Color Dare 618 Shades of Journey, Flamingo, Sage (09-13)

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare "Shades of Journey, Flamingo and Sage" #618. Although I don't have any of these ink colors I was able to used some of the retired inks that were a very close match.  

Using white cardstock the match of the Flamingo and Sage ink colors were blended and then Journey color match was used for the Mini Cell Theory stencil which brought in the many shades of each of the colors. The blended background was cut to A2 size and butterfly stamped in Journey. Another butterfly and sentiment were stamped on the left-over blended background. 

Butterfly was fussy-cut and layered with thin foam tape to the A2 size panel for dimension. A Journey tag was cut for the sentiment and directly adhered to panel. Added Wink of Stella cleare glitter to the butterfly.  

While the card does not have a lot of white space there are limited layers and no embellishments and maybe my interpretation of Clean and Simple.   

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #618 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

And/Or

You may also like to hop over to Double Trouble, our Sister Challenge, to see how easy it might be to combine challenges or even create another project. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"  

Festive Friday Inspo List #168 (Vintage Colors, Card, Stamps, Scissors, 

     Maybe Clean and Simple)

Creative Artist Mixed Media #108  

As You Like It "To Layer, or Note (and Why):  I love layering for dimension

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

      Personalized Backround - Blended Colors and Stenciled

Cardstock 

     Journey and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     AALL & Create "Morphed Palette" 

     Sentiment CTMH D1925 "A Million Little Things"

Inks

     Vintage Colors Used (Muted Pastels)

        Peacock used for Journey 

        Blossom used for Flamingo 

        Pear was used for Sage 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape

     Zig "Wink of Stella" Clear 

DTC #152 - Participating with Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop - Day 3

Join us at Double Trouble Challenge #152 and hop on by and enjoy the CRAFTEINATING inspiration by our Design Team and entrants. This card was inspired by the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #630 and include their theme a "Warm Drink". 

DTC DeJa-Brew is participating with 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop and here is my Coffee themed card for Day 3. 

The to-go-cup was stamped with black ink, colored with Copic brush pens in a variety of colors, fussy-cut and set aside... notice there is a holly on the to-go-cup. Using the pine patterned paper an oval scalloped die was used for the circular background of the sketch, adhered to the plaid, edges and corners cut and layered with a pine cardstock and applied to the card base.  

Another two pieces of plaid was cut as to place the to-go-cup... cut off lid, rounded the cup using 3D thin and regular foam tape and adhered to the plaid coaster.  Used foam tape on back of the lid and overlaped a smidgen of the lid over the to-go-cup. Finished with a sentiment using black ink directly on the plaid background in the bottom corner .   

On the inside R-H border of the card base adhered a strip of each of the same patterned papers used for the front of the card. 

Hope to see you at Double Trouble "DeJa-BREW" and win another chance at our random draw if you have entered your coffee themed project at the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop... and add a funny pun on your project for another chance. 

All our Team Members at Double Trouble have BLOG CANDY!  We hope you'll visit each member's individual blog, view the prize, and leave a comment - BUT - this will not qualify you for the prizes. After viewing each individual blog, go back to the Double Trouble Blog and leave a comment. From those comments, we will randomly select the names of Blog Candy recipients. Please join in the fun. Be sure to comment on Double Trouble Challenge post HERE for your chance to win a giveaway from one of our team members.  

And don't forget the perk at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #23 if you have created a Christmas coffee theme card and have included a holly.  

Entered at the Following Challenges: 

Caffeinated Christmas Challenge #23 

As You Like It Challenge "Favourite Christmas Colors"  Love both, but 

   used Traditional due to a pretty Christmas paperpack 

Aloha Friday #4 "Food/Drink" 

Just Us Girls "Red and Green" 

LeighSBDesigns #23 "Visions of the Season" 

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges #23 "Anything that Flies 

   or Anything Festive" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Home For Christmas 

Cardstock 

     Pine and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     To-Go-Cup:  Stamplorations "Coffee To Go: Fall and Winter"    

     Sentiment:  Lawn Fawn "Thanks a Latte"       

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs 1173 "Dotted Scalloped Ovals" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" .05 on Snowflakes 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Candy Apple:  R49  

        Scarlot:  R89

        Pine and Jade:  G17, G29 

Other 

     3D Thin and Regular Foam Tape   

DTC #152 - Participating with Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop - Day 2

Join us at Double Trouble Challeng #152 "DeJa-Brew" and hop on by and enjoy the CRAFTEINATING inspiration by our Design Team and entrants. As a previous winner at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmaker my prize primarily included a Santa stamp set and paperpack which inspired this card and Sketch #39 was perfect for the Santa stamp.    

DTC is participating with 2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop and here is my Coffee themed card for Day 2.  

