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

Color My Heart color dare #1

Hello there and welcome to the very first edition of the Color my Heart color dare, where we will play color with Close to My Heart! This weeks colors are:

Amethyst
Petal
Smokey Plum

I chose a monochromatic color scheme for this week. Each week we will do something different.

Lesson: Monochromatic means a group of 2-4 different shades of the same color. Amethyst is a little bluer than Petal and Smokey Plum, but I've found it works well if you add just a little for lightness. Sonoma is a great paper pack to use for this color scheme. You may use any neutral from our color pallette. I used Cocoa and Colonial White. I'm anxious to see how the other neutrals might look with these colors.

I used the pattern from Wishes called Matchbook. I would like to challenge you that if you are making a card, and you don't have a sketch you want to use already, pick a pattern from Wishes or Originals. Bonus points if you do!

So, go ahead and create your project. It can be a card, a scrapbook layout, an altered item; basically anything that has paper in it! You have to use some CTMH products, but if you use 100%CTMH, you get bonus points! Take a picture of your project and post it to your blog or online gallery. (Use the code CMH1 if you upload to an online gallery.) Put a link to your post at the bottom of this blog post, and put our link in your post as well. You have until Thursday at 8PM to play. I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!

Next week, my good friend and favorite customer, Ruth will be joining us as our first design team member! Let me know in a comment if you have any questions or suggestions for this challenge. I'm a first timer, so there might be something I missed.

Love,
Sarah

Materials used:
Paper: Sonoma Level 2 paper pack, Colonial White and Petal cardstock
Stamps: Key Moments
Ink: Cocoa, Smokey Plum
Embellishments: Pewter Mini-Medley accents, Colonial White Mini-Medley Accents, Pewter Badge Buttons