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Black & White +1 – Color Dare #326

Published on January 18, 2019January 8, 2019 by theprincesschick5 Comments

Happy Friday and welcome to another week of the Color My Heart Color Dare. The Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team took our extended December Challenge time to rework our challenges for 2019. I for one am truly excited. You can expect some innovative and interesting Color Challenges with more choice & flexibility. We’ll still be offering our ever popular Tic Tac Toe and Monochromatic Challenges, but have added Love of Color Challenges based on the new How To Book from Close to My Heart along with Inspirational Mood Boards.

This week our challenge is to use Black & White and only one other splash of color.

As I looked out my Craft Coop Windows into a dreary, cold day I decided that I needed to add a pop of Lemon to my Black & White Card.

The Black & White B&T papers came from the Seasonal Mix Ins. I’m quite excited about this new paper offering from Close to My Heart. It’s a smaller pack that coordinates well with all of the current paper packets – they replaced our paper fundamentals line and have become a quick favorite.

OK, now it’s YOUR turn! The full details on how to join the fun is in the sidebar of our homepage. Our Weekly Challenges are open for two weeks and you have until January 31st to enter Challenge #326. While you are visiting our home page make sure you check out what the other design team members have created and leave them a little love (just as you love comments on your artwork – we love yours too)!

Products Revealed

Published on January 17, 2019January 16, 2019 by theprincesschickLeave a comment

Yesterday I showed you this picture of products I’m donating to an upcoming school auction and asked if you could identify all the products. Today I’m going to reveal those products here.

Everything can be purchased from my webpage – if you have any questions or need help finding the products please feel free to reach out to me in the comment section.

The retail total of these items was just under $90…this would be a great starter gift. I love putting together product bundles…let me know your budget and I’ll help you get started. It certainly doesn’t cost a lot to get started with this hobby and you’ll have years of fun!

Can you identify all the products?

Published on January 16, 2019 by theprincesschickLeave a comment

I am donating a basket of Close to My Heart Products to a school auction. The total was just under $90 before shipping and tax – on paper it didn’t look like enough, but yesterday when the box arrived I was pleasantly surprised.

The items I picked are all from the Seasonal Expressions 1 catalog which you can get for free when you place an order from my webpage. I thought it might be fun to play a little game and see if you can name everything that you see.

I will give you the first item, because it’s hard to identify in the photo – you can leave a comment below if you think you have everything figured out.

A Love of Color Birthday

Published on January 15, 2019 by theprincesschickLeave a comment

If you haven’t added the Love of Color How To Book to your collection of stamping must haves rush right over to my website and add it to an order NOW! Each color has been dedicated a two page spread which includes breathtaking artwork and multiple color combinations it also fits perfectly in the Every Day Life album.

I have always used our paper packets as a reference guide for making cards and scrapbook layouts, but the Love of Color has become a new go-to. I notice that I am now using colors that I never would have thought to use.

It’s easy to know that Pixie and Raspberry go together and I had a feeling that Mint would blend perfectly, but I never would have thought to add a touch of Sweet Leaf and although the recommendation was to use Charcoal; I grabbed my other favorite neutral – Black. Using the Washi Tape from the Hello Pumpkin cut down to 1/4 inch strip and some black dots really gave my card the perfect pop.

If you’d like to shop for the Love of Color How to Book or any of the other products available please visit my webpage at http://www.papercraftingprincess.ctmh.com I always have a Mystery Hostess party available to shop from and when you place your order that way you might just end up with the some free CTMH products too!

Card Captions

Published on January 9, 2019January 6, 2019 by theprincesschick2 Comments

Have you seen the January Stamp of the Month – Card Captions? If you are a card maker it should be at the top of your list! A set of twenty-six sentiments & images for your stamping pleasure.

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I am surrounded by amazing consultants and am so blessed that they share their artwork in a Stamp of the Month Swap that I hostess. The four cards that surround mine are all from that swap and each card is labeled with it’s artist.

I hope you’ll find lots of inspiration from these ladies…if you’d like more information about any of the cards I’ll do my best to answer if you’ll leave a comment below.

Years of Sweetness

Published on January 8, 2019January 6, 2019 by theprincesschick3 Comments

On Friday I shared a card I made for the Color My Heart Color Dare with the new Years of Sweetness stamp set and promised to come back and share some additional artwork with this stamp set so here I am.

My first card is once again “pretty in pink” I stamped with Raspberry Ink onto the B&T paper from the Something Fierce paper packet – layered on some hearts from the Something Fierce Complements and a white bow.

One of my favorite things about this stamp set is that it coordinates with the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge and the cupcake has separate images so you can have different colors! These papers are also from the Something Fierce paper packet, but you achieve a totally different look! Don’t ever hesitate to stamp directly on your B&T paper.

This was a really fun card…and very little stamping and NO B&T paper! The Complements included with the Something Fierce Suite include Stickers and printed Die Cuts. I started at the bottom with 3 strips of stickers, stamped my Happy Birthday and then added 3 additional stickers.

My final card is a mixture of stamping, papers & stickers – I love that the Something Fierce dinosaur paper is just as good for a little girl as it is for a little boy!

I’d love to know what you think of this assortment of cards. Leave me a comment…it just takes a minute and I always appreciate and read each one.

Double Trouble #19

Published on January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 by theprincesschick2 Comments

Oh Mother Dear, I sadly fear that I have lost my mittens…will you help me find them? Are you ready for some more trouble with Double Trouble Challenge #19.

Trouble Maker is challenging us to be Warm & Cozy in this cold month of January! When I think Warm & Cozy I think fuzzy & cuddly like a scarf & mittens or a sweet little kitten. When you include mittens or a kitten on your project Twisted Sister will give you an additional chance in our randow draw.

I created this cute Snowgirl all Warm & Cozy in her mittens, scarf & earmuffs that I colored with my Shin Han markers to match the Background Papers. I added some sparkles to the snow flurry at the bottom of the card and a simple white bow to finish it off!

Double Dare has asked us to link up to Creative With Stamps Challenge “Mittens” Challenge. You get an extra entry in our bag of things if you add this optional challenge.

I hope you’ll come have some fun and join up with our bi-weekly challenges at Double Trouble Papercrafting Challenge.

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