Colour Dare #384 Greys and 2 colours of your choice

 Our Colour Dare Challenge for #384 is Greys with 2 colours of your choice. You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #384 and add your entry. 

I chose to make a card using the newest Operation Smile Stamp set called You Make Me happy. With every purchase of this stamp set, $7 USD are donated to the life saving mission of Operation Smile™. Operation Smile™ is a non-profit organisation that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates in children around the world.

You Make Me happy has the sweetest animals and words. Its a must for everyone. We have had a death in our family this week so I will be sending lots of hugs to family members and friends and this was a sweet and easy card to make. I used my scissors to rough up the edges of the cardstock and added an old puffy sticker. I coloured with the TriBlend markers. 

The colours I chose were grey (Charcoal Cardstock, Brown Grey TriBlend™ Marker,) plus green and red (Light Green TriBlend™ Marker, Dark Red TriBlend™ Marker).

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #384 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

Colour Dare #380 Tic-Tac-Toe

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #380 Tic-Tac-Toe which coordinates lovely with our new CTMH Celebrate Today Scrapbooking Workshop Kit. You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #380 and add your entry.

I used all the colours of the Celebrate today papers because I used that gorgeous zip strip with the coloured hearts. The main colour I used was Lagoon, with Mint bubbles paper and the heart sticker that is lagoon, mint and lemon.

The Lagoon Cardstock was embossed with a preview of the Under the Sea Embossing Folder that isn't available to order until the 1st of March. wa

The Hey You heart sticker is from the Celebrate Today Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet to finish it off, I sponged with black ink around the edge to give it a bit of definition sitting on the lagoon cardstock. The You Are Loved stickers are also from this set. To finish off I put a few Clear Sparkles.

This card could be used as a friendship card, a pick-me up card, sympathy card, thinking of you card, valentines day card, or to remind your children that you are proud of them and that they are loved. So many ideas for this one card.

To photograph my card I put it on the gorgeous watercolour paper from the paper pack (shown above). So pretty. I can't wait to use this paper on a Scrapbooking page (its 12x12 size but  phooto is cropped a little). I need some whiter lighting for my photos cause they always look a little creamy white. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #380 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my cards, 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

Colour Dare Challenge #336 TicTacToe Color Palette CTMH "Feels Like Home"

TicTacToe Color Palette CTMH "Feels Like Home" 
Choose Row, Column or Diagonal + Other Colors if Wanted

Can Use any of the Neutrals

This week's challenge Colour Dare #336. 

You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #336 and add your entry. 

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.

 

To start my card I pulled out the Gorgeous Picture My Life™ Cards—Feels Like Home and played with them for awhile. SO So so many options for great cards with these pre-printed cards. 

"These are Double-sided pocket cards featuring unique designs, sentiments, and icons". Not all designs shown in above photo. 12 – 4" × 6" pocket cards and 2 – 3" × 4" pocket cards. Lots of these cards have different colours or patterns on the reverse side of them. So many options. This means I will need to get 2 packs of these cards to get all the patterns. On the green floral that I put on my card under the picture my life card "you feel like home to me", the other side is the pink leaves as shown in th ebottom left hand side of the photo (the bit left over. I cut down the 3x4 card to 3x3.75 to fit sideways on the 4x6 green card. After backing the white on Green I used 3D foam tape to raise them up on the striped PML card (This I also cut down from 4x6 to 4x5.25). I stuck the Blue Burlap Ribbon (which is on special at the moment) on with Glue Dots® Mini Dots and then finished it off with Grey Gems.

My photo is a little creamy looking as taken in artificial lighting. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #336 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

Documented CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most lovely paper suite Workshops Your Way® Documented Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, stamp sets and ribbon, which is featured this month. If you have arrived here from Doris Taylor 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® Documented Scrapbooking Kit

Product Description

Kit contents:1 – Documented Paper Packet (X7234B)
1 – Documented Complements (X7234C)
4 – cardstock sheets (2 Linen, 1 Saffron, 1 White Daisy)
1 – Documented Titles (Z4171)
1 – Documented Dots (Z4177)
printed instructions
photo placeholders

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

I made a quick card using scraps from my favourite bricks paper from the Documented set. With the lovely floral paper. Then I used the stickers from the complements to add the hello typewriter and the bunch of flowers. Quick Simple, Effective and a lovely card to give a friend for a hello. I took the photo in the light so it looks a bit washed out, the dark grey charcoal colour is more prominent in real life. 

