Thanks For Your Friendship - Color Dare #250

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #250: This week we are challenging you to using the color palette from the "Prickly Pear" paper pack Color Challenge: Lemon, Sea Glass, Sorbet, Tangerine and White Daisy with Optional Gold. Of course if you don’t have these CTMH colors yet you may substitute similar colors. Hop on by and see the many inspirational cards by our DT and other entrants.  

Reminder: Click on side bars for Color Dare SNEAK PEEKS for future July color challenges so you can plan ahead ... and join the Buddy Program, and help your Buddy enter a project as well.  

Day 8:  Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop...This is the last day for the Blog Hop so hurry on by and check out all the entrants and Super Sponsors for this Hop...hurry to be eligible for prizes.    

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers 

     Paper Fundamentals - Adventure "Tangerine" and "Lemon" 

Cardstock

     Lemon, Sorbet and White Daisy 

Stamp 

     KaiserCraft "High Tea" 

Dies 

     Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Scalloped Rectangles

Inks/Pens 

     Copic alcohol-based brush pens 

     Sorbet Ink   

Tea Is Happiness in a Cup

Day 7 - Summer Coffee Lovers BlogHop...Please create and share with us in the BlogHop...anything goes with theme coffee, tea or chocolate.  


Back a couple weeks ago I went to a Copic Coloring Class by Jennifer Dove at The Paper Collage in Sun City, AZ and this was one of the four images for us to color.  My coloring was done at home trying to remember all the copic coloring techniques I had learned.  Luckily I had the sample of coloring (below in Products Used) to help me with the colors and highlighting.  

Products Used:  
Design Paper 
     Lawn Fawn "Watercolor Wishes" 
Cardstock 
     White Daisy and Black 
Stamp 
     Stampendous "Whisper Bath" 
Other 
     Dollar Store Foam Sheets
Pens/Inks 
Copic alcohol-based Pens 
As identified at bottom of sample
     

First Coffee

Day 6 - Summer Coffee Lover's BlogHop  Please create and share with us in the BlogHop...anything goes with theme coffee, tea or chocolate.  

My card today was using one of the Coffee Paintable "Coffee Time" by Adornit.  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Some Kind of Wonderful 

     Art Play Paintables "Coffee Time" 

Cardstock 

     Lemon and White Daisy

Inks/Pens 

    Tombow Pens Acid-Free Brush - Variety of Colors 

Other 

    Foam Sheet - Dollar Store  

Good Morning - AHSC #218

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #218. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, July 3rd 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. 

Using the Sketch from AHSC #218, this card was made for the Summer Coffee Lovers BlogHop.  

Also submitted to the following challenges:
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Dotty For You 

Cardstock 

     Colonial White 

Dies 

     Limited "Postage Stamp" Rectantular Stitched Dies

Embellishments 

     EK Success Brands - Coffee & Lattes Puffies

Watercoloring - H2H - June Week #5

H2H June - 5th Week 
"Watercoloring" 

Hostess: Melissa

This week's Challenge is all about "Watercoloring".   We know many of you are pretty busy with the Summer doings...but splattering water color can be such a pretty background with just a greeting.  

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.  

I tried a couple of techniques on background watercoloring, but wasn't real successful.  So I picked up a pretty detailed stamp that my daughter had given me for my birthday and thought that would make a good watercoloring project.  

Stamped image with VersaMark and then heat embossed with gold ... in fact had done a second one because the first one was missing some of the detail.  I'm not real comfortable with watercoloring and some of my watercoloring lost the detail in the flowers.  I pulled out of the garbage the first dry embossing and fussy cut and re-colored the two flowers on my original that I wasn't happy with and added with 3D Thin foam tape. 

I showed my husband my card and he said the purple flower looked like a dog...and you know what, if you look carefully enough you can see his eye, nose and mouth and floppy ear.  That was my favorite flower but since he told me it looked like a dog I couldn't see the flower anymore...lol.  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

Happy Little Stampers "Watercoloring Anything Goes" Twist: Mask

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Gypsy, Black and White Daisy 

Stamp Set 

     Brustus Monroe "Botanical Background"

Inks/Colors

     CTMH WaterColoring Palette - Used Variety of Colors 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

You're Tea-riffic - AHSC #217

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #217. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, June 25th 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. 

Day 4:  Using the AHSC #217, this card was created for the Summer Coffee Lovers BlogHop

Also submitted to the following Challenges:  

Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Hello Lovely

Cardstock

     Sea Glass and White Daisy 

Stamp Set 

     Sentiment - Fiskars "Latte Love" 

Dies 

     Memory Box "Distressed Baptisia Collage" 

     Kaiser Craft "Cup & Saucer" DD171

Cricut Design Space DieCut 

     Edge to Edge "Circle Doily Pattern Overlay" #M3CB4B

Relax - Color Dare #249

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #249: This week we are challenging you to using the color palette from the "No Worries" paper pack. Color Challenge: Sapphire, Lagoon, Glacier, Whisper, Cashmere and White Daisy. Of course if you don’t have these CTMH colors yet you may substitute similar colors. Hop on by and see the many inspirational cards by our DT and other entrants.  

Reminder: Click on side bars for Color Dare SNEAK PEEKS for future June color challenges so you can plan ahead ... and join the Buddy Program, and help your Buddy enter a project as well.  

This card was created using the Freshly Made Sketch #293, a little out of the box; but unfortunately did not notice until posting this card for Color Dare that the challenge had been closed.  Was going to use the sapphire palm tree design paper, but instead of another design paper for the circular border...die cuts were placed on an imaginary circle.  

My circle was going to be the palm tree design paper and just make a palm tree set similar to the ones in the paper and piece together with different colors.  However, when I cut the palm tree in the weave design paper, I liked the effect of the other side of that paper to be my palm color and it looked so nice against the Lagoon background.  

The palm tree was modified in size, and a second smaller palm in the opposite direction was attached to the base and welded together.  

Update on Neck Brace:  Went to Neurosurgeon today and he said to wear the neck brace while out and about; but in the home I didn't have to wear it ... so back to scrapping. However, my range of motion in my neck is still somewhat limited so may still use my kitchen breakfast bar to put together the card.  Then I'll have two places to clean up.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 

Three Amigos "No Worries" Inspiration

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #303 - Masculine Card "Father's Day"  

The Outlawz - Festive Fridays "Sunshine"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     No Worries 

Cricut Design Space 

     CTMH Flower Market - Palm Tree #MD6F12D

     Life is a Beach - Beach Chair Phrase #M38503

Embellishments 

     Ocean Side Sequins

     Chalk It Up Assortment "admit one"

Emojis - H2H June Week 4

H2H June - 4th Week 
"Amojis" 

Hostess: Brandi

This week's Challenge is all about "Emojis".We sure hope this weeks challenge will bring a smile to your face as we are about to go all Emoji on you! That is right we are all about the super hot, super trendy, and oh so fun and silly emojis! The kids love these things, they are every where so why not bring them into your paper crafting.  

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.  

Due to limitations below I was determined to get back to my craftroom, and this is my first attempt keeping it to dies instead of stamping and coloring.  This card was made for my husband for all the help he has given me with my recent experience...took on additional responsibiities at home that I would have difficulty with, plus other responsibilities as a cat sitter which I had just taken on for my neighbor's two cats (Samantha and Sluggo), and my son's cat "Thurman" for a week.  A lot of litter cleaning.  

Well, it was one week today that I broke my neck and blessed with a neck brace which has limitations on range of motion and difficult  to create cards at my craft desk. However, I found that if I stand at my kitchen breakfast bar I am able to create a card. 

Will be going to Neurosurgeon later this week and optimistic no surgery, but may have to embrace this neck brace for awhile or maybe a different less limited...I'll keep you posted.  

  

Submitted also to the following Challenges:  
Cuttlebug Mania "Father'sDay"  or Someone really special to Me 
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"  
Fantabulous Cricut "Masculine Card"  

CTMH Products Unless Otherwise Specified: 

Design Paper

     Jack PML Card for Black Background 

Cardstock 

     Indidan Corn, Whisper, Honey, Black and White Daisy

Dies 

     Spellbinders S1-007 "Emojis" 

     My Momenta - Words 

Cricut Design Space

     CTMH Artistry - Cell Phone #M410263

     CTMH Artiste - Speech Bubble #M396F9  

Other 

     Enamel Hearts

Congrats Gift Card - H2H June - 3rd Week

H2H June - 3rd Week 
"Pretty Pockets" 

Hostess: Haley

This week's Challenge is all about "Pretty Pockets", use our Pretty Pocket PML cards or make a pocket on your project.
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.  

This card was created for the Random-draw Winner of another challenge for which I was responsible for the month of May which included a pocket for a Gift.  Also, submitting this card to Three Amigo's using the "No Worries" Paperpack Inspiration.  A tag was made, ribbon attached, attached a $10 Hobby Lobby Gift Card to the back of the tag and added a die sentiment to the bow as an extra small gift.  

Added a corner diagonal piece of the same design paper as on front, and cut a sentiment "Hugs" and attached to the actual die with thread as a gift to recipient.  

  

Also submitted to the following Challenges:  

Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"  

CTMH Products Used Unless Otherwise Specified: 
Design Paper 
     No Worries Design Papers and Zip Strips 
Cardstock 
     White Daisy and Lagoon 
Dies 
     Poppystamps No. 1316 "Congrats"  
Embellishments 
     Actual Die Attached to Ribbon - Peachy Cheap "Hugs" 
     Ribbon - Michael's Ribbon Pack 
     My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Hello Foxy - Color Dare #247

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #247: This week we are challenging you to using some of the color palette from the "No Worries" paper pack. Color Challenge: Fern, Pomegranate, Slate, Whisper, Black and White Daisy. Of course if you don’t have these CTMH colors yet you may substitute similar colors.  

Reminder: Click on side bars for Color Dare SNEAK PEEKS for future June color challenges so you can plan ahead ... and join the Buddy Program, and help your Buddy enter a project as well. 

This card was combined with the AHSC Sketch Challenge #215. 

Please visit these two challenges to see the DT and entrant inspirations, and join in the fun.  

Having seen so many projects using the SOTM Hello Foxy this was my choice because I could see the stamps fall within this Sketch. Even though "No Worries" had the greys quesetioning whether the wood panel was acceptable because of the browns...thus chose other paper choices still with a wood background look.  

Added a border from my stash of other cut stamps from the same Stamp Set, and added a frame for a sentiment.

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 

Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes With Dies"  

CTMH Products Unless Otherwise Specified:
Design/Specialty Papers
     Dreamin' Big
     Paper Fundamentals "Enchantment - Pomegranate"
Cardstock
     Slate, Black and White Daisy
Stamp Set
     S1706 Hello Foxy SOTM
Inks/Pens
     Pomegranate and Black Ink
     ShinHan and Copic Alcohol-based pens
Dies
     Pretty Pink Posh - Scalloped Stitched Ovals
Embellishments
     Stuck on You Puffies - Silver Hearts
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape

You are My Happy - Color Dare #246

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #246: This week we are challenging you to using some of the color palette from the "No Worries" paper pack.  Color Challenge: Lemon, Smoothie, Sea Glass, Cashmere, Cocoa and Daisy White. 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 join the Buddy Program, and help your Buddy enter a project as well.

 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     No Worries 

Cardstock 

     Lemon, Smoothie, Sea Glass, Cocoa and White Daisy 

Inks / Pens

     Cocoa Ink

     ShinHan alcohol-based Pens 

Stamp Set 

     S1506 Ice Cream Dream SOTM

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Clear Glitter Pen