Hoppy St. Patrick's Day - AHSC #201

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #201. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, March 5th to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesdays, so be sure to stop by to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team and other entrant inspirations for this challenge...and stop by every Monday for new sketches.  

Great sketch for shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day, and I had just the gift bag die cut from Cricut Design Space "Anna's Seasonal Soiree's.   

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 

Bitten By the Bug 2 "Think Green - Use 3 Shades"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:  

Design Paper

     Doodlebug Design - Pot o' Gold 

Cardstock

     Topiary and Sweet Leaf 

Cricut Design Space DieCuts

     CTMH Artistry - Four Leaf Clover #M412939

     Anna's Seasonal Soirees - St Patrick's Bag MA0810

Embellishments 

     Gold Glitter Gems

     Glitter Pen 

Other

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

    

I'm Here, Peek-a-Boo - H2H

Heart2Heart - 4th Challenge in February 

"Mix and Match, This and That"

Please join us this week and other challenges in February AND remember you have all month to create to be eligible for recognition of the Top 10 "Challenge Darling" ... and if you create for each challenge in the month for perfect attendance you will be recognized as an H2H Addict.  For additional inspiration ... hop on by to see all the DT members' and participant creations for this month and join us with your projects.  This challenge since it's late in the month will be extended to midnight March 4th.  

Combined Mix and Match and This and That.  This and that was circles, arrows, polka dots and stripes.  Mix and Match were design papers from three different packs ... Georgia, Happy Times and Dreaming Big.  Also used one of the zip strips from Dreaming Big, and a few Complements from Georgia.  

A few more complements on the inside.  

This was another fun card to put together. 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Papers 
     Georgia (Stork Panel - 3) 
     Happy Times (Yellow Striped Background)
     Dreaming Big (Baby Panel) and Arrow Zip Strip 
Cardstock 
     White Daisy and Juniper 
Embellishments 
     Georgia Complements Assortment - Inside and Out
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

The Best Thing... - Color Dare #232

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #232: This week’s colors shown in the Photo are Fern, Sapphire, Lemon & White Daisy (All and Only).  This color challenge was combined with MoJo Monday's Sketch #485. 

We encourage you to use CTMH products; however you may use any products to participate using closest to colors ... join in the fun.  You don't need a blog to submit your entry...if you are a member of Pinterest you can set up a Folder and link your entry to our Challenge. 

You have until Thursday, March 2nd to enter your project. Please hop on by to see the DT member inspirations and other entrants for both these challenges.  

  

When looking through the many design paper packets there were so few design papers that fit these colors ... so I pulled out the Paper Fundamentals and selected several geometric designs for my card.   So there was a lot of cutting to size, some die-cut borders and then rather than stars I decided to use feathers ... why I don't know ... just like feathers on a card and have had the die for a long time and never used.  And the bow on the sketch looked exactly like my Pretty Pink Posh twine and bows.  

This is a close-up of the feathers so you can see the embossed detail included in the die-cut.  Click on picture to get a larger photo for detail..  



  

Stamped a couple more feathers and placed on the inside corner of the card. 











CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design/Specialty Paper 
     Paper Fundamentals - Enchantment Fern and Sapphire
     Paper Fundamentals - Adventure Lemon
     Taste of Summer 
Cardstock 
     Lemon, Sapphire and White Daisy
Stamp Set 
     C1647 A Bunch of Love 
Dies 
     Lawn Fawn #LF612 - Stitched Scalloped Borders 
     Spellbinders Die D-Lites #S4-428 - Feathers 
     Pretty Pink Posh - Twine and Bows
Embellishments 
     Magical Sequins - Sapphire 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

You Will Forever Be My Always

Challenge 40B - Hello Lovely Paper Packet and/or its colour palette

Fussy-cut one of the PML Cards included in the Hello Lovely Paper Packet and put it on a Stitched Wonky Square.  Chose the same design paper, die-cut the two sides with a border stitch die and adhered to Sorbet cardstock.  Adhered the Floral panel (lined up the pattern on the background design paper) with  3D Thin foam tape.  Added liquid glass to the large flower and used the shimmer pen on all flowers.  

Another die-cut was used for the band...sentiment stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with fine Silver embossing powder...sequins added to floral panel.  

The liquid glass was added to the center larger flower, and then brushed with the shimmer pen (the shimmer did not show well on photo)  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 
Happy Little Stampers - February "Anything Goes With Dies" 


The Outlawz - Thursday "Anything Goes" Twist: Wedding/Anniversary

Creative With Stamps 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Hello Lovely 
Cardstock
     Sorbet and White Daisy 
Stamps 
     C1647 A Bunch of Love
Dies 
     Z3251 A Bunch of Love Thin Cuts
     Poppy Stitches #1788 Tailored Stitches 
     Sizzix #659200 Borders 
     Lil' Inker - Wonky Squares Stitched 
Inks 
     VersaMark   
Embellishments 
     Sequins - Glacier, Sorbet and White 
Other
     Ranger - Fine Silver Embossing Powder 
     Liquid Glass 
     Shimmer Pen

Happy Birthday - AHSC #200

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #200. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, February 26th to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesdays, so be sure to stop by to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team and other entrant inspirations for this challenge...and stop by every Monday for new sketches.  

Immediately thought of the diamond shape design paper in Hello Lovely for my background and added a border cut, layered on sorbet and glacier cardstock and adhered to white daisy card base.  Decided on a floral stamp using VersaMark, heat embossed with very fine silver powder, used thin floral die cut, colored using water pen with CTMH inks, and Sentiment was stamped in black ink. Zip Strip was used for the band and Floral panel adhered with 3D Thin Foam Tape.     

Also submitted to the following challenges: 
Happy  Little Stampers - February "Water Color" w/Twist Dies

Seize the Birthday "Anything Goes" w/o Twist Inlay Die-Cutting

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design/Special Paper 
     Hello Lovely Design Paper and Zip Strip
Cardstock
     Sorbet, Glacier and White Daisy 
Stamps
     C1647 Foral Stamps and Thin Cuts 
Dies 
     Poppy #1788 "Tailored Stitches" 
Inks / Water Pen Coloring
     Sorbet, Sea Glass, Fern, Lemon, Black 

Just Because - H2H "Complements"

Heart2Heart - 4th Challenge in February

"Compliments or Complements"

Please join us this week and other challenges in February AND remember you have all month to create to be eligible for recognition of the Top 10 "Challenge Darling" ... and if you create for each challenge in the month for perfect attendance you will be recognized as an H2H Addict.  For additional inspiration ... hop on by to see all the DT members' and participant creations for this month and join us with your projects. 

Chose to use Complements...looked through my stash of Complements and Design Papers and decided on Penelope, one of my favorite retired paper packs.  Since I did not have any large pieces of design papers, the background was a combination of two smaller pieces from the packet. 

Chose a striped PML card for one of the panels, layered with cardstock and adhered to the background papers.  In my stash ... the Floral PML card was already layered with cardstock and complements added (sentiment, frog and a couple flowers). Placed this panel catty-corner to stripes with 3D thin foam tape for dimension, and went wild with more complements.  

And I didn't stop there...more complements were added to the inside of the card.  This was a fun and easy card to put together and used up some of my stash and small pieces of design papers.  












Also sent to the following challenges: 
The Outlawz - Monday "Greetings" TicTacToe 
   Flowers, Layers and Pink

  

CTMN Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers 
     Penelope Design Papers and PML Cards 
Cardstock
     Lagoon and White Daisy     
Stamp Set 
     CC1014 Pair-a-Phrase
Enhancements 
     Penelope Complements
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Be Mine, Valentine

Another week as a Guest Designer for The Outlawz Sunday "CAS" Challenge ... The Design Team member posting each week picks their absolute favorite entry from the previous week's challenge and highlights that winner's creation and then invites them to be a guest designer for a future challenge or two.  

Please hop on by this challenge to see this week's theme and the other DT members inspirations and JOIN US in this Challenge ... you too can be a future Guest Designer.   

