Merry Christmas - Color Dare #622 Triple Play

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #622 "Triple Play" wherein you must use all three colors, or closest match, and have combined it with Saturday Sketches #761.  

Other than the piecing this was a fairly easy card to create. A Periwinkle patterned paper was selected for the background and bordered using Journey cardstock. Went through my die stash to find something that would represent the three circles in the sketch... used a floral die with two poinsettias cutting several in different cardstock colors and one from a patterned paper. Played around with the positioning and cuts until satisfied with arrangement and colors. 

Before the first die cut was adhered to the background paper I cut a narrow piece of Journey cardstock and adhered to the back of the bar in the floral. This pice was then adhered to the background for piecing in the poinsettia leaves. The white layer of the die cut was then added over the first layer.  The third poinsettia was added from the same die cuts, positioned and adhered to the left.   

Sentiment was stamped on white cardstock, bordered with Journey cardstock and adhered at bottom direct to background with a little floral and leave cut off from the same die.  

I had lots of left-over die cuts and placed the one cut from the patterned paper on the inside corner of the card base.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #622 and 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 Try a Sketch On Tuesday (TSOT), Double Trouble Sister Challenge, to see how easy it might be to combine the color challenge and our Sketch, or create another card. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "Double Triple the Die Cut Fun - AG"  

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge "Anything Florals with 

   Optional Mood Board #21"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Sweet Memories 

Cardstock 

     Journey, Mulberry and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     In Stash Unknown "Sentiment Stamp Set"  

Inks/Pens 

     Sapphire Ink 

BOO! - DTC #177 "Fall Bat Color Challenge" partnering with A Cut Above

Here is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #177 "Fall Bat Color Challenge" Thing 1's requirement is to choose three or more Fall Bat colors with neutrals free to use. 

I knew exactly the image I was going to pull out of my stash as it fit the color requirement perfectly. It was an image I colored at Jenn Dove's Bootcamp in December of 2021.  Can't believe it took me this long before making a card using my  Kitty 'n Pumpkin colored image. Along with the coloring of the image we learned how to create the background scene (grass and trees) around this cute kitty using our alcohol markers. 

Thing 3 Twisted Sister's optional twist was to use at least one die so we could enter our entry into our partner's challenge at A Cut Above "Anything Goes". I didn’t want to cover up my masterpiece so cut the scene using a torn edge rectangle die, backed with a wide black cardstock border and adhered to card base. A sentiment "Boo" was added using another die.  

This was a fast card to get together; but my initial coloring and creating the scene was at least a half a day at Bootcamp and finishing up after class.  I am so pleased with my coloring, and would love to do another scenic background, even though it took me three years to display it... lol.  

 

The Fall Bat colors chosen were also a great match to Color Dare's Challenge #621 "TicTacToe", Column 2:  Sundance (Yellow), Pumpkin (Orange), Evergreen (Green) plus Honey Butter (Yellow) and Capri (Blue). 

On the inside of card base, bottom right-hand corner I added another tree die and cut using black cardstock as a means to pull in the forest inside. 

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. 

Thing 1:  Use at least 3 Bat Colors 

Thing 3:  Opt: Include at least One Die 

Thing 2:  Opt: Enter at A Cut Above if 

               Thing 1 and Thing 3 Met

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: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

Four Seasons: October 2024 "Anything Goes Fall Challenge"  Inspiration Photo: Pumpkins

Oct Halloween and Other Occasions #19 

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge Oct 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Black and White Daisy

Stamps 

     Jenn Dove's Bootcamp - Copic - December 2021 

        Whimsy Stamped Image "Kitty N' Pumpkin"

Dies 

     Reasonalble Dies "Torn Edge Rectangles" 

     Paper Smooches "Boo" 

     Inside Corner "Tree Die" from Stash 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Background:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29 

        Pumpkin:  Y38, YR04, YR07, YR09, E08 

        Cat:  BG0000, BG10, BG00 

        Grass:  YG03, YG17, YG67 

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Hot Cocoa HERE - TSOT 656

Here is my Design Team card for Try a Sketch On Tuesday #656  and using the sketch for a Christmas Card at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #34 "Fantasy" with a coffee theme.  The sketch shouted out to me that it needed a lot of complementary patterned papers and a Winter Scene.  

Left-side of card:  The gnomes were fussy-cut from one of the patterned papers and then adhered with 3D thin foam tape to a scene... sky from another patterned paper and white cardstock used for snowbanks and then bordered with Sapphire cardstock. 

