Winter Hello, Warm Wishes - Color Dare #425 partnering with Double Trouble

Here is my Design Team card for Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #425 choosing at least three colors using the Inspirational Board and partnering with the Double Trouble Challenge #74 "Cuddle Up Day" and included Twisted Sister's optional twist "warm and cuddly critter".   

One of our entrants (Niki1) for Double Trouble had a beautiful fun fold card in which she used Mary Deatherage's tutorial "side fold card".  The fold is so simple and it gives you the flexibility of a square card that is folded to an A2 size card and envelope... I love it.  Click here to see my other "side fold card".  

First I followed the tutorial for my side fold card and background and gathered my stamps and dies.  Chose a critter that was dressed warm and cuddly in a sweater, scarf and hat for my optional twist with warm wishes sentiment and a sweater embossing folder for my background.  Colored the adorable penquin with a variety of colors from the Color Dare Inspiration Board using Sketch Copic alcohol based pens and then fussy-cut.  A set of trees were cut from evergreen cardstock attached to the background, and penguin added with some 3D thin foam tape for dimension.  Sentiments and bows were added.   

Please pop over to ColorMyHeart Color Dare to see DT members' inspiration, along with other participants that have entered this 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 Double Trouble challenge blog.  

And don't forget to share your entry in celebration of "Cuddle Up Day" at Double Trouble Challenge #74.  

Also entered into the following Challenges: 

2CraftyCritterCrazies "Critters"  

Artsystamper Digitals Challenges "Winter" 

Cut It Up #216 "Winter" Use a Die Cut (Trees) 

Dare 2B  Artzy "Holiday Fun" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock

     Sapphire, Evergreen and French Vanilla  

Stamp Set 

     D1987 "Winter Penguins"  

Cuttlebug Die Cutter 

     Darice Dry Embossing Folder 

     Set of 3 trees - From Stash but Unknown   

Inks and Pens 

     Sapphire Ink 

     Copic Sketch Pens - alcohol base 

        Variety of Red, Green, Blue, Golden Yellow and Brown

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Thread from tassel garland 

Sending Snowman Kisses - Double Trouble Challenge #73

Here is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #74 "Cuddle Up Day" using Twisted Sister's optional twist to include a warm and cuddly critter in partnering with Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #425 choosing at least three colors from the Inspirational Board. 

One of our entrants (Niki1) for Double Trouble had a beautiful fun fold card in which she used Mary Deatherage's tutorial "side fold card".  The fold is so simple and it gives you the flexibility of a square card that is folded to an A2 size card and envelope... I love it.  Click here to see my other "side fold card".  

Please go to Double Trouble for the detail of this challenge "Cuddle Up Day", check out the Things and Sneetches inspiration and join us for this fun Challenge.  

Choose your Cuttlebug for dry embossing or die cutting and create a project using at least three colors from Color Dare's Inspiration Board.  

Challenge yourself to use Twisted Sister's optional twist and include "a warm and cuddly critter".     

Our partner for this challenge is "ColorMyHeart Color Dare". 

Double Trouble challenge is an earlier open starting January 1st, 2021 to January 17th, 2021.  Color Dare closes on January 14th.  

Also shared with the following Challenges:  

Facebook - Rubbernecker Stamps Fan  

2CraftyCritterCrazies "Critters"  

Artsystamper Digitals Challenges "Winter" 

Dare 2B  Artsy "Holiday Fun" 

Christmas Craft Creations "Christmas" 

CTMH Products Used Unless Otherwise Specified: 

Cardstock

     Cranberry and White Daisy 

Stamp Set 

     Rubbernecker #3332 "Christmas Inchies" 

Cuttlebug Die Cutter 

     Darice Dry Embossing Folder  

Inks and Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Pens - alcohol base 

        Variety of Red, Green, Blue and Black 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Thread from tassel garland 

Gnome for the Holidays

Got this Stamp Set just before the Pandemic and was going to use it for all my Christmas cards; however, the patterns on the hats, tree, presents and ornaments were all white space, and it's quite time consuming to fill in with the different patterns.  Decided to use the CTMH gnomes instead and use pattern paper for the background... so this special gnome card is for my favorite daughter and her family.  Although maybe after doing 35-40 cards I might have perfected the coloring... lol.  

