100th Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge!

Welcome to Color My Heart Color Dare #100!

***For the 100th Color Dare we are giving a special prize!

The winner will get to chose a paper pack and matching complements from the NEW catalog when it goes live Aug. 1st!

 This week we are challenging you to use these three Close To My Heart colors:  Crystal Blue, Pacifica and Barn Red.  (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.)

My card features one of the adorable foxes from the February 2014 Stamp of the Month called "Wild About Love" and the chevron striped stamp from In the Background.

The chevron striped stamp was embossed with White Pearl embossing powder and then colored with the light and dark markers from the challenge colors' Alcohol Markers.

Close To My Heart products used:

     Pacifica CS

     Crystal Blue CS

     Black CS

     Wild About Love stamp set (retired)

     In the Background stamp

     Artiste Cricut Collection stamp (word balloon)

     Barn Red Ink

     Polysparkle Tinsel embossing powder (retired)

     White Pearl embossing powder (retired)

     Crystal Blue Alcohol Markers

     Pacifica Alcohol Markers

     Barn Red Alcohol Markers

     3D Foam Tape

Other products:

     Wiggle Eyes

I'm also entering this card into the Friday Mashup theme challenge of "Hello".

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 10 9PM CT to enter your papercrafted creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create with the colors Crystal Blue, Pacifica and Barn Red.

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

:) Marie

     

     

Color Dare #93--Honey, Cranberry, Juniper, Twilight With Watercoloring

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge post!  This week we are daring you to combine all four of these Close To My Heart colors in your project.  (Of course close color substitutions are allowed if you don't have the assigned colors).

Since I recently enrolled in the Online Card Classes Watercoloring class my card reflects that.  The top banner was made by clear embossing the floral stamp from In the Background onto watercolor paper.  Then I used a narrow acrylic block pressed into the inkpad and then spritzed with water to stamp on the paper.  I did this several times with all the challenge colors and I like how it came out.

Close To My Heart products used:

    Cranberry CS

    Black CS

    Twilight CS

    Honey Ink

   Cranberry Ink

   Juniper Ink

   Twilight Ink

   1 x 4 acrylic block

   Enjoy the Little things stamp set (Hostess only set)

   In the Background Stamps

   3D Foam Tape

   Clear Embossing Powder (retired)

   

Other:

   Watercolor paper by Faber Castell

   Versamark Ink

   Prismacolor pencil

Please head on over to the Color Dare blog and check out what the fabulous Design Team and special Guest Designer Caroline have to inspire you.  We would love to see your artwork in our gallery.  Please use a direct link to your blog post when entering the challenge.

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

:) Marie

Bright and Bold Colors for Sunday Stamps #75 with Technostampers Sketch #312

Are you ready for another Sunday Stamps Color Challenge?  Thanks to all the talented ladies who participated in last fortnight's Sketch challenge--we hope you will join us for this color challenge too!

The recommended Stampin Up colors are Black, Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana.  The closest Close To My Heart colors are Black, Cotton Candy and Lagoon.  

Close To My Heart products used:

     Black CS

     Lagoon CS

     Cotton Candy CS

     For Always paper (retired)

     In The Background stamp set

     Swirls Around stamp set

     Salutation Seals stamp set (retired)

     Lagoon Ink

     Cotton Candy Ink

    3D Foam tape

Other products:

     Liquid Pearls--White Opal

This is the Technostampers Sketch #312 that I followed:

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, May 16 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.
Hayley, Joan, Brenda, Holly, Steph and Kathya.

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

:) Marie

     

Sequined Chevrons for Seize the Birthday

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

Did you ever make a card for a challenge and miss the deadline for posting it?  Well I did that this week.  I made a couple of cards following last week's CAS(E) This Sketch sketch and could have posted them the evening I made them but put it off to discover the challenge was over.  So, I adapted the card to make a birthday card so I could post it with Seize the Birthday--their topping suggestion this week is "Chevrons".

Close To My Heart Products Used:

       White Daisy CS

       Ruby CS

       Casual Expressions Stamp--greeting

       In the Background--Chevron

       Blush Ink

       Ruby Ink

       Silver, Pink and Red Sequins

Here is the sketch I followed:

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #80--Ruby, Sunset, Cotton Candy

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare blog post!  This week the challenge colors are Ruby, Sunset and Cotton Candy. We invite you to use the featured Close To My Heart colors in your papercrafting. (Neutral colors are permitted as are close color substitutions if you don't have the assigned colors yet.)  We look forward to seeing what you  create and leaving comments on your blog.  We also have a randomly chosen monthly prize winner--the more challenges you enter the greater your chance of winning a prize!

Products Used:

    Ruby CS

    Sunset CS

    Cotton Candy CS

    White Daisy CS

    Black CS

    In The Background floral stamp

    Laughing Lola Cardmaking Kit Thinking of You Stamp

    Ruby Ink

    Sunset Ink

    Cotton Candy Inkwww.colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.com

   3D Foam Tape

I'm also entering this card into Dream Valley Challenges--to use NO Designer Paper,the Catered Crop to use a heart and Heart2Heart to show LOVE.

Check out what the rest of the fabulous Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team B has to inspire you:  Gretchen, Hansi, Michelle, Sheila and Sarah.  You have until Thursday, Feb. 13 9PM CT to enter your papercrafted creation here.  We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create with the colors Ruby, Sunset and Cotton Candy.

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

:) Marie

Sequins and Chevrons for CAS-ual Fridays #116

I've been wanting to use sequins on a card for a long time and this week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays gave me the opportunity to do so.

Supplies used:
White Daisy CS
Heavenly Blue CS (retired CTMH)
Moonstruck CS (retired CTMH)
Happy Autumn stamp set
In The Background stamp set
Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze Ink
Sequins
Ribbon
Memory Book Mini Glue Dots

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

Lil' Black Dress for H2H Challenges

If you are looking for the OWH Card Making Day Blog post please go here.

Welcome back to another H2H Challenge post!  "Little Black Dress" is the theme of this week's Heart 2 Heart challenge.  I had fun making this cute party dress from the Close To My Heart Artiste cartridge  on page 41 cut at 3.5 inches from Black and Grey Glitter Paper and Silver Metallic paper (retired CTMH) and layered the two papers.  The side panel was stamped in Cranberry Ink using the floral stamp from In the Background stamp set with the edges distressed with Black ink.  The base layer is Cranberry CS.  The greeting is from the Fanfare Workshop on the Go set (retired CTMH) and this piece was distressed with Cranberry ink before being placed on the Black Glitter paper and popped up using 3D Foam Tape. 

How will YOU interpret this theme challenge?  We would love to have you join in on our challenge.  Please use a direct link to link your creation to Heart 2 Heart challenges--you have until the end of October to enter this challenge.

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

:) Marie

Color Dare #46--Choose Your Own Pink, Yellow and Orange with Watercoloring Technique

This week's Color My Heart Color Dare challenges you to make a card using  all 3 colors (neutrals are allowed and don't count as a color) but you get to choose which shade of pink, yellow and orange to use from the Close To My Heart color palette. (If you don't have these colors you may substitute something similar).

   The bottom two cards use a watercolor technique and the following CTMH colors:  Cotton Candy, Honey and Autumn Terracotta.  I used watercolor paper, a brush, some water and CTMH inkpads.  First I squeezed the closed inkpad lid into the pad so some ink would get onto the lid.  I then dipped my brush in water and then onto the inked lid and then painted the watercolor paper.  In the first card (Thanks) I stamped the floral image from In The Background with Versamark ink and then clear embossed it BEFORE I painted alternating striped diagonal colors.  After I trimmed the watercolored paper I matted it with strips of Autumn Terracotta and Cotton Candy.  The greeting is from Thoughtful Tidings (retired CTMH) and was stamped onto Art Philosophy cut White Daisy CS (pg. 63 square 5 cut at 1.75") with Autumn Terracotta Ink.  It was also matted onto Autumn Terracotta CS (same square 5 cut at 2") and onto a 2.25" square of Honey CS.  The final step was to add the Cotton Candy pom pom trim (retired CTMH).

