Colour Dare #388 Easter Inspirational colours

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #388 is using these Easter photo as an inspiration colour wise. Black, White and Greys are free to use. You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #388 and add your entry. 

While everyone is in isolation or lock-down or whatever insanity seems to be striking the entire world at the moment, I choose to send cards to friends (while our postal system is still working). One of the cards I made for this purpose is to tell people that they are totally awesome. This month's stamp of the month is PERFECT for isolation. There is lots you can do with stamping, colouring and masking. 

I challenge you to make a card and post it to a friend who is in isolation... if you can't get out at the moment. Make and write cards ready for when you can get out to post them. Hey you can even start your Christmas cards early!

the Stamp set is called O-fish-ally Awesome—April Stamp of the Month. O-fish-ally Awesome (S2004) is only available during April, 2020.  Full Australian retail price is $34 but you can have this gorgeous set for just $9 when accompanied by an $80 order. 

I cut a strip of the Seas the Day Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet

at 3.45 x 5 inches. Then I used Black ink to ink the edges of the striped paper. I stamped the fish and the title on a circle with black ink and sponged with a sponge dauber with Canary yellow ink around the edge and along the middle to get some texture. I added the shell and the two heart stickers from the Seas the Day Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet. (I did ink the edge of the bottom heart to see if it could stand out better) with the blue on grey. 

There is a great stamp set that I can't wait to get hold of. That if you're making cards or scrapbooks or journals of your time in isolation or lock-down, then this is the stamp set to order. Its called Let's Stay Home (CC3212). 

Cardstock is on sale, which is a perfect time to sort your stash and work out which colours you are running short of. Then you can do the multi-packs or combo-packs or single colour packs. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #388 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

Tea-rrific S1703 CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "Tea-rrific—March 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 project which features the Tea-rrific—March Stamp of the Month exclusively throughout March 2017 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

Firstly can I say... I LOVE THIS STAMP SET SOOoooooooo Sooooooo MUCH!!!!! 

I did a demo last week with Water colour paints and techniques for my Seniors Card Making Class at an Adult learning centre. Some of my water colour samples I turned into cards for my Blog Hop. 

I taught the ladies the Smooshing technique by dropping watercoloured paint onto plastic and then smooshing it on Watercolor Paper. My watercolour paper samples were all 4x4 inches and I did cut it down slightly, then I used a larger piece of Pansy Cardstock to back the 5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack. 

Then I stamped the Happy Mothers Day cup and the "steam" three times with Black Memento™ Ink Pad.

To finish the card off I tied a bow with Blush Shimmer Ribbon so it looked balanced and even plus pretty and delicate. My mum was with me when I made the card but she promises to be surprised on Mothers Day receiving it (heheheheheee).  

For another Sample I stamped Black Memento™ Ink Pad on 12" × 12" Colonial White Cardstock with the Hello Lovely Cardmaking Thin Cuts Bundle Flower stamp (This stamp set with thin cuts bundled together are 25% off this month only!!). Such a great flower stamp. I wanted to show my seniors ladies that you can use Watercolor Paints with normal paper it just tends to buckle a little (and obviously can't be completely covered in water or paint). Using it to paint the flowers is just enough to not buckle the paper completely. I used the Waterbrush—Medium Round to paint the flowers so it wasn't too wet. 

Goes great with paper from Workshops Your Way® Hello Lovely Scrapbooking Kit and the "Good times are even better when they are shared." sentiment from the Tea-rrific—March Stamp of the Month.

I used Tombow® Permanent Adhesive and stuck Hello Lovely Paper and Colonial White cardstock on the 5 1/2" × 4 1/4" Colonial White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack.

I also had made up the cards in the Workshops Your Way® Hello Baby Cardmaking Kit 

last week and had leftover pieces cut from the kit that I hadn't made up into cards yet, so I used the base just like the cards (shown below in stock image). 

Using the stamp of the month with the two joining sentiments I made the following card. Using my Black Memento™ Ink Pad (have you noticed its my favourite black ink?!!) I stamped the image and the sentiments then coloured in the cups with my shinhan markers 

Its a very simple card so it may need some bling but the sentiment is the most important feature of the card I feel so the subtle design of the baby card/turned grownup card is enough. I did cut the ribbon to stick on as per the above image but it didn't really go well with the cups so I didn't end up using it. 

Remember this great stamp set Tea-rrific—March Stamp of the Month is only available throughout March from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest projects. 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  Creating with Kara Davies.