Once I did all my coloring it was pretty easy to finish my card.  In my stash there was a snowflake embossed piece which became my background layered with ruby cardstock.  A partial fussy-cut on my gnome image, also layered with ruby cardstock and adhered to background with 3D thin foam tape.  Stamped a sentiment first on the embossed background (which I messed up) so ended up re-stamping on cardstock, fussy-cut around words and adhered with 3D thin foam tape.  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

Artsystamper Digitals Challenges "Winter" 

Simon Says Monday "Celebrate" 

Dare 2B  Artsy "Holiday Fun" 

Use Your Stuff "Winter/Snow/Christmas"

Christmas Craft Creations "Christmas" 

Products Used: 

Cardstock 

     CTMH Ruby and White Daisy 

Die Set 

     Polkadoodles Stamps Gnome for Christmas "Decorating the Tree" 

Inks and Pens 

     CTMH Ruby Ink 

     Copic Sketch Pens (alcohol-base) 

          Variety of Blue, Green, Red and Browns

     Gelly Roll 10 "White" 

Embossing Folder 

     "Snowflakes" Source Unknown 

Other 

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 

 

     

Spooky Cute - Double Trouble Challenge #69 partnering with The Paper Girls

This is my Design Team Card for Double Trouble Challenge #69 "Bat Color Challenge" using the Try Stampin' on Tuesday's Sketch Challenge #479 and enter into The Paper Girls "Halloween #210" challenge.   

Love the Bat Rainbow of Colors and decided to use them all.  Twisted Sister's optional twist was to use a cute image and an extra chance for random draw if you did not include a Bat... that was not difficult to exclude, but I did use a spooky spider.  Cut one of the design papers from Got Candy for the main background and another design paper for the circle layered with a black circle for a shadow.  Stamped, cut the image and sentiment on my Brother Scan and Cut, colored with a variety of Copic brush pens and then adhered both with 3D thin foam tape for dimension.  My last add was a candy sticker on top of the circle die cut.  

 

 

Please go to Double Trouble for the detail of the challenge and enjoy the Things and Sneetches inspiration for this fun Challenge.  This challenge is open from Monday, October 19th through November 1st.  

Select at least (3) colors, use Twisted Sister's optional twist to dress things up with a "cute image"; and don't go batty.  And as long as it's a Halloween card share with our partner at The Paper Girls.  

Click here and join our challenge.  

Also share with the following Challenges:  

ArtsyStamper "Halloween Colors" 

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #134 "Spooky and/or Cute" 

Dies R Us Challenge #155 "Boo" Halloween   

Two Old Bats Halloween "Halloween Jump Start"  

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge "Halloween Colours"  

Make My Monday Challenge "Orange as Dominant Color"  

The Cutie Pie Challenge #152 "Too Cute to Spook" 

Dragonfly Dreams "Spooky and/or Cute"  

International Art & Soul Challenge #94 "Halloween" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper/Sticker Sheet 

     Got Candy 

Cardstock 

     Black and White Daisy 

Stamp 

     C1630 Little Monsters Holiday 

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1506 Dashing Circles 

     Waffle A2 Layer Dies 

     

Beauty is All Around - Double Trouble #55 partnering with ArtsyStamperDigitals

This is my DT card for Double Trouble Challenge #55 "Spring Things" Inspiration Clipart and partnering with ArtsyStamperDigital #14 "Springtime".  From Spring Things Inspiration Clipart I chose (purple, green, yellow and blue) and two elements (flowers and dragonfly). Twisted Sister's optional twist "something related to water" were my dew drops on the Oxcalis flowers. 
  

  

Printed three of the main floral, cut with Brother Scan and Cut, colored with Copic Sketch alcohol-base pens, fussy-cut and adhered 3D thin foam tape to several leaves/flowers to give them dimension. Selected a blue background paper and stamped the dragonfly on paper with Gypsy Ink. Cut and Colored a couple of the smaller flowers and adhered to corners. Sentiment was stamped with Gypsy Ink at the bottom of the card. Dew Drops were added and shimmer pen used on all the flowers, leaves and dragonfly.

To join us at Double Trouble all you need to do is select 3 elements from Thing 1's Inspiration Clipart to include in your project. 

Then it's up to you whether you want to include Thing 3 Twisted Sister's optional twist., and to join with our partner for "Springtime" at ArtsyStamper Digital. Check out ArtsyStamper Shop for more floral digitals.

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".

