Colour Dare #533 Fancy Five

 

I'm not on the design team for Colour Dare this week (I do even challenges) but I really liked this colour selection of Colour Dare Challenge for #533 so I wanted to make a card using these colours. I chose to use all 5 colours AND I wanted to join the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Sketch 509. So to get both challenges into one card I created a card below. 

Firstly I pulled out my Stitched Lattice Background Thin Cuts

to get that background shape as shown on the sketch.

I cut that with Linen Cardstock on the dark side. Then I cut the Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts the larger circle in White Daisy Cardstock and the edge circle in Capri Cardstock... and then I decided to put the Capri behind the Lattice so it stood out more. I cut it 4.25x5.5 inches to fit the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack size card. 

I pulled out all my inks that match the challenge and I didn't have Avocardo ink so I grabbed a similar coloured Distress Oxide ink green colour (I think its currently unavailable or retired).

I pulled out my Floral Sentiments Stamp Set and stamped the "Sorry for your Loss" on the circle. I stuck my circles together and stamped with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad.

Then I stamped the different coloured flowers onto White cardstock and the leaves onto the Linen cardstock. I started with stamping Linen ink on Linen cardstock leaves but they are too light so I used the green distress oxide instead. 

I used the linen offcuts to stamp. 

Then I stamped the differnet sized flowers in the different coloured inks - Nectarine Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Capri Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, and Glacier Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. Then I fussy Cut them out. I used my scrap white daisy too. 

I arranged the flowers how I liked them and then stuck them all down and added the linen cardstock leaves behind as well. 

Then to finish the sketch I added 3 Bitty Sparkles at the top near the sentiment and then 3 below near the bottom leaf. I didn't include the ribbon as it seemed like too much on this card. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #533 and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Sketch 509. 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

Colour Dare #531 Tic-Tac-Toe

 

I'm not on the design team for Colour Dare this week (I do even challenges) but I really liked this colour selection of Colour Dare Challenge for #531 so I wanted to make a card using these colours. I chose the top row, Papaya, Peach & Sage AND I wanted to join the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Sketch 508. So two birds with one stone and I'm really happy with what I came up with. 

If you wanna play along too go to Colour Dare Challenge for #531 is a Tic-Tac-Toe (see above) and all Neutrals and Metallic are free Go to the link for Colour Dare #531 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 pulled out my Backyard Bliss Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and it said the colour there was Papaya so I assumed the leaf patterned sheet was papaya based but I also used some Papaya Glitter Paper to really make sure I was covered (cause it kind of looked peach although peach doesn't feature in that paper pack). The leaf paper was cut at 5 inchs x 3.75 inches.

I cut the background Peach Cardstock on the darker side at 5.25 inches x 4 inches. I also cut the Thank in Peach Cardstock from For You Thin Cuts.

I showed this picture on my Instagram this week because I was so excited to realise you can cut this as a two for one. After I cut the white daisy as shown in the picture I cut the same size piece from  Papaya Glitter Paper so I didn't waste a scrap of my more expensive and pretty glitter paper. I used only the YOU on this card and have there Thank and the negative space to use on another few cards. 

There are other options instead of Thank... you can say Love YOU, For YOU or Thank YOU or you could even say "love for YOU!"

The next main feature of the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was the Doily shape so I pulled out my Fancy Doilies Thin Cuts and I did have a peach shape already cut in the large size but it was too big for the regular card size so I didn't want to use the big one as I wouldn't be able to use other other features. So I cut the small doily in Sage Cardstock and kept my big peach one for another day. TIP: If you cut more than one thin cut (die-cut) at a time, slide them into the envelope of the stamp or thin cut and then when you go to use that item next time you might save yourself some time by having something pre-cut. AND it doesn't take much more time to run thru 2 at the same time or two layers of cardstock (although the doily is very intricate so it may not cut 2 together very well). 

After I stuck my doily on I drew my lines... I wanted them freehand and I started with a 

White Gel Pen but it wasn't clear enough to see (You can see remnants of it on the card still) so I added Black LePen™ freehand over the top. Its messy but its meant to be. 

I stuck my YOU in Papaya glitter down first with Air Touch Adhesive and then layered the thank over the top. 

Then I went to my Embellishments/stickers/complements etc that I have sorted and pulled out my flowers zip lock. I pulled out the neutrals and the peach/papaya colours. I don't know which sets those 3 flowers come from but 3 different ones I think. And one of the "flowers" is really a doily which I think added more to the sketch. I found a white leaf stalk die-cut in my leaf zip lock bag and cut its 3 branches off and added them in 3 spots around the flowers sort of underneath. The smallest peach looking flower with grey leaves (that look sage in the photo) I took off the adhesive on the back of the sticker and then added 3-D Foam Tape to add dimension. 

Then 5 Bitty Sparkles to finish off the card (2 in the centres of the flowers) and 3 around the bottom. 

Thanks for the great Sketch Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge I enjoyed this a lot! 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #531 and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Sketch 508. 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