 

Another PERK?  If you have included at least one Holly element on a Christmas coffee  theme card, you can also enter the Coffee Lover's challenge at "Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #23" 

This was a fun card to put together in meeting all the requirements of the three challenges and my Design Team card for our Double Trouble challenge. 

The North Pole map and swirly sky patterned papers were perfect for Santa's lift off and were adhered to Candy Apple cardstock. My new die "stitched border strips" were cut with same cardstock and used for separation of the panels in sketch. Sentiment stamped direct on background with black Memento ink.  

Stamped the Santa in Sleigh using black ink, stamped coffee beans on Santa's bag, colored with a variety of colors using Copic Sketch brush pens, fussy-cut around Santa and sleigh,  and cut image to separate Santa's bag.  

Santa wanted a large coffee because it was going to be a long night...  so I slit along the sleigh line to place a cup.  Cut a To-Go-Cup, stamped a Holly, colored, adhered with foam tape between the sleigh and Santa.  Santa and sleigh were lined up with Santa's bag... bag adhered direct to background and sleigh adhered with 3D thin foam tape for additional dimension.  For additional embellishment added liquid glass to the bells on sleigh and Santa's nose.  Photos below will show the dimension, embellishment and inside of card using left-over patterned paper.  

Hope to see you at Double Trouble "DeJa-BREW" and win another chance at our random draw if you have entered your coffee themed project at the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop... and add a funny pun on your project for another chance. 

All our Team Members at Double Trouble have BLOG CANDY!  We hope you'll visit each member's individual blog, view the prize, and leave a comment - BUT - this will not qualify you for the prizes. After viewing each individual blog, go back to the Double Trouble Blog and leave a comment. From those comments, we will randomly select the names of Blog Candy recipients. Please join in the fun. Be sure to comment on Double Trouble Challenge post HERE for your chance to win a giveaway from one of our team members.  

And don't forget the perk at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #23 if you have created a Christmas coffee theme card and have included a holly.  

Entered at the Following Challenges: 

BYSHC #39 - November Sketch for Holiday Card

Caffeinated Christmas Challenge #23 

2023 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop 

As You Like It Challenge "Favourite Christmas Colors"  Love both, but 

   when you do Santa Clause need to go Tranditional.     

Passion for Markers Week 714 "Embellish It"
(used liquid glass on the bells on sleigh and Santa's nose)

Aloha Friday #4 "Food and Drink" 

LeighSBDesigns #23 "Visions of the Season" 

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges #23 "Anything that Flies 

   or Anything Festive" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Winner Prize from BYSHC - Santa's Workshop from Carta Bella

Cardstock 

     Candy Apple and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Winner Prize from BYSHC Art Impressions 540 "Sleigh Bells Set"  

     Holly - Verve Stamps "Coffee Helps" 

     Beans on Santa's Bag - Verve    

Dies 

     Marianne Designs LR0800 "Stitched Border Strips" 

     Verve "Cup of Cheer" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink and London Fog "Gray"

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 10

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Red:  R02, R29, R46, R89 

        Blue:  B00, B000, B0000

        Browns:  E000, E31, E50, E51 

        Green:  G17 

        Gray:  C1, C3, C5, C7

        Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Liquid Glass 

Happy Birthday for Challenge #139 "Masculine Card" partnering with Festive Friday

Here is my Design Card for Double Trouble Challenge #139 "Masculine Card" collaborating with Festive Friday Challenge "Inspo List".  Masculine cards are not in my comfort zone; however, Festive Friday makes the collaboration of their elements so easy with our Thing choices.  Thing 1 Trouble Maker says "create a Masculine card" and Thing 3 Twisted Sister says "include a Plaid/Check" 

Thing 2 Double Trouble says "Choose at least one more Element from Festive Fridays "Inspo List" or two if you have not chosen Twisted Sister's optional plaid / checker for your project. 

My husband is an avid golfer so to meet the Festive Friday Challenge I chose Sports... and as I was creating my card the checker patterned paper was Blue and bordered with dark blue Sapphire.  Die Cuts were a golf Vehicle and golfer and Cricut cut for the golf ball.  (From Inspo List: Masculine, Plaid/Checker / Sports / Blue / Vehicle and Dies) 

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

As You Like It Challenge "Feminine or Masculine project" Chose masculine makes it more challenging because it takes me out of my comfort zone.  

Make My Monday "Masculine" 

 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Mix-in Packet #9015 

Cardstock 

     Sapphire, White Daisy and Black 

Dies 

     Sentiment - Lawn Fawn #LF852 "Happy Birthday Border" 

     Reasonable Dies "Golf Tournament" 

     Golf Ball - Cricut Cut 

Other

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Voice of the Sea - Color Dare Challenge #506 Inspiration Photo

This is my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #506 "Seaside Inspiration Photo". This color challenge shouts out brush color blending and using many of the colors to create a sea scene for the CTMH Stamp of the Month "Voice of the Sea".  This was my second attempt on a sea scene.  