The other card I've been working on is one I've done as part of my 3rd video with Caroline in our "Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra" YouTube series on Sponge Techniques. To get the instructions on how to make this card, you'll have to watch our video when it's ready this week. I will add the link here later or subscribe to receive my blog posts to see it when its ready to go live. Click here to go to Youtube to watch it or click here to go to the blog post to watch it.  

The below card uses 2 sided Peacock Cardstock (peacock is a featured colour in Documented), White Daisy Cardstock, Peacock ink, Daubers, Rose Embossing Folder and the Love wooden letter stickers Documented Titles. All on white cards and envelopes. 

Remember this great set Workshops Your Way® Documented Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this seasonal catalogue which finishes THIS MONTH (LAST CHANCE) 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  Shaunna Richards Passionate About Pages 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

S1806 A Bushel & a Peck CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. A small group of us have been creating with the "A Bushel & a Peck—June Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings 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 projects which features the A Bushel & a Peck—June Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout June 2018 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This stamp set is the Cutest and everyone has been making lots of cards and pages using this cute little girl and the sweet apples. 

The card below was the first card I made using a card template from the Make It from Your Heart™ Volume 4. I used Workshops Your Way® Beautiful Friendship Scrapbooking Kit for the base card with Bashful Glitter Paper as the edging. Then I cut the Thin Cuts—Basic Banners, and the title card with Bashful Cardstock. I stamped the title and apple with Black Memento™ Ink Pad on a Thin Cuts—Basic Circles. I then coloured in the apple with Shimmer Brush—Bashful for the apple and for the leaf I used the Willow Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad with Shimmer Brush—Clear as a paintbrush to make the leaf glittery green. 

I went around the edge of the banner, the circle and the title backing with Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen and  Black Memento™ Ink Pad. Sticking it all together with Tombow® Permanent Adhesive and the title and circle with 3-D Foam Tape for a three dimensional look to the card. 

This is the card I did last month when I mixed up my dates when I was unwell. Thankfully I'm all better and happily I'm well prepared for this months blog hop post. 

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The next card I did is a technique card as a sample for our next video for our sponging series "Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra". Watch this blog for more news soon. Subscribe to get notified about new blog hops or posts I make = To subscribe all you need to do is add your email to "Follow by email" on the right hand side of this blog post and follow the prompts. You can subscribe to all the blog hop ladies in a similar way on their blogs too so you don't miss anything from anyone.

To start with I used Pansy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad with Sponge Daubers Value Pack (12) to sponge some white daisy cardstock. Then I dropped some Glitter Shimmer Brush—Clear and Shimmer Brush—Bashful in dots onto the Pansy ink to create this lovely galaxy/ universe/ night-sky/ artwork/ random cloud of purple blobs. 

After I'd let the inked and dropped shimmer paper dry, I backed it with Pansy Cardstock for the backing and the title. I stamped the title and little girl with Black Memento™ Ink Pad and then coloured the little girl & title in using Shin Han Markers. The title is from an older set so is in the clearance section of my website its called Prickly Pear Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts currently reduced from $34.50  now $10.50. Its a great title for colouring in to match your paper or artworks and its only one of the stamps on that set. 

I fussy cut the little girl out and stuck her on the card. The title was adhered with 3D Foam tape. Super happy with how she turned out and can't wait to film the video to explain it. I may updated this post to give a link HERE when its done. 

Remember this great stamp set A Bushel & a Peck—June Stamp of the Month is only available throughout June from my website or from 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 Doris Taylor - Creative Inspirations.

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

Watercolour Painting with Ink

Water Colour Painting with Inks. 

I was at my weekly card class and I had my inks and my Waterbrush—Small Round, Waterbrush—Medium Round and Waterbrush—Medium Flat but forgot to bring my Watercolor Paints palette. Never fear, I remembered that I could use my ink to PAINT!

Using the older style ink pad Thistle Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (As shown Below), I pressed them together to get ink on the lid. This is the same process with the newer ink pads as per the below Emerald Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad as well. Get some ink onto the lid of the pads to create a paint pad. 

I stamped with Black Memento™ Ink Pad with the stamp of the month Hello Foxy from June 2017 - see my blog post HERE on that month.

I used my water brushes that was filled with water and painted with Thistle Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Emerald Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (one old and one new). 

I used some Thistle embossed Cardstock (from the older Whimsy Fundamentals pack) and some LOVE paper from the new Whimsy Fundamentals pack paper to finish my card and I was really happy with this one. It was simple and effective. 

You can get 12" × 12" Thistle Cardstock in the Whimsy Cardstock Combo Pack.