Color Dare #676 - Wicked

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #676 using shades of Orange + 2 colors of choice... I chose Purple and yellow for Halloween card.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #676 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 in the following challenges:  

Crafty Catz Challenge #703 "AG with optional twist Halloween" 

TicTacToe TTT282 (Center Column:  Enamel Dots, Free, Fall Colors)

Just Add Ink #772 "Colour and Inspiration" (Purple Orange White) 

LeighSB Designs "Halloween or AG"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Papers
     CTMH Retired Patterned Paper     
Cardstock 

     Royal, Lemon and White Daisy   

Stamps
     August SOTM "Wicked" from 2011 

     Studio-g Halloween Stamp 
Inks/Pens
     Pansey, Tangerine, Lemon Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pen Y08 Acid Yellow
Other
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Purple Sparkle Dots 

A Very Merry Christmas - Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #660

Here is my Design Team card for Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #660.  When this sketch came up I already knew my favorite snowflake die would be used. First, a cross-stitched border die was placed diagonally from top corner to the opposite bottom corner and cut to use as the division of the four panels. Then the snowflake die was cut on the same white cardstock in the center, bordered with Capri blue cardstock and then adhered to card base.  

A friend of mine gave me this penguin stamp and it got buried in my stash. I was working on my inventory and came across this stamp and put it aside for one of my next Christmas cards... it was a nice fit for this sketch and hid the center messy cut from the die cuts. Hecter's presents and hat were colored using Copic sketch brushes using a match of the blues, fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape over the snowflake. 

I was not happy with a plain white background... so decided to randomly stamp snowflakes using the second generation stamping technique. This made me happy and it reflected the faded pattern as in the sketch.   

A small sentiment was stamped with Black Memento Ink and some Bitty Sparkles placed around the snowflake.

Please hop on over and join us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday 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"

A Cut Above "December - Anything Goes" 

Crafty Catz Challenge #683 (AG w/ Optional Twist: Blue Christmas) - I was one of the Top 3

Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #173 "Anything Christmas Goes"

I Spy With My Little Eye #21 "Something For Christmas" 

Little Red Wagon #784 "Non-Traditional Christmas Holiday" 

Simon Says "Monday Make It Sparkle" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Capri and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Little Miss Muffet Stamps#0433 "Dexter Gives" 

     Pink & Main "Snow Sweet"  

Dies 

     Memory Box #99183 "Spectacular Snowflake" 

     Lawn Fawn #lF913 Stitched Borders

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Lagoon Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Gray:  C5, C9 

        Blue:  B0000, B04  

        Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Bitty Sparkles

DTC Challenge #181 - 2024 "Wrap It Up" - partnering with Jingle Belle and Previous Partners

Here is my DT Card for Double Trouble "It's Up to You", a free-for-all with your choice of last minute Christmas and/or any occasion cards, and wrap up 2024... my choice was a Christmas card sharing it with Jingle Belles "Banner Holiday".  

Twisted Sister's optional twist is to include something to "Tie It Up" using ribbon, twine, bow, and/or even washi tape. The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #606 was a perfect sketch to use washi tape... but when looking through my stash there was no washi tape. I did have a collection of ribbons in a variety of patterns and colors with adhesive backing and decided to use them.  

Even though the ribbons were not representative of Christmas there was a nice variety of colors with traditional and non-traditional colors which looked so pretty together. Cut pieces in different lengths, adhered to a die cut frame from a Mint patterned paper and then bordered with a Capri blue.  

Cut another smaller frame in the same Mint patterned paper, bordered with Capri blue, die cut a Sentiment in White and Capri cardstock, glued together, placed in the smaller panel off center and then adhered to ribbon background with 3D thin foam tape.  

Stamped a small present, colored with Copic brush pens, added polka-dots to the ribbon with white jel pen and adhered with 3D thin foam tape to corner of sentiment panel. Finished the inside border of card base with a couple more cuts of the ribbon.   

 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our challenge  requirement and play along with optional twists to be eligible to enter your project in our partner's challenge while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Crafty Catz Challenge #683 (AG w/Optional Twist: Blue Christmas) 

Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #173 "Anything Christmas Goes"

I Spy With My Little Eye #21 "Something For Christmas" 

Jingle Belles "Banner Holiday"  (Red, Green and Bow) 

Little Red Wagon #784 "Non-Traditional Christmas Holiday"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-In Patterned Paper "Mint"

Cardstock 

     White Daisy and Capri 

Stamps 

     D1177 "No Peeking" 

Dies 

     Stash - Sentiment Merry Christmas 

     Cottage Cutz #CCB-069 Nested Wacky Rectangle Frames

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Blue:  BG13 

        Green:  YG23

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape

     Studio G Variety of Patterned Adhesive Ribbons 

Zooming By... Color Dare Challenge #572 "Lucky 7"

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare Challenge #572 "Lucky 7" using the CTMH Paperpack "Home For Christmas" combined with Sketch Saturday Challenge #737.  Love the traditional colors in this CTMH paperpack and Pawliday Express stamps images are perfect for thiis sketch.  I liked the simplicity of the sketch and stayed pretty much within the cuts and shapes... one more Christmas card to be put in my stash for 2023 holidays.  

For the inside of the card, images from the same stamp set were stamped along the r-h border and colored with pencil.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #572 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Crafty Catz Challenge #656 "Any 4 Legged Critter" 

Crazy For Cats "Anything Cat Goes or Meow-o-Ween" 

Jingle Belles "Holiday Creature Feature" 

My Favorite Things "Christmas" 

Stay Crafty with a Blog "Holiday Celebrate" 

The 12 Months of Christmas "Anything Goes" 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge "Anything Christmas Goes"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Home for Christmas 

Cardstock 

     Jade, French Vanilla and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Pawliday Express     

Dies 

     Border Dies used for Banners 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Brown:  E71, E74

        Red:  R24, R27, R29 

        Gray:  C1, C3

        Green:  G04, G17, G28, G29

        Black:  100 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

It's Not the Holidays withhout Cookies & Coffee - Color Dare #523

This is my card for Day 8 at the 2022 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop.

This is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare Challenge #523 "TicTacToe" using the CTMH paperpack "Freshly Baked" combined with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #499 and using a coffee theme to enter in the  2022 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop.  My TicTacToe choice was all colors, except for the metallic.  

The sticker Sentiment from the "Freshly Baked" paperpack was perfect for the AHSC and for a coffee theme simply added "& Coffee" at the end and bordered with Scarlet cardstock. Selected the two patterned papers, bordered each with Toffee cardstock and adhered to card base.  

The mocha coffee cup was found in my stash... colored, fussy-cut and adhered to the edge of the sentiment in place of the floral embellishment. Fussy-cut several of the sticker cookies and adhered them with 3D thin foam tape to a plate cut from a die using Toffee cardstock.   

Don't forget Thing 1 (me) is asking you to join us at Double Trouble in participation with the 2022 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.  I'm getting the JITTERS FOR JAVA which MOCHA me crazy.  So get started... rise and GRIND, throw on a TEAshirt and sweats, grab a CUPPA your favorite and don't be LATTE.  Enjoy the CRAFTEINATING inspiration, hop along, stay GROUNDED and no ProCAFFEINATING.  

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

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 "Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11" 

Also sent to the following challenges:  

Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - 708

Heart2Heart "Recipe Exchange" 

     Cookies/Coffee and Used Sketch Recipe at AHSC

Christmas with the Cuties #65 "Optional: figgy pudding" 

Crafty Katz #615 "AG with Optional Twist Christmas" 

Cut It Up #265 "Coffee"   Must Use at least one die 

     Used a Saucer die for the Cookie Plate   

Dragonfly Dreams Challenges "Christmas"  

International Art & Sole #146 "Christmas Card" 

CTMH Products Unless Specifed Otherwise: 

Design Paper  

     Freshly Baked & Sticker Sheet 

Card Stock 

     CTMH Scarlet, Toffee and White Daisy 

Stamp 

     Add to Sentiment - Verve "Delightful & Delicious" 

Dies      

     Cookie Plate - Crafter's Companion "Vintage Tea Party"  

Ink 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Cranberry Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - E000, R24, R89 

Other 

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 

Double Trouble #116 "Christmas in July" partnering with Jingle Belles Rock

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge "Christmas in July" using Twisted Sister's optional twist to use "bling" and enter at Jingle Belles "Bling On the Holidays".  

