Colour Dare #546 Tic-Tac-Toe Cosette

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #546 is a Tic-Tac-Toe board using the Cosette Colours (Plus.... Black, white, 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 #546 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'm loving Cosette. The colours are really pretty. I used them ALL I couldn't choose just one row or column. 

Check out the Close To My Heart YouTube video about Cosette HERE.

I made the cards when we were given for our CTMH Launch event and we were given cutting guides for 2 cards each. So I cut both but didn't want to make the cards the same so I flipped most of the paper and varied the cards. 

I really love the Cosette—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts because they have thin cut shapes for the flowers plus the archway and oval. The archway and oval are perfect for card fronts but would also make great spaces on scrapbook pages. 

We coloured with Antique Pink TriBlend™ Marker, Dull Green TriBlend™ Marker, 

Gold Yellow TriBlend™ Marker, Ice Grey TriBlend™ Marker. Then we used Mulberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Toffee Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and used a sponge for edges and background and water brush. 

Some of the flowers were stamped on the die cuts and some where stamped directly on the ovals or arches. 

Lots of splatter with the waterbrush. We also inked the edges of the Cosette Die-cuts (the butterfly, banner and hearts etc). 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #546. 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 #538 Four Square

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #538 is a Four Square Board. You need to choose at least 3 colours from the above photo. 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 #538 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).

So to start I pulled out all my ink colours in the Four Square Glacier Stamp Pad, Sage Stamp Pad, Periwinkle Stamp Pad, Melon Stamp Pad. But then where to start... I checked and found Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge because I've been doing them a lot lately so decided I did want to do a card based on the current week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 514 so I based my card of this sketch. 

I decided to use the Layered Butterflies Thin Cuts shape to replace the oval shape (rotated to be a horizontal card). I have been using these butterflies for heaps lately (I'm stuck on butterflies at the moment) also I've been inspired by Laura Beacham a sister CTMH consultant who's done some lovely things with butterfly thin cut lately too. I cut a tiny butterfly out using Glacier Cardstock and out of a 4.25x5.5 inch piece of Sage Cardstock (dark side) I cut a big butterfly. (note: I cut one shown in the first pic and then made an error with attempting to put a black edge with a pen around the edge of the shape so I cut a second one in a different butterfly shape as shown in second picture - one with antennae and one without.... I didn't attempt the black pen edge on the second time - I was putting the black pen inside to make the edge stand out... the tiny parts around the butterflies antennae and head are very fiddly and it didn't work out). 

Anyway I then decided to use the Floral Sentiments Stamp Set to randomly stamp on a piece of White Daisy Cardstock about 5x4 inches (it was a scrap) that I had roughly used a pencil to show approximately where the butterfly was to go so I had a rough idea of how much stamping I needed. 

I love this stamp set and have used it lots recently too. This month its ON SALE!! 

Also originally I wasn't going to use Sage ink because I had used Sage Cardstock BUT... I ended up doing a few leaves in sage ink so later photos I included all 4 ink pads. 

When I had finished my random stamping with the 4 ink colours, I rubbed out the pencil lines and adhered the Sage cuttout to the white daisy cardstock stamped base with 3-D Foam Tape. I couldn't go right down next to the butterfly's head even though I did cut my 3D Foam tape very thin and got it in quite close (same at the bottom, I got it as close as I could to those tiny parts). 

Then I adhered the whole lot onto the base White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack with Air Touch Adhesive.

I had made some White Daisy Cardstock circles on my cricut and had them left over (after my daughters birthday party) so used a circle to stamp the sentiment onto in Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and then added the small glacier butterfly to it with some Thin 3D Foam Tape. It sort of has a snowman shape with big circle at the bottom and smaller butterfly above... Its is very loosely based on the Sketch. 

I finished it off with a heart from the Melon 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 #538. 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

 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #510

I am cardmaking this evening and decided to create a card using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #510. I pulled out my Backyard Bliss Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet which is still available while stocks last. 

And I thought the woodgrain paper would be great as the side parts of the sketch. So I cut two strips off at 5.5 inches (the size of the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack). I wanted the edges to stand out so I inked the edge of the "planks of wood" with Toffee Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. So I ran the paper over the stamp pad. 

Then I grabbed the floral paper and to make sure I got the right width I laid the two planks onto my Aluminum Cut Rail Paper Trimmer at the 4.25 inch line and laid the floral paper next to it and cut it at the right space. Then I also inked the edges of that paper too. 

I pulled out my Happy Birthday Shaker Window Thin Cuts to cut with the green grass looking pattern paper. I put it against the floral paper and it looked too lost... 

Luckily when I created my last card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #509 with Colour Dare #533 Fancy Five I had cut an extra Linen circle with Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts. 

It fit exactly inside the circle and had the Happy Birthday banner part stand out much more. 

To finish it off I used the stickers from the sticker sheet. 

The top 3 banner bits. 2 of them in the lighter colours I also inked the edges of them. 

I added the pot plant, then tucked the tomatoes behind and the strawberry on top and thought I needed to add a top part like in the sketch and to balance out the red. I pulled off the red flowers and added them at the top to finish the elements from the sketch. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Sketch 510. 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 #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 #414 Autumn colours inspiration

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #414 is an inspiration photo with Autumn colours. You can use Black, White and all metallics and neutrals. You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #414 and add your entry.

I am still playing with my new distress oxide inks and pulled out all the colours that I thought would match this colour inspiration. 

Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Candied Apple Distress Oxide™ Ink Pad

Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Then I plonked each of the colours down on the All-purpose Mat, 

as shown below. Then spritzed with water. 

Then I put the 12x12 sheet of  White Daisy Cardstock down onto the mat and smooshed it around. 

After the above, I waited a little for it to dry... then added a little extra ink on the mat and spritzed some more water and smooshed it again. This is the finished paper below. 

After it dried a little I cut off 4.5 inches off one side and then cut out with Floral Background Thin Cuts

To finish the simple card off, I put Black Cardstock 4.25x5.5 inches on the cards from the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack using Tombow® Permanent Adhesive. Then  I adhered the front coloured overlay Floral Background Thin Cuts cut out then stuck down with the Dual-tip Permanent Glue Pen. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #414 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, 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