Challenge TSOT #686 with DTC #207 3-2-1 Recipe "Cool, Wild and/or Crazy" - Happy Birthday

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT) Sketch #686 and combining it with out Sister Challenge, Double Trouble # 3-2-1 Recipe "Cool, Wild and/or Crazy", (3-Colors, 2-shapes, 1-sentiment). 

I needed a birthday card... decided to use Balloons as my shapes instead of Twisted Sister optional twist of two squares. The balloons, along with the squiggly strips for the balloon strings were cut from CTMH "Fresh Paint" patterned paper. 

I traced a half circle on a piece of white cardstock and adhered each of the squiggly balloon strings around the half circle and then bordered with the same patterned paper. The balloons were placed as in sketch and adhered with 3-D thin foam tape for dimension. Stamped sentiment and bordered with same patterned paper.  

I was not pleased with the white background... it needed some color. Chose several Copic colors matching the patterned paper and dotted each color randomly on the background.  Now, how cool was that... pretty cool.  

There were a few extra balloons that I had die cut so adhered them to the inside of the card on the right-hand corner. 

Please hop on over to Try a Sketch On Tuesday, check out the Design Team's inspiration for this sketch and share your creativity... hope to see you there.

You may want to hop on over to our sister challenge, Double Trouble to see if you have already met their 3-2-1 Recipe ingredients. If you have, you can enter the challenge and be eligible for random drawing chances... or maybe you just have to add an ingredient to meet the requirement. Hope to see you there.

Also sent to the following Challenges:  

Festive Friday Inspo List #200 "National Tulip Day" - Red, Orange, Yellow, Happy Birthday.

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers

     CTMH "Fresh Paint" Paperpack Design Paper (retired)

Cardstock 

     White Daisy 

Stamps 

     CTMH D1629 "Just to Say"

Dies 

     Poppy Stamps #1604 "Pinpoint Balloons" 

     Squiggly Strips in Stash    

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes, alcohol-base 

        Variety of Colors for Confetti Background 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Challenge #207 3-2-1 Recipe "Cool, Wild and/or Crazy" - Crazy 4 U

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #207 3-2-1 Recipe "Cool, Wild and/or Crazy" and combining it with our Sister Challenge for inspiration, Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #686) which starts on Jan 6th. This card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for inspiration and to show how easy it is to participant in both challenges. 

The 3-2-1 recipe was easy; but the TSOT sketch was crazy... and I definitely I went with wild and crazy and after the card was completed, I guess you could call it cool too. Had a lot of fun with this card.  

Wild:  My background was cut using a unknown wild paper from my stash and bordered with black cardstock. I didn't have any squiggly die so I used the thin strips die, cut them diagonally at the tip using the same wild paper, and adhered on a half circle of black cardstock. 

Twisted Sister and Cool:  It was easy to include Twisted Sister's optional twist of two squares. I cut three squares (one sliced off one side) in three different colors of cardstock and bordered in black. It was definitely a good fit for using the TSOT Sketch. The squares were adhered with 3D thin foam tape for a little dimension. 

Crazy:  Again, dusted off my Cricut and created the sentiment Crazy 4 U and then used my printer for the smaller sentiment "you've got me all in a spin" bordered with black cardstock and adhered to the squares.  

On the inside of the card another half circle with the squiggly strips in the bottom right-hand corner.  Just to put a little more spin on it.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "Cool, Wild and/or Crazy" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

   Squiggly-like Crazy Patterned Paper from stash 

Cardstock 

   Black, Blue, Green, Orange and White Daisy   

Dies 

   Elizabeth Craft Designs "Dashing Circles"

   Pink Frest Studio "Slim Strips" 

   Cricut Sentiment "Crazy 4 U" using Text and Personally Designed  

Other 

   3D Thin Foam Tape 

Challenge #206 "Wrap It Up" using 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, Everything" - Merry Christmas

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #205 "Wrap It Up" using our 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" and Twisted Sister's Ribbon (Bow) optional twist... my comfort zone is not using ribbons, but Twisted Sister is allowing you to use a bow die cut, and that's just what I did. My 3-2-1 Recipe is 3 Layers, 2 Colors and 1-Sentiment or Image.   

You can also use our Sister Sketch Challenge for inspiration at Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #685) which starts on Nov 25th. I was inspired by the sketch but did not use it this time, but don't let that stop you from using their pretty sketch.

My son asked me to make a card for each of his Foster teens he was Christmas gifting this year through Kiwanis... and one of the gifts was to include a Gift Card of their preference. Suggested we make a card to serve two purposes, a card for their bag of gifts and a gift card holder. 

Two more cards were created as my daughter and I gifted two other teens in the same Foster home. We spent one night on the internet selecting gifts and finished it off with a shopping spree this past weekend, and of course enjoyed a breakfast and lunch together. 

Dusted off my Cricut and decided to do a snow sleigh with a bundle of gifts, a lot of piecing together. Using the Cricut saves a lot of time than running so many dies though the manual cutting machine.  The asembly for the first card took a little time; but once that was done the others went pretty fast.  Design papers were used for the packages and cardstock for the sleigh, bows and candy canes. The name of the teen was a typewriter font printed on plain paper and bordered with red cardstock. 

The background was a grey design paper from my stash.  

Here is a photo of two of the cards and a photo of the inside using the same sleigh and propped it up using 3D thin foam tape to make it a gift card holder and added one of the extra bows on the upper right-hand corner.   

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun and let's "Wrap It Up" with our 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday #685 to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe. 

Also submitted to the following challenges:  

Creatalicious Challenge - Optional Christmas with Traditional Colors 

Farm Quest Country Christmas "Anything Goes" 

I Spy With My Little Eye No. 32 "Something Festive for Christmas" 

Jingle Belles "Wrapping Up" 

The Four Seasons Winter (December) "Sleigh" 

The Neglect Stuff "December, 2025"  Cricut Images, Old Scraps Pattern Paper

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Scraps of retired CTMH patterned papers

Cardstock 

     Candy Apple, Black, Blue and White Daisy 

Die Cuts 

     Cricut Sleigh with Presents 

     Sentiment in Stash - Merry Christmas 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Challenge #205 3-2-1 Recipe "Tie One On Day" - Welcome Autumn

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #205 3-2-1 Recipe "Tie One On Day" with Twisted Sister's Ribbon (Bow) and combining it with our Sister Challenge for inspiration, Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #684) which starts on Nov 25th. This card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for inspiration and to show how easy it is to participant in both challenges. 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "Tie One On Day" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Cozy Up Paperpack and Sticker Image

Cardstock 

     Papricka and Daisy White 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Challenge #204 3-2-1 Recipe "It's a Tall Order" - Thank You

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #204 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "It's a Tall Order" and combining it with our Sister Challenge for inspiration, Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #683) which starts on Nov 11th. This card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for inspiration and to show how easy it is to participant in both challenges.   

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe " " and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe. 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Crisp Air Paperpack and Sticker Page     

Cardstock 

     White Daisy 

Images 

     Ephemera Stickers from Paper Pack      

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink for Sentiment 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare #676 - Wicked

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #676 using shades of Orange + 2 colors of choice... I chose Purple and yellow for Halloween card.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #676 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

If you like to combine additional Challenges... consider hopping over to either Double Trouble "3-2-1 Recipe" and/or our sister challenge Try a Sketch on Tuesday and see how easy it might be to combine one or both challenges with Color Dare. 

Also entered in the following challenges:  

Crafty Catz Challenge #703 "AG with optional twist Halloween" 

TicTacToe TTT282 (Center Column:  Enamel Dots, Free, Fall Colors)

Just Add Ink #772 "Colour and Inspiration" (Purple Orange White) 

LeighSB Designs "Halloween or AG"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
     CTMH Retired Patterned Paper     
Cardstock 

     Royal, Lemon and White Daisy   

Stamps
     August SOTM "Wicked" from 2011 

     Studio-g Halloween Stamp 
Inks/Pens
     Pansey, Tangerine, Lemon Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pen Y08 Acid Yellow
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Purple Sparkle Dots 

TSOT Sketch 682 with Double Trouble #203 3-2-1 Recipe "Round and Round"

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch on Tuesday #682 and getting my inspiration from our Sister Challenge, Double Trouble # 3-2-1 Recipe "Round and Round". 

