This was a Father's Day card from Cleo to her daddy. She was sitting in her tower watching me make her card, of course with her input. She adores her daddy because all she has to do is meow at him and run toward her teddy bear snack bar and he immediately gets up from his chair and gets her some snacks. I didn't know he could move so fast... at least not when I ask him for help.
Retirement has created a challenge addict, which takes up a fair amount of my time. Thanks to innovative and creative ideas from many Design Teams, my CTMH daughter, and my friends. Challenges give me a jump-start on many of my cards and turns on my creativity to come up with my own unique designs. Take some time to browse and if you like what you see, please sign up on the right sidebar and consider "following" me.
Monday, June 24, 2024
Love - Celebrate Your Day - Color Dare #605
Hadn't posted this yet and when I was checking out the next Color Dare Board #605 was perfect for this card. Black and White + 1 more color using Candy Apple.
On the inside of the card, most of the stamps from "You're Pawsome" was used, along with a couple other sentiment stamps.
Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #605 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.
Also entered at the Following Challenges:
CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
Mix-In Paper in Candy Apple
Cardstock
Candy Apple and White Daisy
Stamps
B1752 "You're Pawsome"
Changed the Eat to Treat in Inside Sentiment
D1629 "Just to Say" Happy Father's Day Sentiment
Paper Sweeties "Word Sentiment Thank you, So Much"
Dies
In Stash - Word Bubble
Scrapbook "Word Die - Love"
Inks/Pens
Memento "Black" Ink
Copic Multi-Liner "Black"
Other
3D Thin Foam Tape
Friday, June 21, 2024
Color Dare #606 - Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful
This is my 2nd attempt for my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #606 "Four Square". These colors inspired me to create a project with a butterfly or peacock using Journey, Royal and Capri. For this card a pretty Glacier floral design was selected for the background and because I didn't want to cut off any of the floral and leaves decided to make a slimline card and bordered it with Royal cardstock.
Starting with the Capri butterfly negative pieces from both the Journey and Royal butteflies were taped in place. The Journey butterfly was then added to the back of the Capri to additionally hold pieces intact.
The Royal butterfly was adhered direct to the patterned paper as a shadow and then the assorted color butterfly was adhered direct to body, used 3D thin foam tape for dimension and a Glacier dot for the head of the butterfly.
The sentiment was cut in two pieces so that I could offset the sentiment to balance the card... that worked for me.
Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #606 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.
My first attempt was to use the peacock but wasn't real happy with it, thus put it aside and did the butterfly instead. After completing the butterfly card went back to the peacock, added a few more feathers, adhered to a part of the same design sheet which picked up a light Lagoon. Bordered the design paper with Royal and adhered to the card base. Used the same sentiment and placement. I was so happy to finish this card because the image would have gone in my stash and been forgotten about.
Also entered at the Following Challenges:
Card 1: Butterfy
Card 2: Peacock
Must use one of the B's (Birds, Butterflies, Blooms)
CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
Dream Maker
Cardstock
Royal and White Daisy
Stamps
S2001 Everyday Magic
Dies
Pizza Plenty "Butterfly 2"
Reasonable Dies "Peacock"
Inks/Pens
Memento "Black" Ink
Other
3D Thin Foam Tape
Glacier Dot
Monday, June 17, 2024
DTC #169 "Long & Skinny" - Thank You
This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble Challenge #169 "Long & Skinny" commemorating Summer Solstice, the Longest Day in the Northern Hemisphere, Trouble Maker wants you to create a LONG and Skinny card (slimline or mini-slimline).
Twisted Sister's optional twist is to clude flowers and Double Dare says if you have created a slimline and included flowers you are eligible to enter our collaborating partner's challenge at Ellibelle's Corner I Spy with My Little Eye No. 16 "Something Blooming Lovely" and earn another chance at our random drawing.
I chose to create a Mini-Slimline combining it with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #582 and using the Color Board at Color Dare Challenge #605 "Black & White + 1 Color". I have had three sets of "Love Story" (Black, Toffee and Silver) and I chose the black. What more appropriate for choosing this paperpack for the Color Dare Board, and since Twisted Sister wanted us to include flowers the Atlantic Hearts sketch was perfect.
Chose two of the black patterned papers for the background, used a white and black checker for the focal point and bordered all panels using white daisy cardstock. Decided to use one of the complementary white floral design papers to fussy-cut the florals because of the similarity to the background design papers. Used two shade of turquoise, colored the two larger florals and adhered with 3D thin foam tape for dimension. My other corner embellishments were a small floral and cut wooden heart set. Cut two black thank you sentiments, layered and then adhered to the middle of the floral panel.
Bordered the inside of the card base with the checkered panel, edged with a strip of black and fussy-cut, colored and adhered the small floral in bottom corner.
Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.
Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board and Atlantic Sketch Challenge to see how easy it might be to combine challenges. Don't forget you can always use our sister challenge Try a Sketch on Tuesday for your slimline as well.
