Color Dare #76--Smoothie Swing Card

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare post!  This week we are challenging you to use the Close To My Heart color "Smoothie" which can be combined with neutrals such as white, black, grey, tan. Of course if you don't have the CTMH color Smoothie yet you can substitute a similar color that you do have.

It has been awhile since I've used the Swing Card page from the Artiste cartridge so I chose to make one for this challenge.

Supplies Used:

    Artiste cartridge page 53--accent 2 shift cut at 5.5"

    Art Philosophy--square 4 cut at 2.5" and 2.25"

    White Daisy CS

    Slate CS

    Smoothie CS

    Smoothie Ink

    Slate Ink

    Polar Bear Holiday friendship stamp

    Triple Play corner stamp (Retired CTMH)

    Scandinavian Wishes (Retired CTMH)

    Laughing Lola Cardmaking Kit ink splatter stamp

Check out what the rest of the fabulous Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team B has to inspire you:

Gretchen, Carmen, Michelle and Sarah.  You have until Thursday, Jan. 16 to enter your papercrafted creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create with the color Smoothie (pinkish-orange)

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

:) Marie

Polar Bear Holiday Fun for Color My Heart Color Dare #67

This week's challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare is to use Black, White and a pop of Green. Close To My Heart has so many wonderful greens to choose from!   Lagoon is one of my favorite Close To My Heart colors and I just had to use it here.  The card size is 5" x 6.5".

The stamp set is called Polar Bear Holiday and has several delightful images.  The background paper is from Sweetheart (retired CTMH). The frames and snowflakes were cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge. Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems and Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel were used as embellishments. The greeting is popped up with 3D Foam Tape.

My card layout was inspired by Tuesday Morning Sketches although I rotated it to fit my image. 

I'm also entering this card into Pile it on Challenge--use 2 embellishments and Use it Tuesdays which features Creatures this week.

We are looking forward to see what you can create using Black, White and a pop of Green.  We love Close To My Heart colors at the Color Dare, but if you don't have them yet, please play along and substitute similar colors.  Please join us by linking your blog post here.

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

:) Marie

Polar Bear Holiday for Sunday Stamps Challenge #58

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Challenge post!  This week we have a terrific sketch by Steph to inspire you:

 

This is a sketch I will be using over and over again because it is so simple and easy to use!  I used a brand new Close To My Heart stamp set called "Polar Bear Holiday" for it's delightfully fun image and versatile greeting.  The background paper is from "Pear and Partridge" (retired CTMH), the scalloped edges were punched with the new Scallop Border CTMH punch from Cranberry CS.  The polar bear was "paper pieced"  (i.e. stamped 3 times to layer the elements). The scarf was stamped onto old Cranberry B & T paper and the spots were colored with a Cranberry marker.  The polar bear was stamped with Black ink onto White Daisy CS. The sled was stamped in Desert Sand ink on Colonial White CS.  The greeting was stamped in Cranberry ink.

Here are the rest of the stamps in Polar Bear Holiday:  

 

If you just have to have this adorable stamp set feel free to order it from my website here if you don't have a local Close To My Heart consultant.  Here is another card I made recently using the skating polar bear.

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.)

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

I'm also entering this card into Top Tip Tuesday Challenge # 109--Paper Piecing.

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

:) Marie