The similarity of the sketch took me to Mary Deatherage tutorial for a Side Fold Card and all I needed were the card base measurement and score lines to create the side fold. Off to my stash to find elements that meet the ingredients in Double Trouble's 3-2-1 recipe "Round and Round" (3-circles, 2-images, 1 Ribbon).  

Started with my background using a plaid paper from a CTMH paperpack that had not yet been used and then chose a complementary pattern for the smaller paneland the two outer circles. The leaf patterned paper was die cut with other circle to be used for my 2 images. Using same paper a die cut leaf which was adhered with 3D thin foam tape for dimension.  A brown ribbon adhered to the larger panel completed the ingredients, and a sentiment was added using alphabet dies to complete the sketch. 

Please hop on over to Try a Sketch On Tuesday, check out the Design Team's inspiration for this sketch and share your creativity... hope to see you there.  

You may want to hop on over to our sister challenge, Double Trouble to see if you have already met their 3-2-1 Recipe ingredients. If you have, you can enter the challenge and be eligible for random drawing chances... or maybe you just have to add an ingredient to meet the requirement. Hope to see you there.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Pearly Sparkles Challenge #112 "Pumpkins and/or Autumn Leaves

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers

     CTMH As You Grow 

     Fall Leaf Pattern in Stash - Unknown      

Cardstock 

     Chocolate and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Sizzix "Circle Dies" 

     Elizabeth Carft Designs "Dashing Circles" 

     Peachy Cheap  "Fall Images" 

     Art-C "Alphabet Dies"

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     CTMH Ribbon Rounds "Chocolate" 

Challenge #203 3-2-1 Recipe "Round and Round" with TSOT Sketch 682

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #203 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "Round and Round" and combining it with our Sister Challenge for inspiration, Try a Sketch on Tuesday #682 which starts on October 28th. This card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for inspiration and to show how easy it is to participant in both challenges. Twisted Sister wanted us to include at least one bird and I chose to use a flamingo from patterned papers.  

The sketch is similar to a Side Fold Card and have previously made this fold using Mary Deatherage tutorial. After making the fold you just have to decide what you want to use from your stash to use the "Round and Round" 3-2-1 recipe (3-circles, 2-images, 1 Ribbon).  

I started with my background using patterned paper with flamingos for Twisted Sister's optional twist to use at least one bird. Vellum with circles was adhered to top of the two patterned papers to soften the background.  

Two sets of the triple circle die were cut... one for a pink frame and the other cut matching and lining up with one of the flamingos from the patterned paper. The negative cut was then attached to the pink frame and adhered to the background with 3D thin foam tape for dimension and no vellum which gave the tri-circle a spotlight affect. 

I don't use ribbon very often and have a small supply in my stash... I got lucky and found this pink ribbon with transparent ruffles and attached to the larger panel.  The sentiment was made with die cut letters and thought Aloha would be appropriate for this card. 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "Round and Round" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Deck the Palms 

     Background: Vellum with Circles over the Deck the Palms patterned paper     

Cardstock  

     White Daisy and Pink

Dies 

     Paper Smooches "Ring Trio" 

     Art-C "Alphabet"

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Pink Ribbon in Stash 

Color Dare #674 (due 10/17)

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #674 and using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #651.  

The colors on the graphic remind me of Easter... the other day when cleaning out my digital folders came across this adorable bunny digital and knew it was perfect for these colors and also for the sketch focal point.  

Stamped two of these images... fussy-cut one full image and the other only the cupcake frosting, the head and bow for layering and dimension. Using copic sketch brush pens the pieces were colored and layered with 3D thin foam tape and glued on edges for rounding.  

Went through a lot of my patterned papers and nothing matched up with these colors, close but always seemed to have some yellow... and with Color Dare graphic it doesn't allow any additional colors... that's a no, no.  

So off to my stencil stash... came across a  metal stencil which was purchased for 50 cents at a garage sale and had only been used a couple times.  Again perfect for a playful background for my bunny. Cut a panel of pink cardstock, brushed alternating the three colors, bordered with the purple cardstock and adhered to card base.  

