Colour Dare Challenge #346 at least 3 colours

This week's challenge Colour Dare #346. 

LOC Choose at least 3 Colors from the above colour photo - Candy Apple, Smoothie, New England Ivy, Linen, Lagoon and Sapphire. 

Guidelines on Neutrals:  Black, White, and Neutrals are free to use.

You are invited to participate in this challenge too. Go to the link for Colour Dare #346 and add your entry.

I chose Linen, Lagoon & Sapphire with a pop of Candy Apple. I got some Linen Cardstock and stamped on the beautiful cake from the It's Your Day to Sparkle—June Stamp of the Month (shown below). 

Then I pulled out my Sapphire Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and my Waterbrush—Medium Round  and used the Sapphire ink in the lid of the ink to paint the main part of the cake. 

Then I used the waterbrush to paint the leaves with Lagoon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

Then the red roses (Candy Apple red) with the Shimmer Brush—Red. 

After I had finished painting, I matted the linen cardstock with Lagoon Cardstock and Sapphire Cardstock. 

My finished card is below. Very happy with how it turned out. 

 Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project. Hope you can join in the Colour My Heart Color Dare Challenge #346 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

I Heart Us Australasian CTMH Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most prettily decorative paper suite Workshops Your Way® I Heart Us Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, stamp sets and twine, which is featured this month. 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.

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Workshops Your Way® I Heart Us Scrapbooking Kit

Product Description

Kit contents:
1 – I Heart Us Paper Packet (X7242B)
1 – I Heart Us Complements (X7242C)
5 — cardstock sheets (1 Canary, 1 Lagoon, 1 Mint, 2 White Daisy)
1 – I Heart Us Sequins (Z4270)
1 – Black Shimmer Trim (Z1809)

4 – Memory Protectors™ Top Load
photo placeholders
printed instructions

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First thing I did was lay out all the beautiful bright colours and papers and complements and that stunning pre-printed paper and marvelled at how fun and colourful it all is. The sentiments are lovely and uplifting and would suit photo albums or cards for families, friends, children, loved ones, significant others and a whole myriad of fantastic positive uplifting content. 

I have been making cards up for my monthly card club. This one below is a sneek peek from the club kits that go out this week. The people involved in my card club get all the pieces to put together 4 cards and 2 gift cards (3x3 size). The below card uses the black and white hearts, with black cardstock backing, the rainbow paper (my favourite paper) and pixie cut flowers from the Cricut® Flower Market Digital Collection and the stamp set I Heart Us—Cardmaking is for the Thanks.

The next card I made would be great for Valentines Day (I handed it to my husband and then took it back for Valentines day - I'd already given him a card). I used the scraps from my last card to add the background rainbows. Then I cut the 3x4 inch You are so Wonderful to me card from the pre-printed paper on the paper pack. I added a black piece of cardstock 3 1/8 x4 1/8 inches behind the cardstock. Then I put that up on 3D foam tape and put a bit of Gold Shimmer paper at 3.5 x 4.5 inches. The bluebird heart is a chipboard style piece of complements. I inked the outside of the heart with Bluebird ink and used a small bit of 3D foam tape to have the edge of the heart at the same height as the main part. 

I also did a birthday card cause today is my BIRTHDAY!! YAY!! Valentines day and my birthday within two days always gives lots of excuses for cards. That card is going to be posted today on my blog too, come back later to see that post and my easy to make Happy Birthday Card using this lovely rainbow papers. 

Remember this great set Workshops Your Way® I Heart Us Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this catalogue. Go to my website or to your Close to My Heart Consultant. If you don't have a Close to My Heart Consultant feel free to contact me either on this blog or via my website HERE. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project ideas. I'm really interested to hear what you think about them, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Lauren Moore I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon.

Vandra Stenton, Close to My Heart Consultant, Perth Western Australia

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au

Birthday Time S1803 Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. A small group of us have been creating with the "Birthday Time—March Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Lisa Wurth: Lisa’s Creative Place 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 project which features the Birthday Time—March Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout March 2018 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This is a fabulous birthday stamp set for all birthdays either cards, invitations or pages to scrapbook your parties after they've happened. 