For the second card I painted circles--from inside out the colors are Honey, Autumn Terracotta and Cotton Candy.  I then stamped over the circle with the medallion from Love Life in Archival Black Ink.  (I wanted to be sure the ink would not bleed).  From left to right the colored 1 5/8" squares are
Autumn Terracotta, Cotton Candy and Honey.  The medallion was mounted with 3D Foam Tape onto  a medallion cut from Black CS using the Artiste cartridge (page 31 accent 2 cut at 2.75").  These elements were all adhered to Colonial White CS.

While I was playing with these colors the new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was announced and I really liked it so I figured I'd make one more pink, yellow and orange card.   This time I used lighter  colors--Blush, Creme Brulee and Sorbet and the Honeycomb stamp set.  I used just the sentiment from Quick Card--Bumblebee  in Chocolate ink.  The final touch was the addition of 3 Mocha Opaque Gems under the greeting.  This was a really quick card to make following the sketch.

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Challenge Sketch:

What 3 color combinations will you try? Current Close To My Heart yellows are:  Buttercup, Creme Brulee and Honey.  Current CTMH oranges are:  Goldrush, Autumn Terracotta, Sorbet and Sunset.  Current CTMH pinks are:  Blush, Smoothie, Cotton Candy and Hollyhock.  You may also use discontinued CTMH colors (or substitute other products if you don't have CTMH inkpads yet.)  To link up your papercrafted creation go to Color My Heart Color Dare.  The deadline is Thursday, June 13 at 7PM CST.  There is a monthly prize you could win!  Check out what the rest of the Design Team and our Guest Designer Sheila Bennett have done to get your creative juices flowing.

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

Color Dare #41--Pick your Color and Combine it with Saddle, Cocoa or White

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare blog post!  In this week's challenge you get to pick your favorite Close to My Heart Color and combine it with Saddle, Cocoa or White (usually we get to combine the featured colors with any of the 10 colors in the Basic color palette).

 I wouldn't say that Creme Brulee is my favorite CTMH color but it is one that works well with the two shades of brown allowed in this challenge.  My first card uses a technique called "Split Negative" which can be found here.  Instead of using a stamped image to do this technique I used an Art Philosophy cut butterfly (page 41 layer shift cut at 2") with the colors Creme Brulee and Cocoa.  The bottom stripe was stamped with In the Background flowers in Creme Brulee ink on White Daisy CS matted with Cocoa CS.   Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems were used for the antennae and flower centers from the bottom stripe.  I used my favorite CTMH embellishment--Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel--to glitz up the wings and some dots on the bottom stripe.

This week I became aware of another sketch challenge blog started by fellow Close To My Heart consultants so I figured I'd make a second card with Creme Brulee combined with Saddle following their sketch.  The name of the challenge is Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I followed the sketch and stamped Honeycomb  hexagons in Saddle Ink onto Creme Brulee CS.  The tiny bees that are popped up from the card with 3D Foam Tape is from a Petite Perks set.  The Saddle stripe on the bottom was created by inking White Daisy CS directly with the Saddle stamp pad--it's hard to believe that I don't own Saddle CS yet!  How did that happen?   The bee wings were also embellished with Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel.

 

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #1:

 

Please come check out what the rest of the Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team have come up with.  You'll be inspired for sure!  You can submit your papercrafted item (doesn't have to be a card) by Thursday evening 9PM CS May 9.  Hope you can join in on the fun!

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

:) Marie

For Always Paper for Freshly Made Sketch #79

It has been a while since I've posted a card with Freshly Made Challenges and I'm glad to be able to do so today.  I really like their sketches!  This card uses Close To My Heart products:  For Always paper, Slate CS, Ruby CS, In the Background Stamps, Baker's Twine Neutral Assortment, 4 My Friend stamp set, Ruby Ink, Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel and a red button.  (The pleated ribbon is retired from Stampinup.)

Here is the Freshly Made Sketch:

 

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

:) Marie