Heart2Heart Sketch & Color Throwdown #180 Challenges

I love a good sketch challenge!  So when the Heart2Heart Challenge blog had a lovely sketch this week, I definitely wanted to play.  I've combined it with The Color Throwdown challenge whose colours for this week worked perfectly with CTMH's Dreamin' papers.  Instead of the side panel, I stamped a row of Damask Tiles in a 'soft' black (I was aiming for more of a dark grey...).  The card is 5 3/4" square:

Patterned papers are Dreamin'; Cardstock is Grey Wool & Grey Mist; Ink is Black; Autumn Button; Just Blooms Autumn Sunflower; Black Hemp - all CTMH;  Stamp sets are Blessings, Verve & Damask Tiles, CTMH.

Heart2Heart Challenge

It's a sketch week on the Heart2Heart Challenge blog!  I've been wanting to do a pink card to honour Breast Cancer Awareness month... so this was my chance.  Since I was photographing it at night, I don't think my camera has quite captured just how pretty that Cotton Candy cardstock is in person.  Here's our sketch:

All supplies are CTMH - Patterned paper is Sweetheart; Cardstock is Cotton Candy, Grey Wool & White Daisy; Inks are Cotton Candy & Grey Wool; Stamp set is Treasures of the Heart; Pink Carnation Organdy ribbon; Sparkles;  Spellbinders die.

It's Sketch time at Heart2Heart

Mary has come up with a really versatile sketch for you to try this week at the Heart2Heart Challenge Blog:

I decided to do a tall version, so my card measures 4"x9 1/2", and I made a masculine birthday card using the papers and stamp set from the CTMH May promotional kit You & Me (if you don't have this yet, you can order it through your consultant until the end of the month).  The H2H design team have some wonderful creations to inspire you this week, and we have our May guest designer Joelle Hiller joining us.  This week's challenge will be part of our June Top Ten (the May selections will be posted later this week), and we have two new prize sponsors, Romaine Rancine & Michelle Owen, whose prizes will be randomly awarded to two players from our June challenges.  We ask that you use mostly CTMH products in your submissions, and if you use some contra, simply tell us where it's from.  Here's what I put together this week:

Patterned Papers are You & Me; Cardstock is Chocolate & Colonial White; Garden Green grosgrain ribbon is Veranda Creative Basics; Stamp sets are You & Me, Salutation Seals & Say it in Style; Inks are Chocolate, Garden Green & Creme Brulee; Basics Buttons - all CTMH; Bakers Twine is from The Twinery.

A Layout for the H2H sketch

Oh my goodness, two posts in one day!?  Can you tell that my new spring product order arrived this week and that I'm having a blast playing with it?  Well, I also wanted to participate in the new Scrapbooking section of the Heart2Heart Challenge blog.  Mary is coming up with a bi-weekly sketch for everyone to try.  Unlike the card/project challenge - you do not have to use CTMH products.  It is not a challenge, but merely a way to get us all completing a layout or two every couple of weeks - so I hope you'll join us and get scrapping.  Now for the exciting part - this is a sneak peak of some upcoming spring product that is available to order Feb 1st.  The bases are our new Kraft paper (yay!) and if you look closely, you'll see the little kraft colour-ready borders that are on top of the pink strips.  The papers are from my favourite new paper pack "Mayberry".

I haven't done any journaling yet, (but I don't do much anyway)...that's my pumpkin in black - about 3yrs ago.

Patterned paper is Mayberry; Cardstock is Kraft, Honey, Olive & Colonial White; Inks are Smoothie & Desert Sand; Stamp set is Charm Uppercase; Kraft Colour-ready Borders.