Friendship - Color Dare Challenge #564 - Six Pack

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare Challenge #564 "Six Pack". While going through my stash there was an cute image of a House Mouse with a Fall leaf.  This caught my attention because there were four colors in the Color Board that could be used in the leaf, plus could die cut a tag around mouse image to use in the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #540. 

So I started with a blended background using inks closest to the colors Grape, Nectarine, Green Apple and Raspberry... then using black ink stamped several leaves randomly on the blended background.  Cut the background in three sizes approximated as shown in sketch and adhered them leaving spacing for the black line between each cut.  

The die-cut tag was narrower than the image so fussy cut the one side around a part of the leaf and a part of the mouse on the end of tag and layered a black border around the tag for shadow leaving the fussy-cut hanging over the edge. 

The same ink colors were used on the leaf for a closer match to the background and applied with a paint brush; however, Copic Sketch Brush Pens were used on the House Mouse. To soften the white tag... watered down a little of the tangerine ink and swiped with a paint brush around the image.  Instead of the bow embellishment in the sketch... stamped two smaller leaves, colored with paint brush strokes and added a sequin in the middle.  The tab was then adhered to the background using 3D thin foam tape for some dimension.  

Found this cute sentiment in my stash, cut to size, bordered with black cardstock and adhered to bottom r-h corner.  The inside was bordered with two of the cuts from my blended background 

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #564 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: 

A Place to Start "AG" with Optional Twist leaves and/or trees 

Cardz 4 Galz #206 "Cute Animals or Insects" 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature" 

Four Seasons "Fall Season September" 

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #397 "AG" or theme Fruit 

  Facebook: House-Mouse 

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges #21 "AG or Fall Splendor" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Black and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Stampendous "Fall Float House Mouse" 

     Autumn Splendor D1181

     From Owl of Us S2310 SOTM

Dies 

     CTMH "Tags" 

Inks and Pens Closest to Color Board 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        House Mouse:  E50, E51, E33, E34 

        Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

     Inks Closest to Color Board 

        Raspberry, Nectarine=Tangerine, Willow=Green Apple, 

        Pansy=Grape    

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Brown Sequin 

Happiness Is YOU By My Side

 This is my card for Day 5 at the 2022 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop.  

Love my stash... found an image and card kit from Jenn Dove's Copic Class at a local Craft Shop long time ago which only needed a little touch up to complete the coloring. Used the checkered ribbon froom the card kit and made my own Christmas coffee themed layout.  Cut the image with an scalloped oval die and a border die from the same die set with chocolate cardstock.   

The coffee themed patterned paper with cups and coffee beans were a good match of color for the background and the framed house mice.  This was then bordered with Chocolate cardstock and adhered to card base.  The sentiment chosen was a good fit for the house mice and printed partially on the focal point with the bolder part of sentiment on the r-h corner directly on the patterned paper.   

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 - 466 

Facebook - House Mouse 

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

Critter Crazy Challenges #68 "Anything Goes with Featured Creature"

Alphabet Challenge "P is for Prescious" (prescious image)

Colour Crazy Challenge #44 "Any Medium Colouring" 

Dragonfly Dreams Challenges "Christmas"  

House Mouse HMFMC #378 "Anything Goes Option Something Cozy"  

International Art & Sole #146 "Christmas Card" 

My Time to Craft "Theme is Critters" 

Stamping Sensations "Nov - Christmas Celebrations" 

Products Used: 

Design Paper 

     The Paper Collage "Coffee Talk"

Card Stock 

     CTMH Chocolate and White Daisy 

Stamp 

     Stampendous House Mouse  HSCV34 "Christmas Kiss" 

        Image from Jenn Dove's Aug Copic Class Aug 2017 

     Sentiment - Verve "Happiness Is" 

Die 

     Unknown - From Stash "Ovals" 

Inks / Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll Pen 08 "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens (alcohol base) 

        Foliage:  YG03, YG17

        Mouse:  E43, E44, E50, E51

        Bow:  R29

Other 

     Ribbon - from Jenn Dove's Card Kit 

You Put the Sunshine in my Day - Double Trouble Challenge #78 "Wearin' o' the Green"

Here is my DT for Double Trouble's "Wearin' o' the Green" Challenge and what a fun optional twist to include plaid in your project so that you can also enter your project at Use Your Stuff "Plaid".  

