Color Dare 610 Six Pack "Hugs"

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #610 "Six Pack" using at least three of the colors (Flamingo, Peach, Lagoon + Sage) and combined these colors using the Try a Sketch on Tuesday #651, our Double Trouble sister challenge, rotating sketch left for portrait and using a Butterfly as my circle.  A sentiment was required for the sketch so I used letter stamps on the patterned paper for a vertical sentiment and layered with Mink cardstock.  

This card started out with a stamped image on white cardstock and colored using Copic Sketch pens, along with a second stamped on white cardstock to use for dimensional piece for the left-side of the butterfly. 

I wasn't happy with the match of colors so stamped another image on a patterned paper and layered with Mink cardstock. Fussy cut the layered butterfly left wing and the other florals. Stamped a partial image of the butterfly (floral side) on a Peach patterned paper to replace the colored florals I was not happy with. Some of the florals were adhered direct to the stamped image on the patterned papers and some were adhered with 3D thin foam tape. 

On the inside left-over fussy-cuts of the floral were colored and adhered direct to bottom corner of the cardbase in colors 

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #610 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 Try A Sketch on Tuesday, our Sister challenge,  and see how easy it might be to combine challenges. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Goes" #19 

   I made Top Four at Beautiful Blossoms

Cardz Z Galz #229 "Shades of Blue" 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature" 

Monday Challenge Simon Says "Lots of Layers" 

Try It on Tuesday "Things with Wings" 

Triple B July 2024 "Birds, Butterflies, Blooms" 

    I made Top Winner at Triple B 

    

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie "Inspiration"  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Background:  CTMH Mix In "Mink" 

     Flowers:  CTMH Mixo-In "Peach"

Cardstock 

     Mink and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Creative Expressions "Butterfly Blooms"  

     MyArtC Stamp "Letters"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Colors similar to Peach, Flamingo, Lagoon and Sage

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Black and White Dots 

Happy Christmas from Frosty - Double Trouble #171 "What's Your Drive-Thru Window?" with Jingle Bells

This is my Design Team card at Double Trouble Challenge #171 "What's Your Drive-Thru Window". Thing 1 Double Trouble's requirement is to create a project with a window or aperture of any style, shape or size.  I chose a snowflake aperture die using the Aperture Cards tutorial.  This die also satisfied Twisted Sister's optional twist which includes snow, snowflakes, Frosty and/or other snowpeople and allows me to enter in our partner's challenge Jingle Bells "Dashing through the Snow".   

Going through my stash I found this adorable Frosty stamp and this was my inspiration; however Frosty took up a large space to use a window die cut and that was my decision to use an aperature die instead of a window.  

My aperture snowflake die was cut on the upper L-H corner and bottom R-H corner, using a lagoon patterned paper behind it and adhered with thin 3D foam tape to show the snowflake cuts.  Frosty was stamped with Memento London Fog on white cardstock, colored with Copic Sketch pens and then adhered with foam tape and glue for dimension.  Sentiment stamped direct on card using London Fog.  Three of the negative snowflakes were colored and glued directly to the upper R-H corner to balance Frosty on card.  

Used the balance of the negative snowflakes, colored and glued on the R-H border inside the cardbase.  

Check out our Design Team members Double Trouble for "What's their Drive-Thru Window?" and Jingle Belles "Dashing Thru the Snow" and join us. 

Here are easy tutorials, so much flexibility in using dies, to satisfy both challenges. 

Four Simple Window Cards

Three Peek-a-boo Card Ideas

Let's Make Some Cute Peekaboo Cards
Aperture Cards
EASY Pop-Up Window Card 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Addicted to Stamps and More #472 "Christmas"  

Crafty Gals Corner #257 "A/G with Twist Christmas" 

Cut It Up Challenge #308 "Christmas in July" 

Leigh SB Designs Inspiration #31 "AG w/optional Christmas in July" 

Alphabet Challenge "H is for Holidays - Summer or Christmas in July

BYSHC "Christmas in July 2024 Linky Party" 

Instagram: BYSH  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Woodware Craft Collection FRS163 Frosty

Dies 

     Memory Box 30061 "Distressed Snowdrift Collage" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "London Fog" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Brown:  E77

        Red:  R27

        Blue:  BG000, GB13 

        Green:  G17

        Orange:  YR68

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare #608 Fancy Five - Hello

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #608 "Fancy Five".  You only need to select three colors from the Color Board; but you can choose more as long as they are on the board.  I chose Mulberry, Mist, Seabrook and Honey Butter and Cocoa for my neutral.  

 

I had just bought this adorable gnome die set and the Honey Butter casrdstock was perfect for the big sunflower, the Mulberry cardstock (light and dark sides) were used for the face and hands, shoes in black and her outfit cut from a patterned paper in Seabrook. Mist cardstock used for the floral stem. All pieces were cut and assembled using both glue and 3D thin foam tape for some dimension.  

