Colour Dare #392 Tic-Tac-Toe

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #392 is using these lovely colours in the tic-tac-toe - so choose three that go down, across or diagonal.  Black, White and all neutrals are free to use. You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #392 and add your entry. 

I chose the centre of the Tic-Tac-Toe board. I chose Wisteria, Gold & RUby. I used. 

Wisteria Cardstock, Wisteria Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Gold Glitter Paper and Ruby Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Red Pearls (only White Pearls are available to purchase now... so if you don't have red pearls, you will have to colour your white ones). 

I am sending lots of cards to friends who are finding it tough to be in isolation, or lock-down or quarantine (depending on where they are living). So I need to do lots more Thinking of you, sending love, sending hugs, love you always, just for you, hello, and Grateful cards for things they are doing for us while we are also self-isolating.  So I created this card for this challenge to be a Thinking of You card. 

The beautiful calligraphy "Thinking of you" is from the Sentiments by Melisa Esplin stamp set.  

I did the random stamping with the flower/leaf in the Wisteria Ink and then the little red flowers in Ruby ink. Those stamps are from the You make me Happy stamp set that is the Operation Smile Fundraiser. When you purchase this stamp set, $7 US dollars goes to Operation Smile. A non-profit organisation that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children around the world. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #392 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

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

February Album Special

A TREAT JUST FOR YOU! - ALBUM ALLURE SPECIAL

Some albums are Ruby, others are Lagoon... they are ALL buy one get one half off!

During the month of February, when you purchase one of Close To My Heart's alluring coated canvas albums you will be eligible to receive a second album of your choice at half price. That is a savings of over $22 AUD / $27 NZD! These albums are available in a gorgeous variety of colours and patterns in both post-bound and D-ring styles-perfect to pair with traditional, Studio J®, or pocket scrapbook layouts. 

This offer is only available while supplies last, so make certain to get your order in early to ensure you can choose the styles and colours you love. They're going fast and are built to last; so don't delay - place your order HERE = www.vandra.ctmh.com.au

The D-Ring albums make an awesome "Album in Progress" style album which you can use to put your completed album pages in while you complete the whole project. 

There are lots of options to pair with the album coversets in terms of pages, in a variety of styles. Some to fit full page tradtional scrapbooking or studio J pages in either top or side loading. Or memory protectors in 5 different designs to fit 4x6 and 3x4 sized photos in a variety of styles. You can also get a variety value pack

Album Accessories

12" x 12" Memory Protectors™ Design 1 

12" x 12" Memory Protectors™ Design 2 

12" x 12" Memory Protectors™ Design 3   

12" x 12" Memory Protectors™ Design 4

12" x 12" Memory Protectors™ Design 5 

Memory Protectors™ Variety Pack   

 

12" x 12" Memory Protectors™ Top Load (10)   

Memory Protectors™ Top Load Value Pack (25) 

12" x 12" Memory Protectors™ Side Load (10)   

Memory Protectors™ Side Load Value Pack (25 per) 

Check them all out and tailor your album to your own needs.