This week at Color My Heart's Color Dare Challenge, we are celebrating Fall with rich colour: Autumn Terracotta, Goldrush and Olive. 



Come along and play with us, after you check out what I've made:



Simple but fun ... I love the charm that's created by having the cameras on an angle.  FUN!

OK, I DARE YOU to come and take the Color Dare at Color My Heart.  Make something with these three great colours -- it doesn't have to be a Fall project, but just something that makes you happy.

• This is a circular hop so you can start here and go all the way around.
• If you came from the amazing Arlene's "Creative Space" blog, then you are going in the right direction!
• And if you want to follow us from coast to coast, then please start at the beginning with Michelle S.’s "My Creations with Michelle" blog.  The complete blog list is also found here if you get lost along the way. 

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I've been thinking of making a card for my friend, whose oldest son has just gone off to university.  I know it's going to be a big change for her, and I wanted to send her some love.  This week's challenge over at Art Impressions stamps provided just the right inspiration.

This week, the challenge is to make a card using Chickens!  Well, sadly, I don't have any of the adorable and funky AI chicken stamps, but the theme really played into the idea of "empty nest".  So I pulled out an Easter Chick stamp from Close to my Heart and started to play. Here's what I came up with:

Welcome to this week's Color Dare from Color my Heart.  Slate and Whisper are two of my favourite neutrals, and I love how it really makes the Cranberry (my choice) pop!  I hope you will come and play with us this week and enter for your chance to win bragging rights and warm applause!


I created this 12x12 canvas for my son Charlie, so he can showcase his soccer memories in his bedroom.  I wanted to make something sporty and fun, but also flexible, so that he can change up the photo each season, without having to remake the frame.  So I attached a regular 8.5x11 page protector to the canvas and the photo just slides in and out.


To attach the page protector, I used the adhesive strips from the Base & Bling collection for a good, strong stick!






And how could I create something sporty and fun without Artbooking??  The background overlay gives great texture, and the shapes and accents really add to the finished product.  I loved how I could layer and layer and still be flexible.


Does this Color Dare SCORE with you?  Give it a try!  Grab some Slate and Whisper and add your favourite colour to create something WOW.  Join us at Color my Heart's Color Dare this week!

Welcome to the September Blog Hop for the Brae-ers Consultant team.  Each talented consultant on this hop has completed a project using one of CTMH's versatile and amazing Cricut cartridges.  We are so fortunate that CTMH partnered with Cricut to create these cartridges, which are so useful and help to save time while we create beautiful artwork.

If you have come from the fabulous Brae's The Brae-er blog, you are in the right place.  Read on!

Clicking with Artbooking and Huntington



I am in love with Artbooking.  It's the newest CTMH Cricut cartridge and it offers so many layers and interesting things that I can add to my scrapbooking and cardmaking.  So when creating this layout, I made sure I gave it a good workout!

The first part of Artbooking that I used is the overlays.  I chose a great layout A New Perspective from one of our how-to books "Cherish", and I used the arrow cut overlays in place of plain cardstock.  To give them a bit more exposure, I turned them on an angle, so more of the paper showed.  These pieces are cut out of our Kraft cardstock.

One thing that we heard over and over when learning about Artbooking was "keep your negative pieces"!!  So I kept all of the arrows that were cut out from the overlays, and used them throughout the layout as accents.



The second part of Artbooking that I used were the titles.  These created great verbal accents that helped to reinforce the theme of the spread.

And lastly, I used a photo mat in the shape of a speech bubble for my journaling block.  I cut it twice -- once in Colonial White and once in Kraft, to create a shadow effect.



What else did I use?  I used papers left over from y Huntington Workshop on the Go, and added a burst of colour with the Sarita blue paper.  It helped to tied the photos in and brighten the layout a bit.  And I used the Artisan Studs like screws on the overlays -- it added a real mechanical feel that goes with skateboarding.


Enjoy your trip around this blog hop and see some great work to inspire you.  The next stop on your way is the spectacular Rosalynd Kelly at her "In my Scrapping Room" blog.

Have fun!

Welcome to Color My Heart's Color Dare #57.  This week, we're playing with Pacifica and Sky -- two colours that are shades of each other for a monochromatic look.

Give it a try and enter this week's Colour Dare!  Make your own project -- scrapbook layout, card or 3D creation -- using just these two colours.  Then enter it here for your chance to win bragging rights.

