Color Dare #632 - Friendship

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #632 using a variety of Copic Sketch pens for closest match to all colors on the Board. I did a couple experiments masking the bunny in between the two florals and I wasn't pleased with this one so it went in my stash. Well, today when I looked through my stash I questioned why did this go in the stash... and I assumed it was there only to find it some day for a quick card... and here it is.   

 

Using Copic I brushed lightly for a watercolor affect instead of blending as I wanted the detail of the stamp to show. The sentiment was a nice fill in the upper corner of the card.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare to check out the Design Teams color inspiration. Let us see what you create... hope to see you there. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms Mood Board #24 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Royal and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Simon Says "Vintage Garden" 

     Sentiment D1925 A Million Little Things 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

 

Merry Christmas - Color Dare #630

This is my Design Team card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #630, a Monochromatic Color Board giving you the choice of at least three Shades of Blue and used them for my Christmas trees.    

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #630 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

And/Or

You may also like to hop over to Double Trouble and Try a Sketch on Tuesday, our Sister Challenges, to see how easy it might be to combine challenges or even create another project. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-in "Sapphire Patterned Paper" 

Cardstock 

     Glacier, Capri, Bluebird, Jurney, Sapphire and White Daisy 

Dies 

     IO Stamps #DIE-439 "Merry Christmas" 

     Simon Says #SSSD111400 "Stitched Slopes/Hills 

     Trees in Stash 

Inks/Pens 

        Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Blue:  B04     

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Zig Glitter Pen "Gold"  

A Very Merry Christmas - Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #660

Here is my Design Team card for Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #660.  When this sketch came up I already knew my favorite snowflake die would be used. First, a cross-stitched border die was placed diagonally from top corner to the opposite bottom corner and cut to use as the division of the four panels. Then the snowflake die was cut on the same white cardstock in the center, bordered with Capri blue cardstock and then adhered to card base.  

A friend of mine gave me this penguin stamp and it got buried in my stash. I was working on my inventory and came across this stamp and put it aside for one of my next Christmas cards... it was a nice fit for this sketch and hid the center messy cut from the die cuts. Hecter's presents and hat were colored using Copic sketch brushes using a match of the blues, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape over the snowflake. 

I was not happy with a plain white background... so decided to randomly stamp snowflakes using the second generation stamping technique. This made me happy and it reflected the faded pattern as in the sketch.   

A small sentiment was stamped with Black Memento Ink and some Bitty Sparkles placed around the snowflake.

Please hop on over and join us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

And/Or 

You may also like to hop over to Double Trouble, our Sister Challenge, to see how easy it might be to combine challenges or even create another project. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

A Cut Above "December - Anything Goes" 

Crafty Catz Challenge #683 (AG w/ Optional Twist: Blue Christmas) - I was one of the Top 3

Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #173 "Anything Christmas Goes"

I Spy With My Little Eye #21 "Something For Christmas" 

Little Red Wagon #784 "Non-Traditional Christmas Holiday" 

Simon Says "Monday Make It Sparkle" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Capri and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Little Miss Muffet Stamps#0433 "Dexter Gives" 

     Pink & Main "Snow Sweet"  

Dies 

     Memory Box #99183 "Spectacular Snowflake" 

     Lawn Fawn #lF913 Stitched Borders

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Lagoon Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Gray:  C5, C9 

        Blue:  B0000, B04  

        Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Bitty Sparkles

DTC Challenge #181 - 2024 "Wrap It Up" - partnering with Jingle Belle and Previous Partners

Here is my DT Card for Double Trouble "It's Up to You", a free-for-all with your choice of last minute Christmas and/or any occasion cards, and wrap up 2024... my choice was a Christmas card sharing it with Jingle Belles "Banner Holiday".  

Twisted Sister's optional twist is to include something to "Tie It Up" using ribbon, twine, bow, and/or even washi tape. The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #606 was a perfect sketch to use washi tape... but when looking through my stash there was no washi tape. I did have a collection of ribbons in a variety of patterns and colors with adhesive backing and decided to use them.  

Even though the ribbons were not representative of Christmas there was a nice variety of colors with traditional and non-traditional colors which looked so pretty together. Cut pieces in different lengths, adhered to a die cut frame from a Mint patterned paper and then bordered with a Capri blue.  

Cut another smaller frame in the same Mint patterned paper, bordered with Capri blue, die cut a Sentiment in White and Capri cardstock, glued together, placed in the smaller panel off center and then adhered to ribbon background with 3D thin foam tape.  

Stamped a small present, colored with Copic brush pens, added polka-dots to the ribbon with white jel pen and adhered with 3D thin foam tape to corner of sentiment panel. Finished the inside border of card base with a couple more cuts of the ribbon.   