I'm going back to my Jennifer Dove's Copic Class inventory to find an image with a lot of green and put a card together.  The kit included all the parts for my card and with some minor cutting changes my layout was very similar to the one provided.  So, this card only took me less than half an hour to create, but that doesn't include the time spent on the coloring.  Used distressing around the image and sentiment, wrapped twine around the card around the layers and completed using liquid glass to the raindrops.

At Double Trouble Our Things 1, 2 and 3 sure bring on some wierd combinations but I like to challenge them all; however, you have the flexibility of doing just Thing 1 to use green in your project and be eligible for our random draw.

For those that really like more of a challenge may want to include Twisted Sister's optional twist and/or enter at our  partner's challenge if you have met their requirement... and you will be rewarded additional chances for the random draw. Please join us at Double Trouble Challenges.  

Also submitted to the following challenges: 

2CraftyCritterCrazies "Critters, March"   

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge  

     Anything Goes w/Optional "Geometric Shapes" 

Crafting Happiness "Anything Goes w/Optional Green"

Products Used: 

Jennifer Dove Card Kit (Copic Class)   

     Stamped Image Stampendous "Rainfall Shelter" 

     Plaid Patterned Paper 

     Tan Cardstock for Layering 

     Twine 

     Sentiment 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     CTMH Espresso Ink

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens  

          YG03,YG17,YG67, E50,E51,E93 

          BV20,BV23, E43,344, C1,C3,C5, BOO 

Other 

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 

     CTMH Liquid Glass on Raindrops 

     

  

I'm Lucky to Know You - Double Trouble Challenge #23 "Wearing of the Green" with Heart2Heart

This is my DT card for Double Trouble Challenge #23 "Wearin' O' the Green"  and partnering with Heart2Heart "St Patty's Day".  In my stash there was a House Mouse standing in a field of clovers so took out my copic alcohol-based brush pens and started coloring.  The greens for the clovers were matched up to the background paper, colored the four-leaf clover gold and used a pop of red in the small buds.  Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment gold, colored a clover and bud from a second stamped image, fussy-cut and adhered to the back of the sentiment.  

Please join us at Double Trouble and Heart2Heart and create your interpretation of the following requirements:

THING 1: Trouble Maker
says, "Let's celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Wearin' O' the Green!" Dress up your project with green as the primary color. It does not have to be a St. Paddy's Day card... celebrate any occasion.

THING 3: Twisted Sister
Include a "golden touch" on your project for an added chance at our random draw.

THING 2: Double Dare
says, "I'm proud of my Irish heritage and double dare you to play along by linking your green project at Heart2Heart.  Even though the H2H challenge is open until the end of the month; the Double Trouble challenge closes March 17th, so please post before the end of the month for more chances to win the random draw.  

Don't forget to look for the golden shamrock in Secret Sister's Blog and when you find it make sure you leave a special comment and tell us where the shamrock was found in her blog to be eligible for the special prize.   

Also sent to the following challenges: 
House-Mouse & Friends #286 Anything Goes - Opt Stripes or Dots 
2 Crafty Critter Crazies "Anything Critter" 
Cute Card Thursday #571 "Greens"  
The Outlawz - Monday Greetings "St. Patty's Day"  
Cupcake Inspirations #465

  

Products Used: 

Design Paper 

     Lawn Fawn "Knit Picky Fall" Knee High Socks 

Cardstock 

     CTMH New England Ivy and White Daisy 

Other 

     Ranger Embossing Powder "Princess Gold" 

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Thin Foam Sheet 

Pens / Inks 

     Delicata Pigment Ink "Gold"
     Copic (alcohol-based) Sketch Brush Pens 

     

     

    

     

Enjoy Your Day - Color Dare #332

This is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare using another one of my Copic colored images. Our instructor for this Copic class was Jennifer Dove, at The Paper Collage (a local scrapbook store in Peoria Arizona).  

My image had the orange/yellow and green tones which seemed a good match for the colors in the Inspiration Board. Chose not to make a St. Patty's Day card instead chose to make an any occasion card. Only thing used from the Card Packet was a piece of the design paper and sentiment. Fussy-cut the one side of the image, adhered a thin foam sheet to the back and then layered on a willow and goldrush cardstock. Layered the sentiment with the same colors.

