Color Dare #666 (Due 08/22)

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #666 "Must Use All Three Colors" and found a cool stencil in my stash to use with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #643 flipping to landscape.   

I needed to make a quick card because my family from back East are visiting this week and wanted to spend time with them. They only make it out here every couple years, and it's the only time our pool is used... lol. This stencil was a good match to the sketch challenge, so simply blended the three colors and then added the sentiment... CAS, finished and posted all within an hour. 

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Cardstock 

     White Daisy 
Dies  

     Lawn Fawn Words: Happy Birthday   
Inks/Pens
    Peacock, Goldrush, Buttercup Inks
    

DTC Challenge #198 - 3-2-1 Recipe "Mix It Up" with TSOT Sketch Challenge #677 for Inspiration

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #198 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "Mix It Up" (3-layers, 2-patterned papers, 1-sentiment) and combining it with our Sister Challenge, Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #677) which starts on August 19th. This card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for inspiration and how easy it is to participant in both challenges. 

Twisted Sister says, "Let's be cool and take this fan-tastic opportunity to cool off, and use my optional twist and create a fan-fold card using TSOT's Sketch Challenge #677 above. Here are two tutorials in two different sizes for creating Fan Fold cards: Patty Dolan's A2 Tutorial and Lisa Curcio's A7 Tutorial 

This was such a fun card to put together and I chose to do a Christmas card. First I sized and printed the sketch to an A2 and used that as my pattern for the different panel cuts...that procedure saved me many cuts. 

My fan was decorated with foliage and pinecones to add more dimension to the card... undecided on what pinecones and foliage to use several cuts were made using cardstock and patterned paper. After completing the front of the card the balance of cuts were placed on the inside corner against one of the patterns in the fan.  A sentiment was added bordered with evergreen cardstock.  

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "Mix It Up" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, optional twists and dare for inspiration and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge, Try a Sketch On Tuesday to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Double Trouble's alternate challenge for another chance at DTC random drawing was shared with Creative Creases #106 "Anything Goes, Fun Fold". 

Christmas Crafts All Year Round (Songs of Christmas:Pinecones and Holly Berries) 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge "Aug Anything Goes" with Top Pick Twist

The Neglected Stuff "8/25" Neglected Stuff Used: Christmas paperpack & dies 

Jingle Belles "The Sprit of Christmas Past"  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Evergreen (Used 3 of the patterned papers)

Cardstock 

     Vanilla, Evergreen, Acorn, Chocolate and White Daisy

Stamps 

     Sentiment: D1629 "Just to Say"

Dies 

     Ultimate Crafts "Wild Branches & Pinecones" 

     Ultimate Crafts "Rustic Christmas" 

     Penny Black "Jolly Holly" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Evergreen" Ink 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare #664 - Thank You

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #664 using at least two shades of blue.  As I was looking through my stash I came across a very old floral from one of CTMH Fundamental paperpacks and it already had two blues meeting the requirement and perfect as a background. Decided to use a third color, Sapphire, for a second border. 

 

My immediate thought was to add butterflies using the same colors... so I sought out a pair of butterfly dies.  Cut the shadow base for each butterfly with glacier and cut the decorative butterfly for each using Lagoon. Each were glued on body part only, then adhered to background using 3D thin foam tape and the wings were rolled for additional dimension.  

Sentiment was cut using Lagoon cardstock and then adhered direct to the background and a butterfly was added to the inside r-h corner of card base. 

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #664 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

If you like to combine additional Challenges... consider hopping over to either Double Trouble "3-2-1 Recipe" and/or our sister challenge Try a Sketch on Tuesday and see how easy it might be to combine one or both challenges with Color Dare.



