Color Dare #182 Meets Retrosketch #203

This week's Color My Heart Color Dare challenge is a fun one--Hollyhock, Smoothie, Lagoon and White Daisy. (But then again, I think they are ALL fun!) I'm really loving the Close to My Heart February stamp of the month called Balloon Animals and used the bunny for my card.

Here's a shot from a different angle so you can see how shiny the Liquid Glass application to the bunny and Lagoon circles are:

I followed the Retrosketch #203 Sketch:

Here is the Color My Heart Color Dare color graphic:

Close to My Heart products used:
     White Daisy CS
     Hollyhock CS
     Smoothie CS
     Lagoon CS
     Lagoon Ink
     Hollyhock Ink
     Smoothie Ink
     Balloon Animals stamp set
     Liquid Glass
     Color Ready Seam Binding--colored with sponge dauber and Lagoon ink
     Charming Cascades stamps
      3D Foam Tape

Other products:
     3/8" hole punch
     5/8" hole punch

Here are some other challenges that I'm entering this card into:
     A Blog Named Hero--A Bit of Sparkle
     Between the Folds--Liquid Glass
     Stampin' Royalty--Sparkle and Shine
     Heart 2 Heart Challenges--Balloon Animals

I've seen so many cute cards made with the Balloon Animals stamp set!  I've been trying to make cards featuring all of the different animals. Check out these links  Monkey, Horse.

Head on over to the Color Dare blog to be inspired by the rest of the awesome Design Team.  We would love to have you participate in the challenge by linking your card up here.

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

Color Dare #142 Meets Atlantic Hearts Sketch #107

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog post!  This week we are challenging you to create something with the following colors:  Glacier, Lagoon, Pear, Sunset, Smoothie and White Daisy.  My card is based on the current Atlantic Hearts Challenge sketch.

Close to My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Lagoon CS

     Smoothie CS

     Hopscotch paper (retired)

     Blossom paper

     Tagged With Love stamp

     Pear Ink

     Smoothie Ink

     Coral Reef Sequins

Other

     white picot ribbon trim

Here is the Color Dare color graphic:

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Challenge Sketch:

Head on over to these two wonderful challenge blogs to get inspired and share your creations.

I am also entering this card into the Seize the Birthday challenge.

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

Roxie Rose for Try Stampin' on Tuesday #167

The sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday really appealed to me so I made a second card based on the sketch.  (You can see my first card here). This time I met the option of "Roses". 

Close To My Heart Products Used:

      Roxie paper (retired)

      Rosy Regards stamp (retired)

      Say it in Style stamp (retired)

      Smoothie Ink

      Cocoa Ink

      3D Foam Tape

      Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)

I love how all these papers from the Roxie paper set look so good together in this sketch!

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

:) Marie

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

Color My Heart Color Dare #48--Topiary and Smoothie With a Flowering Bunch

Welcome back to another Color My Heart Color Dare post!  This week our challenge colors are Topiary and Smoothie.  The stamp set featured is "A Flowering Bunch" which is the June Stamp of the Month from Close To My Heart.  I used a similar card layout but changed colors and embellishments.

One of my goals this year has been to use up some of my stash so I used vellum paper over Smoothie card stock in my first card.  The greeting was stamped in Smoothie ink and the flowers were stamped in Topiary ink.   I used my sewing machine to attach the vellum along with a strip of Topiary CS.  The vellum was cut shorter to leave a border around the images.  I used a Smoothie Marker, Sweet Leaf Marker and Chalk Marker to color in the flowers.  Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel was applied to the flower centers.  Here is a closeup photo:

I really like this stamp set so after I made this card I wanted to see how it would look on a white background so I quickly stamped up this second card on White Daisy CS.  The green strip is from the Splendor paper pack (retired CTMH).

Please head on over to see what the rest of the Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team have created.  Their artwork is truly inspirational.  We hope you can join in on this color challenge--if you don't have CTMH Topiary and Smoothie you may substitute similar colors but please just use these two colors with neutrals such as white, black, kraft or other beiges.  You can link up your papercrafted items here by Thursday evening, June 27 by 9PM CST.

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

Challenge Me Monday #135 and Cut it Up--Give Thanks with a Twist #5

After birthday cards, thank you cards are the ones I send out the most.  This card came together very easily using last week's Sunday Stamps sketch.  I am submitting it for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #135--Seeing Dots and Cut it Up--Give Thanks with a Twist (must use a diecut).  The diecuts are from the Close To My Heart Artiste cartridge and the Thanks stamp is from the Casual Expressions Occasions stamp set which was made to coordinate with the Artiste cartridge.  The paper is Clementine also from Close To My Heart with a strip of Twilight with Smoothie ink.  The brownish diecut is actually the reverse side of the patterned paper.  The embossed dots are from a Cuttlebug folder.  Almond Glitz Glitter Gel was used to add some sparkle  to the Clementine paper and after marker coloring the tiny flowers I used Stardust Glitz  Glitter Gel on them. 

On the second card I used the zip strip from the Clementine paper instead of the Twilight strip.

I'm not sure which look I like better--what do you think?  Thanks for stopping by--have a great week filled with fun and creativity!
:) Marie

Color Dare #8 and FTL 199

Here is a card that I made that meets 2 challenges this week. The Color Dare challenge is to use these 3 Close To My Heart colors: Sky, Pear and Smoothie. The Clean and Simple Stamping FTL 199 can be found here. The stamp sets are C1463 Harvest Happiness and D1283 Say it in Style. The greeting was stamped in black and the edges of the focal panel were sponged with black ink.

Thanks for visiting my blog!