Pretty Pinks for Sunday Stamps Challenge #81

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Challenge blog post.  This fortnight we are offering you a color challenge.  Please use all three of these colors in your papercrafted creation.  (You may also use neutrals such as white, black, tans and greys).  Here is the color graphic to inspire you:

SU Colors: Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla & Strawberry Slush

CTMH Colors: Blush, Colonial White, Cotton Candy

Close To My Heart products used:

      Colonial White CS

      White Daisy CS

      Black CS

      Mad About You stamp set (retired)

      Love This border stamp 

      Hollyhock Zipper Lace (retiring July 31st--order it now before it's too late!

      Cotton Candy Ink

      Blush Ink (second generation)  This is also retiring July 31!

      Clear Sparkles

      3D Foam Tape

Now it's your turn to combine these three colors and link up to the Sunday Stamps Challenge blog.

We can't wait to see what you create using these colors!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our color graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)  You have until Friday, August 8 at 6PM EST to enter this challenge.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.  Holly, Joan, Brenda, Steph, Angel and Kathya.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity! 

:) Marie

Four Color Challenge for Color Dare #103

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post where we invite you to use Close To My Heart colors for your papercrafted creations.  This week we challenge you to use the following four colors:  Honey, Indian Corn Blue, Topiary, and Cranberry. (If you don't have these specific CTMH colors yet you may substitute colors that you do have that are similar).  You may combine these with neutrals such as black, white, beige, tans and greys.

Close To My Heart products used:

     Jubilee paper

     Topiary CS

     White Daisy CS

     Happy Autumn stamp set (I masked off the flowers to ink the stems and then colored the flowers with an           old Cranberry marker)

     Casual Expressions Thinking of You stamp

     Topiary Ink

     Indian Corn Blue Ink

     Indian Corn Blue B & T paper (retired)

     Cranberry Ribbon (retired)

I followed the Nacho Average Challenge #99 sketch to make this card and I really like how it came out.

Check out what the fabulous Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team has to inspire you. You have until Thursday, July 31 at 9PM CT to enter your papercrafted creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create with the colors Honey, Indian Corn Blue, Topiary and Cranberry

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

    

Stampin' Royalty #237 Meets Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #212

Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #212 appealed to me as did the Stampin' Royalty colors so I combined them both in this simple card:

This is the Pals Paper Arts Sketch:

These are the Stampin' Royalty colors:

Close To My Heart products used:

     Love This stamp set

     Black Ink

     Black CS

     Seafoam CS (retired)

     Seafoam Fleur Des Jardines paper (retired)

     Spring Iris CS (retired)

     Heavenly Blue CS (retired)

     Heavenly Blue B & T paper (retired)

Other products:

    Liquid Pearls--White Opal

If you like color challenges as I do I invite you to try Color My Heart Color Dare.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Under the Sea for Color Dare #101 and Hand Stamped Sentiments #190

Do you have any uninked stamps just waiting to be used?  I have lots of them and I'm trying to use more of them in my challenges (even if they've already been retired).  This adorable crab from Close To My Heart's "Under the Sea" set has just met ink for the first time.

The Color My Heart Color Dare challenge colors are:  Sorbet, Sweet Leaf and Indian Corn Blue.

Close To My Heart products used;

     Sorbet CS

     Indian Corn Blue CS

     Sweet Leaf CS

     Under the Sea stamp set (retired)

     Black Ink

     Indian Corn Blue Ink

     Sorbet Alcohol Marker

     Winter Button Assortment (retired)

     Distressing Kit

     Winter Cozy B & T paper

      Clear Sparkles

      Silver Shimmer Trim

Other Products:

    Lifestyle Craft Embossing Folder

This is the Hand Stamped Sentiment sketch that I followed:

    

Check out what the fabulous Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team B has to inspire you:  Gretchen, Michelle, Hansi and Sarah.  You have until Thursday, July 24 9PM CT to enter your papercrafted creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create with the colors Sorbet, Sweet Leaf and Indian Corn Blue.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Colour Me...#28 Meets Case This Sketch #84

Here is a quick birthday card I created combining two fabulous challenges:

I'm also entering this into Seize the Birthday Anything Goes theme.

Close To My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Purple Pansy CS (retired)

     Purple Pansy Ink (retired)

     Heavenly Blue CS (retired)

     Heavenly Blue Ink (retired)

     Shooting Star stamp

     Star Stamp (retired)

     Perfect Fit Birthday stamp

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Scenic Papers for Sensationally Simple Sunday Stamps Sketch #80

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge!  This week we are giving you a really simple sketch to work with:

When I first saw this sketch I thought of all the pretty papers in my Close To My Heart stash that already had a "scene" in them and made two cards.  You can let me know which one you like better by leaving me a comment at the end of this post.

Close To My Heart products used:

     Balloon Ride paper (will retire July 31)

     Saddle CS

     Hello Blooms stamp

     Black Ink

     Mocha Adhesive Gems (retired)

Close To My Heart products used:

     Surf's Up paper (retired)

     Splendor WOTG stamp set (retired)

     Licorice Adhesive Gems (retired)

     True Teal CS (retired)

Other products:

    SU Ticket Punch

How will you interpret this sketch?

We can't wait to see what you create using this sketch!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our sketch graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)  You have until Friday, July 25 at 6PM EST to enter this challenge.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.  Holly, Joan, Brenda, Steph, Angel and Kathya.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity! 

:) Marie

Color Dare #101--Gypsy, Lagoon, Sunset and Pear

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare blog post!  This week we are challenging you to use all of these Close To My Heart colors:  Gypsy, Lagoon, Sunset and Pear.  (If you don't have these Close To My Heart colors yet you may substitute similar colors and you may also combine these colors with neutrals such as black, white, greys and tans.)

Close To My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Pear CS

     Sunset CS

     Lagoon Ink

     Gypsy Ink

     Wild About Love stamp set (retired)

     Comforting Thoughts stamp set

     Just Blooms flowers (retired)

     Just Blooms Paradise flowers (retired)

     Purple adhesive gems from Laughing Lola Cardmaking Kit (retired)

Other products:

     Wiggle Eyes

My inspiration for this card came from the Clear It Out sketch:

I'm also entering this card into this week's Stampin' Royalty--Anything Goes challenge.

Check out what the fabulous Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team has to inspire you: You have until Thursday, July 17 9PM CT to enter your papercrafted creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create with the colors Gypsy, Lagoon, Sunset and Pear.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

     

    

Free To Be Me Paper for Nacho Average Challenge #97

This card came together very quickly following the sketch provided by Nacho Average Challenge #97.

Close To My Heart products used:

     Free To Be Me paper (May 2014 special promotion--no longer available)

     Black Ink

     Sincere Expressions

Here is the sketch that I followed:

I'm also entering this card into the Stampin' Royalty--Anything Goes theme.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!
:) Marie