Colour Dare #543 Black and White plus One Colour

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #543 is Lucky 7 Choose at Least 3 (All neutral and metallics 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 #543 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've been creating with Cosette Scrapbooking Workshop Kit so when this challenge came up I thought oooh I love the Mulberry coloured paper. 

I cut the mulberry lined paper into 4x 5.25 inch square and inked the edges with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

I cut an oval with the Cosette—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts

and used a Round Sponge cut into wedges to ink the edge of the oval with Mulberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. Then I stamped on the oval with the flower stamp and thankful title in Black Ink.

I used an offcut of Mulberry Cardstock cut to 4.25 inches wide sitting across the card. I wanted to line the edge of the mulberry cardstock but the Black Shimmer Trim from my stash I had was too wide, so I decided to split in half. You cut it to the right length and stick it onto the base of the Aluminum Cut Rail Paper Trimmer across both sides and then slice it in half. 

I was able to finish with an uneven number of the Black & White Dots

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #543. 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

Hello Pumpkin CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most lovely paper suite Workshops Your Way® Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, stamp sets and ribbon, which is featured this month. 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 here to where you started.

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Workshops Your Way® Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking Kit

Product Description

Kit contents:
1 – Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet (X7236B)
1 – Hello Pumpkin Complements (X7236C)
4 – cardstock sheets (1 Mint, 1 Lagoon, 1 White Daisy, 1 Willow)
1 – Hello Pumpkin Shapes (Z4222)
1 – Hello Pumpkin Washi Tape (Z4214)
photo placeholders
printed instructions

Use the materials in this kit to create three coordinating scrapbook layouts. (Instructions found on my website.)

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I love the paper in this set, lots of it is black and white in it, so it makes such a classic easy card. There aren't many papers that are Halloween themed so its easy to change up the papers to use for various other things. I stuck with simple and elegant in this couple of cards. I don't think the photos do justice to how classy they look in person (if I do say so myself). 

The card below has a the black and white stripes and some Lagoon Ink for the Thankful Title from the Thanks & Giving—October Stamp of the Month.The little black heart is from this set too. A simple easy card that was quick and effective for all the many thank you cards I tend to make and use. 

October Stamp of the Month - Thanks & Giving

I really love the below card because the mix of the dots and diamond shapes looks like a mans shirt, so I'm glad to have made a more masculine card. The "pocket" shape (rounded triangle shape) was a cricut cut from our Close to My Heart Cricut Cartridges, I had in my scrap white daisy cardstock pre-cut from previously. I went around it with journalling pen and stamped the "You're the best" from the My Type of Note stamp set in black ink and put up with 3D foam tape. 

Please note: I made a couple more cards out of this paper suite but will be showcasing them over the next few blog posts. 

Remember this great set  Workshops Your Way® Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this seasonal catalogue which finishes in December (if not sold out beforehand) 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 Maz Wood: aMAZing Crafters 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

Thanks and Giving SOTM S1810 CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. A group of us have been creating with the "Thanks & Giving—October Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Doris Taylor - Creative Inspirations 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 feature the Thanks & Giving—October Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout October 2018 for $29.50 or for just $8.25 when you spend $82.50. 

I love this stamp set as its all about Gratitude, giving, being thankful and being at home (my favourite place to be). Plus the flowers, leaves, branches, wreath, house, and arrow are all elements that can be used in many different ways on many different projects. Its a must have stamp set. 

I am still loving the Boutique paper packs and the colour of the year is my favourite new thing. Sugarplum! I love it. Also I've been playing with and madly in love with Shaker cards. I've made heaps of them since I got my order with Thin Cuts—Shaker Window & Confetti and Shaker Window Foam & Acetate plus Loose Sequins—Silver.

This card I made using the gorgeous floral paper with the peacock background plus some Sugarplum Cardstock. I cut the base of the thin cut circle in white daisy and stamped it in Sugarplum ink, I filled the heart with 2x the shaker hearts which is about 48 hearts (but I found a few had missed getting inside before I closed it up tight) and a few sprinkles of silver sequins. I put on the acetate cover and stuck the outside cover on using Sugarplum cardstock and Tombow adhesive. 

I stamped the Thankful in Peacock ink and the small hearts in sugarplum on white daisy cardstock. I raised it up on the base to the same height as the shaker window with the 3D foam tape from the inside of the shaker card foam.  

The 3D foam adhesive is such a bonus with the shaker cards because you can use the smaller "corner" parts for tricky edges of shapes. See what I mean below with an earlier project. 

Thin Cuts—Shaker Window & Confetti

Remember this great stamp set Thanks & Giving—October Stamp of the Month is only available throughout October 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 Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon. 

Also please note: this card also fits in with the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #312. I have been following these challenges too as I am part of the Design Team now, and this challenge is to use the Boutique colours to create something. Hoping more people can join in the challenge and add cards using Facebook or Pinterest or your blogs (plus a few other ways). Have fun creating, see you soon. 

Vandra Stenton, Close to My Heart Consultant, Perth Western Australia

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au

Colour Your Life S1804 Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. A small group of us have been creating with the "Color Your Life—April 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 here to where you started. 

Today I would like to share with you my projects which features the Color Your Life—April Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout April 2018 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

As April is the Month that Close to My Heart features Gimme Some Sugar Scrapbooking Kit. I made up all the pages and with the scraps and some of the cards and then I used the design from the Kit but changed it up a little.. 

This is the optional cards in the kit that I got the cutting guide from. 

This is the pattern using the Celebrate from the Stamp of the Month. I decorated it with the sticker from the Gimme Some Sugar Complements and the cork hearts from the Gimme Some Sugar Cork Shapes. I stamped the Celebrate in Black ink. 

Then I flipped the paper over (from green check to the pink flowers) and rotated it to be a landscape version. I also added some Peacock cardstock underneath. I stamped the always and put it on 3D foam tape. I also stamped the stitching looking stamp along the bottom of the celebrate and embellished with the flower sticker from Gimme Some Sugar Complements and the Pink Pearls. I really loved the simple use of the pattern in different ways makes it looks so different. 

The last card I made was below, I used one of the 4x6 picture my life cards and made it into a smaller card 4 x 5.25 size by slicing it and removing a section in the middle. 

I was going to make it a landscape card and then decided to do a portrait card. 

Then I added some half inch strips (one zip and one cardstock) to the top of the So Kind that I stamped with Black Memento ink. The S and O were from the Hostess Reward Stamp (featured in the Seasonal Expressions catalogue). I embellished with stickers (hearts and flowers) from the Gimme Some Sugar Complements and the Pink Pearls 

Remember this great stamp set Color Your Life—April Stamp of the Month is only available throughout April 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 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.

Sunny Thoughts S1802 Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "Sunny Thoughts—February Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Doreen Watkins 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 project which features the Sunny Thoughts—February Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout February 2018 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

The first image that spoke to me was the "You are the Sunshine in my Pocket" and I wanted to make a Pocket with this stamp set. I decided I needed a Denim look paper, so I pulled out the Enchantment Fundamental Paper Packet with the sapphire A shaped triangle things. and I cut a square and then trimmed the bottom into a point (like a reverse banner). to make a pocket shape. I then matted it in White Daisy Cardstock. I used Sapphire Cardstock to matt the whole white daisy card with a small edge of white. 

I cut the circle with my Thin Cuts—Basic Circles and stamped the you are the Sunshine in my pocket in Sapphire Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I added it to the front with 3-D Foam Tape. I used a gold thin pen (like Metallics Markers) for the stitching and 2 white enamel dots (from the Grey Gems) for studs. Stuck it all together with Duck® Easy Stick™ Adhesive Pack.  

Apologies for my photos - I had to take the photos at night because I've been working late and had no time to take daylight photos. I really want to get myself a light box for photography so I can take photos at night or anytime of the day and have them look nice. 

Anyway...I hope you like them. 

Note: While I was making this card my sister started singing the song "I've got a pocketful of Sunshine" and its very catchy and we couldn't stop singing over and over "I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine!!"... (I had to put the video here too so you could all have it stuck in your heads too). Link to YouTube. 

The next card I made was using up scraps of Chelsea Gardens Paper Packet and the white scrap cut in a banner from the opposite of the piece I cut for the pocket card (easy and no waste!). I put my scraps of Chelsea Gardens to cover the whole base of the White Cards (Plus Envelopes) Value Pack (the grey is from the Basics Fundamental Paper Packet Paper) and then I stamped Thanks with Charcoal Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and the stamped the flowers in Heather Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

I also used the Heather to go around the edge of the banner too. Then adhered it with 

3-D Foam Tape, finishing it off with some Grey Gems.

Remember this great stamp set Sunny Thoughts—February Stamp of the Month is only available throughout February from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project idea. 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 Georgia O’Shea.

I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon.