Have a Cup of Cheer - Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #20

This is my card for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #20 "Critters" using the BYSHC Sketch #36 which was perfect for my Cute Critter image and paper selection.  

Kitty image with hot cocoa was stamped with Memento Black ink, colored using Copic Sketch Brush pens and fussy cut.  A scalloped stitched rectangle was cut and bordered with green cardstock.  Design papers and zip strips were used for all other cuts in the the sketch and bordered with green cardstock and adhered direct to card base with the one strip of green cardstrip adhered with 3D thin foam tape.  Kitty was added with 3D thin foam tape for dimension on the stitched rectangle. A speech bubble was cut, bordered with green cardstock, sentiment stamped with black ink and adhered in upper-right hand corner.  

The balance of the Zip Strip from paperpack was adhered inside card base to the bottom and right-hand borders.  

Please hop on over to Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #20 "Critters" and check out the Design Teams inspiration and other entrants. Your entry must be a Christmas/Holiday Card using an image and/or sentiment related to Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa, and for August use at least one cute critter. 

Please also visit BYSHC for lots of inspiration for their Anything Goes Sketch Challenge.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

Christmas Bingo #2 (O = Rectangle, Free, Patterned Papers)

Christmas with the Cuties #72 "Something Green"  

Krafty Chicks Challenge #675 Stamp Act Week 2 

Passion for Markers #701 Favorite Color Combo (Green and Blue)

The Holly & Ivy #144 "Anything Christmas Goes" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Holly Jolly Paperpack 

Cardstock 

     Clover and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Critters - A All & Create "Light It Up" 

     Sentiments - Verve "Holiday Treats" 

Dies

     Frame - Waffle Flower "Lacy Layers #2" Rectangle 

     Speech Bubble - We'R Memory Keepers "Icons" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll .08 "White"

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol-base) 

        Brown:  E31, E50, E55

        Red:  R11, R24, R27, R29 

        Gray:  C00, C1, C3, C5 

        Blue:  B21, B23, B95 

        Shading Used for Dimension:  BV23 

     Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Sweet Holiday Wishes "Christmas in July" Santa's Hat

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #143 "Christmas in July" partnering with with Jingle Belles Challenge "Santa's Hat". 

Still feeling the heat of Summer in Arizona I linked HERE again to listen to Christmas Carols. When going through my stash... found two cute reindeers, one with a Santa hat already stamped and cut, some patterned paper with Santa Hats and a coordinating polka-dot paper.  Picked up my Copic Sketch pens and started coloring.  Used the two patterned papers for my background and adhered the deer with 3D thin foam tape.  

Added little embellishments, a stamped swirl star on Coffee Cup die cut, a Christmas Present which was pieced with two design papers and sentiment  printed on the speech bubble die cut in black ink.  

Please stop by and have some fun with our Double Trouble challenge and check out to see what our Team Members and Entrants have created.  Don't forget to check out our collaborating partner at Jingle Belles and see their Design Team members and entrant projects too.  Hope to see you there!

Also Submitted to the Following Challenges: 

12 Months of Christma #102 "Any Goes Christmas"

Addicted to Stamps #450 "DieCuts and/or Stencils" 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #19 "Stars" 

Christmas Bingo #2 (N = Hand Colored Image, Free, Die-Cuts)

Christmas with the Cuties #71 "Something w/Fur or Feathers 

Colorful Options "Red, White and Blue" 

Critter Crazy Challenge #76 "Anything Goes with a Featured Critter" 

Daring Cardmakers "Christmas in July" 

Ellibelle's Corner Crafty Wednesday "Anything Goes"  

Get Creative Challenges #123 "Christmas in July" 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #672 Stamp Act Week 2 

MFT "Ready, Set Christmas Challenge" 

My Time to Craft "Christmas Animals" 

Passion for Markers #698 Go Wild 

The Holly & Ivy #143 "Anything Christmas Goes" 

Products Used:  

Design Paper 

     Doodlebug Design "Sugarplums" 

Cardstock 

     CTMH Candy Apple, White Daisy and Black  

Stamps 

     Reindeer - CC Designs "RB1132 Raindeer Games"

     Gift Box & Sentiment - Whimsy Co-1404 "Santa and Friends" 

     Cup pattern - CTMH #M1146 "Swirling Stars"      

Dies 

     Speech Bubble:  We'R Memory Keepers Icons for Album 

     Coffee Cup:  Verve 

     Reindeers: cut with Scan N Cut 

Inks 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     CTMH "Candy Apple" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Bruch Pens - Alcohol Base 

        C0, C00, E23, E33, E35, E51, E53, E55, 

        G17, G19, R02, R08, R29  

        Multi-Liner "Black 0.3 

     Sakura Gelly Roll Pen 05 

Other 

     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 

Hello Friend - Color Dare #504 "Four Square" Color Board

This is my Design Team card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare "Four Square" Color Board and using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #480. This was a fun card to create... The July 4th Holiday weekend was spent at the cabin with my daughter and we did a little scrapping. I always enjoy creating with her and think I get a card done faster because of sharing ideas... plus she has some pretty cute stamp sets and of course her Copics are always traveling with her.  

The Playful Pups stamps were all adorable but picked the bassett hounddog with the long ears, and was lucky that neutrals were included in the color challenge for my pup Ralph (Lisa named him).  Stamped three images of Ralph, colored and fussy-cut each where required for layering and dimension.  

