Color Dare #131 - Outdoor Denim, Honey, Sunset, Olive & White Daisy

Good Friday morning, everyone! Welcome back to Color My Heart, where we play color the Close to my Heart way! Today we have some colors that might seem masculine to you. You can make something masculine, but you could also try to go for something feminine. Just be as creative as you can be! Our colors are:

Outdoor Denim
Honey
Sunset
Olive
White Daisy

You may use black if you need to.

Here are some fabulous samples from our Design Team:

Peachy Lamb

Lela Norris

Michelle Loncar

Cat Nowak

Donna Digby

Sarah Stone

Now it's your turn!  Create something using these colors. If you don't have the exact colors, use the closest you have. Take a photo of your project, post it to your blog and link it up with us here. Please include our link and challenge photo in your blog post and use a direct link to link up with us (not your blog in general.)  Most importantly, have fun!  You can read our complete rules on our sidebar. 

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Winners ~ Color Dare #129

Thanks to everyone who played along with last Challenge #129--our Heartstrings color scheme:

You all managed to do a great job using the colors Cranberry, Crystal Blue, Hollyhock, Lagoon, Whisper and White Daisy and selecting the winners was difficult!

Our Diamond Award Winner is new Color Dare participant Mildred Holback with her delightful Valentine explosion box card:

Our Emerald Award Winner is Arlene Bonsma with her beautiful Bokeh technique card:

Our Ruby Award Winner is Katrina Brown with her super cute scrapbook layout:

Congratulations to all of our winners--please go to the top tab on this page and grab your award buttons!

And now on to the current challenge--#130  White Daisy and Silver (or Whisper).

What can you create with just these two colors?  We look forward to seeing and commenting on your artwork in our gallery.  The deadline to enter is Thursday, February 26 at 9PM CT.  

Now please get to work on your fabulous Color Dare project!

Color Dare #130 - White Daisy & Silver - NO Black!

Hi Folks! Welcome to the Color Dare. Thank you to all who participated in our Heartstrings challenge last week! I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week. We've got a fun one for you. Here are our colors:

White Daisy
Silver
(No Black!)

If you don't have silver, you may use Whisper (or light grey). Make sure you do NOT use any BLACK!

Check out these designs from our awesome design team!

Peachy Lamb

Marie Flayer

Donna Digby

Michelle Loncar

Gretchen Stumme

Lela Norris

Sarah Stone

Now it's your turn!  Create something using just these colors--if you don't have the exact colors, use the closest you have. Take a photo of your project, post it to your blog and link it up with us here. Please include our link and challenge photo in your blog post and use a direct link to link up with us (not your blog in general.)  Most importantly, have fun!  You can read our complete rules on our sidebar. 

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Winners - Color Dare #128

It's time to announce the winners for Color Dare #128! Great artwork, Ladies! 

Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

The Diamond winner is Katrina and her loving family layout.

Our Emerald winner is Lauren and her Happy Place layout.

The Ruby winner is Carol and her World Traveler card.

The Sapphire winner is Diane and her cute heart card.

Once again, thank you for joining us this week. We love seeing your artwork! Don't forget to grab your blog badge from the top of this page.

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There is still time to join us in the current color dare! Color Dare #129 is open until Thursday at 9:00pm CDT. The colors are from the Heartstring papers: Cranberry, Crystal Blue, Holly Hock, Lagoon + Whisper and White Daisy. Click here to see what the Design Team has to inspire you.

Color Dare #129 - Cranberry, Hollyhock, Crystal Blue, Lagoon, Whisper, & White Daisy

Hi! I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day tomorrow! Today we are challenging you to use the colors from our Valentine paper pack - Heartstrings.

Cranberry
Hollyhock
Crystal Blue
Lagoon
Whisper
White Daisy

Our design team has let this paper pack speak for itself! Isn't it beautiful?

Peachy Lamb

Lela Norris

Donna Digby

Cat Nowak

Now it's your turn!  Create something using just these colors--if you don't have the exact colors, use the closest you have. You don't have to have the Heartstrings kit to play along. Take a photo of your project, post it to your blog and link it up with us here.  Please include our link and challenge photo in your blog post and use a direct link to link up with us (not your blog in general.)  Most importantly, have fun!  You can read our complete rules on our sidebar.

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Winners ~ Color Dare 127.5

Thanks to all who played along with our Slate, Canary and White Daisy challenge (127.5).  You ladies did a great job combining these underused colors! It was great to see some of our talented participants use other papercrafted items in our gallery other than cards.

Our Diamond Award Winner is Becca Whitham (newly published author and former DT member) and her beautiful sympathy card:

Our Emerald Award Winner is Lillian Yeh with her elegant scrapbook layout:

Our Ruby Award Winner is Diane McConnell with her adorable photo frame:

Our Sapphire Award Winner is Katrina Brown with her bright and cheery card:

Congratulations, ladies--don't forget to grab your award blog badges from the top tab of this page.

Now on to the current challenge!  Yes, you still have time to enter Color Dare #128--Cranberry and Flaxen with Black, White Daisy and Kraft.

We hope you can make the time to challenge yourself with this color combo.  We look forward to visiting your crafty blogs and reading about how you created your artwork.  If you don't have these exact colors you may substitute similar colors.  You have until Thursday evening, February 12 at 9PM CT to share your artwork in our gallery.

Color Dare #128 - Cranberry & Flaxen with Kraft, Black & White Daisy

Hi! Welcome back to the Color Dare. I have missed participating for a few weeks unfortunately because I have been dealing with the death of my youngest brother. Today is his memorial service, so say a prayer if you think of me today. But we have some great inspiration from our design team for you!

Our colors this week are:

Cranberry
Flaxen
Black
White
Kraft

This is an unusual color combo, so I'm really interested in seeing how creative you can be!

Now check out these wonderful samples from our design team:

Peachy Lamb

Gretchen Stumme

Marie Flayer

Michelle Loncar

Now it's your turn!  Create something using just these colors--if you don't have the exact colors, use the closest you have.  Take a photo of it, post it to your blog and link it up with us here.  Please include our link and challenge photo in your blog post and use a direct link to link up with us (not your blog in general.)  Most importantly, have fun!  You can read our complete rules on our sidebar.

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Monthly Prize Winner ~ January 2015

Our Monthly Prize Winner to start out 2015 is............. (insert drumroll)

Diane McConnell

Congratulations!

Please contact me at stamplady@kc.rr.com with your mailing address. 

We'll get your prize on it's way to you asap!

Winners ~ Color Dare #127

It's that fun time of the week again. Time to announce the weekly winners! Thank you to all who participated. We love seeing all your artwork and appreciate the time you spend creating and sharing with us.

The Diamond winner is Patti Rowe and her lovely floral card.

The Emerald winner is Becca Whitham and the beautiful butterfly card.

The Ruby winner is Jody Gustafson with her star card.

The Sapphire winner is Katrina Brown and her lovely layout.

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There is still time to join us in our current color dare: #127.5 Canary, Slate and White Daisy. Take a look at what our Design Team is sharing for inspiration. Then get out your supplies and create something to share! Details on how to share are in the sidebar on the right.