Colour Dare #560 - Fancy Five

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #560 is a Fancy Five. You need to use at least 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 #560 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 chose the colours Melon, Sage & Harbour from the Famous 5. Then for this colour dare challenge I decided I wanted to use Laura Beecham's latest technique using sequins stuck onto Adhesive paper. Find Laura's video on Facebook here and on YouTube here. 

My daughter got excited at this technique and wanted to be involved too. I pulled out all my Close to my Heart sequins and let her have a go, she mixed a few sets to get her colours (but we haven't used her's to make anything yet). She was using my Pick-up Tool and my retired Close to My Heart tweezers but she really loves the pick-up tool for this. 

I used the silver sequins I had left but they're retired now (you can still get lots of other colours including Gold Loose Sequins).

My daughter after seeing Laura's idea decided to use one of the squares to stick the extra left over "beads" from her glass painting. Every glass painting artwork has HEAPS of leftovers. 

She used the special tool that comes with those artwork kits. Some of her full sized art peices are shown below. We haven't made a card using her blingy bits yet but she has HEAPS of them. 

Okay getting back to my artwork. I stamped and cut the the flower cluster from the Cosette—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts. 

I stamped with Memento Ink from my stash which is similar to Intense Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad or Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. You need to use a good water-stable ink such as these 3 listed above so you can water colour paint them and they wont bleed the black ink. 

I used Sage Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Melon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad to paint the leaves and flowers respectively. 

I used my Medium Round Waterbrush to paint by putting ink into the lid (by squeezing the lid onto the pad while its closed). Making sure to clean off the water mess on the lid before closing again so the ink doesn't get watered down on the stamp pad.  

I used Harbour Cardstock and cut it at 4 x 5.25 inches as the backing and stuck the adhesive sheet with sequins on it behind (as per Laura's technique). Then I used a 3.75x 5 inch Sage Cardstock and cut a circle with the Circles Thin Cuts. Then in Harbour cardstock I cut the frame from the Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts. 

I put the sage cardstock up with 3-D Foam Tape. To finish it off, I added the painted flowers thin cut shape. Plus the title with Harbour Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad Stamped on Sage cardstock, then matted with White Daisy cardstock and double matted with Harbour cardstock. I used Melon Dots to the centres of the flowers and a few around the card. 

I love how blingy this technique is and how special it makes the card look. Its also easy and fast. THANK YOU LAURA!!!!!!

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #560. 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 #554 Tic-Tac-Toe

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #554 is a Tic-Tac-Toe (You need to use at least 3 of the colours in a row, column or diagonal from the picture above). 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 #554 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 pulled out the inks for the Column 1: Melon, Wisteria & Harbour and the gorgeous new BRING BACK MY PACK - FOR ALWAYS special that has just been launched. 

Excitingly they've brought back the lovely papers and stamps. I have the Love Doily Stamp Set and wanted to use it with this challenge. 

I also wanted to have an antique look so I pulled out my neutral French Vanilla Cardstock and cut it to 4 inches x 5.25 inches. 

I stamped with Melon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

first and the largest because its on sale this month for MELON MANIA. 

I cleaned my stamp between Melon and Wisteria Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad with my 

Stamp Shammy. Then I stamped with Harbour ink without cleaning my ink completely off after wisteria because its a lighter similar colour. I didn't think the melon and wisteria are similar enough :) 

After Stamping the 3 doily shapes I used Harbour Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad to rub along the edges of the card to define the edges. I had a space in the bottom left corner so I chose my sentiment to fit the space. I grabbed Floral Sentiments Stamp Set for the stentiment and stamped it in Harbour Ink. 

Finishing off with Melon Pearls which are also on sale for this month only too. Melon Mania is awesome and this colour of the year will be going soon.  

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #554. 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 #552 Inspiration Photo partnering with Double Trouble

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #552 is an Inspiration Photo partnering with Double Trouble (You need to use 3 of the colours). Plus.... Black, white, neutral and metallics free to use. The requirements for adding into the Double Trouble challenge is to create a Summer Project, Include Flip Flops and use the colours from our Colour Dare Inspiration Photo. 

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 #552 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).

After you've added your project to the Colour Dare challenge you can add your project to the Double Trouble challenge here.... DOUBLE TROUBLE,

For my card I struggled with the idea of a Summer Card because in my home city right now its the start of winter with cold cold cold weather. 

I still had out the gorgeous paper from Dream Maker Product Bundle so I used the lagoon colour marble paper and cut to the full size of the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack 5.5x 4.25 inches. 

Then I stamped with an OLD stamp of the month called I Heart Summer from June 2022 - S2206. I used the border that had the flip flops in it. 

Then I grabbed scraps from my Nectarine Cardstock and Lemonade Cardstock. 

I cut them into banner shapes and stamped Happy Holidays from my favourite sentiment stamp set For All Occasions Stamp Set

I finished off with Melon Pearls which are on sale THIS MONTH for Melon Mania as we get a new colour of the year soon. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #552. 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 #550 Six Pack

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #550 is a 6 pack of colours (You need to use 3 of the colours at least). 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 #550 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 chose Ballerina because I had this gorgeous Ballerina Marble paper in the Friendly Borders Cardmaking Workshop Kit (available for MAY 2023 only) and the paper is also available in the Dream Maker Product Bundle. This is only available for a limited time for National Scrapbooking Day. Until 30th June while stocks last. So if you love this paper as much as I do, please order it quickly to avoid disappointment.  

I also chose Melon & Sage cardstock because the paper was on my desk :) How all good decisions are made... what's closest to hand gets chosen. 

After I had my chosen papers I thought lets create a card... I found the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for this week and decided to create with my colours. I wanted the background to be the Ballerina Marble paper as its the prettiest. 

To get my circle I cut the Happy Birthday Shaker Window Thin Cuts with Sage Cardstock (Darker side of the paper) then cut a white cardstock circle with Circles Thin Cuts. I adhered them together before I cut the circle edge off. 

To get the banner I cut a scrap of  Melon Cardstock and stamped on it in 

Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I also cut out the Happy letters from my Slimline Alphabet thin cuts (only the 1,2,3s are available now the alphabet have retired... Slim Numbers Thin Cuts.) The letters were so thin I used my tiny adhesive Quickie Glue™ Pen. 

To finish it off I added 3 little Melon Flowers. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #550. 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 #542 - Lucky 7

 

Our Colour Dare Challenge for #542 is Lucky 7 Choose at Least 3 (All 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 #542 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 pulled out my Peach Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Papaya Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Candy Apple Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I had earlier created a fun Stamping Foam impression with the Floral Slimline Embossing Folder and used that. Stamping Foam is SOOOOooooo FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

*Posted this to my Instagram & Facebook showing both sides of the embossing folder with the stamping foam. Colours are Melon and Glacier with the For You Thin Cuts. 

For this card today's challenge I decided I liked the more solid stamp image so I used my Peach stamp pad to ink up about half the block. Then I rubbed the Papaya along the middle and finished with Candy Apple Ink as per below. Then I stamped it down on White Daisy Cardstock. 

Once I stamped the 3 toned image I cut it down with a slight white edge, I added layers of Peach Cardstock , Papaya Cardstock, Candy Apple Cardstock (full size of the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack). 

I stamped the Happy Birthday from the You Deserve It All Stamp Set with Candy Apple Ink on White Daisy Cardstock. I edged the square with Peach ink to give it some definition. I adhered it with 3D Foam Tape. 

To finish it off I used Melon Pearls which go great with Peach and Papaya colours (somewhere in the middle). This is colour of the year so they will be retiring in the middle of the year. They're so pretty. 

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Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge #542. 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