Also entered at the Following Challenges:
w/Optional Mood Board
Must use one of the B's (Birds, Butterflies, Blooms)
CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
Background - Design Papers: Love Story "Black" - 2021
Focal Point: Flowers fussy-cut from Love Story Patterned Paper
Cardstock
Black and White Daisy
Dies
Sentiment: Lawn Fawn #LF1055 "Thank You"
Inks/Pens
Memento "Black" Ink
Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) BG13, BG15
Other
3D Thin Foam Tape
Heart Embellishment
Friday, June 7, 2024
Color Dare #604 - You're Sweet
This is my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare # 604 "Six Pack" combined with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #580. All you need to do is select at least three colors from the Color Board and follow the rules for the neutrals. I chose to use Limeade, Flamingo and Ballerina.
In my stash I had a macaron stamp which hadn't been used yet and the Color Board reminded me of a dish of macarons. The macaron stamp is a stack of three; but I wanted to position them differently... so stamped the top macaron in limeade, flamingo and ballerina cardstock, fussy-cut each, brushed edges with retired inks that matched close to the each color and filled center of macaron with white jel pen. To bring in the flair as in sketch two bows from pink vellum were cut.
Two circles, one each in Limeade and Ballerina were glued off-center using Limeade as a shadow, adhered off the edge of a pretty design paper selected for the background, snipped off side of circle, bordered with Limeade cardstock and adhered to a card base. A sentiment was stamped on the pink circle.
On the border of the inside of card base used a triangular shape of the same patterned paper as background and bordered it with a strip of limeade cardstock.
Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #604 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.
You may also like to hop over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to see how easy it might be to combine challenges.
Also entered at the Following Challenges:
CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
Mix-in Papers (Fllamingo)
Vellum Paper - Pink
Cardstock
Limeade, Flamingo, Ballerina and White Daisy
Stamps
Z4101 "Ooh la la
Dies
Sizzix "Circle"
Coco & Reno "Bows"
Inks/Pens
Memento "Black" Ink
Bashful, Blossom, Sweet Leaf Inks
Sakura Gelly Roll "White"
Other
3D Thin Foam Tape
Queen and Company "Sunflowers Summer" Accents
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
TSOT Challenge 648 - Sending Good Vibes Your Way
This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch On Tuesday #648. This sketch reminded me of a sunrise on a beach... so that's where I started. With a couple of brown inks on white cardstock stamped the sand portion at the bottom and another cut of the aqua patterned paper for the sea and adhered them to a piece of perriwinkle cardstock to complete the background sky for my beach scene.
To complete the scene... selected another patterned paper, die cut a sun cutting off the bottom portion to adhere flush to the top of the aqua sea. Stamped, colored and fussy-cut a seagull image, split a portion of the aqua and adhered trunks under the aqua giving it a little dimension. The seagull was placed in the split and used thin foam tape on the seagull for additional dimension.
Using a white gel pen scribbled small line marks along the seashore and in the waves to show wave action. Stamped sentiment in black Memento ink direct on the sky portion of the background.
Please hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday to see their Design Team members inspiration and let's see what you create using this sketch. You may want to go over to Double Trouble, our sister challenge, and maybe you can combine both these challenges.
Also entered at the Following Challenges:
I Spy With My Little Eye No. 16 "Something for Boys or Men"
Make My Monday Challenge #227 "B is for ..." (Birthday, Beach)
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Masculine"
The Sisterhood of Crafters "All About the Men"
CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
Mix-In / Colored Pattern Papers in Stash - Canary and Lagoon
Cardstock
Lagoon, and White Daisy
Stamps
S2207 "Voice of the Sea"
D2102 "Writing in the Sand"
Dies
Whimsy Stamps #WSD365 "Up in the Clouds Die Set
Inks/Pens
Memento "Black" Ink
Sakura Gelly Roll "White"
Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base)
Seagull: Greys C0, C1, C3, C5, Orange YR04
Tree stump: E55
Ink Toffee
Other
3D Thin Foam Tape
Sunday, June 2, 2024
DTC #168 - Have a CRABulous Birthday
This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble Challenge #168 "We Dare You" to create a masculine card and then use Twisted Sister's optional twist to use Colorful Options Color of the Month "Aqua" or use Rainbow Colors. Wasn't sure how these colors would fit into a masculine card... but I think I accomplished it using both aqua and rainbow colors... what do you think?
Using white cardstock another stamp from Voice in the Sea was stamped with Memento Black Ink, colored with Copic brushes and adhered on the inside corner of the card base.
Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble and Colorful Options to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.
You may also like to hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday, our Sister challenge, to see the the current sketch for inspiration and see how easy it might be to combine this challenge as well.
Also entered at the Following Challenges:
Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"
I Spy With My Little Eye No. 16 "Something for Boys or Men"
Make My Monday Challenge #227 "B is for ..." (Birthday, Beach)
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Masculine"
The Sisterhood of Crafters "All About the Men"
CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
Aqua Brush Strokes - Unknown, in Stash from FriendA
Cardstock
Lagoon and White Daisy
Stamps
D2102 Writing in the Sand
S2207 Voice of the Sea
Dies
Rubbernecker "Tags" modified
Inks/Pens
Inks
Water: Lagoon, Glacier, Sea Foam
Sand: Toffee, Almond
Memento "Black" Ink
Sakura Gelly Roll "White"
Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base)
Brown: E 01, E13, E31, E55, E59
Red / Orange / Violet: R00, R14, R29, BV00, BV25
Gray: C00, C1, C3, C5
Blue: BG07, BG10, BG11
Green: YG23, G16
Yellow: Y15, YR15
Other
3D Thin Foam Tape
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