Cut the smaller panel also using pink cardstock, adhered my bunny image, bordered with purple cardstock and adhered direct to my playful background.  I used a more generic pun sentiment so that it can be used for any occasion. Again using the pink cardstock, bordered with purple, stamped sentiment using Memento London Fog in keeping with the pastel look.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #674 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

If you like to combine additional Challenges... consider hopping over to either Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge or Try a Sketch on Tuesday or sister challenge at Double Trouble "3-2-1 Recipe" and see how easy it might be to combine other challenges with Color Dare.

Also entered at the Following Challenges:

Critter Crazy Challenge #103 (A/G with Featured Critter) 

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #235 (Must use a Digital or Stamped Item) 
The Neglected Stuff "10/25 " - Used (2009 Metal Stencil and Digital Stamp)

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Cardstock
      Pink, Purple and White Daisy
Stamps
      Di's Digi Stamps - Bunny Cupcake Wagon (2018) 

      Paper Smooches "Critter Card Puns" 
Inks/Pens
     Memento "London Fog" Ink
     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) - Variety of Colors for Image

     Inks for Playful Background: Plum Mist, Blossom, Crystal Blue  
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Stensil 2009 Spellbinders Impressabilities "Circles" 

Challenge #202 3-2-1 Recipe "Shades of Fall" - Gobble Til You Wobble

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #202 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "Shades of Fall" and combining it with our Sister Challenge for inspiration, Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #681) which starts on Oct 14th. This card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for inspiration and to show how easy it is to participant in both challenges. 

The sketch inspired me to copycat the leaves and blended background with at least three shades of Fall colors and for texture added the 1-ingredient a dry-embossed element "crackle" folder to my blended background. 

Also decided to use a turkey image as my focal point in place of the large hexagon. Stamped turkey direct on blended background, masked and stamped a pumpkin on each side of the turkey to satisfy 2-images and Twisted Sister's optional twist.  

Stamped three more images of the turkey and adhered full turkey over the stamped image and colored. Colored and fussy-cut the body of the second image, slit open the wings and adhered body with glue and 3D thin foam tape on tip of wings. Colored and fussy-cut the head of the third image and adhered to body with glue and used 3D foam tape for head. Pumpkins to each side of turkey were colored.  

Three more pumpkins stamped/masked direct on blended background and then stamped, colored, fussy-cut two more images... one adhered direct to background and one adhered with 3D thin foam tape.  To keep with the sketch's larger hexagon I hand-drew a look-a-like pumpkin, colored, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape. 

When I decided on a fun pun sentiment "Gobble til you wobble" my card needed a pie... wanted a pumpkin pie but turkey said apple was fine.  Stamped pie, colored, fussy-cut and placed under the wings of the turkey with some 3D foam in the middle and glued on sides for rounding the pie.  For the open space to left of turkey I added the fun pun and randomly stamped a few itty-bitty flower stamps around the pumpkin patch.    

It sounded like a lot of work; but I really enjoy working with dimension, layering and rounding the images.  Hope you'all enjoy my festive Fall card.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "Shades of Fall" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Can you Handle the Pressure "AG with Twist Fall" (Must Use Embossing Folder)

Crafty Katz #702 "Anything Goes with Wet or Dry Embossing"

Critter Crazy #103 "Anything Goes with Featured Critter  

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge 

Ellibelle's Garden No. 8 "Anything in or from a Garden" 

Four Seasons "October Fall Season" 

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #235 (Must use a Digital or Stamped Item) 

SAS4Kids Oct "Favorite Holiday Color Combo" - Thanksgiving color combo

The Neglected Stuff Oct Challenge  Stuff: (2 Retired Stamp Sets) 

Double Dare also has an alternate choice to play along at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge #112 "Pumpkins and/or Autumn Leaves. 

Inspiration Station Inspiration Photo #78 

    Inspiration Pumpkins 

Cupcake Inspirations #628 "Fall Harvest"  

    Inspiration: Pumpkins 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Background, Blended Fall Colors and Stamped Leaves

   and Dry Embossed for texture

Cardstock 

     Vanilla, Scarlet and White Daisy    

Stamps 

     B1687 Gobble Til You Wobble 

     B1492 Fallen Leaves     

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) - Fall Colors 

Other 

     Embossing Folder - Darice "Crackle" 

     3D Thin Foam Tape