Heart 2 Heart Challenge: Copy That!

One of the active challenges over at Heart 2 Heart is the Copy That challenge. You simply page through the current Annual Inspirations book and chose a design you like. Then recreate it, post to your blog and link to Heart 2 Heart! There are so many fantastic artwork ideas to chose from! Here is what I came up with ......

This card was inspired by the one on page 67 in the Annual Inspirations book. I did make some adjustments but overall I think it is a good copy!

All products are Close To My Heart:

--Way to Go stamp set

--Exclusive Inks: Eggplant, Peacock, Fern, Black

--White Cards and Envelopes Value Pack

--Cardstock: White Daisy, Eggplant, Fern

--Bitty Sparkles

Let's go shopping!

If you need a consultant I'd be happy to help.

If you'd like to BE a consultant I can help with that, too!

Go check out the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog. They always have great ideas to challenge your creativity!

#Heart2Heart #CloseToMyHeart #cardmaking #creativeideas

Have a great day!

Michelle

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Color Dare #180 ~ Reds + Black and White Plus a Joint Challenge

We are really excited about the joint challenge venture we have for you this week! We are partnering with another fabulous Close to My Heart challenge blog, Heart 2 Heart challenges to reward some lucky participants for entering both of these challenges by the Color Dare deadline of Thursday, February 18 at 9PM CST. 

The Color Dare challenge is to combine Black, White Daisy and any 1, 2 or 3 of the following reds: Pomegranate, Ruby and Cranberry. 

The Heart 2 Heart themed challenge is “Share the Love” which you can interpret to mean something with hearts and love messages or something with the February Constant Campaign “Share the Love” stamp set or something else that reminds you of a “Share the Love” theme.

We would love to have you “Share the Love” with both challenge blogs. Please be sure to check out the rules page of H2H here and the Color Dare rules on the right side of this page.

There will be a random prize drawing on Friday, February 19 for those who have entered both challenges. (Please use a direct link to your blog post and link back to both of our blogs). You can also share your work with us at the Color My Heart Color Dare Community FB page and then copy that URL to paste it into the Linky tool for both of our blogs.

Now it's time to show you what I created for this fun joint challenge! Sharing flowers always means a loving feeling....at least I think so! This card was inspired and adapted from a card by Debbi Pehl Fournier, one of my consultant uplines. 

This is a 5"x7" side fold card that I cut 3/4" off the right side of the card front. The paper with the black and white herringbone is actually on the inside of the card! The flowers and leaves were cut from our Cricut Artistry cartridge. The white flowers were backed with a small piece of black cardstock for the center of the flowers then I added some dots of Liquid Glass for some shine. The message and ink blots were stamped on the white cardstock and then embossed with the Floral folder. A bit of sponging on the white flowers was done to tie the colors together. Some red enamel gems completed the look!

I ended up with extra flowers and leaves and I just loved the look of the card.....so I made a layout with the left overs! You can kind of see the lines I made using the edge of a block. I just tapped it on an ink pad and the pulled it across the cardstock! Otherwise, everything is the same as on the card.

All products are Close To My Heart: (click for image)

--La Vie En Rose paper pack

--Cricut Artistry cartridge

--Floral Embossing Folder (run through a Cuttlebug)

--Stamp sets: Ink Blot, Joyful Birthday

--Cardstock: White Daisy, Pomegranate, Black

--Ink: Black, Pomegranate

--Red Enamel Gems

Let's go shopping!

I'd love to be your consultant!

There will be a random prize drawing on Friday, February 19 for those who have entered both challenges.  (Please use a direct link to your blog post and link back to both of our blogs).  You can also share your work with us at the Color My Heart Color Dare Community FB page and then copy that URL to paste it into the Linky tool for both of our blogs.

Now it's your turn to join this special and exciting joint challenge! Get your fingers inky then link your photo to both challenges using H2H link and Color My Heart linky. 
You have until Thursday Feb 18th at 9:00pm CST to link to the Color My Heart home page.  H2H has their challenge open until Feb 29th. 

   

Have fun creating!

Michelle

Lagoon, Black and Silver -- Wow!

Hi! This post is one that makes me very pleased! I LOVE this stamp set. I LOVE this color challenge! I LOVE how it turned out!

I really like how this flower turned out stamped in Lagoon and Black inks. Stunning! The rest of the card was easy because I used the pattern from the Freshly Made Sketches blog. Sweet!

The colors challenge is from the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog. 

Did I mention I LOVE these colors together? 

All products are Close To My Heart:

--Someone Special stamp set

--Cardstock-Lagoon, White Daisy, Black

--Inks: Lagoon, Black

--Silver Glitter Paper

--Aqua Dots

--3D Foam 

Let's Go Shopping!

I'd love to be your Consultant!

Happy Creating!

Michelle

Heart 2 Heart Challenge

Welcome to the Heart 2 Heart Challenge for this first week of Novemeber! I'm honored to be a sponsor this week and hope you all have a great time playing along! Be sure to click the H2H link in the upper left corner of my blog for the home page with details and directions....and to see the prize that could be yours!

I hope you've been clicking on the link in the upper left corner of my blog and checking out all the fantastic ideas each week!

The challenge for this week is a color challenge. Create something using the colors: Brown Bag, Sunset and Indian Corn Blue! I wouldn't have thought to use these colors together but had A LOT of fun doing it for this challenge. That's the great part about a challenge...stepping outside of your creative zone and trying something new or different! Take a look at some of my efforts....

I LOVE how this card turned out! The stamp set is D1298 Beautiful Things. I hadn't used this set in a while and it just reminded me how pretty it can be! Here's a list of the supplies I used:
--D1298 Beautiful Things
--D1306 Treasure Life (message)
--Cardstock: Colonial White, Brown Bag, Indian Corn Blue, Sunset
--Inks: Brown Bag, Sunset, Indian Corn Blue
--Antique Copper brads
--round sponge
--Spellbinder dies & Cuttlebug-oval layered on torn rectangle
The pine bough and cattail images were cut out and glued to the top to give just a bit of dimension. A cattail was stamped in the lower right on the inside of the card as an added touch.

I find myself reaching for this stamp set over and over again! A subtle tone on tone stamping at the bottom of the card helped add some interest and not compete with the main image.
Supplies:
--D1436 The Present
--Cardstock: Colonial White, Brown Bag, Sunset
--Inks: Brown Bag, Sunset, Indian Corn Blue 
--Colonial White ribbon
--Mocha Pearls
--round sponge
--Spellbinder die & Cuttlebug

This was a quick and simple card. I love the clean lines of the design.
--D1306 Treasure Life
--Cardstock: Colonial White, Brown Bag, Sunset, Indian Corn Blue
--Inks: Brown Bag, Sunset, Indian Corn Blue
--Antique Copper brads

So there are some ideas to get your creative juices going! Get out your Brown Bag, Sunset and Indian Corn Blue inks/cardstock and join the fun! Be sure to link your post to the H2H Challenge and join the fun!

Michelle

Clear Card with Embossed details

Yesterday I spent a wonderful day at a 13 hour crop with my good friend Sheila. We always have fun on these days and the time goes quickly! We don't have our next one scheduled until Jan. 8th when we hope to have our next group of SOTM sets to work on! 

The Heart 2 Heart Challenge this week is embossing, so this is card fits the bill! Both the bear and eagle are embossed in Cocoa.

Besides working on some personal scrapbooking pages (still works in progress), I also made a total of 15 cards. Can you say..."productive"! Here's a card for an upcoming swap. It's a clear card and honestly...the photo doesn't do it justice.  Stamp set is C1424 Nature's Gift.....a beautiful set!

Papers are from the X7127B Magnifique kit. I can't get enough of these colors! I also used a Spellbinders die with my Cuttlebug to create the circle and sponged the background. Dry the ink before embossing the bear otherwise you have embossing powder clinging all over! the bear is embossed in Cocoa as is the eagle. The bear is layered on some B&T/cs strips and embellished with Mocha Pearls to the front of the clear card. Everything else is on the inside! 

I LOVE the way this card turned out. I hope the swappers do, too! 

Michelle

Fall Cards & Layout

Here are some fall ideas for both cards and a layout! I'm also doing some doubling up of ideas for both Blogtoberfest and the Heart2Heart challenge for this week! Be sure to click on the links for both for even more great ideas. Don't forget to leave comments wherever you go as we all appreciate them so much!

D1371 Many Thanks

X7118B Twitterpated Paper Kit

This card is a pattern from our How-to book Wishes (9033) called Simple Side View. It's a 3.5"x8" card that will fit in a legal sized envelope. There is a window cut into the front of the card that allows the B&T paper to show through from the inside. The leaves and acorn were stamp rolled in Sorbet and Sweet Leaf inks with a touch of Chocolate ink, too.  I also scored a line around the outside edges using my paper trimmer and stylus, then sanded the raised line. I also gently sanded the textured cardstock on the front of the card a bit to create some additional texture. 

D1371 Many Thanks

C1342 Damask Tiles

D1335 Intrinsic Backgrounds

Colors used are Juniper, Sweet Leaf and Twilight. 

Lots of different things going on here that all work together to create a very pretty card! For the circle I used a reverse mask to sponge Twilight ink as a background for the acorns. One acorn is stamped directly on the circle and the other is popped up with 3D Foam. The leaves are stamp rolled in Sweet Leaf and Twilight. The leaf on the message was done in 2nd generation.

C1323 Whooo Loves You

D1373 Childhood Portrait

X7112B Animal Cookies Paper Kit

Z1047 Dimensional Elements Simple Alphabet

This layout is based on a wall hanging project our own Jeanette Lynton shared on her blog. I've changed it up a little bit to use supplies I had on hand making it into a layout! The mummy on the bottom is easy to make! Get out your scraps of white cs strips...ink the edges in black and layer them onto black cs to look like bandages. Leave a space for eyes. Make the eyes with a bit of Liquid Applique and two black Bitty Brads. The moon is a metal rimmed circle with the paper cut out of the center! On the Dimensional Elements letters I stamped an image from Lovely Lace in black ink. If I had had a spider web image I would have used that instead, but the lace gave it a nice look, too! 

The layout base is actually Grey Wool cardstock with lines hand drawn to create a woodgrain look.

I hope you enjoyed your visit! Bookmark my blog so you can stop back often! Don't forget to check out the other great ideas for Blogtoberfest and the Heart2Heart Challenge!

Michelle