Happy Birthday - Double Trouble Challenge #53 - USING ALL WASHI TAPE

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #53 "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" using Twisted Sister's optional twist "bits and pieces of design paper, and/or washi tape for backgrounds".  Wow, my chance to use some of my washi tape that gets forgotten... so off to my washi tape storage.  Double Dare asks for you to make a card that would fit the requirement of a previous partner and I chose Crafting Happiness "Anything Goes".    

My first attempt was to cover the whole background with the washi tape, but remembered I had seen a card that one of our entrants did whereby she covered her cardstock with washi tape and then die cut a frame.  So, I pulled out a dragonfly die and used my washi tape background.  Well, now I had to look for something for my background and I couldn't find a  nice match to the washi tape dragonfly.  I gave up and thought why not use the same washi tape and border both sides of the card base.  Still needed something so found a narrow washi tape and added to each side and placed my dragonfly in the middle.  

On smaller white cardstock I put the other washi tape so that I could cut out a Happy Birthday sentiment. Added a gold gem to the center of the flower and scattered a few smaller gems on the front of the card. 

I found the nice thing about using washi tape on your card base to create a background you didn't require adhesive tape or glue to adhere it...this turned out to be a pretty easy card once I decided what I was going to do with it.  

Also submitted to the following challenges:  
The Paper Players "TicTacToe" 
     Middle Row:  Die Cut, Spring, Birthday

Products Used: 

Design Background 

     Made with Washi Tape 

Cardstock 

     CTMH White Daisy 

Dies 
     LaLa Land Crafts #8274 "Dragon Fly"      
     Spellbinders #S2-082 "Happy Birthday" 

Other 

     CTMH Gold Glitter Gems 

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape

THING 1: Trouble Maker
Something Anything Everything  

Thing 3: Twisted Sister
"Background with Bits & Pieces
of Design Paper or Washi Tape"

Thing 2 Double Dare says to use one of our previous partners' requirements and earn extra random draws.

Please follow us on Double Trouble Challenge and receive notices of our new challenge on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, and if there is a 5th Monday we run a special one week challenge like this one for our "Something, Everything, Anything".

Join us at National Goof Off Day and National Chip and Dip Day. We thought this would be a good time to Goof Off since many of us are staying at home and looking for things to do. If you have children at home maybe they would like to join, too."

Grab your favorite Chip Snacks or two... this can be potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, crackers, pretzels, etc. The dip is any type that goes with the chip of your choice. While you're enjoying your Chips... Look for Chip Shapes that resemble something else, or make something unique out of your snacks. But don't eat your findings until you take a photo or two and enter your Chip Shape HERE.

You Make Me Happy - Color Dare #386

Here is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #386 using the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch Challenge #449 with Optional Pop of Color.  

Please pop over to ColorMyHeart Color Dare and see DT members' inspiration, along with other participants that have entered this challenge. Please join us in this fun color challenge. Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share your project the first week you still have another week to enter that challenge...current challenges are on the side bar of the blog. 

Also sent to the following Challenges: 
Color Crazy Craft Challenge #11 "ATC Must Be Colored"  
Daring Cardmakers "Floral Focus" 
YNS Fun Friday #135 "Cute Critters" 


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Mix-In X9011
     Paper Fundamentals "Enchantment Ruby" 
Cardstock 
     Ruby, White Daisy and French Vanilla 
Stamp Set 
     D1920 You Make Me Happy 
Inks/Pens 
     Memento "London Fog" 
     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - Alcohol-base 
        B45, C3, Y63, R56, R89 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Happy Bee-Day - Double Trouble Challenge #52

This is my DT card for Double Trouble Challenge #52 "Die-lirious & Punchy", using Twisted Sister's Twist "Bees/Honeycomb" and partnering with Bitten By the Bug Challenge "Spring Equinox".  Bees are here...Spring has Sprung.  Sought out one of my favorite stamp sets for the honeycombs.  Using the triple time stamping technique, cut the three panels in White Daisy cardstock, placed the three layers in my Misti and stamped a variety of the honeycombs on the corners using assorted yellow inks.  Added the yellow borders on each of the panels and glued all on my card base.  

Bitten By the Bug waived their standard of having to use Cricut cuts and for this challenge they will allow you to use any cutting machine. My Bugaboo digital was printed and a couple honeycombs stamped on white cardstock and cut with my Brother Scan and Cut. Love my Scan and Cut but miscalculated the cutting edge so it cut off one of the bee's antennas which I had to glue back on. The bee was colored using Copic Sketch brushes and adhered with 3D thin foam tape for dimension, along with one of the honeycombs. The sentiment were small alphabet dies in which I used my Cuttlebug to cut a set using honey cardstock, adhered to another set using black cardstock for a shadow and then placed and adhered each letter to the card.  

Thing 1 Trouble Maker
Spring Die-Cut 

Thing 3 Twisted Sister
Add Bee and/or Honeycomb

Thing 2 Double Dare
Share with
Bitten By the Bug 

Bitten By the Bug is a challenge that usually requires cuts from your Cricut machine, however, we CUT a Real Die'al with them.  For this challenge they are accepting the use of hand punches, die-cutting machines, but NO fussy-cutting!  Besides using a Cricut you are free to use a Silhouette, a Brother Scan and Cut or other similar devices. In your blog post be sure to tell us what you used. 

Please follow us on Double Trouble Challenge and receive notices of our new challenge on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, and if there is a 5th Monday we run a special one week challenge "Something, Everything, Anything".

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

Heart2Heart "So Punny" 
ArtsyStamper Digitals Challenge #12 "Lots of Layers" 

Catch the Bug Challenge "Things With Wings" 

2CraftyCritterCrazies #36 "Critters" 

Art Impressions #278 "Spring Celebrations" 

As You Like It "Spring or Easter and Why?" bees are the sign of Spring 

     and bringing an abundance of green and flowers  

Time Out Challenges "Birthday" with Optional Die-Cut or Fussy-Cut"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Personalized Stamped Background 

Cardstock 

     Lemonade, White Daisy and Black 

Stamps 

     C1537 Honeycomb Flair 

Digital 

     Bugaboo "Honey Bee"

Dies 

     Sizzix "Alphabet" 

Inks / Pens 

     Lemon, Honey, Goldrush, Canary and Sunflower Inks 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol base 

         B97, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, Y06, Y08, YR23 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

You're My Lucky Charm - Color Dare #385

Here is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #385 "Inspiration Board" using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #359.  Wow, most every color of the rainbow is in this Inspirational Board and a St. Patty's Day card was in order.  So, I pulled out my Doodlebug St. Patty Day patterned papers and started cutting the strips for my background. Instead of hearts I used a couple of clouds, adhered with 3D foam tape and cut a rainbow with the same papers as the background, the rainbow working it's way into the background.  My sentiment was on the other side of patterned papers, along with the image, these were fussy-cut and image was adhered with 3D thin foam tape.  

Please pop over to ColorMyHeart Color Dare and see DT members' inspiration, along with other participants that have entered this challenge. Please join us in this fun color challenge. Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share your project the first week you still have another week to enter that challenge...current challenges are on the side bar of the blog. 

Also sent to the following Challenges: 
Double Trouble #51 "Let's Go Green" as DT Member 
Heart2Heart "Put Your Green On" 
Paper Smooches "Anything Goes" (Must use one Paper Smooches item)
Simon Says "Use some Green" 
Paper Fun Day Challenge #15 w/Opt Twist: St Patrick's Day 
My Inky Fingers #009 "Rainbow" 
Cut It Up #195  "Green With Envy" 
Daring Cardmakers "Lucky for Some" 
Fun Friday #134 "Let's Get Lucky" 
Tuesday Throwdown #452 "Good Luck" 

CTMH Producs Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Doodlebug Design "Pot of Gold" Paperpad 
Cardstock 
     Emerald and White Daisy 
Dies
     Whimsy Stamps #WSD365 "Up in the Clouds" 
     Paper Smooches #FBD-14-124-2T "Rainbow" 
Other 
     3D Thin and Regular Foam Tape 
Pens/Inks 
     Copic Sketch Pen - Alcohol-base  B0000, B000

Hugs - Color Dare #384

Here is my DT card for Color My Heart Color Dare #384 "Greys + 2 Colors of your Choice" (Wisteria and Julep).  Selected a light grey from the Paper Fundamentals (Slate) with a polka-dot design, cut a corner die and a decorative edge, layered this on top of slate cardstock. First layer of the flowers were cut in Wisteria cardstock, top layer was cut with vellum and adhered together with thin foam tape.  Cut the flourish out of Julep cardstock, placed on polka-dot paper, randomly adhered flowers to the flourish for dimension and added a Julep Glitter Jem to the center of each flower.  