I saw the "SUPER Birthday PARTY" stamp set and I thought it teamed fantastically with the Super Girl Stamp + Thin Cuts that are on sale this month with all the Thin Cuts - Go to my consultant website HERE to see a list of ALL the stamps and thin cuts that are on special (even some older ones have made a re-appearance for this while stocks last super special Die-Namite Sale!!). 

This is the Super Girl stamp set that I loved (I bought both boy and girl versions of this stamp set & Thin cut bundles as I have a boy and girl). The WOW! thin cut was able to be used on the YAY! from the Stamp of the Month too, so its a total fit with these two sets.

I also used the Thin Cuts—Basic Circles for my card - this thin cut set is also on sale while stocks last in March 2018. 

 Below is the card I made for this blog hop. I stamped the words in Slate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (swivel case design), Tangerine Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Sapphire Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. NB: I stamped my super girl in the sapphire thinking she'd be more blue but I could have stamped her in black and she might not have had a blue tinge to her skin tones. 

I coloured in the girl with shinHan Markers and the SUPER in shinHan Markers. I used Gold Glitter Paper on my White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack card. I am really addicted to glitter paper at the moment!! 

To adhere the glitter paper to the card I used Tombow® Permanent Adhesive and to adhere everything else I used 3D Foam Tape circles - for the super girl I used the thicker version 3-D Foam Dots and for the titles and circle I used Thin 3-D Foam Dots.

Remember this great stamp set Birthday Time—March Stamp of the Month is only available throughout February from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. If you don't have a Close to My Heart Consultant feel free to contact me either on this blog or via my website HERE. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project idea. I'm really interested to hear what you think about them, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Doreen Watkins.

I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon.

Yuletide Joy CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with "Yuletide Joy—October Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Maz Wood- aMAZing Close to My Heart Creations 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. 

This is such a pretty stamp set for Christmas. 

Today I would like to share with you my project which features the Yuletide Joy—October Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout October 2016 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

My idea for my cards in this project was to make them quick, easy and replicate them easily. I started my Christmas cards with the new Thin Cuts—Christmas and cut out on my BigShot in Black Cardstock. 

The negative cut out is just as valuable with this thin cut word (some of the other words don't easily work to do this). See below. 

I stamped the Star from the Yuletide Joy—October Stamp of the Month in Canary Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad directly on top of the 5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack cards and did the wording in Black Memento™ Ink Pad.

I used the Shimmer Brush—Clear to paint the Thin Cuts—Christmas cutout and I laid it over the top of the three stars but decided eventually that I liked it without the Thin Cut on top of it but I've shown both to see which one you prefer. 

After I made the star card and had the Thin Cuts—Christmas cutout with all the shimmer from the  Shimmer Brush on it, I decided to make another card to use it. 

To make this card I stamped the present in Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad 

and stuck on the Thin Cuts—Christmas cutout with all the shimmer. I stamped the sentiment with Black Memento™ Ink Pad. Then I added three strips of Thin Washi Tape from the City Sidewalks Washi Pack. To complete the look of the card I added two red Red Enamel Gems as the top of the i and the full stop. Quick Christmas card complete. 

To make the third card I stamped the middle stocking in Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and then I did second generation stamping to stamp the lighter stockings (to imitate a mantle piece). I stamped the sentiment with Black Memento™ Ink Pad. Then I added two strips of Thin Washi Tape from the City Sidewalks Washi Pack. Another quick, easy and replicateable card. This would look great with red and green stockings and would be a good one for kids to do for the whole class at school because its only using ink and a little bit of washi tape and the 5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack making this project inexpensive for kids to make for school friends or sporting teams etc.

After I had finished all of the stamp of the month cards, I still had the negative space from the Thin Cuts—Christmas cutout. I didn't want it to get ruined by going back into my scrap stash. I decided to also stick it onto one of the 5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack.

TIP: when you are adhering these negative wording down - use a Bonding Memories™ Glue Pen to get into all the small spaces of the wording so they all stick down (see photo - I used Duck® Easy Stick™ Adhesive around the edges and the Bonding Memories around the inside). 

Now that its stuck down I can add other embellishments later or shimmer trim or bling or something but it won't get ruined or lost in my stash now. Although if I get rushed for time, I quite like it as it is. 

Remember this great stamp set  Yuletide Joy—October Stamp of the Month is only available throughout October from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project, I hope you get inspired. 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.