'Relax and Enjoy Your Day' Card for Design Challenges With Video of Starfish on Naples Beach, FL

Relax and Enjoy Your Day
Card Design

Today's post is an entry to the 'Unwind & Relax' CTMH Challenge at Heart 2 Heart Challenges and 'Machine Die Cutting' Challenge at Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenges. Here is the Heart 2 Heart challenge:

To answer these design challenges, I used all CTMH products with the exception of the one blue watercolor-effect paper and the bronze glitter. I used the Scallop Border Thin Cuts for the edge along shoreline, Fresh Air Stamp and Thin Cuts for the sentiment, and No Worries Stamp and Thin Cuts for the umbrella, chair, sand detailing and starfish. Then I used the gold shimmer brush to add highlights on the sand, and the bronze glitter to make the starfish really sparkle. 

Close To My Heart products used:

• Thin Cuts: Scallop Border
• Stamp + Thin Cuts: Fresh Air Cardmaking
• Stamp + Thin Cuts: No Worries Cardmaking (retired)
• Cardstock: White Daisy, Fresh Air Coordinating Paper Pack (Toffee)
• White Cards and Envelopes Value Pack
• Tools: 3-D Foam Tape, Bone Folder, Adhesive Runner, Bonding Memories Dual Action Glue Pen, Micro-Tip Scissors, Tweezers, Liquid Glass, and Shimmer Brush - Gold

Other products used:

• ColorBok 75386 Spray Paint Cardstock Paper Pad 12" x 12"
• Recollections Glitter Set (Bronze), on hand

Want to make these cards? Let's go shopping!

If you need a consultant, I'd be happy to help.

If you'd like to enjoy the added privileges of being a consultant, I can show you how. Check out the labeled tabs for more details. You can also contact me via comment or email.

Be sure to check out the challenges at Heart 2 Heart and Three Amigos. You might enjoy checking out the other entries as well. This is my first month participating and I know I've gotten a lot of great ideas from checking out the past challenges.

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenges

Heart 2 Heart Challenges

Stay creative and continue to share kindness along the way,
Kimberly

P.S.: Today's the last day to pick up (1) June Stamp of the Month, (2) Dad is Rad Workshop Kit, and (3) 25% discount on Create The Rainbow cardstock. Want to check them out? Click the pictures for a direct link to each item:

June Stamp of the Month: 
A Bushel and A Peck

Create the Rainbow

Dad is Rad

Here's a short video of a starfish on the beach in Naples, Florida. The music is relaxing too. Enjoy!

Color Dare Design Challenge #297, Plus Double Trouble Challenge #3, Plus Three Amigos Challenge #15

Snowman Card Designed in
Cricut Design Space

 Color Dare Design Challenge #297 

Plus Double Trouble Challenge #3,

Plus Three Amigos Challenge #15

This post shares a three-for-one challenge entry. First, the Color Dare Challenge #297 at Color My Heart Color Dare calls for the use of Nutmeg, Glacier and Sorbet with permission for the addition of Black and White. Challenge met!

Second, Double Trouble issues the same color challenge and tags onto the Color Dare Challenge #297 for a second entry. Done and done!

Third, Three Amigos throws out a challenge to use machine die cutting in your card-making. Since I cut out all the card pieces on my Cricut Maker, let's add that challenge in here too. Hooray! That doesn't sound like too much trouble, does it? 

Optional Inside Sentiment
of Snowman Card

As soon as the post is published on July 1 for the 'Christmas in July Design Challenge', I will come back and link this post to that one for more information and a link to the free Cricut Design Space file. You can follow this blog to be notified automatically, if you'd like. In the meantime, here's a screenshot of the Cricut Design File.

Screenshot of Cricut Design Space file
for Color Dare Challenge #297

Close To My Heart cardstock colors used:

• Glacier (card base layer),
• Sorbet (nose and scarf),
• Nutmeg (arms),
• Black (base of eyes, mouth, buttons)
• White Daisy (snowman, inner cards)
• White Glitter (snowflake liner)

Other Close To My Heart supplies used:

• Black and White Dots (just the black for the eyes, mouth, buttons) (out of stock); an alternative I used on my other snowman cards is Liquid Glass on top of each dot of black cardstock so they'd stand out.
• Thin 3-D Foam Dots
• Bone Folder
• Bonding Memories Dual Action Glue Pen
• Permanent Adhesive Runner
• Micro-tip Scissors
• Piercing & Embossing Tool Kit (piercing on scarf)
• Stitch Guide (for pattern on scarf; in Clearance Section) and
• Foam Mat (in Clearance Section)

Also needed:

• Cricut Maker, or other cutting machine with access to Cricut Design Space
• Cricut Scoring Tip
• Cricut 0.4 Tip, Black, Fine Point Pen
• Cricut Standard Grip Cutting Mat

Want to make this card? Let's go shopping!

If you need a consultant, I'd be happy to help.

If you'd like to enjoy the added privileges of being a consultant, I can show you how. Check out the labeled tabs for more details. You can also contact me via comment or email.

Be sure to check out the challenges at Color Dare, Double Trouble and Three Amigos. You might enjoy checking out the other entries as well. This is my first time participating and I know I've gotten a lot of great ideas from checking out the past challenges.

Color My Heart Color Dare

Double Trouble Challenge

Three Amigos Challenge

Stay creative and continue to share kindness along the way,
Kimberly