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #453 
     Luscious Inspiration and/or Sketch 
The Crafter's Cafe #140 "Flowers" 

The Flower Challenge #43 "Spring/Autumn" 
Crafting Happiness #45 "Anything Goes Optional Purple" 

CTMH Products Used Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Mix-In #9015

Cardstock 

     Gypsy and White Daisy 

Stamp/Digital 

     ArtsyStamper Digitals "Lucky Oxalis Digital Stamp Kit 

     D1708 "Sending Smiles" Sentiments 

Inks/Pens 

     Gypsy Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol-base 

        BG10, V20, V22, RV69, G0000, G94, YG63, Y08

     Shimmer Pen "Clear" 

Embellishments 

     Nuvo Glitter Drops "White Blizzard" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

You're In My Heart - Double Trouble #54

Here is my DT Card for Double Trouble Challenge #54 "It's Hip to be a Square" and Twisted Sister's optional twist "use a stamp older than a year" and I am pairing it up with ArtsyStamper "Things With Wings".  I've had this die for quite some time and saw so many different uses and fantastic cards; now, it was my turn to create. Of course the cut was the easy part, adding the 3D foam tape, adhering to a background paper leaving an opening on top of the card to add the sequins.  That probably took a half hour or less; but it wasn't finished for another three hours...nothing seemed to go with my background paper and did so many different cuts and choice of an old stamp.  Wasn't really happy with it until I added some more dimension with liquid glass on the flowers and a sparkle on the butterflies and leave embellishments.  Done.   

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".

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Mix-In #X9013 

     Clear Vinyl 

Cardstock 

     French Vanilla, White Daisy, Lilac, Mint 

Stamps

     W2028 "Delicate Wings" 

     CC1228 "From the Heart" 

Dies 

     Sizzix #661206 "Garden Greens"  

     CTMH #Z4023 Thin Cuts "Multi Square Windows" 

Other  

     Sequins 

     Liquid Glass 

     Zig "Wink of Stella" 

     

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.

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 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Have a Cup of Cheer

Exciting Change at the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop...
The seasonal Blog Hop is moving to an "Anything Goes" theme, however, you still need to include some sort of coffee, tea, cocoa or cider element or sentiment. How simple is that?

There are many super sponsors and there are no limits to the number of projects you enter. The more entries the better your chances for winning Coffee Lovers' random draw prizes. Click HERE to see the variety of sponsors and the gifts they are donating, and don't forget to look for Blog Candy along the way.



Day 4 - P.M. - 2019 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (CLBH #539) 

This stamp was a gift from last year's Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop from Unity Stamps and the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #341 was perfect. The wintery tree scene made a pretty window against the woodgrain paper. The coffee To Go cup and steam flourish was a great replacement for the floral in the jar. Added a sentiment, keeping with the warm turquois colors.

Don't forget to head back to Double Trouble's Challenge #42 "You Have Us in Stitches" to earn extra chances for our Blog Candy (give-aways). Although Double Trouble is not a sponsor in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, we are giving away Blog Candy in addition to our usual random draw prize. To be eligible all you have to do is to make a comment on our challenge post (Click HERE) and tell us what your favorite Double Trouble Challenge has been or challenge you would like us to create. And...if you add a comment to our Design Team and Guest Designer blogs on Challenge #42 you will get additional chances to our Draw. We have lots of give-a-ways, the more participants, the more give-a-ways. 


Sent to the following Challenges: 
Christmas Crafts All Year Round "Winter Clothing" 
Artsy Stamper Challenge #3 "Monochromatic" 

Shopping Our Stash #408 "Suzy Snowflake" 

The Paper Girls Challenge #187 "Mixed Up Manufacturers" 

     (Kaisercraft, CTMH, Unity Stamp, Memory Box, Copic, Darice) 
Crafty Catz "Anything Goes - Snow"

Joy of Sets TicTacToe #11
     Middle Column:  Winter, Friend, Layers

Products Used: 
Design Paper 
     Kaisercraft "Let It Snow" 
Cardstock 
     CTMH Lagoon and White Daisy 
Stamp 
     Unity Stamp Co. "Snowman to Go" 
     Verve Stamps "Holiday Treats" 
Dies 
     Reasonable Dies "Torn Edge Squares" 
     Memory Box "Macarena Corner Flourish" 
Pens / Inks 
     CTMH Lagoon Ink 
     Copic Sketch (alcohol-base) Brush Pens
        100, C0, C3, B0000, BG0000, BG15
Other 
     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 
     Darice Embossing Folder - Sweater