Heart 2 Heart Challenges - It's a Color Challenge

Happy National Stamping Month!  I intend on celebrating this month as much as possible, papercrafting away!  :)  How about you?

Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart this week for a challenge to incorporate these beautiful colors into your artwork:

In CTMH colors that translates to Topiary, Lagoon, Glacier, Sorbet and Cranberry.

I decided to incorporate one of the new and exclusive stamp sets made for National Stamping Month on my card.  I totally love all three of them and you can either buy them separately or get more than a 15% discount when you buy all three of them at the same time.  Here they are.  Aren't they fun?!  You can click HERE for full details.  I used the top stamp set for my card.

To create this card I did pull out a sheet of cardstock of all the colors.  They looked gorgeous together and I went to work.  I kept the card rather simple, adding just a few things to finish it off.

The paint "splatter" comes from a new stamp, "Ink Blot", and was stamped in Glacier ink.  The sentiment was stamped in Black and Cranberry.  The star was also stamped in Cranberry and I doodled around the focal point and then added Lagoon Shimmer Trim and Gold Sequins.  I did score the Topiary piece of cardstock and sanded it for the striped pattern.

I truly appreciate you stopping by and would love to know what you think of my card, if you have a moment.  I look forward to seeing fun artwork creations in this week's challenge.  Have a blessed week and see you on the Heart 2 Heart Blog!

H2H Design Team

H2H Challenge - Life is a Beach

This week the challenge at Heart 2 Heart is "Life is a Beach".  I am looking forward to the fun artwork that will be shared to align with this theme.

What better way to design artwork to coordinate with this theme than with the Seaside paper pack?  Two pieces of patterned paper were used and the Zip Strip was incorporated to blend the seam.  After adding that and the four stamped images, I decided all it needed was a finishing touch of Glacier Thick Twine.  The Beach Gear stamp set was used with the following ink pads:  Hollyhock, Sorbet, Glacier, Topiary.

I love the beach although I do not get to visit it often but will imagine I am there as I watch the beautiful creations shared through the challenge site.

Let's get this week off to a GREAT start!

H2H Challenge: Life is a Picnic

No better way to celebrate July than celebrating "life"!  I love the title of this week's challenge at Heart to Heart Challenges and have definitely put a little spin on my artwork.  While these photos do not reflect an actual picnic, they do contain photos of things that make me happy and allow me to enjoy life on a daily basis...the reason I consider my "life is a picnic"!

These photos were scrapbooked in Close To My Heart's In The Pink My Crush product line (these items are only available while supplies last).  It contains 7" x 10" pages and I selected photos from the Great American Scrapbook Convention I attended with some fabulous ladies in Arlington, TX a couple of weeks ago.

On this left-hand page, I only included the photos with White Daisy mattes, some stickers included with the Assortment to note the year, and three Gold Sequins.  The Washi Tape you see on the left...yep, part of the page pattern, as are the flourishes.

I added a little bit more to this right page, including the "Ice-Cold Summer" stamp set images seen in the bottom right.  The stamp set is so fun; I love being able to piece together the lemonade glass with all the extras.  I cut out the envelope from the Artfully Sent cartridge at 2 1/4".  I did cut off the flap of the envelope because I did not want it to extend into the photo.  I added the Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape as a tab to the journaling card, also from the Assortment.  (I did journal on the backside of the card.)  The ladies' names were added on small strips of Cotton Candy cardstock and then dovetailed.  Three Gold Sequins finished off this page.  Oh!  And the tag where the sentiment and lemonade glass is on...another printed piece in this gorgeous book!

Here is where you can see the details of the embellishments on this page.

Check out the other artwork provided by the Design Team Members and those who have participated in the challenge by clicking HERE!  Thanks for stopping by and I would love for you to leave of a comment. 

Life IS a Picnic,