Color Dare 610 Six Pack "Hugs"

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #610 "Six Pack" using at least three of the colors (Flamingo, Peach, Lagoon + Sage) and combined these colors using the Try a Sketch on Tuesday #651, our Double Trouble sister challenge, rotating sketch left for portrait and using a Butterfly as my circle.  A sentiment was required for the sketch so I used letter stamps on the patterned paper for a vertical sentiment and layered with Mink cardstock.  

This card started out with a stamped image on white cardstock and colored using Copic Sketch pens, along with a second stamped on white cardstock to use for dimensional piece for the left-side of the butterfly. 

I wasn't happy with the match of colors so stamped another image on a patterned paper and layered with Mink cardstock. Fussy cut the layered butterfly left wing and the other florals. Stamped a partial image of the butterfly (floral side) on a Peach patterned paper to replace the colored florals I was not happy with. Some of the florals were adhered direct to the stamped image on the patterned papers and some were adhered with 3D thin foam tape. 

On the inside left-over fussy-cuts of the floral were colored and adhered direct to bottom corner of the cardbase in colors 

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #610 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, our Sister challenge,  and see how easy it might be to combine challenges. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Goes" #19

Cardz Z Galz #229 "Shades of Blue" 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature" 

Monday Challenge Simon Says "Lots of Layers" 

Try It on Tuesday "Things with Wings" 

Triple B July 2024 "Birds, Butterflies, Blooms"

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie "Inspiration"  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Background:  CTMH Mix In "Mink" 

     Flowers:  CTMH Mixo-In "Peach"

Cardstock 

     Mink and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Creative Expressions "Butterfly Blooms"  

     MyArtC Stamp "Letters"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Colors similar to Peach, Flamingo, Lagoon and Sage

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Black and White Dots 

Happy Christmas from Frosty - Double Trouble #171 "What's Your Drive-Thru Window?" with Jingle Bells

This is my Design Team card at Double Trouble Challenge #171 "What's Your Drive-Thru Window". Thing 1 Double Trouble's requirement is to create a project with a window or aperture of any style, shape or size.  I chose a snowflake aperture die using the Aperture Cards tutorial.  This die also satisfied Twisted Sister's optional twist which includes snow, snowflakes, Frosty and/or other snowpeople and allows me to enter in our partner's challenge Jingle Bells "Dashing through the Snow".   

Going through my stash I found this adorable Frosty stamp and this was my inspiration; however Frosty took up a large space to use a window die cut and that was my decision to use an aperature die instead of a window.  

My aperture snowflake die was cut on the upper L-H corner and bottom R-H corner, using a lagoon patterned paper behind it and adhered with thin 3D foam tape to show the snowflake cuts.  Frosty was stamped with Memento London Fog on white cardstock, colored with Copic Sketch pens and then adhered with foam tape and glue for dimension.  Sentiment stamped direct on card using London Fog.  Three of the negative snowflakes were colored and glued directly to the upper R-H corner to balance Frosty on card.  

Used the balance of the negative snowflakes, colored and glued on the R-H border inside the cardbase.  

Check out our Design Team members Double Trouble for "What's their Drive-Thru Window?" and Jingle Belles "Dashing Thru the Snow" and join us. 

Here are easy tutorials, so much flexibility in using dies, to satisfy both challenges. 

Four Simple Window Cards

Three Peek-a-boo Card Ideas

Let's Make Some Cute Peekaboo Cards
Aperture Cards
EASY Pop-Up Window Card 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Addicted to Stamps and More #472 "Christmas"  

Crafty Gals Corner #257 "A/G with Twist Christmas" 

Cut It Up Challenge #308 "Christmas in July" 

Leigh SB Designs Inspiration #31 "AG w/optional Christmas in July" 

Alphabet Challenge "H is for Holidays - Summer or Christmas in July

BYSHC "Christmas in July 2024 Linky Party" 

Instagram: BYSH  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Woodware Craft Collection FRS163 Frosty

Dies 

     Memory Box 30061 "Distressed Snowdrift Collage" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "London Fog" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Brown:  E77

        Red:  R27

        Blue:  BG000, GB13 

        Green:  G17

        Orange:  YR68

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare #608 Fancy Five - Hello

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #608 "Fancy Five".  You only need to select three colors from the Color Board; but you can choose more as long as they are on the board.  I chose Mulberry, Mist, Seabrook and Honey Butter and Cocoa for my neutral.  

