Color Dare #4 Entries

Here are the primary colored entries from this week! Great job everyone!


Shelly Nemitz


Sheryl Even


Joanne Barnes


Caroline B.

 
Marie Flayer


Lori Brown


Cindy Leek


Jody Gustafson


Annette Clark

Color Dare #4

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Color My Heart color dare, the Close to My Heart exclusive color challenge. I'm so excited we're up to 90 followers. Only 10 more and we'll have 100!!!! And thanks to the 5 of you who joined in last week!

Congrats to Jody Gustafson for being the winner of Color Dare #3! Her card out of the idea book was perfect!

Franny's Pick: Amie Kiger!

Ruth's pick: Shelly Nemitz!


Our challenge for this week will be Triadic colors:
Cranberry
Sunkiss Yellow
Sky

Lesson: Triadic colors are 3 colors that are equal distances apart from one another on the color wheel. In this case, I chose primary colors (I will talk more about primary and secondary colors next week). Triadic colors work best when you use one color as your main color, the second as your secondary color, and the third as your accent.

I chose these colors in particular because they work well with our Superhero kit. For that reason I am also allowing Moonstruck on your projects.

On my card, I used yellow as my main color, with blue as the secondary color, and I accented with red. It's a silly one! I made it for my husband for Father's Day, and he doesn't like generic superheroes. So I just had to add the Superman stickers :)

Materials used:

Paper: Sunkiss Yellow and Cranberry cardstock

Other: Superhero Level 2 compliments rub-ons, Superman stickers (not CTMH)

Franny used white as her neutral, blue as her main color with red as the secondary color, and a pop of yellow with the seam binding ribbon.

Materials used:

Paper: White card, Sky cardstock

Stamps: Country life, Universal Backgrounds

Inks: Cranberry, Sky, Moonstruck, Sunkiss Yellow

Other: Color-ready Seam Binding Ribbon

Ruth also made a Father's Day card for her husband:

Ruth used the Superhero B&T with Moonstruck and Black cardstock for the cityscape (from the Schoolbook Cricut cartridge).  Her base is Grey Flannel. She used sparkles for the windows, Comic Badge Buttons, black pearls and a Superman sticker (not CTMH).  Here's the inside of her card:

And now we have a special treat from our guest designer, the winner from last week, Julia Hammond!

The candles on this card are stamped with D1280 Spot On Background.  Julia used Moonstruck ink on the Sky and Moonstuck candles and Cranberry on the Cranberry candle. The sentiment is stamped in Moonstruck on Sky cardstock with a sentiment from the Art Philosophy collection. This is so creative and whimsical - I love it!

Bonus Points: I have a feeling you'll be using the Superhero kit for this one. You don't have to, but if you do, I'll give you bonus points if you make it a Level 2 project, ie. instead of stamps, use the rub-ons! And as always, you get bonus points for using 100% current CTMH products! (none for me this week.)

So get to it! All you have to do is make a project using the featured colors, take a picture of it, and upload it to your blog. Include a link to this blog in your post, and link up your post (not the blog, just the post) at the bottom of this page. Have fun!

Color Dare #3 Entries

Here are the beautiful complimentary projects:


Cheryl Cuddie


Julia Hammond


Amie Kiger


Jody Gustafson


Shelly Nemitz

Color Dare #3

Hi and welcome back to the Color My Heart color dare! We are up to 84 followers, and we are so pleased to have had 9 entries last week. They were really wonderful! You can see them all in one place if you scroll down to the previous post. From now on, I will choose a winner, and each of our design team members will choose their favorite as the runners up! The winner from last week is Julia Hammond! She had a fabulous boy-themed layout using all four colors and a layout from Magic. She even made her own B&T papers with stripes and spots. Go to her blog to check it out! Ruth's choice is: Jody Gustafson! Ruth really appreciated all the effort Jody put into her Under-the-Sea card with the puddle pad technique. It is gorgeous; go check it out!!!

The colors for this week are complimentary colors:
Dutch Blue
Sorbet

You also have the option to use Lilac Mist and Taffy. These are lighter shades of the same colors.

Lesson: Complimentary colors are two colors that sit directly opposite from one another on the color wheel. The most popular ones are: orange and blue, green and red, purple and yellow. Sorbet and Dutch Blue are soft shades of orange and blue. Ruth chose these because they coordinate excellently with her wedding photos. In addition to any of our neutrals, feel free to add green to your project this week. Sometimes green can act like a neutral color when a lot of foliage is involved.

Here is Ruth's beautiful layout:

This is Ensemble Piece from Imagine. Ruth made her own designer paper by stamping a script from Universal Backgrounds onto her Taffy cardstock with Taffy ink. Then she stamped the flourish from the You and Me set with Sorbet ink. Finally she stamped the flourish from the Wonderland WOTG set in VersaMark and heat embossed it with a sparkly embossing powder. Isn't it lovely?

Up next is my layout. It is from page 56 of the current Idea Book. Did you recognize it? These are pictures of me when I was little.