Also entered at the Following Challenges:

A Cut Above "Anything Goes with a Die Cut" August 

Ellibelle's Garden Party 

The Neglected Stuff "   Used: Floral Paper retired CTMH Paperpack 

     and Butterfly Dies

Triple B: Birds, Butterflies and Blooms - August 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
     CTMH Fundamentals - Floral   
Cardstock

     (3) Shades of Blue (Sapphire, Glacier and Lagoon), and White Daisy 

Dies
     Lawn Fawn - Thank You Border 

     Spellbinders "Butterflies"   
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape

TSOT #676 - 25th Anniversary

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT) Sketch #676. The CTMH paperpack "Love Story - Silver Pack" had some paper I've wanted to use for quite some time. My inspiration and plan was to use the 3-2-1 Recipe at Double Trouble but my final card ended up as a grey/silver monochromatic perfect for a 25th Wedding Annniversary. 

I chose a scalloped hexagon cutting out the center with a smaller hexagon to make the frame for the focal point. The focal point was a flower that was right in the middle for the background patterned paper and the hexagon frame was approximately the same size as my focal point. The frame was adhered with 3D thin foam tape and from the same patterned paper the same floral was fussy-cut to use for layering and dimension. 

For more dimension the leaves were lifted up over the frame, another sprig was fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape over the same sprig on the patterned paper. Wink of Stella was added to the frame, floral, leaves and sprig which gave a little sparkle against the background.  

To finish my card a sentiment was die cut using three different dies, layered 3 times for dimension and adhered to the bottom of the background. Again added Wink of Stella to bring in more sparkle against the background.  

Please hop on over to Try a Sketch On Tuesday, check out the Design Team's inspiration for this sketch and share your creativity... hope to see you there. 

You may want to hop on over to our sister challenge, Double Trouble to see if you have already met their 3-2-1 Recipe ingredients. If you have, you can enter the challenge and be eligible for random drawing chances... or maybe you just have to add an ingredient to meet the requirement. Hope to also see you there.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "Anything Goes with a Die Cut" August 

I Spy With My Little Eye No. 28 "Something to Celebrate"

Ellibelle's Garden Party 

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Floral Goes Optional Mood Board 31" 

Triple B: Birds, Butterflies and Blooms - Aug 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers

     Love Story Paperpack "Silver"    

Cardstock 

     Gray and White Daisy  

Dies 

     Pink and Main Scallop Hexagon Dies 

     Lil'Inker Mixed/Stitched Numbers Die Set 

     Paper Roses "Words" 

     My Artc Alphabet Stamp and Cuts 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Bitty Sparkles 

DTC Challenge #197 3-2-1 Recipe "You're In the Spotlight" with TSOT #676

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #197 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "You're in the Spotlight" consisting of 3 Color of Choice (Purple, Yellow, Lagoon and Green), 2 Layers Not to Include Card Base, and 1 Spotlight Technique.  Click on Spotlight Technique here for easy tutorials for creating this technique. Also included using  Twisted Sister's optional twist to include flower(s) and share my card with our alternate challenge "Triple B (Butterflies, Birds & Blooms)".  My inspiration came from our sister challenge, TSOT, Try a Sketch on Tuesday #676, rotating the sketch to landscape.  

In the CTMH paperpack "Love Story" there was a large floral sticker in black and white.  I chose a scalloped circle, cutting out the center with a smaller scalloped circle to make a frame for the spotlight technique. I circled off the space to be colored and then colored the florals and leaves within the circle using Copic Sketch  (alcohol-base) pens.  

Adhered the floral on black cardstock, added 3D thin foam tape to adhere to the card base.  The frame was place around the colored floral sticker and adhered to the background.  To finish my card a sentiment was die cut using white cardstock was placed in upper right-hand corner. 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "You're in the Spotlight" and play along with our optional twist and double dare while earning additional chances to our random drawing. Check out the Design Teams inspirations and let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over to our sister challenge,Try a Sketch On Tuesday to check out the Design Teams inspiration, and you may want to consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "Anything Goes with a Die Cut" August 

Ellibelle's Garden Party 

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Floral Goes Optional Mood Board 30" 

The Neglected Stuff "   Used: Floral Sticker from retired CTMH Paperpack

Triple B: Birds, Butterflies and Blooms - August 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Love Story Paperpack "Floral Sticker"     

Cardstock 

     Black and White Daisy

Dies 

     Scalloped Circle Dies 

     Peachy Cheap "Words" 

Inks/Pens 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) Variable Colors

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Bitty Sparkles