Colour Dare #562 Pink, Lavender, Yellow, One-Two-Three

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #562 is a One-Two-Three challenge. You can use 1, 2 or 3 of the colours from the above picture Plus.... Black, white, neutrals AND Metallics are 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 #562 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 had just got my order with my NEW Gnomes for Autumn Thin Cuts in it. Its part of a special and we were told there will be all 4 seasons coming - so I hope they do this gnome thin cut in other themes cause I LOVE them!! its while stocks last so don't wait grab it now.... I just had to play with it. So I pulled out my cardstock that is all scraps in its headings of "Yellow", "Purple" and "Pink" plus I pulled my "Grey" and "Browns" because I had also pulled out my old CTMH Basic Fundamentals pack which was all greys and browns (I mostly used that for the backgrounds). 

So I used a light pink cardstock to cut the base of the gnome. Then I cut the dress in a pink patterned scrap of paper  and a darker pink nose. I cut a dark yellow/gold for the flower and brown for the centre of the flower and same brown/grey for the shoes. I also did a Kraft Paper neutral stem. I cut the hair in that but didn't use it. Purple hat to finish it off. This was all using scraps!!

After cutting all the bits laid out above, I stuck them all together using Air Touch Adhesive (on my All-purpose Mat so the adhesive that runs over doesn't stick to the table). 

After I stuck my gnome girl together. I put the basic fundamentals on the card base. I ripped a strip so that it would be something for her to stand on. 

I thought this was going to be the ONLY card I did for colour dare this week but I got the bug for the gnomes. While we had the Big Shot out and the scrap paper we cut more and more to show some variations of those scrap papers. My mum came to help me and she cut lots of bits with the scraps we had to use up the scraps before throwing the bits out. I have a heap in bags ready for the next time I make gnomes. 

NOTE: for the first two I did I cut the little hands out to stick over the top... after the first 2 I decided the tiny little hand bits were just annoying and didn't add that much so I left them off my second two cards. Let me know in the comments if you think they're better on or off?

So I made some blonde and then some dark hair and then thought why not go for a radical free thinking purple haired gnome girl so my third one ended up with Purple hair. 

Then we decided we should make a different skin tone, so went with a kraft coloured gnome with darker hair. I had lightened the skin tone on the pink ones by turning over the light pink to the lightest side which made it even paler skin tone.... With our Close to My Heart two-toned cardstock we get a bunch of extra colours. 

We just kept cutting with a variety of the 3 colours from the Colour Dare and using up scraps but you can't even see where I've been. These are a great use of scraps and you can do so many varieties. They just kept going and going. 

They fit perfectly on White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack with the neutral fundamentals papers. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #562. 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 #504 Four Square

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #504 is a Four Square where you need to choose at least 3 of the colours, plus Black, White, neutrals, Gold and Silver 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 #504 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).

Originally I pulled out all my 12x12 Paper Envelopes for Sapphire Cardstock, Sundance Cardstock, Glacier Cardstock and Evergreen Cardstock. I assumed I'd be using Sapphire/Glacier/Evergreen but it ended up being Sundance/Glacier and Evergreen. 

These envelopes have my scraps in as well as my full sheets of cardstock so I pulled out all the scraps as well and realised in Sundance I had some pre-embossed hexagon cardstock. I decided to rip it in half and flip it over so I had half on the dark side and half on the light side. Then I tore a sheet of the Glacier too. I had a thin slice of Evergreen to finish it off but also wanted some neutral in there. I pulled out my NEW released Backyard Bliss Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and found the cute chicken wire green pattern and it went well with the hexagon shapes so I used a 3/4 inch stripe along the bottom. 

FYI - I LOVE the backyard Bliss papers because I keep backyard chickens and this set with the chicken wire and the papers of the gardening and the stickers of chickens! Its my perfect set!

Getting back to my card. I cut two of the gnomes from the still available Gnome Matter Stamp + Thin Cuts but instead of using White Daisy I have used Glacier cardstock (one light side, one dark side) which my mum said made them look like Smurfs. I coloured their beards with White Gel Pens, plus the pompom on his hat and the flowers white. Then I used Fair Skin TriBlend™ Marker to colour their noses and hands and Earth Brown TriBlend™ Marker for their belts and shoes. Everything else was left with Glacier cardstock. 

The last thing I did before sticking the cardstock down was the title sentiment "Feel Better Soon!" from my favourite card title stamp set that will be retiring at the end of this current annual catalogue cycle its called For All Occasions. Its a must have for all Occasions :) hehehehee, see what they did there. I stamped in Evergreen Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad to bring in the green from the strip at the bottom. 

I used Tombow Air Touch Adhesive to adhere everything flat onto White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack cards- although you could totally have put things up on 3D Foam. I also thought about bling but wanted to keep it a little masculine so didn't want to bling it up too much. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #504. 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 #484 Sawyer Tic-Tac-Toe

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #484 is the colours , you are free to use Black, White, Gold and Silver. 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 #484 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, SplitCoast Stampers, or Instagram).

This is the Sawyer Scrapbooking Workshop Kit and watch the Youtube clip Close to My Heart created with Sawyer WATCH HERE or below.

