (from page 66). As the Designer Creations Cupcake Box comes in a set of 2, I cut two of everything on my sheet of 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock with a couple of extra spaces to cut a few more shapes for other christmas projects. 

Next I stamped on each of the shapes for Stamp of the Month in Ruby Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad.

 

After I stamped all the shapes, I used a Sponge Dauber and coloured the hearts of the cupcake cricut cutout again using Ruby Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I placed the Candy Cane and Lolly from the Home for the Holidays S1410A Stamp of the Month set onto a 2" X 2" My Acrylix® Block and stamped it along the cupcake cutout, rotating it as I went.  After I took the above photo I decided I wanted the hearts darker so I went over them again with the dauber.

After completing all the stamping all that was left was the assembly. I chose to display a size 6 pair of leggings because I have one of my daughters friends in mind for her Christmas present and I had purchased these ready.

So taking YOUR item of clothing, t-shirt, pants, Christmas Nightie or PJ's (as many parents give as Christmas Eve Tradition) or in my case leggings, you fold the item up long and skinny. Then you roll it into a flower/cupcake shape. 

Top view of the cupcake with leggings

Once your item of clothing is rolled. place it in the cupcake holder and put it inside your Cupcake Box.

Side view of the cupcake with legging cupcake

Now you can place your cupcake into your Designer Creations Cupcake Box and start to decorate the outside. The Cricut Cupcake wrapper I decorated only JUST fit into the hole in the base of the Cupcake box so I had to be careful not to tip it over when I was tying my ribbon.

On the back I stuck the cute polar bear postage stamp and on the top I stuck the "Dreaming, Believing, Wishing" on the top of the box in the corner, so you could see it when the ribbon was on it. I tied the Box up with the adorable Red Chevron Ribbon which you can get FREE in October with every purchase of $65 (so if you qualify for the Stamp of the Month in October you will definitely get 1 roll of red or navy chevron ribbon for FREE what a BONUS). After I'd tied the ribbon on I threaded the little tags on, being careful to not tear the little holes at the top.

During the month of October, with each qualifying purchase of $65 AUD / $75 NZD you are eligible to receive—as a special bonus—one of two chevron ribbons FREE! Each chevron ribbon—Ruby or Outdoor Denim—has an original retail value of $9.50 AUD / $11.50 NZD. So which ribbon will you get? It’s a surprise! Quantities are limited, so place your orders as early in the month as possible. Be sure to take advantage of this fantastic offer so you can enjoy embellishing your creations with your own surprise roll of bonus ribbon!

Dates: Offer valid 1 October 2014–31 October 2014 While Stocks Last.

 

Back view

Home for the Holidays – October 2014 Stamp of the Month is only available until 31st October from your CTMH consultant and the Chevron Ribbon FREE gift is only available while stocks last in October.

Thanks for stopping by, I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, because my blog is only 1 month old and I'm still so excited to see people commenting on my ideas. The next stop on this months Blog Hop is Denise's Blog Scrap Stamp Share. See you again next month!

#30yearsofhappy National Stamping Month Stamps

September is National Stamping Month 

To celebrate Close to My Heart are launching the #30yearsofhappy Stamping incentive. With every purchase of $30 of Close to My Heart Stamps in September you get one of the #30yearsofhappy! C-sized stamp sets FREE. 

(yes I did get excited by the idea of these stamp sets being FREE).

I have made some cute little samples using the stamp set and wanted to share with you. I will probably keep making them and posting them cause I might be a little addicted to my new blog. If you'd like daily ideas using this set follow Close to My Heart on Facebook for all of September they are posting daily updates using the hashtag #30yearsofhappy.

Here is a cute card that I made using random stamping on a 2.25 inch x 5.5 inch piece of white daisy cardstock. I used Thistle, Lagoon, Gypsy and Canary Inks with Black ink being for the "Fabulous" to tie in the Black Shimmer Trim. For those following along at home remember random stamping looks better in sets of 3's, and I followed this principle with all the colours except Canary which I used an odd number of them, remembering to go over the edge.

To put the card together I used the 5.5 X 4.25 inch Colonial White Cards & Envelopes.

 I covered the card front with Kraft Cardstock cut to the same size as the card (5.5" X 4.25") stuck the white card stock onto the Kraft and then added 5.5 inch sections of black shimmer trim. 

I also made a page border using the similar random stamping technique on 2"x2" squares of white cardstock. I used the Kraft cardstock cut at 1.25" x 12". To give some dimention I used some Durables Triangle Studs

again in sets of 3's to keep that "pleasing to the eye" look.

These cute #30yearsofhappy stamp sets are so versatile and young children to teenagers to older family members would love these stamps. And... there is no limit to the number of free sets you can earn. ie. Spend $90 on CTMH Stamps and earn 3x FREE promotional stamp sets. These are so cute and would be the perfect gift for young people in your life. Team the free gift with a 1" X 1" My Acrylix® Block and Exclusive Inks® Stamp Pad to make an inexpensive stocking stuffer or birthday gift.