All the other accessories were included in this stamp set and chose the rug and doggy bed for Ralph to settle into.  Ralph wanted a colorful plaid bed with the rug under it for his comfort and his toys.  He chose colors closest to Sapphire, Evergreen and Sundance for his plaid... so out came my Copics and a plaid was born. Ralph liked his plaid bed so much he insisted on a tie to match and the dish of food for his friend.  

I didn't have any patterned paper with me so I chose cardstock closest to the colors and glued the diagonal panels to the card base. In Lisa's supplies she had some stitched die frames, chose the stitched scallop a perfect fit for Ralph. Still needed something... so why not add a strip of the same plaid to cover the two diagonal panels... perfect.    Sentiment added from another stamp set and done.   

Also Entered in the following Challenges: 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #480  (Forgot to enter this challenge)

Critter Crazy Challenge "Anything Goes with a Featured Critter" 

Art Impressions #331 "Perfect Plaid" 

Creative Knockouts #460 "Dies Cuts and/or Punches" 

Krafty Chicks #619 "Stamp Act" 

Passion for Markers #648 "Bingo Board"  (Column 2)

3 Digi's from Pattie’s Creations

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Sapphire, Evergreen and white Daisy 

Stamps 

     Ink Blot Shop "Playful Pups"

     Sentiment from Smiles From the Garden

Dies 

     Jillian Vance Designs "Stitched Circle Die" 

Inks / Pens 

     Mementom "Black" 

     Copic Sketch Pens - alcohol-base 

        Sapphire:  B26, B69

        Sundance:  Y35, Y38 

        Evergreen:  YG61, YG67

        Pup - Neutrals:E31, E35, E40, E57 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

2020 Calendar - The Cutting Cafe

Creative Creases has Memorial Weekend Extravaganza for "Anything Goes with a Fun Fold" and has waived the backlinking for this challenge.  Sure saves a lot of time in creating over this Weekend and still be able to show one of your favorite past creations.  

05/28/21 Resubmitted to:  

Creative Creases "Fun Fold Friday-Extravaganza" 

This is my project for The Cutting Café "2020 Calendar".  I didn't want to hide the beautiful floral background so I used some butterfly dies that were quite open.  However, because I'm addicted to layers, I got a little crazy and decided there should be a couple flowers in the corner and added a gem in the center.  And then...why not another butterfly on the window of the calendar since it didn't hide the vision.  The box was made with another coordinate design paper to hold a pen/pencil.  

Added a window to the front of the calendar holder, flipped to the side, adhered holder closer to left-side to allow room for a floral tab for each of the months using the smallest of the same floral. The calendars were printed on Vellum and adhered to the frame of each month. Using the same sizing as the calendar I created a backside to record events for the month and adhered to the back of the month calendar. Added a little bling to the window frame.  

On the back side of the Holder...another design paper was used to adhere the 2020 Holiday Schedule and another butterfly to match the one in the front left-hand corner.  

Calendar Fully Assembled 

Front of Holder / Calendar and Box 

Back of Holder / Calendar

Thing 1:  Trouble Maker

says, "I love frosting on a cake... and the sprinkles and decorations are my favorites.  Soooo... whatever you decide, make sure you pour on some bling, glitz and/or glitter on your project. 

You can stop here...

OR, you can choose to include Twisted Sister's Optional Twist below. 

Double Trouble Challenge #43 "Bring on the Glitz" - DT Project 

     for Thing 1 Only

Also sent to the following challenges: 

Crafty Catz #484 "Spots and/or Stripes"

Just Add Ink #483 "Stars, Spots,Sparkles" 
     Choose 2:  Spots on Design Paper, Sparkle gems on Flowers 
Krafty Chicks Challenge #482 "Anything But a Card" 
Stinkin' Inkers Nov Challenge "Die-lirious and Punchy" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Every Little Thing 

     Vellum 

Cardstock 

     Wisteria, Julep, Lagoon and White Daisy 

SVG Files 

     The Cutting Café - Calendar Holder and Front Box
     The Cutting Cafe - 2020 Monthly Printable Calendars 

Dies 

     Flowers - Reasonable Dies 

     Butterflies - Piazza Plenty 

Embellishments 

     Sugar Rush Dots      

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape

Boo - Color Dare #365

This is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #365 "Inspiration Board" combined with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #338.  The squares in the sketch were about the same size as my die-cut ghosts and since they were layered with black they didn't need to be framed.  They looked so cute floating against the black sky with speckles of light.  Zip strip from same paper pack was used and making a pendant with the same paper as the background and zip strip.  Sentiment was added.      

Please visit each of these challenges to see DT members' inspiration, along with other participants that have entered these challenges and maybe you can combine challenges too. Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks, so please join us and also check out our previous Challenge #364 TicTacToe Board.

Also submitted to the following challenges: 
Alphabet Challenge "O for One Word Sentiment"
Cut It Up Challenge #185 "Ghosts, Goblins & Ghouls"
Daring Cardmakers "Back to Black"
Cute Card Thursday "Spots and Dots"
Creative KnockOuts Challenge 320 "Halloween" 10
Krafty Chicks Challenge Challenge 477 "Ghost Card"
The Paper Funday Challenge #10 "Twist: Halloween"

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie 

CTMH Products Unless Identified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Spooktacular and Zip Strip 
     Cats and Bats  
Cardstock:  
     White Daisy and Black 
Dies 
     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1398 "Ghosts" 
Other 
     Thin 3D Foam Tape