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

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Colour Dare #370 Splash of Colour

You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #370 and add your entry.

With this colour challenge I thought it would be a great opportunity to make a more masculine card. I grabbed out my favourite new thin cuts Buttoned Up Thin Cuts. They have all the cutest things to make Santa's outfit but also bow ties, mens ties and the cute pocket. As well as belt buckles and a button to make all the shirts. So cute I HAD to get it when this catalogue came out. Only available for limited time in this current catalogue while stocks last. Great for Christmas but also great for the rest of the year too!

I grabbed out my my favourite browns = Kraft Paper, Almond Cardstock, Espresso Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I cut the Kraft paper to 4.25 x 5.5 inches and put a slit in the top and cut the triangles out, then added them back in to be the collar. I cut a strip of almond cardstock 4.25 x 2 inches to be the top neckline as the white card base was too stark to leave without like a skin tone. I stamped with espresso ink. 

I used my stitched border thin cut to cut the stitches in the collar and cut out the thin cut pocket in kraft paper too. Then I used the Cedar & Pine Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet green paper for the tie. Its from the Christmas pack but I was going for a all year around style card. "Let's celebrate" was from one of the constant campaign stamps recently Birthday Joy CC61913. 

After I'd stuck it all down with Tombow® Permanent Adhesive and the tie with Thin 3-D Foam Tape I realised I needed the shirt to have a seem down the centre and if I'd thought about it before I had stuck it down I would have done the stitched border thin cut but I had to rule a line with pencil and draw a dashed line next to it. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #370 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, 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

Peacock, Kraft & Ruby Colour Dare Challenge #310

My second blog for the design team the Colour Dare Colour Challenge for #310. I found it really interesting that this post is my 110th post on my blog, so those numbers actually line up nicely.

This week's challenge #310 was to use Peacock, Kraft, Ruby with optional Gold. 

Guidelines on Neutrals:  White, Cream, Black, Gray, Kraft and Brown(s) are free to use.  Unless they're listed in the challenge then you need to use them (like Kraft is, in this challenge). 

I pulled out my My Type of Note (pic below) stamp set and I used Peacock ink to stamp the typewriter. I LOVE Peacock, its one of my absolute favourite colours. I then inked Ruby to stamp the "thinking about YOU!" sentiment and the love hearts. I stamped all of this on White daisy cardstock and matted it with Kraft Paper on top of a White Card with Envelope. I also made a pennant banner with the Kraft Paper and used 3D foam tape to give it a 3D finish. I used thin foam tape to matt the white daisy onto the Kraft paper. 

To finish the heart trail floating up the card I added small Gold Pearls, as my optional Gold accent. This gold in the pearls really blends in well with the Kraft paper. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour Dare Colour Challenge #310 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about them, 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

Live Beautifully Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "National Scrapbooking Month Live Beautiful" bundle. If you have arrived here from Wendy Hopper Expressions of the Heart 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.

This month is National Scrapbooking Month and we have the MOST beautiful paper and has a whole set of things. 

Live Beautifully paper packet 16 – 12” × 12” sheets (2 each of 6 double-sided designs and 2 each of 2 single-sided gold foil designs) CC1212B, $23 AUD/$25.50 NZD 
My Acrylix® Live Beautifully stamp set CC1212C, $27 AUD/$30.50 NZD
Cut Above™ Layout Kit—Live Beautifully Includes materials for creating five 2-page layouts and six 12" µ 12" Memory Protectors™. CC1212A $68.50 AUD/$77.50 NZD
Live Beautifully Album Bundles Includes the Live Beautifully Cut Above™ layout kit, a My Legacy™ album (D-ring or post-bound), one Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ journaling pen, and one Tombow® permanent adhesive. CC1212 Black Post-bound album bundle CC1225 Grey D-ring album bundle Retail value: $132 AUD/$150 NZD 20%-off price: $103.95 AUD/117.95 NZD

==============================================================================I have been very Pinterest inspired to make a mixed media canvas and when I saw this stamp set I HAD to make a canvas using the title and flowers. I used the NSD Live Beautifully stamp set to stamp Memento Ink on Tissue Paper. Then I used Mod Podge to glue it onto the canvas. 

This was what it looked like on the canvas before I painted it (above). 
 This is what my canvas looked like after I painted it with some discontinued CTMH pearl paint mixed with Lagoon Re-inker and painted on with a paintbrush.   

Then I added some extra stamping in Colonial White Ink on the top left hand corner. Following the Pinterest suggestions I didn't use a block to stamp onto the canvas (just my hand). 

I made lots of cards with this paper and stamp set this week. Using an idea one of our consultants Steph Sinc shared with consultants to use the black Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Penover the seaglass stamped flower. 
Then using two colours of the ShinHan Marker - Peacock Green & Turquoise Blue shading. My shading needs some work I feel but I do like the look. Then I fussy cut it out and popped it on the below card. 

The below is the Colonial White ink stamped onto Kraft Paper with the White/Gold ribbon tied around. 
The next two cards were from a sample we made at our last crop day and I just added titles to it.  

Remember this great set of products is ONLY available throughout May from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest projects, there is so much to make using this beautiful set of products. 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 Lauren Moore.

Ice Cream Dream – June 2015 Stamp of the Month Australiasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. We have all been creating with "Ice Cream Dream – June 2015 Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Georgia O'Shea - Georgia Creates 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 card which features the Ice Cream Dream – June 2015 Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout June for $27 or for just $5 when you spend $75. This is a very "sweet" stamp set. 

I am a Type 2 diabetic so I don't have lots of photos of me eating ice-creams cause that's on my "do not eat" list but I LOVED the saying on the stamp set "You are my Happy" so I decided to make an anniversary card for my husband a little bit early (our 15th Wedding Anniversary is in July so I'm prepared early!!). I know the other Blog Hop consultants will have lots of ice-cream cuteness for you so you'll have lots of sweet ideas for the rest of the stamp set! I know someone who had an ice-cream truck come to their wedding reception so this stamp set would be PERFECT for those photos.

 

To make my card I cut a 12" X 12" Colonial White Cardstock in half so I made a 6x6 sized card. I cut a section of Blossom Paper and then backed it in Kraft Cardstock.

I loaded the title stamp You are My Happy from the Ice Cream Dream – June 2015 Stamp of the Month with Cocoa Exclusive Ink™ then I wiped off the scroll edges because they were too long for my pennant title and stamped it on my peice of Colonial White Cardstock. 

I also matted that with the Kraft Cardstock.

  

 The You're Pretty Awesome tag stamp came from the Limited Edition Host Rewards Stamp from the Seasonal Expression Catalogue 2, its called "Tagged with Love" code C1614. Its not available for sale so I can't tag it. You can only earn it by hosting a gathering. You can view the Seasonal Expressions Catalogue online here. This stamp set is featured on page 4. 

I stamped two tags one in Lagoon Exclusive Inks™  and one in Pear Exclusive Inks™ 

then the "You're pretty Awesome" in Cocoa Exclusive Inks™ to match the You are My Happy title. The tag parts are seperate pieces so your tags can really be any size you wish. I then fussy cut them out with my Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors because I made it while I was on camp and didn't want to go to the other room to cut the tags out. After I cut them out I then layered them on the Kraft cardstock and fussy cut them out too. I poked a hole through with my scissors for the Kraft Cardstock tie (it was just a narrow slice of kraft cardstock that I tied). Then I layered the two tags together and adhered them with some Thin 3-D Foam Tape to the card.

I'm very happy with how it turned out. I may cut a Cricut number 15 out and adhere to the Blossom paper under the title before I give it to him for our anniversary but thats the only change I might make. 

The size of the 6x6 inch completed card is perfect to write a big long love letter to my husband (just don't tell him I told you that!). It would also make a great birthday card to a close friend as well. When its done I will pop it in one of my 6” X 6” Colonial White Envelopes.

Remember this great stamp set Ice Cream Dream – June 2015 Stamp of the Month  is only available throughout June from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest page, I hope you get to make a page this month too. 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  Designs by Marguerite.

  Come back to see me again soon.