 

I had just bought this adorable gnome die set and the Honey Butter casrdstock was perfect for the big sunflower, the Mulberry cardstock (light and dark sides) were used for the face and hands, shoes in black and her outfit cut from a patterned paper in Seabrook. Mist cardstock used for the floral stem. All pieces were cut and assembled using both glue and 3D thin foam tape for some dimension.  

In Storybook paperpacks there was a pretty Mist patterned paper for my background, bordered with Mist cardstock and adhered to the cardbase. The gnone was added to the background paper using glue, decided to cut a bow out of Mist.  Since the gnome took a good portion of the A2 card a small "hello" die was cut two times using Honey Butter, stacked and adhered on background in upper left-hand corner, the only likely space available.  

For the inside of the card added another sunflower on the bottom corner.  

Please stop over at Color Dare to see more of our Design Team members inspiration and join us for this color challenge.  

Also Entered at the Following Challenges: 

The Crafter's Cafe #309 "Include a Gnome" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Storybook Patterned Paper in Seabrook

     Mix-in Patterned Paper in Honey Butter 

Cardstock 

     Mist, Honey Butter, Mulberry, Chocolate, Black and White Daisy 

Dies 

     CTMH "Gnomes for Autumn"

     Paper Smooches "Bow" and "hello" sentiment  

Inks/Pens 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pen (alcohol base) W01 for distressing

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

TSOT Challenge 650 - Love You Much

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch On Tuesday #650. While going through my inventory of my stash this cherry blossom stamp caught my attention because it reminded me of the shape of the postion of the circles in this sketch. Then the circles reminded me of a spotlight technique and thought using vellum behind the image would have that affect. 

The only other thing I had to figure out was the background and the panel with the sentiment.  When I have a card planned out and not all the pieces together I'll usually go in another direction;  but, not with this one, I just needed to press on and the balance of the sketch will come in place... and guess what it did.  

Much to my surprise the circles were exactly in the sizes needed so these were cut using a pink vellum. Cherry Blossom branch was stamped in Memento London Fog, colored with a Copic sketch pens, fussy cut and then adhered to the circles only to solidify the position of the circles until I knew what I was doing with my background and sentiment panel. 

Off to my stash again, selected a Mix-in patterned paper in Mink for the background and then bordered with Ballerina pink cardstock. Okay, now the panel and sentiment... instead of using another patterned paper I dug into my stash and chose a soft pink shimmer trim, cut narrower and adhered top and bottom of what would have been the panel. Adhered the circle/blossom piece on the patterned paper. 

Wanted more dimension so stamped another branch, colored and fussy-cut the flowers in the two middle circles and adhered with 3D thin foam tape. 

Oh, oh, not much room for a sentiment but I found one that filled the area nicely. But before stamping directly on card I used vellum on top of the card to see how it fit best.  

Thought I was done until I noticed I somehow smudged the upper right-hand corner telling me that space needed something to balance the card.  Using a hole punch cut three circles from the pink shimmer trim, placed them over the smudges and added liquid glass.  

On the inside right-hand corner of card base cut two more Vellum Circles and stamped one of the florals from the same stamp set, colored, fussy-cut and adhered on top of the circles.  

Please hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday to see their Design Team members inspiration and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms #18 "Anything Floral Goes" 

Ellibelle's Corner "I Spy With My Little Eye" Flowers 

Incy Wincy Designs "Rounds/Circles 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Vellum Circles 

     Mix-In X9056 "Mink" Pattern 

Cardstock 

     Ballerina and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     C1889 Cherry Blossoms A

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs "Dashing Circles" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "London Fog" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Pink:  R00, R20, R30 

        Brown:  B35, B57

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Soft Pink Shimmer Trim 

     Liquid Glass 

Double Trouble #170 partnering with Park Hopping, My Happy Place

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble #170 "YOU-nique Technique" and partnering with Park Hopping, My Happy Place "July".  Thing 1 Trouble Maker wants you do use embossing "Dry or Heat" and/or stenciling on your project.  

Thing 3 Twisted Sister wants you to consider using some water and/or theme park experience.  My initail thought was using a tube stamp I used several years ago for one of the water experiences; but I couldn't find my tube.  So my water experience went in the direction of Seaworld for the Orca (killer whale) experience.  If you want a splash of water to cool you off for the rest of the day sit in the first couple rows at the Orca experience.  

Using Lagoon ink I blended the background with a wave stencil, then used a cracked glass embossing folder to give it dimension and bordered with Lagoon cardstock.  Stamped, colored and used dies to cut the whales and fishies. Stamped sentiment on white cardstock, bordered with Lagoon cardstock and added the little fishies with 3D thin foam tape.  The inside of the card, stamped the right-hand bottom of the card base with waves and fishies.  

 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble's "YOU-nique Technique" and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

And add some fun and join Park Hopping, My Happy Place and include some water experience and earn additional chances to our random draw. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Lagoon and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     LDRS Creative No. 3126  "Whale Wishes"

Dies 

     LDRS Creative No. 8067 "Whale Wishes Coordinating Dies" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Gray:  C00, C1, C3, C5 

        Aque:  B32. BG000

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Love - Celebrate Your Day - Color Dare #605

This was a Father's Day card from Cleo to her daddy.  She was sitting in her tower watching me make her card, of course with her input.  She adores her daddy because all she has to do is meow at him and run toward her teddy bear snack bar and he immediately gets up from his chair and gets her some snacks.  I didn't know he could move so fast... at least not when I ask him for help. 

Hadn't posted this yet and when I was checking out the next Color Dare Board #605 was perfect for this card.  Black and White + 1 more color using Candy Apple.   

On the inside of the card, most of the stamps from "You're Pawsome" was used, along with a couple other sentiment stamps.  

Here is my gift to Daddy.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #605 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, 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"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-In Paper in Candy Apple 

Cardstock 

     Candy Apple and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     B1752 "You're Pawsome" 

         Changed the Eat to Treat in Inside Sentiment 

     D1629 "Just to Say" Happy Father's Day Sentiment

     Paper Sweeties "Word Sentiment Thank you, So Much"         

Dies 

     In Stash - Word Bubble 

     Scrapbook "Word Die - Love" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink      

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare #606 - Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

This is my 2nd attempt for my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #606 "Four Square".  These colors inspired me to create a project with a butterfly or peacock using Journey, Royal and Capri. For this card a pretty Glacier floral design was selected for the background and because I didn't want to cut off any of the floral and leaves decided to make a slimline card and bordered it with Royal cardstock.  

Starting with the Capri butterfly negative pieces from both the Journey and Royal butteflies were taped in place. The Journey butterfly was then added to the back of the Capri to additionally hold pieces intact.  

The Royal butterfly was adhered direct to the patterned paper as a shadow and then the assorted color butterfly was adhered direct to body, used 3D thin foam tape for dimension and a Glacier dot for the head of the butterfly.  

The sentiment was cut in two pieces so that I could offset the sentiment to balance the card... that worked for me.  

Added a border with patterned paper and a strip of Royal to the inside border of the card base.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #606 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

My first attempt was to use the peacock but wasn't real happy with it, thus put it aside and did the butterfly instead. After completing the butterfly card went back to the peacock, added a few more feathers, adhered to a part of the same design sheet which picked up a light Lagoon.  Bordered the design paper with Royal and adhered to the card base.  Used the same sentiment and placement. I was so happy to finish this card because the image would have gone in my stash and been forgotten about. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

   Card 1:  Butterfy

   Card 2:  Peacock

Triple B Challenge "June Inspiration" 

   Must use one of the B's  (Birds, Butterflies, Blooms) 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Dream Maker 

Cardstock 

     Royal and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     S2001 Everyday Magic 

Dies 

     Pizza Plenty "Butterfly 2" 

     Reasonable Dies "Peacock"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Glacier Dot 

DTC #169 "Long & Skinny" - Thank You

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble Challenge #169 "Long & Skinny" commemorating Summer Solstice, the Longest Day in the Northern Hemisphere, Trouble Maker wants you to create a LONG and Skinny card (slimline or mini-slimline). 

Twisted Sister's optional twist is to clude flowers and Double Dare says if you have created a slimline and included flowers you are eligible to enter our collaborating partner's challenge at Ellibelle's Corner I Spy with My Little Eye No. 16 "Something Blooming Lovely" and earn another chance at our random drawing.  

I chose to create a Mini-Slimline combining it with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #582 and using the Color Board at Color Dare Challenge #605 "Black & White + 1 Color". I have had three sets of "Love Story" (Black, Toffee and Silver) and I chose the black. What more appropriate for choosing this paperpack for the Color Dare Board, and since Twisted Sister wanted us to include flowers the Atlantic Hearts sketch was perfect.

Chose two of the black patterned papers for the background, used a white and black checker for the focal point and bordered all panels using white daisy cardstock. Decided to use one of the complementary white floral design papers to fussy-cut the florals because of the similarity to the background design papers. Used two shade of turquoise, colored the two larger florals and adhered with 3D thin foam tape for dimension. My other corner embellishments were a small floral and cut wooden heart set. Cut two black thank you sentiments, layered and then adhered to the middle of the floral panel.

Bordered the inside of the card base with the checkered panel, edged with a strip of black and fussy-cut, colored and adhered the small floral in bottom corner.   

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.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board and Atlantic Sketch Challenge to see how easy it might be to combine challenges.  Don't forget you can always use our sister challenge Try a Sketch on Tuesday for your slimline as well. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Florals Goes #18" 

  w/Optional Mood Board 

Triple B Challenge "June Inspiration" 

   Must use one of the B's  (Birds, Butterflies, Blooms) 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Background - Design Papers:  Love Story "Black" - 2021

     Focal Point: Flowers fussy-cut from Love Story Patterned Paper

Cardstock 

     Black and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Sentiment:  Lawn Fawn #LF1055 "Thank You" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) BG13, BG15 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Heart Embellishment 

Color Dare #604 - You're Sweet

This is my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare # 604 "Six Pack" combined with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #580. All you need to do is select at least three colors from the Color Board and follow the rules for the neutrals. I chose to use Limeade, Flamingo and Ballerina.  

In my stash I had a macaron stamp which hadn't been used yet and the Color Board reminded me of a dish of macarons.  The macaron stamp is a stack of three; but I wanted to position them differently... so stamped the top macaron in limeade, flamingo and ballerina cardstock, fussy-cut each,  brushed edges with retired inks that matched close to the each color and filled center of macaron with white jel pen.  To bring in the flair as in sketch two bows from pink vellum were cut.  

Two circles, one each in Limeade and Ballerina were glued off-center using Limeade as a shadow, adhered off the edge of a pretty design paper selected for the background, snipped off side of circle, bordered with Limeade cardstock and adhered to a card base.  A sentiment was stamped on the pink circle. 

The macarons were adhered on the edge of the circle using 3D thin foam tape for dimension, applying Duvo White Blizzard Glitter over white jel pen and applied Wink of Stella glitter to finish off the macarons.  Wrapped up the macarons with the pink vellum bow.  This close up photo shows the deliciousness of the macarons.  

On the border of the inside of card base used a triangular shape of the same patterned paper as background and bordered it with a strip of limeade cardstock.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #604 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 Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to see how easy it might be to combine challenges. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-in Papers (Fllamingo)

     Vellum Paper - Pink 

Cardstock 

     Limeade, Flamingo, Ballerina and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Z4101 "Ooh la la 

Dies 

     Sizzix "Circle" 

     Coco & Reno "Bows" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Bashful, Blossom, Sweet Leaf Inks 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Queen and Company "Sunflowers Summer" Accents

TSOT Challenge 648 - Sending Good Vibes Your Way

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch On Tuesday #648. This sketch reminded me of a sunrise on a beach... so that's where I started.  With a couple of brown inks on white cardstock stamped the sand portion at the bottom and another cut of the aqua patterned paper for the sea and adhered them to a piece of perriwinkle cardstock to complete the background sky for my beach scene.   

To complete the scene... selected another patterned paper, die cut a sun cutting off the bottom portion to adhere flush to the top of the aqua sea. Stamped, colored and fussy-cut a seagull image, split a portion of the aqua and adhered trunks under the aqua giving it a little dimension. The seagull was placed in the split and used thin foam tape on the seagull for additional dimension.  

Using a white gel pen scribbled small line marks along the seashore and in the waves to show wave action.  Stamped sentiment in black Memento ink direct on the sky portion of the background.  

Please hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday to see their Design Team members inspiration and let's see what you create using this sketch. You may want to go over to Double Trouble, our sister challenge, and maybe you can combine both these challenges.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

Colorful Options "June - Aqua" 

I Spy With My Little Eye No. 16 "Something for Boys or Men"

Make My Monday Challenge #227 "B is for ..."  (Birthday, Beach) 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Masculine"  

The Sisterhood of Crafters "All About the Men" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-In / Colored Pattern Papers in Stash - Canary and Lagoon

Cardstock 

     Lagoon, and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     S2207 "Voice of the Sea" 

     D2102 "Writing in the Sand" 

Dies 

     Whimsy Stamps #WSD365 "Up in the Clouds Die Set 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Seagull:  Greys C0, C1, C3, C5, Orange YR04

        Tree stump:  E55

     Ink Toffee

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape