You Can't Have a Rainbow Without a Little Rain

Printed the boot image at the beginning of the month with the intent to make a card for the Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #13 "April Showers Bring May Flowers"...well the challenge ends today ... but even though I had not completed this image many of my spring cards were shared with the Three Amigos all month.   

Colored the image with variety of copic pens and looked for a background paper that had similar colors...choosing the rainbow striped design sheet was perfect.  Wanting to do an eclipse card with an image instead of lettering so used a die of a girl holding an umbrella and raised it up with 3D thin foam tape; but changed my mind and die cut another umbrella in plain yellow so I could stamp a sentiment on the umbrella and added some raindrops.  

The initial square image of the boots would have covered a lot of the die cut so I cut the one side of the square making it a rectangle, adding a border on the right side, and adhered to the left of the die cut. 

Also sent to the following Challenges:  

The Outlawz - Festive Fridays "Playing in the Rain" 
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #198 "April Showers Bring May Flowers" 

Products used: 

Design Paper 

     Lawn Faun "Really Rainbow"

Cardstock 

     CTMH Canary, White Daisy and Black 

Dies

     Peachy Cheap "Spring Die Set" 

Digital 

     We Are 3 Digital Shop - Color Me Garden - Garden Boots

Stamp Set

     CTMH D1634 "Rain or Shine"

Other

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape

     Dollar Store - Thin Foam Sheet

Copic Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol-based

Thank You - H2H May Week #1

Heart2Heart's theme "Get Creative with Vellum" took me to Cruising through many You Tube tutorials for different ways of using vellum.  Using a combination of many these tutorials this was my decision on how to use vellum on my project.  Stamped with Versa Mark three sets of floral images on vellum, heat embossed in White Crystal, used CTMH inks and brushed on colors, fussy-cut each flower and attached using thin foam tape in between each flower. Also had done the foliage and leaves but wanted more contrast with the flowers so went with cardstock instead. 

Dry embossed the white background and die cut an oval in black because the contrast of the flowers against the black was striking.  Framed the white background panel with black and glued to white card base.  Arranged my flowers and foliage on card and using foam tape adhered to card. Die cut and glued the sentiment and randomly added some tiny sparkles on the black oval panel.   

Hop on by Heart2Heart for this week's theme using vellum and showcase your favorite project.  This is the first week's challenge in May so you have until the end of the month to create and submit your project.  And to earn a Perfect Attendance Badge you have until the end of May to create a card for each weekly theme during that month. 

On the inside of the card, stamped on the bottom corner the same flowers using the same colors as used on the vellum.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 
TicTacToe Challenge #045 - Diagonal "Flower, Free, Thanks" 
Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #13 "April Showers Bring May Flowers" 
The Outlawz - Tuesday Color Challenge 
     "Flower, Punch or Die Cut, Bling"

Products Used:  
Cardstock 
     CTMH Sweet Leaf, Black and White Daisy
Stamps 
     Verve #vs10-018 "Great Friend"
Inks
     CTMH Thistle, Lagoon, Blossom
Dies
     Tutti Designs TUTTI-417 "Scalloped Stitched Nesting Ovals"
     My Favorite Things #MFT054 "Upsy-Daisy" 
     Peachy Cheap "Exclusive Flower Cutting Dies" 
     Peachy Cheap "Words" 
Other / Embellishments 
     CTMH 3D Thin and Regular Foam Tape
     CTMH Embossing Folder "Quatrefoil"
     CTMH Bitty Sparkles

Color Dare #290 - Gimme Some Sugar

My DT card for Color Dare #290 was made using Atlantic Hearts Sketch #261.  One of my favorite CTMH colors is Tangerine which hasn't been in many of our color challenges so it wasn't hard to choose the top row of the TicTacToe grid  "Linen, Tangerine and Bashful" and adding some of the other colors from the Grid.  Used the main floral design paper and fussy-cut some of the flowers and leaves and attached with 3D thin foam tape to give the floral more dimension.  Tangerine and Blossom layers behind both the Floral Panel and the watercolor tangerine background.  Die-cut the picket fence, adhered to the watercolor background, adhered the floral panel on top of the picket fence and added a dancing butterfly adding liquid glass to the body and glitter to the wings. Left off any sentiment because this card could be used for so many different occasions and the sentiment would be written on the inside.  

Decorated the inside border with a tangerine and blossom panel, added a fussy-cut that was left over and cut another leave from the design paper.  

Also submitted to the following challenges: 

Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #13
     "April Showers Bring May Flowers" 

Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies" 

TicTacToe Challenge #045
     Diagonal Row "Flower, Free, Thanks" 
 The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday "Anything Goes"  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Gimme Some Sugar 

     Paper Fundamentals "Adventure - Tangerine" 

Cardstock 

     Blossom, Bashful, Tangerine and White Daisy 

Dies

     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1323 "Dancing Butterflies" 

     Pretty Pink Posh #DC11-1 Picket Fence 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Liquid Glass 

     Glitter Pen 

Hello - H2H April Week #4 Color Challenge

This white panel was made with a couple cuts of a corner die and attached to another panel cut from peacock cardstock.  To pull in the bashful and blossom I colored two of the white flowers bashful and another two blossom and left the two white.  These flowers were attached with 3D thin foam tape on diagonal corners. 

Used a large die for the sentiment in the middle, stamped a butterfly with peacock ink and to soften the color used dry brush to add bashful ink, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape.  Of course my husband often critiques my cards and said it needed something more...so went back to my embellishments...found some stickers in the shape of the cones in bashful color...perfect... and scattered them on the white panel.     

Hop on by Heart2Heart for this week's Color Challenge and showcase your favorite project.  You have until the end of the month to create and submit your project and other upcoming April themes to earn a Perfect Attendance Badge if you create a card for each weekly theme during that month. 

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

DiesRUs "Springtime" (3 Entries Limited)

Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #13 - April Showers Bring May Flowers" 
Paper Smooches "Hello with Shadow" 
The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday "Homemade Flowers"
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Peacock and White Daisy

Inks 

     Peacock, Blossom and Bashful 
Stamps
     W2028 Delicate Wings Petite Perks

Dies 

     Memory Box #30044 "Distressed Baptisia Collage" 

     Paper Smooches "Hello with shadow"

Embellishments 

     49 Market #FM-85687 "Floral Mixology - Pina Colada"

     Heidi Swapp "Make Pretty Stuff" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

You're Purrfect - The Outlawz April "Progressive Freebie"

This card was made for The Outlawz April Progressive Freebie using the digital image from Sheepski Designs, Anne's Digital Arts.  Printed 2 images of Virgo, using Copic alcohol-based pens colored the first one in full and fussy-cut.  The second image...the floral lei and butterfly were colored, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape to the first image for dimension. Die cut the floral bouquet in two different design papers and another one using white cardstock to piece the green stems and yellow flowers on the white cardstock layer and adhered directly to the blue background design paper.  Added Virgo to the front of the flowers with thin foam sheet, die cut the grass and pieced around Virgo.  Sentiment added on grass using Pewter ink.

After adding Virgo it appeared the white was too noticeable around his whiskers because of my fussy-cut so I took some Sea Glass ink and watercolored inbetween the whiskers and then took the copic YG23 and put a line where the stem was...then I was happy with it.  Virgo is liking his spring time setting.  

For the inside of the card, die cut another floral and placed in the bottom corner, and both the inside and the small photos show the dimension of the fussy-cuts.  

Also sent to the following Challenges:

Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"

TicTacToe - 3rd Row "Add Dimension, Ink and Pattern Paper"

Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #13 "April Showers, Bring May Flowers"

DiesRUs "Springtime" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:  

Design Paper 

     Sugar Rush (Sky) 

     Magical (Flowers and Border)

     Lawn Fawn #LF1355 "Watercolor" (Grass/Stems)

Cardstock 

     White Daisy

Digital Art 

     Sheepski Designs "Virgo"

Dies 

     Memory Box #98568 "Frangia Bouquet"

     Lawn Fawn #LF1148 "Grass" 

Stamps 

     D1751 Punny Pals (Sentiment)     

Other 
     2D Thin Foam Tape
     Dollar Store - Thin Foam Sheet
Inks / Pens 

     Inks Sea Glass, Black and Pewter 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens 

Just For You - Color Dare #289

My DT card for Color Dare #289 was created for the Little Acres Birthday Anniversary BlogHop using the sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday  #363.  Please stop by and view the DT's inspiration for these challenges ... and would love to see what projects you will create.  The Color Dare Challenge will be open for (2) weeks...AND you still have time to enter in our Color Dare #288 Click Here. 

The theme is Nature and/or Coffee and is meant to inspire, not required, so let your imagination run "wild"! You are not required to use Little Acres Creations stamps, but if you have them...we'd love to see them! You can link up to other challenges, but your project should be created specifically for this challenge. You have until April 20th at 11:55 pm Pacific Time to link up. Don't forget about all of the other activities going on here through the 20th and so many more chances to win some big prizes! You can find all of the details by clicking on this link and visiting the main Celebration Post! 

Also submitted to the following challenges: 

Die Cutting Divas Challenge #365 "3,2,1"

     3-Design Papers, 2-Embellishments, 1-Ribbon/Bow 
Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #13 "April Showers Bring May Flowers"

Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes With Dies"

TicTacToe #TTT044 - Column Add Dimension, Ink, Pattern Paper

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Papers 
     Paper Fundamentals
        Adventure - Raspberry
        Whimsy - Juniper
Cardstock 
     Raspberry, Mink and Daisy White
Dies
     Piazza Plenty #143844 "Cup With Hearts" 
     Sizzix Thinlits #661190 "Wildflowers" 
Embellishments 
     Ribbon - Unknown in Stash 
     Nuvo Crystal Drops "Simply White" 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 


     

Happy Spring - Pigments of Imagination

This card was made for Little Acres Creations Birthday Celebration using Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #449. Piglets are enjoying wallowing in hot chocolate...surely better than dirt. Stamped the splash of chocolate on white cardstock, colored, stamped sentiment, layered scene on cardstock and adhered to my floral background card base. Stamped the cute Piglets on white cardstock, colored, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape laying across the chocolate. Instead of a flower...die cut a teapot to place on the corner with 3D thin foam tape, drew in the stream of hot chocolate and applied liquid glass.  

The theme is Nature and/or Coffee and is meant to inspire, not required, so let your imagination run "wild"! You are not required to use Little Acres Creations stamps, but if you have them...we'd love to see them! You can link up to other challenges, but your project should be created specifically for this challenge. You have until April 20th at 11:55 pm Pacific Time to link up. Don't forget about all of the other activities going on here through the 20th and so many more chances to win some big prizes! You can find all of the details by clicking on this link and visiting the main Celebration Post! 

Also used liquid glass on the piglets eyes, snout, tail and hoofs. Colored over the lid on the teapot with gold and used CTMH glitter pen on both the piglets and teapot. On the inside of the card used another one of the Piglet stamps and bordered with the same plaid design paper used on the front. 

Also sent to the following Challenges:  

Three Amigos "April Showers Bring May Flowers"

CAS Sunday "Laughter is the Best Medicine" 

Paper Smooches 2018 April "Spring" 

Products Used: 

Design Paper 

     Doodlebug Designs Assortment - Value Pack 

Cardstock 

     CTMH White Daisy 

Stamp Set 

     Little Acres "Pigments of Imagination" Stamp Set 

Dies 

     Paper Smooches DED181 "Coffee & Tea"
Inks / Pens
     Copic Sketch Colors - W1,W3,W6,R81,E44 and E77
     Ranger Distress Ink "Brown"
Other
     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape
     CTMH Liquid Glass
     CTMH Glitter Pen - Clear 

Lova Ya - H2H - April Week #3 Framed

My DT Card for Heart2Heart "Framed" was made using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #260 which had several frames...so out came some of my frame dies and they were cut with a plaid design paper and then adhered with 3D foam tape to a pretty floral background.  The flower was my image cut from bashful pink and adhered to corner of the smaller frame.  My sentiment was another diet cut placed at the bottom of the one frame.  

Hop on by Heart2Heart for this week's Theme and showcase your favorite project.  It might be a manic Monday but that also means that here at Heart2Heart we've got another great challenge for you.  "You've been framed!"  That's right!  So the only way to clear your name is to join us this week.  You have until the end of the month to create and submit your project and other upcoming April themes to earn a Perfect Attendance Badge if you create a card for each weekly theme during that month. 

The inside of the card used one of the same frames for the sentiment and used the negative of a couple of the daisy cuts for the bottom corner.  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 
Three Amigos "April Showers Bring May Flowers" 
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes With Dies" 
Dies R Us Challenge #95 "Springtime" 


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Gimme Some Sugar 
Cardstock 
     Bashful ad White Daisy 
Dies 
     Waffle Flower #31111 "Pinking Layers" 
     My Favorite Things #MFT054 "Upsy-Daisy"
     Lawnflower #LF1559 "Love Ya" 
Other 
     3D Thin and Regular Foam Tape 
     Zig Wink of Stella "Clear"  

Are You Kitten Me? - Color Dare #288

My DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #288 combined with the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #448.  

Did many cut panels in both the lagoon and peacock blues and shuffled them around until I was happy with the distribution of the colors.  Went to my stamp collection and found this adorable cat and that's where my mink came in.  This cat stamp reminds me so much of my son's cat "Thurman" and we are babysitting him for the next couple weeks.  Showing my husband the half put together card, Thurman jumped up on the bed and wanted to see it too...almost like he knew I was making this card of him.  Well, it was late and because I wasn't quite happy with my project...it needed something more...and off to bed. 

Waking up the next morning, the circle panel was changed to a ball of yarn using different design paper so that changed my final shuffle of color distribution from last night and had to cut one more panel with a different design paper to coordinate with this change. Now to pull in some silver and a sentiment.  Apparently the mouse made his home in the ball of yarn, came out, and sat on Thurman's head to let him know not to play with the ball...Thurman says "Are You Kitten Me?"  

Please stop by and view the DT's inspiration for these challenges ... and would love to see what projects you will create.  The Color Dare Challenge will be open for (2) weeks...AND you still have time to enter in our Color Dare #287 Click Here. 

On the inside of the card added a border on the bottom with design paper.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #323 "Anything Goes" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper

     Paper Fundamentals "Enchantment - Peacock" 

     Paper Fundamentals "Adventure - Lagoon"

Cardstock 

     Mink and White Daisy 

Inks 

     Mink and Peacock 

Cricut Design Space

     CTMH "Artistry" - Ball of Yarn #M418710

Dies

     Paper Smooches "Cat Icons #J3D148"     

Stamps 

     Journey "Feed Me #AT-0160"

Embellishments

     Berry Christmas Dots "Silver" 
     Zig "Wink of Stella" Clear

Other 

     Dollar Store - Thin Foam Sheet 

     3D Thin Foam Tape