Also submitted to the following challenges:

House-Mouse & Friend - ATG Optional: All About Weather 

Creative Knockouts #287- Lots of Layers 
Cut Card Thursday - Greens 
2 Crafty Critters Crazies - Critters 

Products Used: 

Design Paper 

     Unknown - Checkered Paper from Card Packet 

Cardstock 

     Willow, Goldrush and White Daisy 

Image 

     Stampendous - Poppy Nap and Sentiment 

         (Copic Class Card Packet)

Other 

     Thin Foam Sheet 

Pens/Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens (alcohol-based) 

     YR04,YR07, Y13, E50, E51,E93,YG03,YG17,YG67, 

     BV20,BV23,C1,C3,C5 

Happy Birthday - Color Dare #296

This is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #296.  Stamped the house-mouse on Toffee paper usng black ink for the house mouse, pomegranate for the strawberry, and then water-brushed with CTMH inks...the mouse with Toffee, Strawberry with Pomegranate and juniper along the grass lines and strawberry leaves.  Wasn't happy with it so re-stamped with VersaMark (good thing it was still lined up in my Misti) and heat embossed in white.  Still not happy so took to the water-brush again and added more color.  

House mouse stamped image was cut using a rectangle stitched die and another stitched rectangle in the next size up for a frame.  The background was dry embossed with a wood slat embossing folder and layered with two more frames.  Sentiment added to the paint stroke die cut.  

Also sent to the following challenges: 

House-Mouse  & Friends #267 "Anything Goes Option Use Dies" 
  
Double Trouble Challenge #2 - Thing 1 "No Patterned Paper" 
   And Sharing with 
Thing 2: Three Amigos "Machine Die Cutting"  

Double Trouble are two challenges in one ... an opportunity to do a simple challenge and the Double Dare to link up to an additional challenge with the same card. Every once in awhile Twisted Sister will pop in with a special “TWIST”. Random Draw for prize "Bag of Things" after each Challenge. Hope you’ll decide to play along with the Double Trouble Challenges HERE.

CTMH Products Unless Identified Otherwise: 
Cardstock 
     Toffee, Pomegranate, Juniper and White Daisy 
Stamp Sets
     House-Mouse Designs "Strawberry Wish" 
     D1514 "Just a Number"  
Dies 
     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1508 Dashing Rectangles 
     Paper Smooches "Paint Strokes"
Inks
     Pomegranate, Toffee, Juniper and Black      
Other 
     Embossing Folder Z3248 "Wood Slats" 
     Embossing Powder - Rangers "White" 

You're Berry Special

Couldn't pass up this cute House and Mouse Stamp and decided to use it for Three Amigo's BlogHop Challenge #1 "Nom, Nom"  using The Paper Players Sketch Challenge #382, but turned to landscape.  

Each of the panels were cut to size and then using the using the Elizabeth Craft Designs "Dashing Rectangles" centered them inside to cut the stitching on three of the sides and then centered it again on the fourth side and die cut just on the stitch.  

I stamped two of the image, colored the full image with Copic alcohol-based brush pens, fussy-cut the strawberry from the second image, colored and then layered on top of first image with 3D thin foam tape.  Gave great dimension to the strawberry but it didn't photo well.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges:

House and Mouse Friends "Anything Goes" - with Option of Spring Colors 

Addicted to Stamps #281 "Anything Goes" 

Cut It Up #142 "Anything Goes" Must Have Die Cuts 

The Outlawz - Monday Greetings Challenge "Anything Goes"

CTMH Products Unless Otherwise Specified: 

Design Paper 

     Magical

Cardstock 

     Poppy and White Daisy 

Dies

     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1508 "Dashing Rectangles"  

Stamps 

     Sentiment - CC1039 Taste of Summer      

Inks 

     Poppy Ink

     Copic alcohol-based Brush Pens 

House Mouse & Friends "Spring Colors"

I was invited and honored to be a Guest Designer for House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #260 "Spring Colors" and combined it with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #252.

This image was from an earlier coloring class with Jennifer Dove at The Paper Collage and all it needed was a little touch up and some blending pen on a pen leak.  Chose some bright spring colors for the background and layered with the willow green.  Added the layered sentiment and some heart embellishments.  

This inside of my card was just a border of the same background paper as on the front of my card.  

Also submitted to the following challenges:  

The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday "Twist Fur" 

I was chosen as the Top Pick for this week's challenge at The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday "Fur"  








Products Used:

Design Paper

     Doodlebug Design "At the Zoo"

Cardstock

     CTMH Willow and White Daisy

Stamp
     Stampendous "Floral Trumpet" House Mouse
Dies
     Cottage Cutz CCB-072 Wacky Stitched Square
     Peachy Cheap - Words
     Paper Smooches "Small Hearts"

Other

 Copic Pen Palette