Used many colors and just blended and blended and blended until I felt the colors were blended similar to the inspiration photo. For the wave movement white gelly roll pen was squiqqly added...  but may have gotten carried away on the waves.  

Chose the bird on the tree stump and a few shells for my focal point, did some more blending on the objects using the same colors, fussy cut all, and then placed on the sea background with 3D thin foam tape.  Two of the sentiments from the stamp set were stamped with Memento black ink directly on the background. 

As I was cleaning up and putting away my supplies... my first attempt on blending was a wave stencil and questioned should I trash it or stash it. 

Neither was an option... it caught my imagination.  Pulled out the same stamp set and decided to create a school of fish in colorful water... three fish and stamped on sentiment, done. 

However, sent a photo to my daughter and she thought I might have stamped my fish upside down... and I had.  Determined not to throw it in trash I lifted the school of fish and turned it right-side up and restamped the sentiment on a separate panel and adhered with 3D thin foam tape, done.  

Nope... somehow there was a smudge in the bottom left corner... oh no, now what?  Brought out the stamps again, stamped over the smudge with sea foliage and added a second one.  It was still missing something... added one more fish to the school at the upper right-corner, done. 

Nope... it needed some bubbles.  Bubbles were added using Nuvo Crystal Drops, done... YES

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

ATC Around the World #91 "Sea Creatures" 

Critter Crazy Challenge Blog #64 "Critters" 

As you Like It Challenge "Favourite Fur, Feathers or Scales (and why)"

    Because with a seaside background what better than fish and birds 

    in/by the sea

Cardz 4 Galz "Get Inky" 

CAS Colours & Sketches #479 "Colours" 

Daisy Chain Challenges #65  "No Design Paper" 

Moving Along With the Times #144 "Inky Background"  

Time Out Challenges #218 "Inspired By Words"  

We Love Stamping July Challenge "Hot Sunny Colors" 

All Products are CTMH unless specified otherwise:

Cardstock 

     Glacier and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     S2207 Voice of the Sea 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento Ink "Black" 

     Inks:  Lemon, Tangerine, Ballerina, Sorbet, Sea Glass, Glacier, 

        Linen, and Charcoal 

     Pens:  Sakura Gelly Roll 10 "White" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

           

 

 

Double Trouble Challenge #96 "Tall Card" partnering with Ellibelle's Crafty Challenge

I was gifted Miss Ink's "Slim's Whims" stamp set of my Grand-FurBaby (Slim) by his Mom and my daughter, Lisa Bzibziak (aka BZScrapper66.blogspot.com).  The coloring was so important to me... so I cheated and went to Lisa's blog for her first post introducing Slim and used her photos and choice of colors.  And here is my completed portrait  using "Slim's Whim".  

This was such a fun card created for our Double Trouble Challenge #96 "Tall Card and Thin Cuts" (aka dies).  Twisted Sister's optional twist was to use items that started with "T".  Double Dare says if you have met Thing 1's requirement don't forget to enter your card  at Ellibelle's Corner Crafty Challenge.  

My friend/neighbor, Melanie, had a layering stencil from Tim Holtz which is a Tangled and Twisted Scribble Stencil. So nice to have a friend and nextdoor neighbor to crop and share Things. On white cardstock I sponged with, of course, Turquoise. Using a Thin Die, a stitched frame, I cut the sponged background, adhered a layer of black cardstock and then adhered to the white card base.  

I wanted a lot of dimension to the card... started out with three stamped images of Slim, colored with Copic Sketch brush pens, fussy-cut separately the full body,  his head, his muzzle and layered with 3D thin foam tape between each layer.   

Stamped two cups with paws.  Personally colored in a Turquoise Tartan Plaid on the Tea Cup and fussy-cut the full stamped image. Only the paws were colored on the other stamp, fussy-cut and then layered with 3D Thin foam Tape between them.  Stamped a Tea Bag in Turquoise with a small sentiment, slit the cup a bit to add on the edge of the Tea Cup and adhered with 3D Thin foam Tape.  

The Tie stamped and colored same as the tea cup, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D Thin foam Tape.  The glasses were stamped, colored, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D Thin foam Tape.  The last dimension added was liquid glass on his nose and nails.  Layered a "Hugs" Thin die cut using White cardstock to hide among the Tangled and Twisted background and got the effect wanted. 

Twisted Sister's Optional Twist:  My "T" Mix-ins for this twist were Color Turquoise, Tea, Tea Cup and Tea Bag, Tie (Bow), Tangled and Twisted Background, Tartan Plaid on Cup and Tie and Thin Foam Tape.  Let's tee what "T's" you come up with. 

