DTC #172 "What Makes You Happy?" Unwrap Holiday Cheers

This is my DT card for Double Trouble Challenge #172 "What Makes You Happy?" and Twisted Sister's optional twist to include a smile on your project. After picking a stamp that made me happy Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #588 was a perfect fit and being it was a Christmas stamp the Color Dare Challenge "Fancy Five" had some traditional colors (Scarlet and Pine) and other untraditional colors found their place in the packages and kitties.  And, for the month of August, "Cute Critters" are the theme for  Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #32.  

Going through my stash I found a pretty Pine and White floral patterned paper, layered it with Scarlet cardstock and adhered to the card base. Cut one patterned circle die using French Vanilla with decorative circle die using Scarlet, centered and then adhered to background.   

Stamped in Memento Black ink the Newton's stamp image, fussy-cut and colored with Copic brushes using colors closest to Pine, Scarlet, Wisteria and Gold on the packages and the kitties were shades of grey with Peach color cheeks. Adhered image on the circle cuts.  

Twisted Sister's optional twist was to include a smile element (emoji, smile face, sentiment, etc)... I did have an emoji I was going to use but when I looked at the flowers on the background in the center of each flower there were three dots that looked like eyes and nose and all I had to do is draw in a smile using scarlet ink... this definitely made me smile. The sentiment and the cup behind the smiles were perfect for my Christmas card for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge.  On the inside bottom of card base I put a strip of the same floral pattern as on the front background paper 

Hope my card makes you happy and brings a smile to your face.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble and check out the inspiration from our Design Teams 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, Color Dare and Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenges and combine other challenges using our theme. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"  

Jingle Belles "Holiday Leftovers"  (Leftovers: Christmas Paper)  

SUYP Challenge #103 (Must be Cats) 

Simon Says (Add a Sentiment Challenge) "4 Legged Friends" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     My Mind's Eye "Winterberry"  

Cardstock 

     Scarlet, French Vanilla and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Newton's Nook "Christmas Wrap It Up"      

Dies 

     Spellbinders "Circles"  

     Catherine Pooler "Circles - Love Connection" 

     Verve "A Cut Above" Cups

Inks/Pens 

     Skarlet  and Pinderosa Pine Inks 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Gold:  Y28

        Scarlet::  R56  

        Gray:  C0, C1, C3

        Peach:  E93

        Green:  G29 

        Wisteria:  V20

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape