Color Dare #144 - Canary, Juniper, Ruby, & White Daisy

Welcome! Thanks to all who joined us last week. We had some wonderful participation! Here are our colors for this week:

Canary
Juniper
Ruby
White Daisy

We have a special guest with us today! Tracey Pierce has made some beautiful artwork to share with us. I always love looking at what she comes up with each week!

Here's what our awesome design team came up with:

Michelle Loncar

Marie Flayer

Donna Digby

Gretchen Stumme

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 #142

Happy Memorial Day to all! THANK YOU to those serving and who have served to give us the freedom we enjoy! Thank you to  their families as well.

This Color Dare was a challenge for the Design Team to vote for the weekly winners! There were so many great entered to chose from! We LOVE that! Keep it up! So here we go....

The Diamond winner is Hilary H. and her lovely birthday card.

The Emerald winner is Dorothy S. and lattice background card.

The Ruby winner is Sue R. and her beautiful butterfly card.

The Sapphire winner is Tracey P. and her pretty embossed background card.

Congratulations to our winners! Be sure to grab your blog badge from the top of the page. 

Thank you to all who joined us in this week's color dare. We hope you'll come back and join us often! We love seeing your artwork!

There is still time to join the current color dare! 

Color Dare #143 features Black & White with Gold (and or Flaxen). 

Click here to see what the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Then get out your supplies and CREATE! We'd love to see what your idea is for this color dare!

Color Dare #143 - Black & White with Gold

Good Morning! Welcome to Color My Heart. I hope that you will find time to play with us this week. Wedding season is upon us, so I have a challenge for you that would be perfect for those wedding cards. Or graduation. Or use your imagination! Our colors this week are:

Black
White
Gold

A suitable substitution and/or addition to this combo would be our exclusive color Flaxen. It's the best shade of gold we have in inks and cardstock!

Check out these gorgeous projects from our design team:

Donna Digby

Michelle Loncar

Peachy Lamb

Cat Nowak

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 #141

It was a 5 color challenge for Color Dare #141 which included Glacier, Olive, Hollyhock, Chocolate and Kraft.  Here was the color palette:

Choosing the winners was not easy this week as we had so many wonderful entries!  Thank you to all who shared their cards with us this week.  We love to have you join us.

Our Diamond Award Winner is Jody Gustafson again with her gorgeous floral card:

   

Our Emerald Award Winner is Lauren Moore with her beautiful bargello style congratulations card:

Our Ruby Award Winner is Debi B with her elegant multi-textured card:

There is still time to play along with our current challenge:

  

We would love to see what you can create with these bright and cheery colors found in the Close To My Heart Blossom paper pack.  You have until 9PM CT Thursday, May 21 to link up your creation to our blog.

If you are a current or previous winner and you would like to join us as a Guest Designer please contact Marie at mflayer at comcast dot net for more information.

Happy Creating!

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

Hi! Welcome to the Color Dare! I hope that you'll take some time to play along with us this week. Today we are challenging you with colors from our new paper pack, Blossom.

Glacier
Lagoon
Pear
Sunset
Smoothie
White Daisy

If you don't have this paper pack yet, don't worry, just use the colors. If you don't have the exact colors, just use the closest you have!

Here are the samples from our talented design team:

Donna Digby

Michelle Loncar

Gretchen Stumme

Marie Flayer

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 #140

It's time to give a shout out to our Weekly Winners for Color Dare #140. The colors for last week were Ruby, Crystal Blue, Colonial White and White. Colonial White and White are not usually used together. So that was a fun part of the challenge!

The Diamond winner is Jody G and her very pretty Mother's Day card.

The  Emerald winner is Mynn Kitchen and her cheery bird card.

The Ruby winner is Dorothy S. and her flowery card.

Thanks to all who participated. We really appreciate your taking the time to create and share your artwork.  Congratulations to the winners. Don't forget to grab your blog badge from the top of this page.

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There is still time to join our current color dare. Color dare #141 features the colors Glacier, Olive, Hollyhock Kraft and Chocolate or Cocoa. If you don't have these exact colors use something close.

Click here to see the details on how to join us at Color My Heart!

Color Dare #141 - Glacier, Olive, Hollyhock, Chocolate, & Kraft

Hi! Welcome to the Color Dare! I hope you'll find some time to play along with us. Here is our challenge for this week:

Glacier
Olive
Hollyhock
Chocolate
Kraft

I told my design team to use Cocoa,  then I realized I used Chocolate in our Challenge Photo! So you can use whichever one you want: Chocolate or Cocoa, or both.

Here are our fabulous Design Team samples:

Sarah Stone

Donna Digby

Cat Nowak

Peachy Lamb

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 #139

Last week's challenge featured just two colors--Sorbet and Chocolate--with the option of pearls.  We had some amazing artwork entered and we appreciate everyone who shared it with us.

Our Diamond Award winner is Sue Reynolds with her beautiful multi-textured Mother's Day Card:

Our Emerald Award Winner is Dorothy Smith with her gorgeous inspirational card:

Our Ruby Award Winner is Debi  with her charming country themed card:

There is still time to play along with our current challenge:

We look forward to seeing what you can create with Ruby, Crystal Blue, Colonial White and White Daisy.  If you don't have these exact colors yet you may substitute a similar color.  Link up your blog post to us by Thursday, May 7 at 9PM CDT.  

P.S.  It has been awhile since we've had a Guest Designer so if you are a past winner and are interested please email Marie with "Color Dare GD" in subject line at mflayer at comcast dot net for more information

Color Dare #140 - Ruby, Crystal Blue, Colonial White, & White Daisy

Here's a combo for you that you can interpret a number of ways. Some of us made spring colored projects, others winter. You could use it for patriotic projects too. You could make it feminine or masculine. Use your imagination!

Ruby
Crystal Blue
Colonial White
White Daisy

I know it's unusual to mix Colonial White with White Daisy, but try it. You might like it!

Here are our lovely design team's projects:

Donna Digby

Gretchen Stumme

Marie Flayer

Michelle Loncar

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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