Colour Dare #412 Got Candy Colours

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #412 is a choose at Least 3 of the colours in the challenge plus Black, White and Gold free to use (no other neutrals). You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #412 and add your entry. 

These colours were chosen as they are the colours of the Got Candy? Product Bundle.

I am just getting excited to use my NEW Distress Oxide Inks, so I wanted to make a card using the new inks I've never played with before. I pulled out Spiced Marmalade and Black Soot Distress Oxide™ Ink Pads.

I cut some White Daisy Cardstock to 4 x 5.25 inches and started to play. 

Spiced marmalade was first. I just rubbed the ink pad all over the paper leaving some some white spaces. Then i sprayed with water and splashed some droplets of water with my Medium Round Waterbrush. In some of the places I wiped the water off with a tissue. 

Second part I did the smooshing technique, I put the Black soot and spiced marmalade directly onto the All-purpose Mat and then sprayed some water onto it and then dipped the paper onto it and waited for it to dry. I kept dipping it until I was happy with the finished product. So quick and easy and quite striking. 

I was thinking I would use the new Olive Branches Background Thin Cuts but I didn't love how it covered so much of the paper I had created. So I put it underneath to get the nice stitched edge.

This background thin cut was cut with Avocado Cardstock on the light side. I also cut the base star from Avocado Cardstock and the tags and title banner from it as well. 

Ink stamped in Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

In the end I decided to make a shaker card with my most favourite new product 

Star Shaker Window Thin Cuts with Star Shaker Window Foam + Acetate . (we also have a NEW Heart Shaker window thin cut too). 

I love how these also come with small stars and framed stars as part of it. I cut them out of Black cardstock and then used All the pieces on the two cards (all pictured below, the extra star with star cutouts is shown in the photo. I stuck the extra stars on the side with 

Dual-tip Permanent Glue Pen and then Gold Loose Sequins that I stuck on with Glue Dots® I was super happy with how my Shaker card came out. 

The titles are from the limited edition Animated Butterfly Kisses Stamp set that is available this month for National Stamping Month promotion. 

 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #412 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about my cards, 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 #360 - Tic Tac Toe

This week's challenge Colour Dare #360

Choose from these Tic Tac Toe colours - a line along, down or diagonal. Black, White, Silver and Gold are free. You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #360 and add your entry.

I chose the bottom line - a choice of one neutral (I chose Heather), with Willow and Lemon. 

The Heather is the cardstock backing and the Thick Twine. The Willow Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad is the green title from this months stamp of the Month Random Act of Cardness—September Stamp of the Month  and the Lemon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad I used for random stamping the background in a subtle way with the small lemon flowers. This stamp comes from the Every Little Thing Cardmaking Workshop Kit. 

I used foam tape for the white cardstock with the Willow title, tombow tape runner for the heather cardstock and glue dots for adhering the twine. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #360 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, 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

Colour Dare #358 Back to School Inspiration

Inspiration Photo - Back to School Theme 
Black & White Free + All Neutrals

You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #358 and add your entry.

I decided to make something a little different, I decided to make a Welcome Back Banner for my workmate Meg who has been on leave for about a month. I pulled out my Pacifica, Lemon, Cranberry and Emerald cardstock and cut 3 inch strip and then cut them into a bunting shapes. 

The white letters are cut with the ABC Thin Cuts and I stuck the letters on with Tombow adhesive, then onto my old black and white twine with washi tape. The length of the twine was determined by what was left on the role. I didn't measure it at all. 

I'm going to put the bunting up in our office to welcome my workmate back. I've missed her. Primary colours are really fun. It would have also looked good with Black letters but I ran out of black cardstock and need to re-stock.

 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #358 too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, 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

Regatta CTMH Collection Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop featuring this months featured pack called Workshops Your Way™ Regatta Scrapbooking Kit. This soon to be retiring kit is really fun and these new designs of Workshops Your Way Kits are so useful. 

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.

We are all creating with the Workshops Your Way™ Regatta Scrapbooking Kit.

This kit is featured by Close to My Heart in April and is until the end of the current Seasonal Expressions 1 Ideas Book (so will be retiring at the end of April 2016). NOT LONG!!

I made the pages and the cards from the Workshops Your Way™ Regatta Scrapbooking Kit 

and had lots of fun doing it. 

Workshops Your Way™ Regatta Scrapbooking Kit Contents:
1 – Regatta Paper Packet (X7206B)
1 – Regatta Complements (X7206C)
3 – Cardstock Sheets (2 Glacier, 1 Flaxen)
1 – White & Gold Ribbon (Z3189)
1 – Maritime Puffies (Z3204)
Featured Colors: Flaxen, Glacier, Pomegranate, Sapphire, White Daisy

Use the materials and the online guide to create three traditional layouts and one Picture My Life™ layout. Click here to Download Guide or go to my website and download from there. 

*Note: The only additions to this kit for me where the Value Pack 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack. I may also use some Picture My Life Memory Protectors™ to finish off my PML pages using the PML Printed Page on the Workshops Your Way Kit, that I may be making. 

Below is one of the layouts. The other layouts I did aren't pictured. This is on our trip to Bremer Bay, Wagin isn't near the coast but the pages matched with the colours and the sentiments so I did my Bremer Bay photos AND my on the way to Bremer Bay photos! 

With the cards for the Workshops Your Way™ Regatta Scrapbooking Kit that I could turn the paper around for a different look, I did it. Just by reversing the paper created such a different look on both sides. I really loved the My Anchor Thin Cuts and My Anchor stamp set, specifically the cute little boats and birds flying. I also really love the sayings on this stamp set. Very romantic and loving, or to share with someone that has been very supportive of you. 

 

I made the cards from the kit (two of the cards that are the same are not pictured above), and then afterwards, I made a variety of other cards using SCRAPS!! 

I made the above card just using scraps from the pages, plus one of the 4x3 picture my life cards and the zip strip title. To finish it off I put a strip of White Shimmer Trim. So easy to make this card from scraps. All put together about Duck® Easy Stick™ Adhesive 

and the title put on with 3-D Foam Tape.

 I used the My Anchor Thin Cuts and My Anchor Stamp set for the Glacier Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad waves, and Pomegranate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad for the boat and Sapphire Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad for the flag on the Ship. The flags and the "you are sunshine for my soul" title were from zip strips on the edge of the pages.   

The above Happy Day card was made using a 3x4 picture my life card and a scrap of Glacier Cardstock. The Happy was from the My Anchor Thin Cuts and My Anchor Stamp set stamped with Sapphire Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and the Day title was stamped with White Daisy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (left carefully because Pigment ink takes longer to dry). I finished it with Red Shimmer Trim covered with White & Gold Ribbon from the Workshops Your Way™ Regatta Scrapbooking Kit. I stuck the ribbon onto the shimmer trim with Micro Glue Dots™. 3-D Foam Tape added dimension to the cards. 

The above card was made using more scraps, plus the same 'Happy' and Boat from the previous cards (stamped twice because I cut the thin cuts with two thicknesses of paper). Birthday title was created with the Handwritten Print. Finished the card off with Maritime Puffies. 

I still have lots of scraps left over, plus Maritime Puffies, picture my life cards and Regatta Complements from the lovely Workshops Your Way™ Regatta Scrapbooking Kit. My plan is to use these all up so I can start on the new papers when the new ideas book/catalogue is released next month!

Remember Regatta is only available until the end of THIS MONTH so make sure you get it soon, so you don't miss out! Go to my website www.vandra.ctmh.com.au or your consultants website and order today. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest projects. I thoroughly recommend this new system of Workshops your Way, its amazing value!! I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, 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 - Georgia Creates!

  Come back to see me again soon.

Australasian December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop Candlelight Garden

Hello and welcome to our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. We have all been creating with "Candlelight Garden – December 2015 Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. 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.

Today I would like to share with you my two projects which features the Candlelight Garden – December 2015 Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout December for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. I love this stamp set SOoo much. 

I really love the Friend you're the Light in my life phrase. So I wanted to make a card with it. I had the Picture My Life™ White Pines Scrapbooking Program cards left from my last blog post and thought this card below made a lovely front of the card. To space it out I placed the stamps directly onto the PML card and then stuck the 2" X 6 1/2" My Acrylix® Block on the top. 

After I stamped in Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad then I coloured in the flame in ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Golden Yellow Marker and the candle in ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Barely Beige Marker

I backed the Picture My Life™ White Pines Scrapbooking Program card with Black Cardstock and then used the Corner Rounder. I trimmed the 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" Colonial White Cards & Envelopes, with Coral Shimmer Trim and layered the PML card and black cardstock with 3-D Foam Tape.

To finish the card off I used Mini Stapler and Mini Staples. I love the mini staples so much I used them a little bit too much. 

 After I finished my card, I played some more. I just got myself a heat gun and Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder and Ranger™ White Super Fine Embossing Powder so I wanted to have a play. 

I put VersaMark™ Ink  on the jar after I coloured it in and then put Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder over and heated it up. 

Next I wanted to try some of the emboss-resist techniques I had seen on Pinterest so I played with the VersaMark™ Ink and Ranger™ White Super Fine Embossing Powder. After heating the embossing powder up I used Gypsy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad with a Sponge Daubers.

Remember this great stamp set Candlelight Garden – December 2015 Stamp of the Month is only available throughout December from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest projects, I hope you get to make a card this month too. I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Denise's Blog Scrap Stamp Share.

  Come back to see me again soon.