Here's my creation:


This card was made using CTMH's adorable new spinner card bases.  The center snowman spins around to finish the sentiment (Love never melts) and create an awesome interactive experience.  The snowmen are from the popular "Flakey Friends" stamp set and the flourishes are from also popular "Love Life" set -- two sets that are so versatile and well loved in my collection.  I topped it off, literally, with liquid applique on the snowmen's hats.

Do I have you inspired?  Get out your Pacifica and Sky coloured supplies and play along with us at Color My Heart Color Dare!

For this week's Color Dare, we're using three of my favourite colours: Lagoon, Pear and Buttercup. Will you play along with us?


I had been playing with one of the new Hostess Rewards sets already and thought that they would make adorable 3x3 cards/tags.  The colour combo gives it a real "tropical Christmas" feel!

Here they are:

Aren't they super cute?

• This is a circular hop so you can start here and go all the way around
• If you came from the fabulous Krista's Simply Creating blog, then you are going in the right direction!
• And if you want to follow us from coast to coast, then please start at the beginning with Michelle S.’s blog “My Creations With Michelle”.  The complete blog list is also found here if you get lost along the way. 

This is my Kraft ring box.  I cut an overlay using the **new** Artbooking Cricut cartridge, and used it as a stencil.  I sponged Chocolate ink over top to create this soft and wonderful pattern all over the box.  Then I embellished with the Chocolate Affair stamp and Babycakes polka dotted paper.  The pennant, "Sweet", is also cut from Artbooking on Sunset cardstock and backed with a scrap of Kraft paper.




I also made a cute card using the same techniques.  This card was inspired by a sketch in Make It from Your Heart Volume 2, sketch # 20.

Here is the inside of the box, which I also decorated:


The Babycakes paper is so cute, I had to use it inside too.  And I added the sentiment too, as a reminder that we all need a little chocolate in our life.  :)  Mmmmm, chocolate.

Glue dots are awesome things that I keep in my tool box.  They are great for attaching ribbon, buttons, metal accents and more to your layouts and cards.  But did you know that they could be an embellishment all on their own?

Here are the steps to make glittery polka dots on your projects using Glue Dots!


STEP ONE:  Prep your supplies!





Start by stamping your images and getting your paper cut to make your project.


STEP TWO:  Add the glue dots!


If you look closely, you can see the glue dots on the penguin's ear muffs.


STEP THREE:  Add the glitter!






You can also put glue dots and glitter on your patterned paper too!

STEP FOUR: Make your cards!

Title: Spray and Overlay Tutorial: Creating backgrounds for your layouts
Hostess: justscrapit_sb  Sheri
Keyword: TechVSBN01
Day/Date: Friday, August 9, 2013
Time: 7Pm EST
 
Creating a soft and funky background is easy and fun!  Just grab a stencil -- or make one yourself with your favourite diecut machine -- and a spray pen, or a sponge and ink.  Here are the steps:

STEP ONE:  Creating the stencil

If you don't have a store-bought stencil, you can make one!  Simply cut a full page overlay on your Cricut, or use the Auto Fill function to cut as many of one shape on a 12x12 sheet as possible.  Keep the negative shapes -- you might be able to use them later on this project, or on another project.



STEP TWO:  Fill your spray pen

I filled my spray pen to the 7th line with water, then added Slate reinker to fill it up to the 9th line.  I had to refill this a second time for the second page.  Just do the same steps.



STEP THREE:  Prepping to Spray

Place your base cardstock in a cardboard box, on top of a piece of large scrap paper.  Lay your stencil or overlay on top.  Make sure it lays flat.  Using the box helps you to contain any excess spray and minimize the mess.



STEP FOUR:  Spraying

Hold your spray pen approximately 12" away and start spraying.  Cover the entire page with sprayed ink.  Remove the overlay.







 STEP FIVE:  Let Dry

If you spray a lot, your base page will be a little wet.  Leave it for 10 minutes to dry.  By the time you have your other layout pieces and photos cut, your pages will be dry.


REPEAT FOR YOUR SECOND BASE PAGE

If you don't have a spray pen, or don't want to use it, you can use a sponge and ink pad to apply the ink to your page.  Be careful not to press too hard, and make sure your overlay/stencil doesn't move.  Sponge the page until you have the intensity of colour you want.


HERE IS THE LAYOUT I CREATED USING THESE BACKGROUND PAGES

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below or email me at justscrapit@sympatico.ca