Color Dare #154 Meets Hand Stamped Sentiments #217

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  Just two colors this week:  Smokey Plum and White Daisy.  I found this great sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments and made several cards using the sketch.

Which card do you like best?

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Smokey Plum CS (retiring on Sept.1)

     Smokey Plum B&T paper (retired)

     Smokey Plum Victorian B&T paper (retired)

     Swirl stamp from Life is Wonderful July 2015 SOM

     Banner stamp from Artiste "Kudos" Collection

     Happy Birthday stamp from Artfully Sent "Just to Say" Collection

     Smokey Plum Ink (retiring on Sept.1)

     White Daisy Ink

Here is the Hand Stamped Sentiment sketch that inspired me:

Please head on over to the Color My Heart Color Dare blog to see what the other fabulous Designers have to inspire you.  We hope you can find the time to play along in our challenge this week!

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

:) Marie

     

Aged to Perfection for Friday Mashup #186

If you are looking for the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post please go here.

There is always an interesting challenge at the Friday Mashup and I play along whenever I have the chance.  This week we are asked to follow the sketch, or use an "unexpected element" or "mash it up" and combine both.  I went with "mash it up" and I must admit that I've never seen my "unexpected element" (cork slices) on a card before and who knows, maybe I'll start a new trend!

This card was made for a wine loving friend and has a greeting similar to one of my all time favorite sayings "Like fine wine, improving with age."

Close To My Heart products used:

     Smokey Plum CS

     White Daisy CS

     Black Ink

     3D Foam Tape

     Shin Han Touch Markers--Lavender, Sap Green and Pastel Peach

     White Embossing Powder (retired)

Other products:

     Aged to Perfection stamp set by Fiskars

     Used Cork--sliced

Let me know what you think of my new embellishment idea.

This is the challenge graphic from the Friday Mashup:

This was a really fun sketch to work with!  Many thanks to Holly and the Design Team for providing such fun challenges!  I would love to be part of this Design Team.

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

:) Marie

Aged to Perfection...for Stampin' Royalty #252

If you are looking for the recent pick your own Orange Color Dare post please go here.

Here is a special birthday card I made using the Stampin' Royalty sketch #252:

Close To My Heart products used:

     Black Ink

     Smokey Plum CS

     Olive CS

     Olive Fleur des Jardines paper--retired

     Bamboo CS

     Saddle Ink

     Black Ink

     Shin Han Touch Markers--Lavender, Sap Green, Pastel Peach

     3D Foam Tape

   

Other products:

     Corks Embossing Folder by Darice

     Aged to Perfection stamp set by Fiskars

I'm also entering this card into the Seize the Birthday challenge.

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

:) Marie

Four Color Challenge for Sunday Stamps #85

Welcome back to another Sunday Stamps Color challenge.  The Close To My Heart colors I used are Smokey Plum, Thistle, Topiary and Tan Glitter paper.  Here is the color graphic:

My card features stamps from the Close To My Heart Happy Autumn stamp set:

Close To My Heart products used:
     White Daisy CS
     Smokey Plum CS
     Smokey Plum Ink
     Brown and Tan Glitter Paper
     Happy Autumn stamp set
     Thistle CS
     Smokey Plum Ink
     Topiary Ink (2nd generation to better match color graphic)    

The Stampin' Royalty Sketch Challenge #246 was the inspiration for my card:

Welcome to our newest Design Team member Leena!  Now it's your turn to combine these 4 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, September 5 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, Alyson, Brenda, Steph, Angel, Leena and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

Another Color Dare #69 Card Using Freshly Made Sketch #112

This week's Freshly Made Sketch intriqued me and I immediately thought of using the new Charming Chevrons stamp set. (page 13 of CTMH  2013 Holiday Gift Guide here).  I  still had the current Color My Heart Color Dare colors on my craft table so I decided to use them again.  From top to bottom the colors are Goldrush, Smokey Plum and Olive.  The Colonial White background was run through the Cuttlebug machine with the Darice Plaid Embossing Folder.  The stars are from the Perfect Fit--Birthday stamp set stamped in coordinating inks. I was trying to make the chevrons looks like rockets.   The "Celebrate" ribbon is from American Celebration (retired CTMH). The card size is 5" x 6.5".

Here is the Freshly Made Sketch #112 I followed:

We would love to see what you can do with these colors.  You can join the Color My Heart Color Dare here.

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #69--Smokey Plum, Olive and Goldrush

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare blog post!  This is a challenge blog that features Close To My Heart colors--if you don't have the featured colors you can substitute similar colors so you can still play along.  Here are this week's colors:  Smokey Plum, Olive and Goldrush--beautiful autumn colors!

The background panel of my card uses a Hostess Reward set called Washi Wonder which you can see on page 6 of the Autumn/Winter catalog here.  The greeting is from Card Chatter--Sympathy and was stamped in Olive ink.  The brick pattern made by the Washi Tape stamps was stamped in Goldrush, Smokey Plum and Olive inks.

Are you up for this Color Dare?  If so, please use a direct link to link your project up here.  Please stop by and be inspired by what the rest of the Design Team have created.  We would love to visit your blog and see what you create with these colors.  

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

:) Marie