On the inside I used the same stencil on the corner and stamped another sentiment. The photo below was an attempt to see the dimension of Slim; but it didn't really do it justice like it does in person.  

My last venture was to show Slim my card to get his approval.  My daughter took several photos but he insisted on looking away except for this one.  Makes me wonder, was he happy with it?  Yes he was... he pulled back his ears and consoled me that he just wanted to show off his colors from all angles and let me know he loved the card. 

Also sent to the following Challenges

AAA Birthday "Animals"  Secret - A BD Card for my Daughter, 

     Slim's Mom

As You Like It "Critters or People" and Why?  

     I find critters easier to color, and I love critter stamps

Miss Ink's Pad Facebook Group 

Critter Crazy Challenge #56 "Anything Goes with a Featured Critter" 

Coffee Lover's Cardmakers - Caffeine Fueled Paper 

Color Crazy Craft Challenge "Anything Goes" Must have Coloring

Cupcake Inspirations "Colors"  Blue, Brown, Orange

Dies R Us "Anything Goes" must use metal die

Die Cut Divas - November "Slimline or Mini Slimline" 

Inpiration Stations #17 "Animals Antics" 

TicTacToe #137 (Right Diagonal: Die, Blue, Tag)  

Your Next Stamp Challenge #171 "Face Your Fears" 

     Don't often use stencils... Technique not in my comfort zone

Products Used: 

Cardstock 

     CTMH White Daisy and Black

Stencils 

     Tim Holtz "Tangled and Twisted Scribble" Background 

Stamps 

     Miss Ink "Slim's Whims" 

     KaiserCraft "High Tea" 

Dies 

     Tutti Designs "Hugs" 

     Reasonable Dies "Stitched Rectangles" 

Inks/Pens 

     CTMH Black and Lagoon (Turquoise) 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol-based 

          Slim:  E23, E29, E31, E33, E35, E53, 

                    100, C3, C5, C7

          Other Embellishments 

                     B0000, B02, BG13, BG45 

Other 

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 

     CTMH Liquid Glass 

    

     

Happy Bee-Day - Double Trouble Challenge #52

This is my DT card for Double Trouble Challenge #52 "Die-lirious & Punchy", using Twisted Sister's Twist "Bees/Honeycomb" and partnering with Bitten By the Bug Challenge "Spring Equinox".  Bees are here...Spring has Sprung.  Sought out one of my favorite stamp sets for the honeycombs.  Using the triple time stamping technique, cut the three panels in White Daisy cardstock, placed the three layers in my Misti and stamped a variety of the honeycombs on the corners using assorted yellow inks.  Added the yellow borders on each of the panels and glued all on my card base.  

Bitten By the Bug waived their standard of having to use Cricut cuts and for this challenge they will allow you to use any cutting machine. My Bugaboo digital was printed and a couple honeycombs stamped on white cardstock and cut with my Brother Scan and Cut. Love my Scan and Cut but miscalculated the cutting edge so it cut off one of the bee's antennas which I had to glue back on. The bee was colored using Copic Sketch brushes and adhered with 3D thin foam tape for dimension, along with one of the honeycombs. The sentiment were small alphabet dies in which I used my Cuttlebug to cut a set using honey cardstock, adhered to another set using black cardstock for a shadow and then placed and adhered each letter to the card.  

Thing 1 Trouble Maker
Spring Die-Cut 

Thing 3 Twisted Sister
Add Bee and/or Honeycomb

Thing 2 Double Dare
Share with
Bitten By the Bug 

Bitten By the Bug is a challenge that usually requires cuts from your Cricut machine, however, we CUT a Real Die'al with them.  For this challenge they are accepting the use of hand punches, die-cutting machines, but NO fussy-cutting!  Besides using a Cricut you are free to use a Silhouette, a Brother Scan and Cut or other similar devices. In your blog post be sure to tell us what you used. 

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 sent to the following Challenges: 

Heart2Heart "So Punny" 
ArtsyStamper Digitals Challenge #12 "Lots of Layers" 

Catch the Bug Challenge "Things With Wings" 

2CraftyCritterCrazies #36 "Critters" 

Art Impressions #278 "Spring Celebrations" 

As You Like It "Spring or Easter and Why?" bees are the sign of Spring 

     and bringing an abundance of green and flowers  

Time Out Challenges "Birthday" with Optional Die-Cut or Fussy-Cut"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Personalized Stamped Background 

Cardstock 

     Lemonade, White Daisy and Black 

Stamps 

     C1537 Honeycomb Flair 

Digital 

     Bugaboo "Honey Bee"

Dies 

     Sizzix "Alphabet" 

Inks / Pens 

     Lemon, Honey, Goldrush, Canary and Sunflower Inks 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol base 

         B97, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, Y06, Y08, YR23 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape