Colour Dare #532 Shades of Purple & Blue plus 1 colour

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #532 is a shades of Blue and Purple plus one colour of your choice. You are also free to use all Neutrals and Metallics. 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 #532 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).

This is what I cut out for my card on the weekend with my For You Thin Cuts and I still had the negative space so needed to not loose the tiny bits so I stuck it down on a piece of scrap blue from my Blue scrap bag. I can't remember what this paper was from. The hearts are a green or peacock type colour and that is my +1 colour. 

I cut a 4x4 inch block and stuck my thank you in the middle and then cut a 6x12 sheet of white (folded in half to make a 6x6 card). So I placed in the centre and put a dot in each corner to see where the distress oxides needed to go. 

*Note: later I cut it smaller to see more of the sponging. 

I started sponging with Seedless Preserves Distress Oxides (I think it has now retired from CTMH availability) and did the outside with Villainous Potion Distress Oxide™ Ink Pad (I LOVE the name of this purple). 

I alternated with the sponging until it was well covered using my Mini Ink Blending Tool. 

I have a few of the blenders but accidentally put them back away and couldn't be bothered grabbing another so I kept alternating by pulling off the sponges... This left my fingers very inky like I was playing with mulberries!

After Sponging I sprayed some water on it and dabbed it off with a tissue so it wouldn't bleed too far. 

Below is what it dried like. It looks really red/purple in the photo but the last photo is more what the actual finished product looks like. 

To finish off the card I cut down the blue heart paper so you could see more of the central lighter purple colour. Then I raised it up using 3-D Foam Tape. 

Then I realised because I had cut the blue piece down you could see the little black dot in top left and bottom right corners so I needed to cover them a little. It might not have been too obvious but I noticed so had to cover it. Keeping with the hearts them and the purples I pulled out my new Purple Dots and popped them to cover the dots in small heart and medium heart. Then added a larger heart "dot" to make a full-stop. I did ummm and arrrrrr about which colour of the purple dots I was going to use. Went middle of the road. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #532. 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

Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra - Sponging Techniques Video 1

This is the very first video we have made called "Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra" 

We are pretty happy with our very first video. I'm sure as we make more of these I will get better at editing, speeding up and improving the quality of the video. We had lots of fun making this, which is the whole point of this exercise. 

 
 Please enjoy this instructional video teaching some sponging techniques for your cardmaking. 

CTMH Australasian Stampaganza Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop featuring every stamp set currently available to purchase for STAMPAGANZA. March is Buy 2 stamp sets and get 1 FREE!!

If you have arrived here from Tanya Armitage-   Happy Papercrafting 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.

I decided to use a selection of stamp sets for my blog this hop because there are so many stamp sets available and this is a really great offer. 

I started with Watercolor Paints and painted up some paper with my Paintbrush Set. 

This is my first page by 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock (I should have used Watercolor Paper  but I forgot and it worked out okay). 

Then I used some off cuts of 12" X 12" Colonial White Cardstock

Then I used one of the bunnies from the Spring Critters that I cut out using the Spring Critters Thin Cuts on my Big Shot Embossing Machine using 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and used my Watercolor Paints and Paintbrush Set to paint him. So cute, using the smallest paintbrush to colour him in. 

Then I decided to paint some free-hand Carrots in a "bunch" to create a Thank You card with a difference. 

I matted the green background I had watercoloured and my carrots with 12" X 12" Slate Cardstock and used 3-D Foam Tape to adhere the bunny in a 3D way. I finished it off with Coral Shimmer Trim.

 

Next, after my 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock page that I had painted with the green edging had dried. I stamped with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and stamped Delightful Ditty musical stamps all over the edge.

I stamped with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad over the top of the water colour painting. I LOVE this stamp set. So versatile for a musical family like ours. 

My son is off to his first band camp in a few weeks. So now I have a page all ready. I put the title with the stamp set Handwritten Print and the LOVES it. 

To finish off my last watercolour painting scraps I used the Always Grateful 

stamp set. 

I matted the 12" X 12" Colonial White Cardstock scraps I had painted in purple with 12" X 12" Black Cardstock and stamped on the tree and Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

Simple and Elegant and I love it. 

With the STAMPAGANZA special you get 1 stamp set FREE when you buy 2. 

During March, buy any two My Acrylix® stamp sets (M-, A-, B-, C-, D-, or E-size) at full retail price, get a third stamp set of equal or lesser value FREE! That is a savings of up to $45.00! Take advantage of this amazing deal by simply adding your selected stamps to your cart!

Remember STAMPAGANZA is only available for March 2016 so make sure you get it soon, so you don't miss out! Go to my website www.vandra.ctmh.com.au and order today. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest projects. I'm really interested to hear what you think about what I've made, 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: Inky Fingers

  Come back to see me again soon.