I pulled out my Party Gnomes Stamp + Thin Cuts I have been using this for my cards for a bit and a few colour dare challenge cards ago I pre-cut some extra shapes so it was quick to add a pre-cut shape - I didn't need to pull out my bigshot die-cutting machine for the gnomes... and then I decided to add a circle so needed the bigshot after all! I leave the extras in the stamp envelope. I cut two circles with the Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts a base with Harbour Cardstock & the inside of the frame with Peach Cardstock to get that two toned circles. 

I then used scraps of Peach to get a rectangle and cut an offcut of the harbour cardstock and made it into a pennant banner. I used my scissors to rough up the edges of the harbour cardstock. 

I edged the Peach cardstock with Silver Shimmer Trim and on the circle I put along the edge and then trimmed it with my Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors.

I stamped the Happy Birthday in black ink and put the little gnome girl up on 

3-D Foam Tape. I added some of the embellishment dots from my stash that I think are actually peacock coloured (retired colour) that goes so well with the harbour colour. 

I finished the card off by using Black Journaling Pen (.03) to freehand around the edge of the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #484. 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

Colour Dare #480 Wisteria, Wild Berry and Capri

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #480 is Wisteria, Wild Berry & Capri challenge, you are free to use Black, White, and Greys. 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 #480 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, SplitCoast Stampers, or Instagram).

I pulled out my Party Gnomes Stamp + Thin Cuts and decided to colour the girl gnome (I had pre-cut some extra shapes last time I made a card so it was quick to stamp and colour with a pre-cut shape - I didn't need to pull out my bigshot die-cutting machine). I used the 

Bright Pink TriBlend™ Marker and the Purple TriBlend™ Marker to attempt to make Wildberry to colour the gnomes dress and hat. I think I got pretty close. The balloon at the front was fussy cut out using Wild Berry Cardstock and the ribbon is Wild Berry Stitched Ribbon. 

The lighter balloon is Wisteria Cardstock light side of the cardstock fussy cut and the darker balloon is the purple pen trying to create the darker shade of wisteria. The white glisten on the balloons is made using the White Gel Pens. The grey pens for hair and shoes are 

Ice Grey TriBlend™ Marker and Brown Grey TriBlend™ Marker.

To create the background I cut some Capri Cardstock at 4.25 inches wide (the size of the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack cards). Then I ripped the cardstock and laid it down on the cardbase alternating the sides of the cardstock (dark/light). Then I added a strip of capri cardstock at the bottom to cover the last of the white and to ensure that the bottom and top of the card were straight and not ripped. 

I glued on the Wild Berry Stitched Ribbon with Adhesive Tape and then added the Happy Birthday stamp. To attach the gnome I used 3-D Foam Tape. 

It was hard to photograph as the colours didn't seem to go true to colour... I did try edit the photo but it still isn't true to colour. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #480. 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

Colour Dare #478 Neutrals plus one colour

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #478 is a choose at least 3 of the above colours, you are free to use Black, White, Gold & Copper. 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 #478 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, SplitCoast Stampers, or Instagram).

I chose Green Apple to go with my neutrals. I pulled out the cutest stamp and thin cut set called Party Gnomes Stamp + Thin Cuts

I coloured the cute chocolate cake with a bunch of the Tri-blend markers from mostly the Essential Blends Marker Bundle. (pictured the pens I used). 

To add the wording I cut a peice of White Daisy Cardstock and cut to size. Then I grabbed all the words on the and arranged them on the block to fit the paper size. I used Green Apple Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad to stamp them. Then I added the Green Apple Cardstock around the white daisy. 

The card base was created with Kraft Paper because its a neutral colour. I used the off cut of the Silver Glitter Paper that was cut using Stitched Rectangle Frames Thin Cuts. The Birthday sticker was from an older sticker set with green apple. I used 3D foam tape. 

This is what I gave my husband for his birthday this week. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #478. 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

Colour Dare #468 Inspiration Image

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #468 is the colours of the above inspiration image (at least 3 colours), you are free to use Black & White. 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 #468 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, SplitCoast Stampers, or Instagram).

This image brings back lots of memories for me as I had these on a doona cover and some curtains when I was really small (*ahem* like 35yrs ago). 

I made a quick and simple card for this challenge as I was required to make a bunch of thank you cards for my son's teachers for his last day of school before his Year 12 Graduation. This card I made was for one of the music teachers. 

I picked out Dark Blue (Sapphire from the retired Wander collection with the white stars - you could create this look with sapphire cardstock and our new white White Gel Pens), then I picked light Blue (I chose Carolina Cardstock) and the brown, so I chose the new Mocha Cardstock. To get some tone-on-tone stamping I used an old stamp set with some music notes on it and random stamped all over the Mocha cardstock. I don't have the Mocha ink yet so I pulled out the reitred Nutmeg ink and they worked quite well together. I put an R in texta on the front of my ink pads that have retired so I know its an old colour but it still works well with current Mocha. 

After doing stripes of each of the 3 main inspiration colours I decided to do a little gnome sign. I picked the gnome from the Mini Garden Gnomes Stamp + Thin Cuts from the Slimline Celebration Cardmaking Workshop Kit.

I coloured him with triblend markers in Fair Skin TriBlend™ Marker for his face and hands, Earth Brown TriBlend™ Marker for his boots and belt, True Blue TriBlend™ Marker for his hat and clothes and the lightest and mid tones of the Ice Grey TriBlend™ Marker for the bird. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #468. 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