Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

This is a card I made for the 2021 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop using the colors from ColorMyHeart Color Dare #436 "TicTacToe" and combining it with the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch Challenge #498.  Chose a tea cup die and cut it with one of the design papers from the CTMH Daisy Meadows.  The images, flowers and eggs were fussy cut from the same design paper and adhered with 3D thin foam tape for dimension.  A border die was used for the lace and the eggs replaced the bow in the sketch.  Two mint embellishments were added to the left-hand upper corner.   

Please visit Coffee Lovers Hop, ColorMyHeart Color Dare and Try Stampin' on Tuesday for inspiration and create something for Spring/Summer.  Looking forward to seeng what you have created. 

Also submitted to the following challenges: 

DiesRUs "Use a metal die" 

Facebook CTMH Makers "Official Site" 

Facebook CC Designs March "Easter/Spring"

Always Fun Challenges "Spring" 

The Cutie Pie Challenge #157 "Bunnies and Blooms" 

     Easter or Spring Cards 

International Art & Soul #104 "Bunny" 

Moving Along with the Times #128 "Spring is Coming"   

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge "Hop to It" 

YNS Fun Friday "Inspiration" - Flowers and Pink

CTMH Products Unless Identified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Daisy Meadows 

Cardstock 

     Peach and Daisy White 

Dies 

     Crafter's Companion "Vintage Tea Party" 

     Sizzix Thinlits #661-96 "Hello Doily" Borders 

Other 

     Sugar Rush Dots

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Some Bunny Loves You - Color My Heart Color Dare #436

Here is my Design Team Card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #436 "TicTacToe" which is the Color Palette for Daisy Meadows CTMH paperpack and I chose to use all the colors.  The Sketch used is from Heart2Heart and perfect for a variety of design papers. 

The floral design paper was used for my background, the other panels were cut to size using one of the other design papers and zip strips and placed as in the sketch.  The bunny in the basket and flowers were all fussy-cut from another design paper and adhered to the panels with 3D thin foam tape. Finished with a sentiment stamped in black in the upper left-hand corner.   

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... both of these challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards to give you inspiration to join us for some fun color challenges and hop by Heart2Heart for some more inspiration on using their sketch challenge.

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

2CraftyCritterCrazies "Critters" 

Facebook CTMH Makers "Official Site" 

Facebook CC Designs March "Easter/Spring"

Always Fun Challenges "Spring" 

The Cutie Pie Challenge #157 "Bunnies and Blooms" 

     Easter or Spring Cards 

Dream Valley Challenge #243 "Pretty in Pastels" 

International Art & Soul #104 "Bunny" 

Moving Along with the Times #128 "Spring is Coming" 

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge "Hop to It" 

 

CTMH Products Unless Otherwise Specified: 

Design Paper 

     Daisy Meadows and the Zip Strips

Cardstock 

     Peach and White Daisy 

Stamp 

     D1633 Hopping By Holiday (Sentiment) 

Other 

     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 

     

Sending Smiles - Double Trouble Challenge #67 "Off/On/Over the Edge"

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge "Off/On/Over the Edge" using Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #476.  The sketch itself shows how you can simply use a doily off the edge or partial stamp on the off the edge circle.  But, I decided to use one of Jennifer McQuire's tutorials veering away from my comfort zone and create something off the edge using stamps and dies.  

Off the Edge Die Cutting
Partial Die Cutting
Off the Edge Stamping

Using this Sketch, Feel free to change the orientation... rotate or flip the sketch or use its mirror image.  

Many of my cards are done with lots of layers for dimension; but decided to keep my design simple and use stamps directly on the card base using different inks and pens to pull it all together. This card took me longer to create than throwing a lot of layers together; but I was happy with the result... but don't know how soon I will create another one layer CAS card.  

Time was taken for cutting out images for masking, coloring and trying to keep within the sketch layout.  Thought I was done until I brought out my clear Wink of Stella.  A design sheet was added to the inside of the card  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

2CraftyCritterCrazies "Critters" 

A Place to Start "Create a Children's Card" 

AAA Birthday Game #17 "Animals and Critters" 

The Cutie Pie Challenge "Birthday Party"  

Craft Rocket Challenges "Baby/Kids" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Paper
     Blue Skies
Cardstock
     Linen 
Stamps 
     S2008 Floral Celebration SOTM 
     D1726 Sweet Baby 
Inks / Pens 
     Candy Apple, Bluebird, Willow, Lemon, Charcoal 
     Cricut Thick Grey Pen 
     Zig Wink of Stella "Clear" 
     TomBoo Pink Brush Pen 
     Copic Black 0.1 Multi-Liner 

Happy Bird Day - Double Trouble Challenge #59 3-2-1 Recipe

Here is my DT card for Double Trouble Challenge #59 "3-2-1 Recipe". Double Trouble usually has a pretty simple recipe (This recipe had 3-Colors, 2 Embellishments and 1 seasoned stamp over a year old).  And you can enhance or make a bigger recipe by using additional ingredients. You can stop here and submit your entry or you can use Twisted Sister's Optional Twist and get additional chances at Double Trouble's random draw. I wanted to take that challenge.  

But then when I wanted to challenge myself to Twisted Sister's optional twist using a sketch from Retro Rubber Challenge #137 and using a triangle or quadrilateral shapes...wow and pow. I had the perfect background die that had triangles and every quad shape there is. Now, the hard part is to fit the busy background in the sketch.  

Soooo, off to my daughters blog to see how she would treat a busy background.  She frequently makes busy look simple.  So this is my attempt at a Lisa card and I think I captured a little of her style... what do you think?  Don't answer that.  

For my birdhouse I used a woodgrain design paper along with another design paper for the roof.  The cut of the roof looked like a triangle and the walls of the home were my quads. Not that I really had to worry about Twisted Sister's optional twist to include at least one triangle or quad because the background die had them all.   

The woodgrain design paper looked like a Birch tree.  Since the sketch called for a panel down the side, I cut another background die with the same woodgrain and pieced them to look like it was a Birch tree trunk outside my glass window and used sequins for the leaves falling off the tree.  And of course the sentiment was stamped on the woodgrain design paper, curved the sides and adhered with 3D thin foam tape to appear as a birdhouse post.   

I knew I was going to use the sentiment "Happy Bird-Day" so went through all my stamps to find the right bird.  

To join us at Double Trouble just follow one of our favorite 3-2-1 Recipe and take on the challenge of Twisted Sister's Optional Twist using our partner's sketch and enter your project at Retro Rubber. 

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", which will be coming up the end of this challenge.  

Also entered in the following challenges:
The Cutie Pie "June" Challenge "Layer It Up" 

The Crafter's Cafe "Things with Wings" 
Paper Craft Challenges #59 "Geometric" 
Just Us Girls #540 "Frame It" 
Daring Cardmakers "Wing It" 
Your Next Stamp #141 "Shake It Up" 
Moving Along With the Times "Things with Wings"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Celebrate Mix-In 

     Clear Plastic for Shaker Card 

Cardstock 

     White Daisy and Black 

Stamps 

     B1432 Love This "Seasons & Nature" - Bird  (July 2016)

     Paper Smooches "Baby Birds" - Sentiment (Nov 2017)

Dies 

     Cricut Cut #M3B555 - Bird House "Modified" 

Pens / Inks 

     Black Ink 

     Copic Pens - alcohol-based Sketch Pens 

        C1, C3, C5, E42, Y15 

        Copic Multi-Liner 0.3

Embellishments 

     Kat Scrappiness 

Other 

     3D Thin and Regular Foam Tape