In Storybook paperpacks there was a pretty Mist patterned paper for my background, bordered with Mist cardstock and adhered to the cardbase. The gnone was added to the background paper using glue, decided to cut a bow out of Mist.  Since the gnome took a good portion of the A2 card a small "hello" die was cut two times using Honey Butter, stacked and adhered on background in upper left-hand corner, the only likely space available.  

For the inside of the card added another sunflower on the bottom corner.  

Please stop over at Color Dare to see more of our Design Team members inspiration and join us for this color challenge.  

Also Entered at the Following Challenges: 

The Crafter's Cafe #309 "Include a Gnome" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Storybook Patterned Paper in Seabrook

     Mix-in Patterned Paper in Honey Butter 

Cardstock 

     Mist, Honey Butter, Mulberry, Chocolate, Black and White Daisy 

Dies 

     CTMH "Gnomes for Autumn"

     Paper Smooches "Bow" and "hello" sentiment  

Inks/Pens 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pen (alcohol base) W01 for distressing

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

TSOT Challenge 650 - Love You Much

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch On Tuesday #650. While going through my inventory of my stash this cherry blossom stamp caught my attention because it reminded me of the shape of the postion of the circles in this sketch. Then the circles reminded me of a spotlight technique and thought using vellum behind the image would have that affect. 

The only other thing I had to figure out was the background and the panel with the sentiment.  When I have a card planned out and not all the pieces together I'll usually go in another direction;  but, not with this one, I just needed to press on and the balance of the sketch will come in place... and guess what it did.  

Much to my surprise the circles were exactly in the sizes needed so these were cut using a pink vellum. Cherry Blossom branch was stamped in Memento London Fog, colored with a Copic sketch pens, fussy cut and then adhered to the circles only to solidify the position of the circles until I knew what I was doing with my background and sentiment panel. 

Off to my stash again, selected a Mix-in patterned paper in Mink for the background and then bordered with Ballerina pink cardstock. Okay, now the panel and sentiment... instead of using another patterned paper I dug into my stash and chose a soft pink shimmer trim, cut narrower and adhered top and bottom of what would have been the panel. Adhered the circle/blossom piece on the patterned paper. 

Wanted more dimension so stamped another branch, colored and fussy-cut the flowers in the two middle circles and adhered with 3D thin foam tape. 

Oh, oh, not much room for a sentiment but I found one that filled the area nicely. But before stamping directly on card I used vellum on top of the card to see how it fit best.  

Thought I was done until I noticed I somehow smudged the upper right-hand corner telling me that space needed something to balance the card.  Using a hole punch cut three circles from the pink shimmer trim, placed them over the smudges and added liquid glass.  

On the inside right-hand corner of card base cut two more Vellum Circles and stamped one of the florals from the same stamp set, colored, fussy-cut and adhered on top of the circles.  

Please hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday to see their Design Team members inspiration and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms #18 "Anything Floral Goes" 

Ellibelle's Corner "I Spy With My Little Eye" Flowers 

Incy Wincy Designs "Rounds/Circles 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Vellum Circles 

     Mix-In X9056 "Mink" Pattern 

Cardstock 

     Ballerina and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     C1889 Cherry Blossoms A

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs "Dashing Circles" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "London Fog" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Pink:  R00, R20, R30 

        Brown:  B35, B57

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Soft Pink Shimmer Trim 

     Liquid Glass 

Double Trouble #170 partnering with Park Hopping, My Happy Place

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble #170 "YOU-nique Technique" and partnering with Park Hopping, My Happy Place "July".  Thing 1 Trouble Maker wants you do use embossing "Dry or Heat" and/or stenciling on your project.  

Thing 3 Twisted Sister wants you to consider using some water and/or theme park experience.  My initail thought was using a tube stamp I used several years ago for one of the water experiences; but I couldn't find my tube.  So my water experience went in the direction of Seaworld for the Orca (killer whale) experience.  If you want a splash of water to cool you off for the rest of the day sit in the first couple rows at the Orca experience.  

Using Lagoon ink I blended the background with a wave stencil, then used a cracked glass embossing folder to give it dimension and bordered with Lagoon cardstock.  Stamped, colored and used dies to cut the whales and fishies. Stamped sentiment on white cardstock, bordered with Lagoon cardstock and added the little fishies with 3D thin foam tape.  The inside of the card, stamped the right-hand bottom of the card base with waves and fishies.  

 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble's "YOU-nique Technique" and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

And add some fun and join Park Hopping, My Happy Place and include some water experience and earn additional chances to our random draw. 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Lagoon and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     LDRS Creative No. 3126  "Whale Wishes"

Dies 

     LDRS Creative No. 8067 "Whale Wishes Coordinating Dies" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Gray:  C00, C1, C3, C5 

        Aque:  B32. BG000

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape