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

Central Park CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most lovely paper suite Workshops Your Way® Central Park Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, stamp sets and ribbon, which is featured this month. If you have arrived here from Maz Wood 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.

Workshops Your Way® Central Park Scrapbooking Kit

Product Description

Kit contents:
1 – Central Park Paper Packet (X7231B)
1 – Central Park Complements (X7231C)
4 – cardstock sheets (1 Pacifica, 3 White Daisy)
1 – Central Park Sequins (Z4178)
1 – Central Park Alphabet (Z4197)
printed instructions
photo placeholders

Use the materials in this kit to create three coordinating scrapbook layouts. 

The instructions also have some optional card kits using the Central Park Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts (see pic with the blue). 

This is one of the cards I made with these instructions. I used a 3rd sequin because I was covering an imperfection. Best thing to do is embellish last :) 

After I made the pages and cards from the instructions. I made some extra cards. 

The below card is made using the spotty paper on the White Cards & Envelopes and stamped "Home Sweet Home" using Black Memento™ Ink Pad stamped on 12" × 12" White Daisy Cardstock.

I cut out the house from Central Park Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts out of 12" × 12" Mink Cardstock and coloured in the roof and door and middle of the heart in ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Carmine Marker. I stamped the "New" in Poppy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and matted the cards in 12" × 12" Poppy Cardstock. I fussy cut the bunting from one of the Picture my life cards and adhered it plus the house and new banner all with 3-D Foam Tape.

 Next I made the welcome home card using the gorgeous paper with the houses. I stamped the Welcome Home with Pacifica Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad on white cardstock, backed in blue dashes paper and stuck on with 3D Foam tape. I coloured the home in with ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Leaf Green Marker and I used the green ribbon from the old whimsy ribbon pack in my stash. I covered the word Summer Days on the paper with the Welcome Home title. 

Remember this great set Workshops Your Way® Central Park Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this seasonal catalogue so 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 Creating with Kara Davies 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