Blended Lagoon and Ballerina on White Daisy cardstock for my background. Stamped several snowflakes with Daisy White Ink, heat embossed with Stampendous Sparkle Puff and adhered to a border of Sapphire cardstock. The sparkle of the snowflakes do not show well in photo; but so sparkly in person.  

The Sentiment was stamped on vellum with White Daisy ink, heat embossed with gold embossing powder, thin cut and adhered directly to the snowflake background.  

Additional to sparkles, my bling was an assortment of Bitty Sparkles and Gold Sparkles Gold Gems randomly placed on the card.  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

Crafty Katz #604 "Optional Twist Christmas in July" 

Creatalicious Challenges #239 "Anything Goes with Optional 

  Christmas in July"

Alphabet Challenge Blog "H is for Holidays" 

Beyond the Blue #66 "Heat Embossing" 

My Time to Craft #486 "Christmas in July" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Sapphire and White Daisy 

     Vellum

Stamps 

      Stampin' Up "Snowflakes" 

      Z3772 "Comfort & Joy" Sentiment and Thin Dies 

Inks/Pens 

      White Daisy Ink 

Other 

     Stampendous Embossing Powder "Sparkle Puff" 

     Rangers Embossing Powder "Princess Gold"

Double Trouble #115 "Christmas in July" partnering with Color Dare #503

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #115 "Christmas in July" and teaming up with ColorMyHeart Color Dare #503 "Crazy 8" Color Board below.  

ColorMyHeart Color Dare "Crazy 8" Board rules: Simply pick any four of the eight blocks. Color names are CTMH and are only for reference; but you are welcome to use any products as long as the colors are the closest match. If you want to use additional blocks, it's your choice as long as you use only blocks included in the Square. Free to use are Black, White, Gold, and Silver, which can be used in addition to your four chosen blocks.

My 4 Blocks were Candy Apple, New England Ivy, Avocado and Flower(s) theme to make my Christmas card.  

Blended New England Ivy and Pear (substituted for Avocado) inks on Daisy White cardstock for my background. Stamped with Daisy White Ink one of the larger poinsettias stamps and then heat embossed with red. Layered the other larger poinsettia stamp on top and with same procedure of heat embossing.  

The two smaller poinsettias were stamped using the same embossing procedure.  The fern stamps were added randomly among the poinsettias and heat embossed with gold.  The poinsettias didn't seem to stand out so I took a gold uni-ball pen and outlined and filled in the detail of each poinsettia. Took the same gold pen and just added dots to the background.  

Sentiment was stamped with New England ink on white cardstock, blended in the two greens to match the background and adhered with 3D thin foam tape.  

Also shared with the following Challenges: 

• Crafty Catz - No. 602 ANYTHING GOES with Optional "Say It With Flowers" 

• Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges JULY - No. 7 CHRISTMAS IN JULY and/or with the optional bonus challenge twist to include a Dragonfly (Closes 07/29)  

CTMH Products Unless Identified Otherwise:  

Cardstock
     New England and White Daisy
Stamps & Thin Cuts 

     Z3772 "Comfort & Joy"

Pens/Inks
     Uni-ball Gold Pen
     White Daisy Ink for Heat Embossing
     New England Ivy Ink

Embossing Powders 

     Ranger "Princess Gold" 

     Ranger "Red Geranium"

Happy Easter - Double Trouble Challenge #107 "Build a Scene"

Here is my DT card for Double Trouble Challenge #107 "KISS - Create a Scene" using Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #467.  If you include Twisted Sister's optional twist you can also enter your card in Cupcake Inspirations #541 "Bunnies".  The bunny stamp already had a good portion of a scene and all it needed was to enhance the green grass and add a blue sky with whisp of clouds.  The scene panel was cut partially so that the bunny was over the edge instead of adding flowers as in the sketch.  

The background is one of my favorite plaids and I always like the combination of polka-dots.  Sentiment was added at the same angle as the scene. 

On the inside of the card finished off the border with small patches of flowers.  

Also submitted to the following challenges:  

Critter Crazy Challenge #61 "Critters" 

Crafty Catz Challeng #589 ATG (Optional Lots of Layers) 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge #13 "Must Display Coloring" 

Daring Cardmaker "Elemental" Choose 3:  Color, Bunny, Flower 

Heart2Heart "Anything Goes"  

Inspiration Station #27 "Rabbit Food"  

Just Add Ink (Choose 2: Flower,Paper,Pattern) 

My Time to Craft "Lots of Layers"  (Min of 3) 

Simon Says "Easter/Spring"

The Card Concept #172 "Easter Blessings" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers 

     Daisy Meadows 

     X9026 Mix-In 

Cardstock 

     Sapphire and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     S2201 Sweet Little Things SOTM 

     S1702 Easter Bunny 

Inks 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sapphire Ink 

     Copic - Sketch Brush Pens (alcohol-base)

        B0000, BG000, C0, C01, C3, R11, V17, V25, Y13, YG61

        MultiLine 0.05 "Black"

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Especially For You - Color Dare #490 "Browns + 1 Color"

Here is my Design Team Card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare Challenge 490 "Browns + 1 Color" of your choice. I had seen this card in My Favorite Things Facebook Group and thought the correct link to the card had been copied. Wrong, however I also made a photo of the beautiful card to use as a sketch and searched for Carla Tee Minner's blog. 

Even though the colors for this challenge weren't as colorful I've been a fan of brown and pink going back to one of my childhood favorite dresses. 

First to find a flower size that would work with this layout... made several cuts of various size flowers but the one chosen was larger than the MFT die... as I was cutting the die in Chocolate cardstock it changed the flow of the flowers to the bottom. Next layered French Vanilla cardstock behind the chocolate, added another layer with Ballerina cardstock and then adhered to card base. 

Used the negative center of the chocolate flowers and adhered to the center of the white flow of flowers.  Several cuts were made with the same flower using Ballerina cardstock, placed and adhered with glue among the white flower negatives using the chocolate background paper to fill the center.  Scattered a few Ballerina centers among the flowers.  I'd usually use 3D thin foam tape to adhere the flowers; but because of the middle cut of the flower decided to glue instead.  The sentiment was cut using Ballerina for the frame and Chocolate for the Sentiment.  

On the inside of the card made a border of Ballerina and used some of the brown flower cuts adhered to the border. 

Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share a project for this Inspiration Photo challenge you still have another week to enter. 

Both challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards and other entrants to give you inspiration and join us for future fun color challenges.  Hope to see you there. 

Also sent to the following challenges: 

Crafty Catz "Anything Goes #589 - Optional Lots of Layers"  

My Time to Craft "Lots of Layers"  (Min of 3)

Products used: 

Cardstock

     Chocolate, Bellerina, French Vanilla (White) and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Sizzix #659608 "Flowers #2" 

     Reasonable Die "Sentiments" 

Together We Make a Family - Color Dare Challenge #462

This is my DT card using the CTMH Pumpkin Spice Paperpack for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #462 using all the colors in our TicTacToe palette and combining it with Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #524.  There were no stamps used for this card... only design papers, zip strips and stickers.  This was an easy and fun card to pull together using this sketch.  And the sentiment sticker was perfect for my pumpkin and pie family.  

Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share a project for this TicTacToe challenge you still have another week to enter.  

Both challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards and other entrants to give you inspiration and join us for future fun color challenges.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 

Crafty Catz "Anything Goes with Twist: Use 2 or more Design Papers  

Cut It Up "Fall is in the Air" 

Daring Cardmakers "Going Round in Circles" 

Craftng Happiness "Anything Goes" 

Crafty Gals Corner #233 "Hello Fall" 

Simon Says "Lots of Layers" 

Time for Tea Designs Challenge "Autumn Colors Grid" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Paper 

     Pumpkin Spice and Sticker Sheet 

Cardstock 

     Paprika and Daisy White 

Dies 

     Pretty Pink Posh DC28-2T  "Stitched Scalloped Circles"

Other 

     Thin Foam Tape