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 Heart Color Dare Challenge #143

We have another elegant color combination at Color My Heart Color Dare:

I made a tag for a pocket letter for a friend's little girl using the color combination for this week's challenge. The 2 3/4" Black Cardstock tag and the marquee shape are from the Art Philosophy Cartridge. I cut the Brown and Tan Glitter Paper at 1 1/2", stamped the initial "R" from Gothic Alphabet with some Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. I added some Bling Gems Gold Assortment and Sparkles Black and Grey Assortment, and some fibers from Martha Stewart so the tag can also be used as a bookmark.

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CTMH September Stamp Of The Month Blog Hop

Family is Forever is September's Stamp Of The Month. This is a Constant Campaign product which can be yours for only $5 with every $50 purchase at Close to My heart!

If you came from Wendy's Blog, then you are in the right place! Check out Melinda's Blog for the complete list of the 80s plus participants (woot!) in this month's hop. I decided to go with a "Love" theme with this month's stamp set, Family Is Forever.

The color scheme is inspired by the White Stripes' color scheme of red, white and black. All the die cuts and the card can be found on page 42 of the Cricut Artiste Cartridge. I used Black Cardstock, Ruby Cardstock, Pear and White Daisy Cardstock for this project. The measurements that I used are as follows: card, belly band and sleeve: 5 1/2", sihouettes: 1 3/4", and frame: 2 1/2". I used some Sparkles Clear Assortment, and a flourish from Sparkles Black Flourishes-Small as my embellishments. I embossed the card sleeve with Damask Embossing Folder. I made some mini roses at 2" using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the belly band. All images were stamped using Ruby Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad.

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Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #106 Guest Designer Card

I would like to share my card that was inspired by this week's color scheme at Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge Blog:

The background is from the Artbooking Cartridge, cut at 5 1/2" using Juniper Cardstock. I cut some flourish corners at 2 1/4" and a linear flourish at 1" from the Art Philosophy Cartridge using Sweet Leaf Cardstock. I used the stamp set from Cricut Art Philosophy Seasons for my sentiment and the label. I added some neutrals into the color scheme: White Daisy Cardstock for the card base, Colonial White Cardstock for the roses, and Champagne Exclusive Inks for the sentiment label. The roses were cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge at 3", 2 1/2" and 2". I rolled them tightly so they would be smaller. The sentiment was stamped using Juniper Exclusive Ink. I added some Sequins Gold Assortment and Bitty Sparkles to the sentiment label, just to jazz it up.

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #104

I can't believe I managed to make a project and upload it days before the challenge deadline! :-D I usually work on the days when the challenge goes live and off on Thursdays, but I'm off this weekend, so it worked out perfectly. The color inspiration for this week is:

I can't think of any paper with that color combination, so I decided to make my own B&T paper using the stamp set from Art Philosophy Cricut Collection. The images and sentiment also came from the same stamp set. I decided to fussy cut instead of using the cartridge since my noisy Expression would wake my little boy up. I used the following embellishments for this card: Sequins Gold Assortment, Shimmer Trim Teal, Ruby Chevron Ribbon, and Lagoon Hearts Washi Tape.

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