Color My Heart Color Dare #580

 Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  Color My Heart Color Dare #580 is up and ready for your fun and creativity!

Pastels!?   Are you kidding me?  This is the time for Christmas colors!  Yes, pastels and they can be Christmas-y or Wintry!

Let's call this Wintry!  Look at this!!  So let me tell you how I started off this card.  I pulled out my card stock and was having a serious discussion with myself.  What the heck am I gonna do.  Pastels?  Really?  These are for Spring and Easter.  Uhh... hello!  It's December.  But I press on.  After all, this is a CHALLENGE.  So stop whining Melissa and challenge yourself.  I pulled out a pack of card stock (the light purple you see) and found that I had cut a card base using a die I've had for years and years that cuts this scallop edged card.  It's from Papertrey Ink.  So here's my tip my toe in the water moment.  I pull it out - determined to use it.  I'm telling you, it was like a creative leak sprung.  I had recently purchased the candy canes die set from Honey Bee and wanted to play with that a bit.  So I pulled out Marshmallow Hugs die set from Tonic Studios.

Firstly, I die cut the pine and used some white embellishment mousse that I thinned out a bit with water and used a rough brush to tap on "snow."  I set that aside to dry.  Note to self, use a craft mat to dry stuff on, sticking to your desk won't happen if you do.  I cut out the cup using the same lilac color as the card base.  I embossed a white panel using a Spellbinders embossing folder.  Made some candy canes using pink and purple.  Added a couple marshmallows and this card is ready for a winter greeting.

I hope you love it as much as I do.  This has to be one of my favorite cards for all year!  See you over at Color My Heart Color Dare!