A sticker was used for the sentiment offering "hot cocoa here" on a Winter Day, with pot of chocolate in the gnomes hand for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge requirement. 

Right-side of card:  The plaid coordinating patterned paper was bordered with Sapphire cardstock and then positioning a snowflake zip strick alternating the patterns as in the sketch. The final two circles were added using a snowflake die cut using white cardstock.      

On the inside of the card base I added a border of one of the papers used on the front of the card.  

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: 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Gnomes for Winter Patterned Papers/Sticker Sheet and Zip Strip

Cardstock 

     Sapphire and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Say It with Stamps and dies by Becky Moore 

        Hills/Snowbanks Double Stitched Etched Metal Dies 

     Paper Smooches #N0D099 "Snowflakes"

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

DTC #176 - S.A.E. - I'm Bacon You a Cake

Here is my Design Team card for Double Trouble #176 "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" (aka Anything Goes)... I love this challenge because it gives many challenges to hook up with some of our previous partners and do my own thing. And Twisted Sister loves to celebrate National Mud Pack Day and what a variable and fun twist to include in your anything goes project... piggies with or without mud OR Browns and Pink Colors OR use pigs and colors for additional chance at random draw. 

I was torn between which Piggie stamp set would I use. However, when I went through my woodgrain papers the one chosen was the center of a 12 x 12 which gave the appearance of a circle which was one of the elements in the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #597 and that settled which piggie to use.  

Experimented with a funfold card... but didn't like the unfinished look of the inside so converted to a standard A2 using the same panels for my background with some revamping.

Stamped piggie using black Memento Ink, fussy-cut, colored using Copic Markers with closest matches to Flamingo for the pink piggie, Bluebird, Jade and Honey Butter for the floral headpiece using the Color Dare Challenge #619. Sentiment stamped on white cardstock with border of black, Piggie and sentiment were adhered to background with 3D thin foam tape under snout and pig's feet for dimension. 

On the inside card base, bottom right-hand corner, I'm Bacon You a Cake theme was stamped using cake, balloons  and a couple sentiments.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our Something, AnyThing, EveryThing challenge. Play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist and pair up with some of our previous partners 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. 

And why not Try a Sketch on Tuesday, our sister challenge, as one of our previous partners for your project. Go to our Tab for other Previous Partners you may want to hook up with.   

PIG TRIVIA: 

Click here:  Do Pigs Eat Grain 

You will be surprised on what pigs eat. 

I thought they ate everything; but pigs'

diets are quite limited.  

Also Submitted to the Following Challenges: 

Farm Quest Challenge #61 - Theme Farm Animals Who Eat Grain 

The Crafter's Cafe "AG - Optional to Include an Animal 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Scrap of CTMH "Woodgrain"   

Cardstock 

     Black and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Piggie & Inside Sentiment:  C1970 "Kind of a Pig Day" 

     Inside Corner Cake & Balloons Theme: Miss Ink "Punny Farm Pigs"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     CTMH Blossom Ink (Close match to Flamingo) 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Variety of colors to match up with all Color Board #619

        Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Stash - Grey Dots 

Color Dare 620 Must Use Mulberry & Sage +1 Color of Choice

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #620 combined with Sketch Saturday #760.  In my stash was a paperpack which had the two Must colors (Mulberry and Sage) and Periwinkle which I used as a very close match to Wisteria. I was very selective with the background paper in positioning one of the larger flowers to the top of the sketch.  

The background selection was an easy choice; but finding a die for the chevron panel cut puzzled me a bit... I needed a pattern.  So, printed the sketch in A2 size and cut out the larger panel for a close match to the chevron pattern in the sketch. Selected another patterned paper for the larger chevron and then pieced the smaller chevron with a zip strip... I thought perfection to the sketch.  

Instead of a circle the dancing butterfly die was cut using Mulberry for the shadow and another pattered paper to adhere loosely over the shadow.  

No sentiment was added but my thought was Sweet Memories on the patterened paper could be fitting for a sympathy and/or any occasion card using the inside for a personalized note relative to occasion.  On the inside right-hand border of card base adhered the same chevron patterns from front of card.    

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #620 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 their current sketch challenge or even create another project. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "Anything Goes with a Die"  Optional: Monochromatic 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge "Anything Floral, Opt Mood Board 21"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Sweet Memories and Zip Strips

Cardstock 

     Sage, Mulberry and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1323 "Dancing Butterfly"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

DTC #175 "National Punch Day" with TSOT 655 (09/16)

This is my Design Team project Double Trouble Challenge #175 "Any Way You Punch It" celebrating National Punch Day and partnering with Try a Stamp On Tuesday Sketch Challenge #655 using the Color Dare's Board #617.  

Thing 1 Trouble Maker wants you to pore your favorite punch in a spill-proof container and then go through your stash and select at least one punch and/or die for your project.  Die-namically this sketch has a lot going on... you can become die-lirious in the variety of die-liciousness found in your stash. 

Thing 3 Twisted Sister recognizes that our partner's sketch is perfect for die cuts and if you use their sketch you are eligible to join our Sister Challenge at TSOT.  

To complete the inside of my card leftover floral die cuts were adhered on the right-hand bottom 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 at Color Dare while earning additional chances to our random drawing.

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

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

As You Like It "To Layer, Or Not (And Why?)" - Like Layering for dimension

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Florals Goes with Optional Mood Board #21" 

Craft Rocket Challenge #118 "Dots and/or Stripes" 

Cut It Up #312 "What's in Your Garden" 

TicTacToe #256 

Upper Right Diagonal Border, Free, Layers  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-In "Linen" Stripes patterned paper

Cardstock 

     Royal, Lagoon, Limeade and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Stash - Combined two Floral sets 

     Stash - Variety of Circles 

     Waffle Flower #310052 "Rectangle Lacy Layers"  

     Tutti Designs "Hugs Word Set" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare 618 Shades of Journey, Flamingo, Sage (09-13)

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare "Shades of Journey, Flamingo and Sage" #618. Although I don't have any of these ink colors I was able to used some of the retired inks that were a very close match.  

Using white cardstock the match of the Flamingo and Sage ink colors were blended and then Journey color match was used for the Mini Cell Theory stencil which brought in the many shades of each of the colors. The blended background was cut to A2 size and butterfly stamped in Journey. Another butterfly and sentiment were stamped on the left-over blended background. 

Butterfly was fussy-cut and layered with thin foam tape to the A2 size panel for dimension. A Journey tag was cut for the sentiment and directly adhered to panel. Added Wink of Stella cleare glitter to the butterfly.  

While the card does not have a lot of white space there are limited layers and no embellishments and maybe my interpretation of Clean and Simple.   

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #618 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"  

Festive Friday Inspo List #168 (Vintage Colors, Card, Stamps, Scissors, 

     Maybe Clean and Simple)

Creative Artist Mixed Media #108  

As You Like It "To Layer, or Note (and Why):  I love layering for dimension

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

      Personalized Backround - Blended Colors and Stenciled

Cardstock 

     Journey and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     AALL & Create "Morphed Palette" 

     Sentiment CTMH D1925 "A Million Little Things"

Inks

     Vintage Colors Used (Muted Pastels)

        Peacock used for Journey 

        Blossom used for Flamingo 

        Pear was used for Sage 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape

     Zig "Wink of Stella" Clear 

Hello Autumn - Try a Sketch On Tuesday #654

Here is my Design Team card for Try a Sketch On Tuesday #654. 

The embellishment shouted out to me a fall card... now that doesn't mean you have to do a fall card. The oval was perfect for tall birch trees and colorful leaves falling. The first stencil (tree trunks) was placed on white cardstock and brush blended using fall colors for the background and rather than splattering color I used an element stamp, to simulate leaves falling. Removed the tree trunk stencil and positioned the second stencil (bark) and blended with brown ink. When stenciling was completed die cut my scene using a crooked edged frame and bordered it with brown cardstock by fussy-cutting around the frame.

I changed the sketch to protrait because the Oval was too big for the landscape sketch. Found a orange patterned paper with leaves similar to a birch leave and bordered it with Mocha cardstock. 

Cut many pieces of foliage in different fall colors and a flower for the embellishment next to the oval.  Found the perfect colored patterned paper on my desk just by chance, for the small panel behind the oval and a Sentiment sticker in the paperpack and bordered each with Mocha cardstock. Almost forgot the embellishments in the corners so went back to my stash and found some orange Dots. 

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: 

A Cut Above with optional "September Monochromatic" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Four Seasons "Autumn" and Sentiment Stickers

Cardstock 

     Mocha, Scarlet, Nectarine, Avocado and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Stash - Assortment of Foliage Dies and Flower

     Reasonalbe Dies "Torn Edge Ovals"

Inks for Blending Background of Birch Trees 

     Willow, Evergreen, Nectarine, Raspberry, Scarlet, Lemon

     Linen, Heather, Charcoal        

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     My Mind's Eye "Frightful Enamal Dots" 

Color Dare 616 Browns and White + 1 Color of Choice

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #616 "Must Use Brown & White + One Color" of Your Choice" and chose the Atlantic Heart Sketch #592.  Started with my background paper which were Toffee stripes on white and then bordered with Toffee cardstock to satisfy the Color Board "Must Use Brown & White". 

While going through my stash found a lattice type border die and cut two pieces from brown and white cardstock and layered them for dimension. The sentiment was cut using blue cardstock (which was my choice of one color) adhered to a brown panel and then adhered to the top of the lattice. The sentiment was too large for an A2 card so cut a special card base to accommodate the diagonal sentiment in protrait style of 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" card base. The lattice and sentiment were placed at a diagonal, lattice adhered directly to the background and the top of the Sentment panel with 3D thin foam tape.  

the Flowers were cut using brown for the shadow... using the same blue, dark and light side, cut two of the flowers and another cut in white.  Shadows were adhered direct to background with the blue and white flowers adhered with foam dots and some overlapping on the sentiment strip. 

The foliage were stickers from the Toffee "Love Story" Paperpack which I additionally fussy-cut and added to the back of the florals with some 3D thin foam for dimension.  Two smaller flowers were added to the sentiment and light gold dots across the top of the sentiment.  

On the inside of the card base made a corner border using pieces of the lattice in both colors and addded another blue flower in the corner. 

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #616 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there. 

If you are looking for a sketch to use with this Color Board You may also like to hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday, my Sister challenge, to see their Design Team members inspiration and see how easy it might be to combine both of these challenges.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #20 "Anything Goes" 

Cut It Up #311 "Anything Goes" 

I Spy With My Little Eye #18 "Something from the Garden"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

    Toffee Love Story Patterned Paper and Foliage Stickers

Cardstock 

    Toffee, Blue and White Daisy 

Dies 

     In Stash (Border Lattice) 

     In Stash (Sentiment) 

     Stampin' Up "Pierced Bloom Dies" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Novu Sparkle Drops "Light Gold" 

DTC #174 - Fruity GORP "Have the Sweetest Birthday"

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble's Challenge #174 "Scrapper's Fruity GORP Recipe". Our GORP is to use your favorite fruit(s) within a fruity color mix... which is already providing you with two of the elements from Festive Friday #167 Inspo List. Twisted Sister optional twist is to include at least one more element from the Inspo List to enhance your project and enter your card in Festive Friday #167 "Harvest" and be eligible for additional chances to Double Trouble's Random Drawing.  

My third element was to include Gingham as my background using nectarine as one of the fruity colors. My gingham background was cut using my CTMH Multi Circle Windows die. Clear vinyl was placed between the gingham pattern paper and several white cardstock layers to accommodate shakers in some of the windows.  

Supposedly choices were randomly placed... four of the Fruit stamps with a pun related to each, another four windows the gingham was replaced and the balance three circles were shakers.  Don't know how random this looks, but it took me a long time to get that random look.  

Each of the fruits were colored with alcohol-base Copic Sketch brushes with a variety of fruity colors and the fun pun was attached to a nectarine circle off the edge for a little shadow.  Even got another element using my shakers as our Scrapper's Fruit GORP Recipe.  On the bottom right-hand corner a birthday sentiment was stamped with Memento black ink. 

Shaker card was attached to the white cardbase.  On the inside some of the left-over circles were adhered to the right-hand border and stamped with some hearts.

 

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

Use Twisted Sister's optional twist to include one more element from Festive Friday's Inspo List, check out the Design Teams inspiration, and share with them your GORP Recipe.   

Just a Note:  You may also like to hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday, our Sister challenge, and check out their Sketch. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Cut It Up #311 "Anything Goes" 

I Spy With My Little Eye #18 "Something from the Garden"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-In Patterned Papers - Nectarine Gingham

Cardstock 

     Nectarine and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Fruits & Puns - D1969 "You're My Jam" 

     Sentiment - Z4441 "Sweet Pickings"

Dies 

     CTMH "Multi Circle Windows" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

Other 

     Kat Scrappiness "Mixed Fruit" 

     Clear Vinyl