Anything is Possible - AHSC #214

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #214. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, June 4th to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesday, 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. Don't wait for the DT post to create your project...show us up with your artwork. 

This weekend we had one of the ladies from Our Little Crop Group show us some of the tangles...what a fun time.  Please meet Jean Chaney and her artwork at Tangle Street Studio and the Zentangle results of our fun class.    

We learned several tangles and I tried to incorporate them into a focal point for the AHSC, but just learned that I was creating a ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Card). The inside may be more related to Zentangle, correct me if I'm wrong Jean. Found some retired Paper Fundamentals (Basic-Black) which went well with the Zentangle.  

Also did my own sentiment using Brush Lettering, a class we took awhile ago...it shows me I need a little more practice on both...and the sentiment was so fitting for my experiment with Tangles.  

Jean, help me here too...since I may be tested on this, these are the tangles that I used: 

Center of Flowers and Dragonfly's head - Printemps.  

Flowers and Wings of Dragonfly - Crescent Moon and Aura

Stems - Mirror and Perfs

Leaves - Bales

Ground - Tipple 

Sentiment is Brush Lettering 

The Inside were the following tangles: 
Tipple, Knight's Bridge, Crescent Moon and Static 


Products Used: 
Specialty Paper 
     Paper Fundamentals "Basic-Black" 
Cardstock 
     Colonial White and Black 
Other 
     Thin Foam 
     Micron 01 Archival Ink Pen for Tangles
     TomBow Brush Pen WS-BS 150

Sunshine, Freedom & A Little Flower - H2H June - 1st Week

H2H June - 1st Week "Color Challenge" 

Hostess: Sue Reynolds

This week I am honored to host the Emerald Team and the first challenge for the month of June.  This week's Challenge is all about "Color", and what a great combination of colors using CTMH Emerald, Blossom and Lemon...even sounds yummy. 

Let your imagination go wild on how you use these colors...if you don't have these colors use the closest to these colors.  

Join us at Heart2Heart this week and other challenges in June... Remember you have all month to create to be eligible for recognition as one of the Top 10 "Darlings".  AND if you create a project for each challenge in the month of June, you will earn a badge as an H2H Addict for Perfect Attendance. 

For additional inspiration on this Challenge hop on by to see what other Design Team members have created. Hope this gives you some inspiration and enthusiasm to link your artwork as a participant ... we look forward to your creativity.  

The background was made with the Wax Paper Technique and then sponging the color...I used the three colors and put them on lightly for a soft background and then intensified the colors on the butter fly to 


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Cardstock
     Emerald, Blossom and White Daisy 
Stamp 
     CC1014 Pair-a-Phrase 
Embossing Folder 
     Darice - Large Daisy Floral 
Die 
     Spellbinders "Butterflies" #S4-371 
Inks 
     Emerald, Blossom and Lemon 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape

Oh My Happy - Color Dare #245

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #245: This week we are challenging you to use the color palette from the "Little Dreamer" paper pack. Our usual challenge is to use (All and Only) the featured colors, however, eight colors to combine are quite a challenge! So, for this challenge we are asking you to use at least 4 of the colors (excluding the neutrals) without adding new colors from the Little Dreamer palette: Blossom, Glacier, Lagoon, Lemon, Tangerine, Thistle with White Daisy and Black. Of course if you don’t have these CTMH colors yet you may substitute similar colors so you can still join in all the fun. 

Reminder:  Click on side bars for SNEAK PEEKS for future May color challenges so you can plan ahead...and full month of May "Live Beautifully" Challenge at Color Dare.  Also, join the Buddy Program, and help your Buddy enter a project as well.

This week's Color Dare challenge was combined with the MoJo Monday Sketch Challenge #498. The design papers selected already had all the colors from the challenge so it as an easy choice. As an embellishment to the top of the card I cut out a corner of the circle paper and stamped a Sentiment right on the design paper.  My daughter got me a few dies for Mother's Day and this Magical Butterfly was just right for the round focal point.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 
Three Amigos "Little Dreamer" Inspiration  
The Outlawz - Thursday "Anything Goes" with Twist "Anything Goes" 


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Paper
     Little Dreamer
Cardstock
     Lemon, Tangerine, Blossom and White Daisy
Stamps
     Sentiment D1653 Happy Everything
Dies
     Waffle Flower #310123 "Magical Butterfly"
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape

   

Get Ready for Christmas - Crafting By Design

Crafting By Designs
"Get Ready for Christmas" 

Hi, my name is Suzanne Reynolds and I am originally from Buffalo, New York; however moved to the Sunshine State of Arizona eleven years ago.  Papercrafting was not new to me; but with retirement almost five years ago I really stepped up it up primarily in card making.  My style and creativity came from entering the many different  challenges, rewarded with invites as a Guest Designer, and  currently Design Team Member of several  challenges… I found my new niche.  Thank  you  Crafting By Design for honoring me as a Guest Designer for your Challenge.  

This card was made from a retired CTMH Design PaperPack "White Pines" which was a favorite of mine and because it was a favorite, ordered too many packets and still have one packet in my stash.   This is one of my first Christmas cards made this year with this PaperPack but you will see others come across in future challenges for my 2017 Christmas Cardmaking.

Using a variety of design papers, a lot of dies, and layering made it easy to put together a pretty sketch/layout.   

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

The Outlawz - Festive Fridays "Christmas" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design/Specialty Papers 

     White Pines Paperpack 

     Paper Fundamentals "All About Gold" 

Stamp Set 

     Inside Sentiment - D1678 White Pines Scrapbooking Workshop

Dies 

     Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Scalloped Ovals

     Ultimate Crafts #ULT 157690 - Rustic Christmas 

     Lawn Fawn ##LF612 - Stitched Scalloed Borders

     Peachy Cheap - Christmas Set of Dies  

Cardstock 

     Cranberry, Fern and Colonial White 

Other 

     3D Foam Tape 

Thinking of You - AHSC #213

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #213. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, May 28th to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesday, 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. Don't wait for the DT post to create your project...show us up with your artwork. 

Wow, this seems like an easy sketch...but many things went through my mind...why not gears/sprockets for a masculine card.  

On the Cuttlebug cut two of the large sprockets on the bottom corner of an A2 size of cardstock.  Placed the balance of the sprockets randomly on the same A2 cardstock and using the foam plate ran through the Cuttlebug for embossing the sprockets, repeated a couple of the sprockets to fill in background.  Swiped goldrush and chocolate inks across the full card. Cut one more small sprocket for the sprockets in the bottom corner.  

The two corner sprockets were adhered with 3D Thin Foam Tape, and the largest sprocket and the background glued directly to black cardstock.   Went to Cricut to see what they had for sentiments and found a freebie of Thinking of You with sprockets around it...exactly what I wanted.  

For the Inside of the card, my first couple experiments for the corner sprocket was just one of the larger ones so swiped these with inks and used on the inside of my card...they looked so much nicer on the card then in my wastebasket.  










Also shared with the following challenges:
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes With Dies"  
Crafting By Designs - May "Anything Goes Challenge"
AAA Cards CAS Game #90 "Embossing"
Let's Craft and Create "Make your own Background"  
Always Fun Challenges "Anything Goes" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Cardstock 
     Goldrush, White Daisy, Black and Colonial White 
Dies
     Spellbinders "Sprightly Sprockets" #55-048
Die Cut - Cricut Design Space 
     Paper Lace 2 "Thinking of You" #M42347
Inks 
     Goldrush and Chocolate 
Other 
     3D Foam Tape  

Hello - H2H May - Wk 4 "Ribbon"

H2H May - 4th Week "Ribbon" 

Hostess:  Sue Bruch

Welcome to another Heart 2 Heart Challenge!  This week Team Ruby is inviting you to create something awesome with ribbon.  Ribbon can be one of the best options for adding color and texture to your design.   No ribbon...no problem...how about using a ribbon stamp to accent your card or layout?  So many possibilities!  

Join us at Heart2Heart this week and other challenges in May... Remember you have all month to create to be eligible for recognition as one of the Top 10 "Darlings".  AND if you create a project for each challenge in the month of May, you will earn a badge as an H2H Addict for Perfect Attendance. 

For additional inspiration on this Challenge hop on by to see what other Design Team members have created. Hope this gives you some inspiration and enthusiasm to link your artwork as a participant ... we look forward to your creativity.  

Looked on YouTube for an idea how to use ribbons and I came across Diane's tutorial "Christmas Cards Using Ribbon Scraps" and used a similar layout and selected a couple ribbons that went with Live Beautifully Design Paper.  

Under the smaller panel, looped the ribbon and taped on the bottom half of the panel, added the same ribbon across the top, added some gold a'peel stickers to the ribbon and adhered finished panel with 3D thin Foam tape to my background paper.  In my stash had a couple of floral bouquets previously cut and adhered with 3D foam tape. 

Die-cut the butterfly, one in design paper and the other in sea glass cardstock, adhered the bottom layer to card, curved the wings on the other and adhered loosely to the top of the other butterfly.  Die-cut the sentiment, layered and adhered directly to panel.  


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Live Beautifully 
     Paper Fundamentals - Enchantment "New England Ivy"
Cardstock 
     Sea Glass and White Daisy 
Dies 
     Memory Box "Lunette Butterfly"
     My Momenta "Words" 
Embellishments / Other 
     Ribbon - Bought on Internet "Unknown"
     Stampendous "Class A'peel Gold Dot Stickers 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     

     

     

Magical You - Color Dare #244

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #244: This week’s colors shown in the Photo are Glacier, Canary, Juniper, Thistle, White Daisy and Black - Optional: Silver.  Some of these colors are used in the CTMH Little Dreamer Paper Pack.  

We encourage you to use CTMH products; however you may use any products to participate using closest to colors.  Join the fun. 

Reminder:  Click on side bars for SNEAK PEEKS for future May color challenges so you can plan ahead...and full month of May "Live Beautifully" Challenge at Color Dare.  Also, join the Buddy Program, and help your Buddy enter a project as well.  

  

Above is the original for the Color Challenge; but I needed the Unicorns for more magic for a birthday card to my Grand-Daughter which had colors outside of the challenge.  Below is the finished card for her birthday.   

Chose one of the PML Cards from Little Dreamer PaperPack and die cut a stitched circle around the Sentiment and layered with black cardstock and fussy-cut. Because I used the Design Paper with the rainbow and clouds...thought it would be a good mix to use my rainbow die with canary and glacier and the die cut (2) clouds from Cricut, layered all on black cardstock and fussy-cut.  

Each of the different panels were adhered with 3D Thin Foam Tape, and used Zig's Clear Wink of Stella on the clouds and sentiment.  Die cut some tiny hearts from silver glitter sheet to the upper corner and one on each of the clouds.  Use some of the rainbow strips that were left over and added a zip strip to the edge of the inside of the card. Added a pocket for birthday money gift.

Also sent to the following Challenges: 
Three Amigos "Little Dreamer" Inspiration
Between the Folds #46B "Little Dreamer" 
Happy Little Scrappers "Anything Goes With Dies"  
Seize The Birthday "Creatures or Animals" 


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design/Specialty Paper 
     Little Dreamer 
     Silver Glitter Paper 
Cardstock 
     Glacier, Canary, White Daisy and Black 
Dies
     Journey - Stitched Circles
     Paper Smoochies - Rainbow 
     Paper Smoochies - Little Hearts 
Cricut Design Space 
     Cricut Summer Bliss Seasonal #M370A7 "Clouds" 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Tags - Kittens and Puppies

Fantabuoous Cricut Challenge #301 "Animals"  

Val, my daughter-in-law, Teacher Aide for a Kindergarten Class, asked if I would make some gift tags to be attached to a gift bag for her students.  So I went to Cricut Design Space and found these cuties.  I made the tags and Val put the gift bags together.  

For the Girls "Kitty" - Colored Ears and Outlined Lines in Black

For the Boys - Outlined Lines in Black

Products Used: 

Cardstock 

     CTMH Cashmere, Champayne and Black 

Inks 

     ShinHan alcohol-base pens (Pink and Black) 

Die Cuts from Cricut Design Space 

     Cricut - Sweethearts "Kitty" #M42A1F 

     Cricut - Sweethearts "Puppy" #M414FE 

Take Life One Cup At A Time - H2H May - Wk 3

Team Emerald - Lauren

May Week #3 - "Everyday Life"

Maybe you've got a favorite from the CTMH Everyday Life Collection, or maybe you just want to immortalize life's little everyday moments.  Join us at Heart2Heart this week and other challenges in May... Remember you have all month to create to be eligible for recognition as one of the Top 10 "Darlings".

AND if you create a project for each challenge in the month of May, you will earn a badge as an H2H Addict for Perfect Attendance. 

For additional inspiration on this Challenge hop on by to see what other Design Team members have created. Hope this gives you some inspiration and enthusiasm to link your artwork as a participant ... we look forward to your creativity. 

Being an Arizonian, I thought what better than to show my life starting off with a cup of coffee while sitting in our backyard patio looking at all the cacti ... and believe me we have a lot to look at because my husband loves playing around with the landscaping.  Loving the design papers in this pack but chose to use a couple of the Picture My Life cards for the two stitched panels and then one of the design papers for the background.  This has started my day off, and now off to other business.  

CTMH Products Unless Otherwise Specified:
Design Paper 
     Prickly Pear 
Cardstock 
     Sapphire and White Daisy
Stamps 
     Fiskars "Latte Love" 
     Verve "Delightful & Delicious" 
     Verve "One Cup"   
Die 
     Kaisercraft DIY Cuts "Cup and Saucer) 
     Postage Stamp Layers Die - Limited - Purchased at Scraps of Love
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 


  

Transparencies/Rub-On's - AHSC #212

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #212. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, May 21st to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesday, 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. Don't wait for the DT post to create your project...show us up with your artwork. 

While sorting through some of my CTMH complements I came across a very old Stampin' Up assortment of transparencies/rub-on's and the images were perfect for this sketch.  So, it created a very pretty card (any occasion) and used up some of my old stash.  

The flowers are also rub-ons which I cut and adhered with 3D Foam Tape for dimension. This card was fast and fun to work with different images to bring the sketch together.  

On the inside...more rub-on's at the bottom corner.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 
Crafting By Designs - May "Anything Goes Challenge" 


Products Used: 
Embellishment 
     Stampin' Up Rub-Ons (In My Stash) 
Cardstock
     CTMH Goldrush and White Daisy 
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

You Mean So Much To Me - Color Dare #243

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #243: This week’s colors shown in the Photo are Blossom, Raspberry, Lagoon, White Daisy and Black - Optional: Silver.  Some of these colors are used in the CTMH Little Dreamer Paper Pack.  

We encourage you to use CTMH products; however you may use any products to participate using closest to colors.  Join the fun. 

Reminder:  Click on side bars for SNEAK PEEKS for future May color challenges so you can plan ahead...and full month of May "Live Beautifully" Challenge at Color Dare.  Also, join the Buddy Program, and help them to enter a project as well.  

The Outlawz - Sunday "Clean and Simple"  was a limited supplies challenge - stamp your own background (either with a large background stamp or lots of smaller stamps), use a sentiment and one embellishment ... so that's what I did using the Color Dare's palette.  

Had seen a tutorial a couple weeks ago on a technique using an overlay and stamping How to do the Double Masking Stamping Technique" by Sandi Maclver.  The tutorial was coloring, but I chose to use solid stamps for the coloring.  

Made my first mask using variable size circle dies from Journey, placed dies on white cardstock and ran it through my Cuttlebug.  Placed this mask over another piece of white cardstock and started randomly stamping with the ink colors in the Color Dare palette and masked where needed.  

Next time I do this technique I will probably make the first mask out of tablet paper, as I do with other masking images so the impressions come out closer to the mask ... I had a little bit of touch-up to do on a couple of the  flowers.  I love the affect of the imaginary circles around the florals.  

Stamped in the sentiment, and use a silver heart embellishment next to the sentiment.  

Clean & Simple isn't always simple, but it sure makes a pretty card...and the only layering is my black border.  

Also Submitted to the the following Challenges:  
Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #2 (Inspiration "Little Dreamers" Using Color Palette)
Between the Folds 46A - "Little Dreamers" Using the Color Palette


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Paper 
     Personalized Double Masking Stamping Technique
Cardstock 
     White Daisy and Black 
Stamps
     Flowers - B1473 Flowers for Mom 
     Sentiment - S1601 Beloved Bouquet SOTM
     Leaves and Dots - S1411 It's the Little Things SOTM
Inks 
     Blossom, Raspberry, Lagoon, and Black 
Embellishment 
     Stuck on You Puffies - Silver Heart 





  

Sorry - AHSC #211

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #211. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, May 14th to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesday, 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. Don't wait for the DT post to create your project...show us up with your artwork.  

Gee, my card almost looks like the sketch ... can't get that much closer to interpreting the sketch ... even went with black and white.

Also sent to the following challenges: 

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Live Beautifully 

Cricut Design Space 

     Edge to Edge - Circle Doily Pattern Overlay

        #M3CB4B Modified 

Dies 

     Poppy Stamps - Groovy Flowers #1015

     Pretty Pink Posh - Twine and Bows 

     Craftin Desert Diva's Wishful Thoughts - Sorry 

Embellishments 

     Black & White Dots 

Circle Doily Pattern Overlay

#M3CB4B

Edge to Edge