Color Dare #142 ~ Glacier, Lagoon, Pear, Smoothie, Sunset & White

Don't you just love these colors! They are the colors from the Blossom paper pack and work so well with these photos!  It's almost as if I took the photos knowing I would one day have papers that went this well! Let's take a look at what I did for the Color My Heart color dare this week!

 This is pattern #7 from our Make It From Your Heart Vol. 1 book. All the work is done for you! I just picked the paper patterns and used the cutting guide from the book. The frame you see on the left page is from the My Crush Book - In the Pink. I took out that page, cut out the frame and there you go! The word "Maui" is Cricut - CTMH Aristocrat and cut on paper from the kit. Flowers were colored with ShinHan markers. The Glacier twine is stapled at each end to hold it on the layout.

All products are Close To My Heart: click to see image

--Blossom paper pack

--Make It From Your Heart Vol. 1

--Stamp Set: Wavy Blooms

--Black Exclusive Inks

--My Crush Book - In the Pink

--Cricut

--Mini Stapler

--ShinHan Markers: Marigold, Peacock Green, Turquoise Blue, Leaf Green

--Embellishments: Aqua Dots, Gold Glitter Gems, Clear Sparkles, Oceanside Sequins, Glacier Extra Thick Twine, 3D Foam

Let's go shopping!

I'd love to be your consultant!

Now it's time to go see what the other Design Team members have to inspire you. Click here to go to the Color My Heart home page. Details on how to join us are in the sidebar. Don't have the exact colors? Don't worry....just use something close. Come join us! It's tons of fun! You have until Thursday at 9:00 pm CDT before this color dare closes.

Have a creative day!

Michelle

Use Your Stash Blog Hop ~ All That Glitters

Do you have some glitter in your stash? Well this hop is for you! This month we are de-stashing any glitter type products in our stash! 

If you've arrived from the blog of  Shirley Ross you're on the right track. Just click the link at the end of the post to continue on the hop! 

For this project I decided to do a layout. I have some photos from last year's Family Golf Outing. This is an annual event for our family and tons of fun! Last year was even more special because my younger daughter and her family were able to join us. So of course the occasion presented itself for some family photos and a 4 generation photo too!

I stamped the flowers from Wavy Blooms in Archival Black ink. When you're going to color with markers or a blending pen this helps the stamped ink to not bleed. First I colored the flowers with a base color. Then using a darker color or the same color, I added another layer that darkened the tones. Finally, I used the Colorless Blending Pen to "erase" some color in areas I wanted it to show off as a highlight. For the glitter I used our Teal Glitter Paper. I put a bottom border on each photo and I cut the word "Family" with the Cricut Artiste cartridge. A few of the flowers are popped up with 3D Foam, too. For the flowers I added some bling to the centers to sparkle them up. At the end I used a journalling pen to do a bit of journalling and then called it good!

All products are Close To My Heart:

--Stamp set: Wavy Blooms

--Cardstock: White Daisy, Blossom paper pack

--Teal Glitter Paper

--Ink: Archival Black 

--Markers: Leaf Green, Turquoise, Peacock Green, Marigold, Colorless Blender

--Cricut Artiste cartridge

--Embellishments: Aqua Dots, Clear Sparkles, Bitty Sparkles, 3D Foam

--Journalling Pen

Let's Go Shopping!

I'd love to be your consultant.

Now it's time to see what Darlene Henry has to share!

Thanks for hopping by!

Michelle

CTMH Technique Hop - Embossing is Back!

Welcome to our monthly technique hop! This month we are featuring Embossing. If you've arrived from Di Crawford's blog then you're on the right path. Just keep clicking the links to keep hopping!

There are two kinds of embossing: heat and dry. Dry embossing is when you press a pattern into the cardstock such as using a folder and a Cuttlebug type machine.

I chose to do heat embossing for this hop. Heat embossing requires embossing or pigment ink, embossing powder and a heat tool. What you see here are flowers inked in pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. Then I added some color to the petals with a blending pen and lifting ink from the lid of the stamp pad. 

All products are Close To My Heart:

--Stamp Sets: Wavy Blooms, Just To Say (Cricut Col.)

--Blossom paper pack

--White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack

--Pigment Inks: Pear, Smoothie, Sunset, Glacier, Lagoon

--Inks: Pear, Smoothie, Sunset, Glacier, Lagoon

--Embossing: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

--Embellishments: Sequins-Coral Reef, Oceanside, Bitty Sparkles, Glacier Extra Thick Twine, Boardwalk Washi Tape, 3D Foam

Let's Go Shopping!

I'd love to be your consultant!

Now it's time to see what Judy Faye Garner has to inspire us!

Thanks for hopping by!

Michelle