I used:
Paper: Elemental B&T, Sorbet, Taffy, Dutch Blue, and Lilac Mist cardstock
Stamps: Adventure USA, Piece of Cake (for the polka-dotted arrow)
Inks: Dutch Blue, Sorbet, Chocolate, Desert Sand, VersaMark
Other: Irresistables (from You and Me), DE chipboard shapes, Bottle Caps, White Daisy Bitty Brads, Black Marker, Clear Detail embossing Powder, Color Ready Hodge Podge Alphabet

Here is the creation from our newest design team member, my new downline and friend, Franny Boburka:

Franny used:
Paper: Elemental B&T, Dutch Blue and Vanilla Cream cardstock
Stamps: Card Word Puzzle and Harvest Happiness
Inks: Chocolate
Embellishments: Cream Pearls
Other: Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

Franny is brand new to CTMH and stamping. This just goes to show you don't need much skill to use our wonderful products! Aren't the tags wonderful?

And finally, we have a special treat for you from our guest design team member, the winner from last week, Cindy Leek!

Cindy made 2 cards for us. The first one uses Far-Sided Focus from Wishes and Under the Sea (colored with watercolor pencils and blended with the waterbrush)

The second card uses card #7 from the Christmas Card workshop in Wishes and the Bee Happy and Live Inspired stamp sets. I love her use of the Sorbet ribbon and she used her green very well! Thanks, Cindy!

Ok, here's how you get bonus points this week: I know there is something in the Idea Book you have been wanting to try, but haven't gotten around to yet. Now's your chance. BONUS POINTS if you make a project inspired by something out of the current Idea Book!!!! As always, you must use some CTMH products, but if you use 100% current CTMH products, you get bonus points (they are helpful when I decide on the winners, but not absolutely necessary.)

Now get creating! Make any type of project using this week's colors, take a picture of it, and post it to your blog or online gallery (using keyword cmh3). Make sure our link is in your blog post. Then upload your post (not the whole blog, just the post) to the link at the bottom of this page. Have fun!

Color Dare #2 Entries

These entries were fantastic! Check them out:

Karen Russell


Shelly Nemitz


Joanne Barnes


Lynn Darda


Amie Kiger


Jody Gustafson

 
Cindy Leek


Amy McVey


Julia Hammond

Color Dare #2

Hi and welcome back to the Color My Heart color dare! Thank you to everyone who participated last week and to our 74 followers! All the entries were purply and beautiful. :) I have chosen Cindy Leek as the winner! She made a beautiful card, and got bonus points for using a pattern out of Wishes and for using all current products. Head over to her blog to check it out!

This week's colors are analogous:
Moonstruck
Lagoon
Topiary
Pear

Lesson: Analogous colors are 2 to 4 colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel. In this case they are: Blue, Blue-Green, Green, and Green-Yellow. You do not have to use all of these colors, but if you only use 2 or 3, be sure that they sit next to each other. For example: use Moonstruck, Lagoon, and Topiary. Or use Lagoon, Topiary and Pear. Get it? I used all 4. I used Pear as the main color, then I accented with Lagoon and Moonstruck. Then I chose Topiary for the photo mats. You may use any neutrals from our Neutral palette. I used Chocolate, Bamboo, and White Daisy. I'm anxious to see how they look with other neutrals.

This pattern is Asymmetric from Cherish and I used a technique found on page 99 of Reflections called "Creating Customized Patterned Papers." I used some AP images in pear to decorate the Chocolate. I used Bamboo ink on Bamboo cardstock to random stamp some images. And I glued strips of cardstock onto Chocolate to create a striped paper. I am putting pictures of my nephew's funeral on these pages, and the colors match perfectly (I didn't put them on yet because I didn't think you'd like to see pictures of a baby in a casket. It's very sad).

Check out this layout from our newest design team member, Ruth Stith:

Ruth used the Lagoon B&T from Stella, and the Pear B&T from Lucy. For her neutrals she used Grey Wool, Black and White Daisy. Aren't her vellum-covered AP flowers beautiful? The layout she used was Sideline Surprise from Imagine.

If you are going to make a layout, you get bonus points if you use a pattern from one of our How-To books (Cherish, Imagine, Reflections, or Magic). And as always, bonus points if you use 100% current CTMH products.

Now start creating! You can create any type of project, as long as it has paper. Even StudioJ layouts are welcome. You have to use Close to My Heart products, but you may use other products as well. Take a photo of your project, post it to your blog, then link your blog post to the widget at the bottom of this page. Make sure to put our link in your blog post. Have Fun.

Materials used:

Paper: Chocolate, Bamboo, Pear, Lagoon, Moonstruck, Topiary, and White Daisy cardstock

Stamps: Dreamin' WOTG stamp set, Trinity Alphabet, and AP Celebrations

Ink: Chocolate, Bamboo, Versamark, Topiary, Moonstruck, Lagoon

Other: Chocolate Ribbon, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Miracle Chipboard Irresistables, Dimensional Elements Hearts, AP Cricut cartridge

Color Dare #1 Entries

These are so gorgeous, girls!!! Thought it might be nice to put them all in one place:


Carol Loftus


Julia Hammond


Marie Flayer

 
Jody Gustafson


Karen Russell


Cindy Leek


Ruth Stith


Sarah Hirsch


Joanne Jay