Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge# 212

My Cricut has been busy as ever! I just wanted to make a Halloween layout using this week's colors:

I used my Artbooking Cricut Cartridge once again. Everything was cut at 11", RDS off. I used White, Pansy, Eggplant and Black cardstock. I added some silver and white sequins and Nevermore Assortment (retired) to glam my page up, and I also added some White Daisy inking on the haunted house and picture frame.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #211

I can't wait for the cooler fall season! This week's colors are all about fall.

I made a matching layout using my Artbooking Cartridge again. The frames were cut at 4". I used some Fundamentals Paper (retired) and Poppy, Fern and Saffron Cardstock to cut the shapes out. I added just a hint of bling with the gold sequins that I placed as flower centers. The frames were pop-dotted so it will be easier to add the pictures afterwards.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #209

We have beautiful jewel tones for our challenge this week:

I have been playing with my Artbooking Cricut Cartridge more these days and have some pics that are begging to be scrapbooked, so I made this single page layout. I used some retired Paper Fundamentals and added some Enamel and Glitter Green Triangles and Enamel and Glitter Purple Hearts because I couldn't resist blinging up such masculine layout. :-D The page title was resized at 8" with RDS off.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #209

Wow, it's hard to believe it's September already! This week's colors were picked by our 200th challenge winner, Lisa of Life of a BZ Scrapper.

I'm currently involved in some swaps in my Facebook groups, and it's always handy to have a card around, so I made my Halloween swap partner one using August's Stamp Of The Month, Purr-fect Halloween (retired). The cat was stamped with White Daisy on Black Cardstock, and the frame and sentiment were stamped using Pear and Pomegranate. My background paper is from La Vie En Rose, and I added some striped sequins from Calypso and Gold Sequins as well. I added some "flags" using Coral and Green Shimmer Trim and Black Striped Twill Ribbon.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #208

This week's colors reminded me of a garden:

I decided to make one of the tri-fold cards from the Artfully Sent Cartridge (retired). I used cardstock in Juniper, Laggon and Thistle. The butterfly and the iris have pink sequin flower centers from Calypso Sequins Assortment. The white sequins I used for the flight pattern of the butterfly is also from the same sequin pack. I added shimmer trim in Purple and White for a little glam.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #207

Welcome to a sunny Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge! We are featuring the yellows+gold in the exclusive CTMH palette this week:

I decided to do a Flashback Friday post and give some love to a couple of retired CTMH stamp sets, Paper Birds and a stamp set from Art Philosophy Cricut Collection (retired). I thought that adding some bling and stamping the middle butterfly in Saffron would emphasize the message of uniqueness. The other butterflies were stamped in Canary. A mini staple was used to attach the sentiment flag to the card.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #206

We're continuing to enjoy the warm colors of summer at Color My Heart Color Dare with the warm palette of the Florence paper pack"

I still have the beach in my mind when I created another card. :-D I used the Beach Life stamp set, inked with Flaxen, Peacock, Poppy, Ruby, Saffron and Whisper. I added some Coral Shimmer Trim, Whisper Thick Twine, Sparkles Assortment and punched some Gold paper with the scalloped border punch to complete the beach theme.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #205

We are enjoying summer's fun colors at Color My Heart Color Dare:

I had too much fun going to the beaches this summer and I wanted to make a card that shows a beach scene. :-) I stamped the images from Beach Life with Juniper, Thistle, Eggplant and Crystal Blue Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. The card base was lined with a Paper Fundamentals in Eggplant. I added some white sequins from Calypso as accents.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #204

We have another fun color combination at Color My Heart Color Dare this week:

I made a card using the Artfully Sent cartridge, which will sadly retire this month. I used a piece of Eggplant Paper Fundamentals, and added a Sweet Leaf polka dot paper from the Zoe paper packet. The sentiment from Tickled Pink was stamped in Flaxen. I added some white gems from the Grey Enamel Gems pack to anchor the corners of the card.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #203

Summer is really here!!! This week, we are also featuring Sorbet, together with Crystal Blue and Canary. These are such fun colors celebrating summer!

I played with my Cricut when I made this card. I used the Artfully Sent cartridge, and dotted paper from Zoe, the teeny polka dotted paper from Penelope, and the zip strip from Magical. I just added some White Shimmer Trim and Silver Sequins Assortment, and also stamped a sentiment from a Cricut Collection stamp in Canary ink.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #202

This week's challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare features Close To My Heart's wide array of browns, and we are challenging you to combine Colonial White and any 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following CTMH Browns: Cocoa, Chocolate, Saddle, Cashmere, Champagne and Desert Sand.

I decided to make a coffee-themed card with this week's colors in mind. I cut the coffee cup from the Artistry Cricut Cartridge at 2 1/2". I also added Kraft Cardstock for the cup holder and Black Cardstock for the lid, because I wanted to stay true to the coffee cup colors. :-D I stamped the strips of the following cardstock: Colonial White, Saddle and Cocoa with coffee cups using Chocolate Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. I added a sequin from Sequins Gold Assortment for the tag that was cut at 1 3/4" using Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. The images are from the Treats Of Friendship stamp set.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #201

We are enjoying bright, happy colors this week at Color My Heart Color Dare!

The colors remind me of the "Happiest Place On Earth", so with that in mind, I decided to make a Circle Flip Up Book for future pics. For my base, I used Black Cardstock. The flip book is comprised mostly of the Magical Paper Packet and Complements and the Sequins Assortment. The ribbon is Cranberry Striped Twill Ribbon.

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Happy 200th Challenge, Color My Heart Color Dare!

Our blog is celebrating our 200th challenge! We also have and exciting prize or two to share with YOU, our lucky blog participants and followers!

In order to be eligible for a random draw you must leave a comment on EACH of our Design Team member's blog posts for Color Dare #200. There will be one prize awarded for each 10 people who comment on all DT entries so if there are 20 people who comment on all DT entries there will be 2 prizes awarded and if there are 30 people who comment on all DT entries there will be 3 prizes awarded. You will need to click on each DT member's name to get to her blog to leave a comment. Although it is not required to win a prize this week we would love to see what you can create with our challenge colors.

The Design Team has decided to gift one (or maybe more) lucky winner(s) a choice of one CTMH paper packet from the current Annual Inspirations catalog, upcoming Annual Inspirations catalog or upcoming Holiday Expressions catalog!

So without further ado, here are this week's patriotic colors!

I made a banner using this week's color Inspiration. The pennants from Art Philosophy were cut at 9 1/4" and 9" and I layered cardstock in Ruby, Sapphire and Colonial White for the base with Paper Fundamentals in Ruby and Sapphire. I also stamped the Colonial White middle pennant with the script stamp from Amore. The stamp frames were cut at 4 1/2", and are also from Art Philosophy. The letters were cut at 2" and 2 1/2". I used paper from the Regatta paper packet (retired) for them. I also embossed the Colonial White cardstock with Stars embossing folder. The ribbon is from my stash.

We'd love to see the projects that you will come up with for this week's color challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare! To join, you can upload your pics via the linky. Goodluck and may YOU will be our lucky winner!

Color My Heat Color Dare Challenge #199

We have warm, rich colors this week at Color My Heart Color dare:

June is almost over! I have been using my camera quite a bit, taking vacation pics and just to capture everyday moments. :-) This SOTM stamp set "Life in Pictures" is one of my favorites, since it featured vintage cameras. I used some retired Sunset Paper Fundamentals for the background. I added some White and Blue Shimmer Trim and some ribbon flags using Coral and Blue Shimmer Trim, and Cranberry Striped Twill Ribbon. The camera was stamped using Pacifica Exclusive Inks and the sentiment from the Artiste Cricut Collection stamp set was stamped with Sunset Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad.

We're looking forward to seeing your creations at Color My Heart Color Dare!

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge # 198

This week, we have a sweet color combination at Color My Heart Color Dare:

I used the Pear paper from Penelope for my background. The images are from Balloon Wishes, colored with ShinHan markers. The sentiment was stamped using Pear Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. I added some Pink Enamel Gems to embellish my card. A strip of Pink Shimmer Trim just added some sparkle to the card.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #197

We are celebrating summer brights this week at Color My Heart Color Dare!

I love the stamp sets that go with the Workshops On the Go, so I used the one that came with the Urban collection. I inked the stamps with Pacifica Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. The Pacifica card base was cut using the Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, and I added a piece of Canary Cardstock under the cutouts. Some Durables Triangle Studs complete the card.

I hope you'd enjoy my boy card as much as I did making it. :-) We'd like to have you join us for more inspiration and to join our color challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare.

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #196

This week's color dare is literally, close to my heart.

The Calypso paper packet reminds me so much of Florida. I made an endless flip book using the tutorial from Paper Sweetpea. I used a couple of pages from Calypso, and embellished my flip book with Calypso Complements, Sequins, and Washi Tape. I stamped some images from Beach Life and Tickled Pink with Honey, Pear, Lagoon, Black and Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. I added a strip of Lora Bailora washi at the top part of the cover of my endless flip book.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #195

I love the cool color palette of this week's color challenge:

I'm always in need of good birthday cards, and the May Stamp Of The Month, Celebrate With Cake was perfect! I colored the images with ShinHan and Copic markers, added a Purple Shimmer Trim and Aqua Dots. The Pear background paper is from Penelope Paper Packet. The sentiment was stamped with Lagoon Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. To add more blues, I colored the background with a hint of blue CTMH Watercolor Paints. I added some Aqua Dots at the top part of the card.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #194

We are featuring the blue palette this week at Color My Heart Color Dare!

I decided to play with my Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, especially since Father's Day is around the corner. The sentiment is from Just To Say Cricut Collection stamp set from Artfully Sent. The background stripe paper is from La Vie En Rose, and I cut the card and other elements using Pacifica and Crystal Blue Cardstock. I added just a hint of bling with the white gems from the Grey Enamel Gems pack. I kept the card simple and masculine. :-)

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #193

We are featuring the colors from the Georgie paper pack this week at Color My Heart Color Dare.

I made a two-page layout from Imagine using the Georgie paper packet. I added some Penelope and Georgie Complements, and stamped the page title using Whisper Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad on Sunshine Birdies, the March Stamp Of The Month.

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Happy Times Flip Book

May is National Scrapbooking Month, and this month's promotion at Close To My Heart features the Happy Times paper packet. There are many types of flip books, and I decided to make one using two pieces of 6"x12" paper from the Happy Times Paper pack.

We are also using the same color palette for this week's challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare:

I embellished the flip book with Beautiful You Picture My Life Scrapbooking Program, some Gold Polka-Dot washi tape (retired), Calypso Sequins, Glacier Extra Thick Twine, Sequins Gold Assortment, and Gold Foil Tape. The other embellishments that were used were: Heidi Swapp Project Life pocket cards, Heidi Swapp Stickers, Reset Girl Stickers, The Paper Studio washi tape and Recollections Pink, Mint and Gold washi tape.

Our challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare runs until Thursday, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time, so do join us! I would also like to enter my flip book to the following challenges:

Open-minded Crafting Use Your Favorite Technique
The Crazy Challenge- Three layers or more Stamped Blessings- Amusing Challenge, no digis