 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our challenge  requirement and play along with optional twists to be eligible to enter your project in our partner's challenge while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Crafty Catz Challenge #683 (AG w/Optional Twist: Blue Christmas) 

Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #173 "Anything Christmas Goes"

I Spy With My Little Eye #21 "Something For Christmas" 

Jingle Belles "Banner Holiday"  (Red, Green and Bow) 

Little Red Wagon #784 "Non-Traditional Christmas Holiday"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-In Patterned Paper "Mint"

Cardstock 

     White Daisy and Capri 

Stamps 

     D1177 "No Peeking" 

Dies 

     Stash - Sentiment Merry Christmas 

     Cottage Cutz #CCB-069 Nested Wacky Rectangle Frames

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Blue:  BG13 

        Green:  YG23

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape

     Studio G Variety of Patterned Adhesive Ribbons 

DTC #180 "Stitch It Up" Best Wishes - Partner with AHSC #605 (Bird Card)

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble Challenge #180 "Stitch It Up" using the second Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #605.  

A 4" x 5.25" white cardstock was used to stamp the foliage in Evergreen ink with some masking and stamped the bird using Sapphire. A second bird was stamped with Sapphire and a pine cone with Nutmeg ink.  Both images were fussy-cut and set aside until I decided on what I would do for the red panel in the sketch. Thought about a score line, but then looked at my dies for a stitch and found one that was a cross stitch and did not have a cut... perfect. Placed the stitch die approximatel 3/4" apart and in proximity of the panel in the sketch.  

The bird and the pine cone were then adhered over the top of the stamped foliage and bird using 3D thin foam tape for dimension.  Stamped in gold the splash of color randomly on each side of the stitched panel; but the gold did not show up well, so re-stamped using Sapphire ink... the change of color pleased me. Sentiment was stamped using Sapphire ink in the bottom right-hand corner.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble. Have fun with our challenge requirement and play along with optional twists to be eligible to enter your project in our partner's challenge while earning additional chances to our random draw. 

Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Crafty Catz #683 "Blue Christmas"

Critter Crazy Challenge "Anything Goes with a Featured Critter" 

Peace on Earth Christmas "Christmas Anything Goes" (Inspiration Photo, Used Birds and Fir Branches)

Simon Says Monday "Trees" 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers "C is for Critter"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Stamps 

     C1816 Spruced Up Cardmaking 

     D1660 Ink Blot Flair      

Cardstock 

     Sapphire and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Lawn Fawn LF913 "Stitches"  

Inks 

     Cocoa, Sapphire 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

It's o-FISH-ally your Birthday - Color Dare 628

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #628 combining it with the Sketch Saturday Challenge #764. Had the perfect circle trio die for this sketch and while going through my stash found this retired Rubbernecker Fish stamp and die set to place in each circle using a bubble patterned paper as my panel behind the trio and bordered top/bottom border with Journey color cardstock and adhered to card base.  

  

The fish were colored with Copic sketch brush pens, closest match to Color Board, and adhered with glue and 3D thin foam tape to add dimension.  The sentiment was stamped, cut and glued to the banner cut and adhered to to the card front and added some white speech bubbles to sentiment. 

On the inside of cardbase along the bottom adhered a; piece of the bubble patterned paper and a fourth fish from stamp set colored using Copic pens.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #628 and select at least three of the colors from the Color Board. Check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

You may also like to hop over to Sketch Saturday Challenges and/or Double Trouble's Sister Challenge, Try a Sketch on Tuesday, to see how easy it might be to combine challenges or even create other projects. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"  

Cut It Up Challenge 317 "Favorite Color(s) At least one die, Rainbow colors

Cutie Pie Challenge Blog #200 "Special Occasion" (Birthday) 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #256 "Critters" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-Ins - Mink Patterned Paper 

Cardstock 

     Journey and White Daisy

Stamps 

     Rubbernecker "Fish Group"  

     CTMH "Punny Animals" for Sentiment

Dies 

     Rubbernecker Fish Group Dies 

     Unknown "Tag" 

     Paper Smooches "Circle Trio" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Journey: B99, BG57

        Blue/Green:  BG34, G12

        Pink:  RV02

        Yellow:  Y09, YG21 

  

Merry Christmas - Double Trouble #180 "Stitch It Up" partnering with AHSC #604

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble Challenge #180 "Stitch It Up" wherein I used both a background diamond die and a scalloped frame to meet the requiremen of stitches. 

Twisted Sister's optional twist was to use the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #604, a fun sketch,  but didn't know where I was going with it. The poinsettia band die gave me both the buckle and the band and a couople gold gems were added kitty-corner to the poinsettia with a larger gem middle of flower.     

The poinsettia band die was cut using patterned paper three times for dimension plus widen the band, adhered to the stitched frame, and bordered with the same patterned paper.  Sentiment was die cut using white to blend in with the background.   

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble. Have fun with our challenge requirement and play along with optional twists to be eligible to enter your project in our partner's challenge while earning additional chances to our random draw. 

Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Alphabet Challenge "Q is for Quick & Easy" 

Simon Says "Emboss It" 

Simply Clean & Simple Nov 2024 Challenge "Christmas" 

The Paper Players "CAS - It's Beginning to look a lot like... Christmas"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Comfort & Joy Bulk Paperpack 

Cardstock 

     White Daisy 

Dies 

     In Stash - Diamond Stitched Background 

     Memory Box #99490 Poinsettia Band   

     Peachy Cheap "Sentiments"

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Gold Glitter Gems  

      

Winter, Spring,Summer, Fall I Like Coffee BEST of all - Color Dare #626

This is my Design Team card for Color Dare Challenge using CTMH cardstock closest to the Color Board #626 and combining it with the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop (a non-seasonal coffee theme).

Deja-Brew! This is my Day 8 at the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop (a non-seasonal coffee theme). It's BEAN one of my favorite Blog Hops and if you've BEAN there before, this Blog Hop is ESPRESSO-ly meant for you.

Cut 1" strips of each of the four colors, stamped randomly four different seasonal to-go-cups using Memento black ink and then adhered to card base.  On white cardstock stamped the sentiment using Nutmeg ink and layered each of the colors to frame the sentiment.  My first experimental background, which I was unhappy with, was used to cut a coffee mug and a couple leaves and then added to the corner of the sentiment.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Inspiration Stations Prompt #67 - Inspired by Cup and colors 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Mocha, Papaya, Pumpkin, a retired CTMH Blue and Dairy White 

Stamps 

     Verve Stamps "Coffee Helps" 

Dies 

     Verve Cups "A Cut Above Dies" 

     Lawn Faun LF994 "Small Stitched Leaves"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink and London 

     Nutmeg Ink 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Autumn Greetings - TSOT 658

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch On Tuesday #658.  Perfect sketch for an Autumn card, and I had the perfect stamp and diet set to use.  Chose to do the background similar to the sketch using sponging technique and a Tangerine color. Die cut the circle and the stitched diagonal panels using Rosemary cardstock and adhered to the sponged background.  

Cut and stamped all the leaf pieces three times for arrangement of my cluster of leaves as I wasn't sure what I was going to use. Colored several of the pieces using Copic Sketch brushes in a variety of fall colors. As I had finalized my cluster I wasn't happy with the white borders and ended up fussy-cutting all the leaves. They were adhered with glue and 3D thin foam tape for dimension... fussy-cut made me happy, and the add of the sentiment finished the card.   

Had lots of leaves left over and a small border of the sponged cardstock and used them on the inside border and corner of card base. 

Please hop on over and join us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

And/Or 

You may also like to hop over to Double Trouble, our Sister Challenge, to see how easy it might be to combine challenges or even create another project. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Four Seasons "Autumn"  

A Cut Above w/optional twist "Warm It Up" 

Inspiration Stations Prompt #67 - Inspired by leaves and colors 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Rosemary and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Cozy Up Stamp and Thin Cuts 

Dies 

     Marianne Design #LR0800 "Stitched Strips" 

     Wreath Circle: Cozy Up Thin Cuts

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     CTMH "Tangerine" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Variety of Yellow, Orange, Red, Green 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

XOXO - Double Trouble Challenge #179 "Lotsa Delicious Layers"

Here is my Design Team Card in celebration of National Nacho Day with Double Trouble "Lotsa Delicious Layers" to create a project with lotsa layers... or at least three... delicious layers and combining it with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #602.  Love lotsa layers on my Nachos and my cards.    

Our partner for this challenge is Inspiration Station Prompt #67... play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist to earn another chance in DTC random drawing.  Their Prompt #67 is in sync with our optional twist. How did it inspire you?  Emotions, Colors, Images, Seasons, Travels, Holidays, Adventures, Memories. Your interpretation of the inspiration photo is your own... let your Creativity Flow." My inspiration was the pumpkin latte.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble "Lotsa Delicious Layers" and have fun with our challenge  requirement and play along with optional twists to be eligible to enter your project in our partner's challenge Inspiration Station while earning additional chances to our random draw. 

Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Deja-Brew!  Don't Miss Out! 

It's time for our yearly participation (November 1-8) at the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop (a non-seasonal coffee theme).  It's BEAN one of our favorite Blog Hops and if you've BEAN there before, this Blog Hop is ESPRESSO-ly meant for you. 

So, if your project has included a coffee theme enter HERE at the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop for projects posted from November 4-8 and you will be included in a second random drawing where the winner will be announced at the end of Coffee Lover's Blog Hop. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above November Let's Warm It Up" Layers and Coffee to Warm It Up

Beautiful Blossoms Anything Florals Goes with Optional Mood Board #22 

The Four Seasons "Fall Seasons" 

Simon Says Wednesday "Anything Goes" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Cardstock from Deck the Palms Paperpack 

     Stickers from the Back Yard Bliss 

Cardstock 

     Pumpkin, Papaya and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     XOXO Acetate Sentiment 

Dies 

     Cup Paper Smooches "Cuppa Sunshine" 

     Cupcake - Mayaroad  Die3378 "Celebrate Cupcakes Bundle" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Gem Dots