Color Dare #96: Crème Brulee, Crystal Blue, Juniper, Sky, Sorbet

Welcome to the weekly Color Dare Challenge from Color My Heart.  Each Friday the design team announces a color palette for you to use to create your project.  You can create any type of project you'd like, as long as you use the chosen colors.

Color Dare #96:  Crème Brulee, Crystal Blue, Juniper, Sky, Sorbet

One of my favorite coloring techniques is to use my ink pads as watercolor paints.  Just squeeze your pad together while it's closed.  Open the pad and you'll have some ink on the inside of your cover.  Pick up the ink with your wet brush and paint away!

• I scored and folded 6" x 12" piece of Sky (X5761) cardstock to create a square card.
• I added a strip of Crème Brulee (X5754) cardstock and and skinny strip of Sky and Cocoa paper from the Ariana paper pack (X7179B).
• I stamped the balloon from Give a Live (D1581) in Archival Black ink on White Daisy (1385) cardstock.
• I painted the image with Crème Brulee (Z2167), Crystal Blue (Z2117), Juniper (Z2165), Sky (Z2194), and Sorbet (Z2164) inks.
• I layered the panel on Sorbet (X5751) cardstock, then another piece of White Daisy (1385), and then attached it to the card.
• I punched three flowers from White Daisy (1385) and Sorbet (X5751) cardstock.  I curled the petals of the Sorbet flowers backwards with my Quilling Tool (Z1795), then glued the layers together and to the card.
• I added Sparkles to the middle of each flower and the center of the medallion on the balloon.
• I cut all corners with my cloud-shaped corner chomper.

How will this week's color combination inspire you?   Visit Color My Heart for more information about the challenge, get inspired by the design team, and upload your project.  I hope you'll join the Color Dare!

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Color Dare #94 - Buttercup, Hollyhock

Welcome to the weekly Color Dare Challenge from Color My Heart.  Each Friday the design team announces a color palette for you to use to create your project.  You can create any type of project you'd like, as long as you use the chosen colors.

Color Dare #94:  Buttercup, Hollyhock

I've been playing with the new CTMH Embossing Folders.  They are all so beautiful that the hardest part of this card was deciding which design to use and, once embossed, which side of the panel to highlight!

• I embossed a White Daisy panel with the Quatrefoil Embossing Folder (Z1926) and then layered it on a Hollyhock cardstock (1246) panel and a White Daisy (1385) card.
• I brought in a bit more pink with a thin Hollyhock ribbon.
• The sentiment, Sincere Expressions (A1146) was stamped in Whisper Ink (Z2172) on Buttercup cardstock (1271).
• The roses, from the Floral Happiness (S1303) stamp set, were stamped in Whisper Ink (Z2172) on Buttercup cardstock (1271).

How will this week's color combination inspire you?   Visit Color My Heart for more information about the challenge, get inspired by the design team, and upload your project.  I hope you'll join the Color Dare!

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Color Dare #93 - Cranberry, Honey, Juniper, Twilight

Welcome to the weekly Color Dare Challenge from Color My Heart.  Each Friday the design team announces a color palette for you to use to create your project.  You can create any type of project you'd like, as long as you use the chosen colors.

Color Dare #93:  Cranberry, Honey, Juniper, Twilight

• I used the Believe in Yourself (C1574) stamp set and Jubilee Paper Pack (X7181B).
• 'Cherish This' was stamped in Twilight ink (Z2160) and the birds in Cranberry Ink (Z2116).
• I punched a strip of Cranberry Cardstock (1272) with a Martha Stewart border punch.
• The card base is Honey Cardstock (X5668).
• Some clear Sparkles (Z1752) pull it all together!

How will this week's color combination inspire you?  Visit Color My Heart for more information about the challenge, get inspired by the design team, and upload your project.  I hope you'll join the Color Dare!

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Color Dare #92 - Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue

Welcome to the weekly Color Dare Challenge from Color My Heart.  Each Friday the design team announces a color palette for you to use to create your project.  You can create any type of project you'd like, as long as you use the chosen colors.

Color Dare #92:  Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue

I recently worked on a large canvas piece using these wonderful "Hello Blooms" and the beautiful Skylark paper.  I had so much fun that I decided I would take down the scale of the project to a card-sized layout.  I played around with a variety of different backgrounds and accent strips but decided I liked the Kraft color best.  The deeper neutral color allows the beautiful pastels to shine!

• All stamped images are from the Hello Blooms (C1540) stamp set.
• The flowers are cut from Colonial White Cardstock (1388) using the Cricut Artiste Collection (Z1790).
• The flowers are stamped in Crystal Blue (Z2117) and Sweet Leaf (Z2153) inks.  'Hello' is stamped in Saddle (Z2171) ink.
• The card base is Kraft Cardstock (Z1375).
• The two strips of accent paper are from the Skylark Paper Pack (X7177B).
• I finished it off with some Mocha Opaque Pearl Gems for my flower centers and a bit of Sweet Leaf ribbon.

How will this week's color combination inspire you?  Visit Color My Heart for more information about the challenge, get inspired by the design team, and upload your project.  I hope you'll join the Color Dare!

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