Congratulations - DTC #137 "Mother Goose"

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #137 "Mother Goose" in celebration of Mother Goose Day. From this list of 109 Rhymes I chose Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mo and used the element Tiger. I had so much fun with this card using Crafty Chemist Design pop-up card; but modified measurements for an A2 card.  

Twisted Sister's Optional Twist is to include at least one heart shape, the word heart and/or or the word love on your project to earn another chance in Double Trouble's random draw and be eligible to enter in Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #29 for another chance.  A heart was placed on the outside and inside sentiments.  

Photos below are close-ups of each of the Critters

Also sent to the following Challenges:  

Colorful Options Challenge (Color or Rainbow) 

Crafty Calendar April Challenge "Die Cuts" 

Creative Creases "Anything Goes Fun Folds" 

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie "Use Mostly Green" 

Park Hopping, My Happy Place "Anything Goes related to Theme Park" 

 

Shopping Our Stash "Fold It Up"   

Stamping Sensations "Anything Stamped + Optional CAS" 

Try It On Tuesday "Rainbow Colors" 

We Love Stamping "More Birds & Animals" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:  

Design Papers 

     Sweet Safari Paperpack 

Cardstock 

     Bluebird and White Daisy 

Stamps & Dies 

     C1883 "Sweet Safari" Stamp & Die Set 

     LaLa Land Crafts #8203 "Heart Speech Bubble"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Brush Pens (alcohol-base) 

        Slouth:  100, E71, E57, R20 and Twig: E55, E57, G94, G99 

        Tiger:  100, E33, E35, E42

        Toucan:  100, G17, G99, R29, Y15, YR15, YR68

        Tree:  

        Stork:  100, Y15, YR15 

        Baby:  BG45, E42, E51, R20 

     Copic Multi-Liner 0.1 "Black" 

     Sakura Gelly Roll 08 

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