This week's project is to create a card with a romantic theme (Valentine's Day, Engagement, Wedding, etc.)  I chose to do a Valentine's Day Card.  I love it so much I'm going to give it to my husband to give to me ... Or, maybe not ... because he always gets me a mushy card and I don't want to ruin that habit ... chocolates and flowers usually come with the card.  

The heart and the flowers were both stamped on a white daisy panel, heat embossed stamped florals at bottom corner, colored with ShinHan alcohol-based pens, heart was fussy-cut and plastic window adhered.  On the red panel stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and heat embossed with Gold, added a gem next to the sentiment, adhered the heart panel to the red cardstock with 3D thin foam tape, and added a couple gems to the flowers around the heart.  

Stamped the same corner floral and some flowers on the inside borders of the Card.  Click on photos to get a larger view.  

Also sent to the following Challenges:  

Creative With Stamps #11 - February "Valentine" 

Simon Says Stamp Blog "Use Your Favorite Tool" - Heat Embossing Tool and Exacto Knife and Scissors for fussy-cutting

Addicted to Stamps and More #229 - Clean and Simple 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Cardstock
     Cranberry and White Daisy 
     Plastic Sheet 
Stamp Set 
     S1701 Adore You SOTM 
Inks/Pens
     Black and Gold Ink 
     ShinHan and Copic alcohol-based pens, Variety of Colors
Embellishments 
     Gold Glitter Gems
Other
     Ranger Embossing Powder "Gold" and "Black"
     3D Thin Foam Tape 
      
     

Live, Love, Laugh - Color Dare #231

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #231: This week’s colors shown in the Photo are from Hello Lovely Paper Pack - Colonial White, Desert Sand, Fern, New England Ivy, Sea Glass, Sorbet, Whisper & White Daisy (Use at least 4 of these colors).  We encourage you to use CTMH products; however you may use any products to participate using closest to colors or paper packet ... join in the fun.  

You don't need a blog to submit your entry...if you are a member of Pinterest you can set up a Folder and link your entry to our Challenge. You have until Thursday, February 23rd to enter your project.  Please hop on by to see the DT member inspirations and other entrants.  

This color challenge was combined with MoJo Monday's Sketch #484 and Between The Folds using the Hello Lovely Paper Pack Challenge #40A or color palette ... also hop on by these challenges to see more inspirations.    

There was a lot going on in this Sketch but I think I covered it all with this Any Occasion Card ... emoji's was my choice instead of hearts.  Back to my layering and using as many of the design papers and zip strips from Hello Lovely and using the three panels for my sentiment.  

Also submitted to the following challenges:  

Happy Little Stampers - February "Anything goes with Dies"  

The Outlawz - Tuesday Color Challenge  "Bright Spring Colors"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Hello Lovely 

Cardstock 

     Sorbet, Fern, and White Daisy 

Inks 

     Sorbet and Fern 

Stamp Set

     BoBunny Emoji Stamp - Used on Inside of Card

Dies 

     Lil' Inker - Wonky Stitched Square 

     My Momenta - Words 

     Spellbinders S1-007- Emoji's 

Other

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

  

Beauty is All Around - AHSC #199

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #199. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, February 19th to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesdays, so be sure to stop by to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team and other entrant inspirations for this challenge...and stop by every Monday for new sketches.  

Instead of using panels of design papers decided to stamp the two larger florals from the Paper Garden Stamp set and chicken wire stamp for the smaller panel, distinguishing the panels by the different colors. Cut the Banner, stamped on the chicken wire, layered with black and stamped on Sentiment in Black. A little masking was required...CAS and a twist on the sketch.  

The inside of the card was stamped with some of the smaller florals from the same stamp set in saffron and sweet leaf.  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Cardstock
     White Daisy and Black 
Stamp Sets
     S1509 Paper Garden SOTM
     D1708 Sending Smiles 
Inks 
     Saffron, Sweet Leaf, Whisper and Black 
Embellishments
     Black Dots  

Thinking of You - H2H

Heart2Heart - 3rd Challenge in February 

"Tuxedo, Black and White"

Please join us this week and other challenges in February AND remember you have all month to create to be eligible for recognition of the Top 10 "Challenge Darling" ... and if you create for each challenge in the month for perfect attendance you will be recognized as an H2H Addict.  For additional inspiration ... hop on by to see all the DT members' and participant creations for this month and join us with your projects. 

Chose "Black and White"...stamped the flowers on black cardstock with VersaMark ink and then heat embossed with White embossing powder.  Stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and again heat embossed with White.  The black was so sharp and such a contrast that I decided to spray with Pearl Glimmer Mist, created a fine sparkly spray on the whole card, and muted the black.  You can see some larger droplets of pearl however the photo does not show the mist very well.  Added some white dots in the upper and lower corner for embellishment.  

Stamped the inside of the card with the same large floral and a couple other stamps from same set.   

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Cardstock 

     White Daisy and Black 

Stamp Set 

     S1509 Paper Garden SOTM

     D1708 Sending Smiles - Sentiments

Inks

     VersaMark 

Other/Embellishments

     Ranger Embossing Powder - White 

     My Tangled Dangels - Pearl Glimmer Mist 

     CTMH White Dots

Together

This week I am a Guest Designer for The Outlawz Sunday "CAS" Challenge ... The Design Team member posting each week picks their absolute favorite entry from the previous week's challenge and highlights that winner's creation and then invites them to be a guest designer for a future challenge.   

Please hop on by this challenge to see this week's theme and the other DT members inspirations and JOIN US in this Challenge ... you too can be a future Guest Designer.    

Challenge this week is "Brown & Ivory" and a third color of your choosing.  Needed a card for my significant other (husband) for Valentine's Day so my third color is "Red".  He deserves this card for putting up with me for for almost 50 years "together".  Recently got a packet of Valentine dies from Peachy Cheap and put my Cuttlebug to work.  The background is a light brown with hearts and layered with chocolate brown...yummy. Stamped on the heart and borders on the inside with Cranberry ink.  Great colors for a masculine card.  

Also sent to the following challenges: 
Cuttlebug Mania "Roses Are Red" - Red as Focus

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design/Specialty Papers

     Paper Fundamentals - Basic "Bamboo" 

Cardstock 

    Chocolate, Colonial White (Ivory) and Cranberry (Red)

Die

    Peachy Cheap Bundle Package - Valentine

Stamp Set 

    D1632 Amour 

    S1701 Adore You SOTM

YoU'Re PuRRR-fEct

Paper Smooches Challenge

Fantastic opportunity be selected as a Guest Designer for Paper Smooches...let the fun begin. You will need to use a Paper Smooches stamp, die or any of our FREE digi stamps. You can submit to our call with "old and new" projects...and projects that you create for our SPARKS Challenge are perfectly acceptable.

My first choice was to use the Chubby Chum Kitty for a Valentine Day's Card, and what's more fun for a Kitty to play with ... a ball of yarn, which made it perfect to use my sentiment border "be my velentine" as yarn ball unravelling.  Add some smaller balls of yarn as balloons, the sentiment and a red glitter heart.  

  

On the inside just put a strip of design paper and another red glitter heart.

Also submitted to the follow challenges:  

Bitten by the Bug 2 - Valentine/Love

Fantabulous Cricut #294 - Valentine's Day
Die Cutting Diva's - February "Red or Pink"
Aud Sentiments #173 - Valentine or Love Sentiment 

Happy Little Stamper - Anything Goes with Dies
The Outlawz - Festive Fridays "Valentine Day"

Cuttlebug Mania - Roses Are Red "Use Red"

CTMH Products Used Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Magical PaperPack 

     Red Glitter Paper

Cardstock

     Cranberry, Crystal Blue, Honey and White Daisy

Stamp Set 

     Paper Smooches - Chubby Chums

Die Cuts - Cricut Design Space 

     CTMH Artistry - Ball of Yarn #M418710 

Die 

     Lawn Fawn - Be My Valentine Border 

Inks 

     Cranberry and Black 

Embellishments 

     Liquid Glass on Kitty's paws 

     Licorice Gems