Something seemed to be missing in the background, thought it needed a little color...die cut the same corner border using both wisteria and julep cardstock, placed alternating colors in some of the diamonds and then adhered with thin foam tape again for dimension.  Cut "Hugs" from an alphabet die set in slate and julep, layered for shadow and glued on side border. 

Took some of the left over diamonds and adhered on the edge to the inside of the card.  

Please pop over to ColorMyHeart Color Dare and see DT members' inspiration, along with other participants that have entered this challenge. Please join us in this fun color challenge. Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share your project the first week you still have another week to enter that challenge...current challenges are on the side bar of the blog.  

Also Submitted to the following Challenges: 
Crafty Catz #496 "Anything Goes with Optional Flowers" 
Craft Rocket Challenges #68 "Flowers" 

Products Used: 
Design/Specialty Paper 
     CTMH Paper Fundamentals "Slate" Polka-Dot 
     Vellum 
Cardstock 
     CTMH Slate, Wisteria, Julep and White Daisy 
Dies 
     Sizzix Tim Holtz #660220 "Mixed Media" 
     Poppy #1788 "Tailored Stitches" 
     MFT Stamps #MFT-088 "Flourish" 
     Reasonable Dies #F1371 "Flowers" 
     Sizzix "Alphabet"  
Embellishments / Other 
     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 
     CTMH Julep Glitter Gems 

Double Trouble Challenge #51 "Go Green" - HoHoHo

This is my DT card for our DoubleTrouble Challenge #51 "Go Green" with optional twist to use "something gold" and partnering with Heart2Heart "Putting Our Green On".  Rather than making a St. Paddy's Day card...decided to do a Christmas card.  This green plaid was in one of my paperpacks and wanted to use it for my background.  Stamped the tree in White Daisy and a Green Glitter and adhered with 3D thin foam tape to the background.  Stamped, die-cut and colored this adorable Rubbernecker Gnome and adhered with 3D foam tape in front of the Tree.  Added a candy cane, sentiment and a couple snowflakes in gold glitter to complete my first Christmas card this year.  

Please visit us at Double Trouble for this fun challenge, 

view the projects from other Design Team members and entrants 

and hopes it gives you inspiration to create a project too. 

Looking forward to seeing you there

Thing 1: Trouble Maker
Let's Go Green

Thing 4: Twisted Sister's Twin
Include "something gold"

Thing 2: Double Dare
Share Your Green with
Heart2Heart

Please follow us on Double Trouble Challenge and receive notices of our new challenge on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, and if there is a 5th Monday we run a special one week challenge "Something, Everything, Anything".  

Also shared with the following Challenges: 
The Paper Girls 195 "Glitter" 
Pause Dream Enjoy #38 "Green"  
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge #11 "Green, Green, It's Green they Say" 
Always Fun Challenges #152 "Shades of Green" 
Christmas 24 Challenge #005 "Color Red, Green, Gold" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design/Specialty Paper 
     Cedar and Pine 
     Gold and Green Glitter Sheets
Stamp Set 
     Rubbernecker "Thomas Winter Gnome" 
Cardstock 
     Cranberry, Black & White Daisy 
Dies 
     Paper Smooches #nod099  "Snow Flakes" 
     Memory Box #98168 "Winterland Tree" 
     Peachy Cheap "Holiday Sentiments" 
Inks/Pens 
     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - Alcohol-base 
       C00, C1, G16, G17, G19, E50, E51, E53, E93
       R24, R27, R29 
Other 
      Liquid Glass 
      3D Thin and Regular Foam Tape