Color Dare #602 - 12th Anniversary Celebration

This is my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #602 "Triple Play" for our 12th Anniversary Celebration. In homage we are doing an updated take on those original colors. While I was looking for a sketch to combine with our color challenge, the CTMH "Just Chicken In" was sitting in my space beckening me to use. When I selected the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #578 there was a floral on the same stamp set which was perfect for this sketch. Even though I wanted to use chicks; just couldn't see chicks in these color... so the chicks will sit there for another challenge and I'll use the floral.   

The floral was stamped using Memento black ink on Wisteria (one on dark side and the other on the light side) and another one stamped in Royal. The Royal floral was fussy-cut for the base of the floral. The light Wisteria was fussy-cut for the inner part of the daffodil and the dark Wisteria was fussy-cut for the outer part of the daffodil. The Wisteria pieces were added to Royal floral base with glue and some parts with thin 3-D foam tape for dimension. 

Periwinkle is one of my favorite colors. We had a Periwinkle car way back in the 90's because I wanted a purple car. My husband was hesitant; but we purchased it. There were times I would wander around a parking lot looking for my Periwinkle car but in daytime light it was more blue than purple and there weren't remotes at that time to lead you to your car. So... there were difficult times when looking for my car; but it wasn't difficult to choose the background papers in Periwinkle, border them with the Royal and place them as in the sketch on the card base.  

The focal point and sentiment frames were cut, one with patterned paper and the other in Royal cardstock, modified using a stitched rectangle frame.  

On the inside of the card base the right-hand border was a strip of Royal cardstock, zip strip and another strip of the same background patterned paper.  Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #602 for our 12th Annniversary, check out the Design Teams inspiration and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

You may also like to hop over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges to see how easy it might be to combine challenges. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Aloha Friday Challenge "Flowers" 

Beautiful Blossoms Mood Board #17 

Cut It Up #304 "Send Me Flowers"  Must use at least one die 

Craft Rocket Challenge "Flowers"

Daring Card Makers "M is for..." Monochromatic - Purple 

Die Cut Divas "Monochromatic" (Purples) (Must Use at least one die) 

Just Add Ink #703 "Just Use Two" (Bright Colours, Birthday) 

Moving Along the Times #166 "Flowers 

Retro Rubber Challenge #231 "Lavendar Love" 

The Paper FunDay #65 "AG w/Optional Flowers" 

MFT "Take our Cue - Flower Power"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Sweet Memories 

     Mix-in Packets with Periwinkle patterns 

Cardstock 

     Royal and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Floral:  S2403 Just Chicken In 

     Sentiment:  S2105 Flowers For You (Retired Stamp May 2021)

Dies 

     Waffle Flower #310052 Lacy Layers Rectangle

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink    

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 

           

 

 

You're a Classic - Double Trouble #113 "Let's Go Masculine"

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #113 "Let's Go Masculine" using Twisted Sister's Optional twist to use Stripes and/or Plaids and used Double Trouble's partner Try Stampin' on Tuesday's Sketch Challenge #559.  

I don't often do masculine cards but the ColorMyHeart Color Dare #498 "Triple Play" were good masculine colors and the right stamp would make this a quick card.  

Boy was I wrong on the quick... probably due to combining the three challenges. Selecting the right design papers was a chore and many different cuts were made before the final selection. I was set on a gold classic car and this too was not quick. My first attempt was to color the stamped classic car with Copic markers, then gold foil, glitter paper, gold pen, even went to silver and last added glitter to the original Copic car... and still wasn't satisfied. Some of the classic car coloring was used as another layer for dimension.  

Had to get away from it, went to bed and got up the next morning, and with the help of my cropping buddies we voted on the best paper choice, classic car was mounted in place, but still not satisfied. The gold sequins were my determining factor on what color classic car to use; but I had already added the glitter and needed to color with Copic one more time and leave off the glitter. Fuzzy-cut the classic car and even the windows.  Many photos were taken in between to determine the closest to the gold sequins. Probably won't be any time soon that I will tackle another masculine card unless I keep it simple.  But I was happy with the end result.   

Also sent to the following Challenges:  

Make the Cards Challenge #56 "Create a Masculine Card"  

The Paper FunDay Challenge "AG with Optional Masculine" 

Dies R Us #194 "June - Dad's Day/Masculine" 

Moving Along With The Times "June - Masculine" 

Creative Inspirations "June - Masculine" 

Inspiration Station #31 "Just Us Two Like Father, Like Son" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Oval Center - Serenity

     Plaid and Background - Mix-In X9019 and X9017   

Cardstock

     Sapphire, Grape, New England Ivy, French Vanilla and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Sentiment - You're a Classic  

Die 

     Oval Die in stash, unknown vendor 

Inks / Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - Alcohol-base 

          Variety of Colors to Get the Gold Color 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     

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 

     

Awaits Adventure Wild & Free - Double Trouble Challenge #66 "Make a Scene"

This is my DT for Double Trouble Challenge #66 "Make a Scene" using Twisted Sister's optional twist "include some mode of transportation", a jeep.  

When we went to Yellow Stone my expectation was to see a moose... never saw one. While visiting with friends in Wyoming I had mentioned my disappointment of not getting a photo of a moose.  They lived near a mountain range wherein he guaranteed we would see one.  

This card is made with my memory of a 5-mile scenic jeep ride (about a mile every hour) on a rough dirt road with their LARGE dog sitting between us.  Lots of conversation, laughs and fun time.  It wasn't until the last 20 minutes of our ride a moose was sited by our driver friend... how he ever saw it off in the distance is beyond me; however, with a good distant lens I was able to capture a photo.  

Decided to keep it simple and use design papers for my scene. When going through my stash for I came across a paper that appeared like mountain silhouette in the Aurora paperpack (probably a sky, but it worked for my purpose of the scene). Cut along the lines when there was a change of color and adhered with thin foam tape for each mountain level, cut a polka-dot paper for the night-time sky, three trees and a Jeep on first and second level.  Sentiments were added.  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

Moving Along With the Times "Create a Scene" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

• Design Papers - Aurora, Paper Fundamentals Enchantment Sapphire
• Cardstock - Sapphire and Daisy White 
• Dies - Peachy Cheap "Outdoor Mountains" 
• Other - 3D Thin Foam Tape 

     

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

Just Because - Color Dare #392

This is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #392 "TicTacToe" and using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #366.  Well, I did it again, used the wrong sketch as this challenge already ended at AHSC and I loved this sketch.  

This is a sneak peek of one of CTMH's stamp of the month. This stamp set was perfect for the sketch and Column 3 was perfect for the colors (Green Apple, Nectarine, Lemonade + Gold Embellishments).  

Flowers and Tag (sneak peek) were stamped with black ink on white daisy cardstock using a masking technique for dimension.  Colored the florals bright toward front and ones masked behind were same colors but faded to appear unfocused as in a photo.  Two of the flowers were fussy-cut and adhered with 3D thin foam tape for additional dimension.  A bow as die cut for the tag in green apple, sentiment added at bottom right-hand corner and finished off with some Gold glitter gems.  

 

Please pop over to ColorMyHeart Color Dare and see DT members' inspiration, along with other participants that have entered this challenge. Please join us in this fun color challenge. 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...current challenges are on the side bar of the blog. 

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 
Moving Along with the Times #118 May "Flowers" 


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 
     Background was stamped and masked using the flower 
     along with one of the beautiful tag stamps 
Cardstock 
     Green Apple and White Daisy 
Stamps
     S2006 Garden Tags SOTM 
     C1674 Dreamin' Big - Sentiment
Inks/Pens 
     Lemonade, Nectarine and Black Inks 
     Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol-based  C1, Y08, YG61, YR15 
Dies 
     Cocoa & Reno "Bows" 
Embellishments 
     Gold Glitter Gems 

2019 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop "Winter Wishes"

Exciting Change at the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop ... The seasonal Blog Hop is moving to an "Anything Goes" theme, however, you still need to include some sort of coffee, tea, cocoa or cider element or sentiment. How simple is that?

There are many super sponsors and there are no limits to the number of projects you enter. The more entries the better your chances for winning Coffee Lovers' random draw prizes. Click HERE to see the variety of sponsors and the gifts they are donating, and don't forget to look for Blog Candy along the way.

Day 7 - P.M. - 2019 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 
(CLBH #997)  

Told you I would be back with the To Go Cup with a Christmas design...stamped on white cardstock, colored with Copic Sketch brush pens in variable colors.  Found a green glittery paper that had the silver zip strip on top for the background and cut a snowflake border in white.  The sentiment and coffee steam was stamped with versa mark and then heat embossed with silver powder.  Cup was adhered beneath it with 3D thin foam tape.  

Don't forget to head back to Double Trouble's Challenge #42 "You Have Us in Stitches" to earn extra chances for our Blog Candy (give-a-ways). Although Double Trouble is not a sponsor in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, we are giving away Blog Candy in addition to our usual random draw prize. To be eligible all you have to do is to make a comment on our challenge post (Click HERE) and tell us what your favorite Double Trouble Challenge has been or challenge you would like us to create. And...if you add a comment to our Design Team and Guest Designer blogs on Challenge #42 you will get additional chances to our Draw. We have lots of give-a-ways, the more participants, the more give-a-ways.

Also sent to the following Challenges:

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge Blog "Die-lirious and Punchy" 
Creative Knockouts #323 "Border Time" 

Moving Along with The Time #110 "Snowflakes" 


Products Used:

Design Paper
     DCWV "Holiday Glitzy Glitter" 
Cardstock 
     CTMH White Daisy 
Stamps 
     Stamplorations "Coffee To Go: Fall and Winter"
     MFT "Kitchey Kitchen" Stamp and Die Set 
     Verve Stamps "Coffee Helps"  
Dies 
     Reasonable Dies #LLX859 "Snowflake Border" 
Pens/Inks 
     Versa Mark & Embossing Powder Zig "Silver" 
     Copic Sketch Brush Pens (alcohol base) 
        C0, E71, G12, G17, G19, R14, R17, R24, R29, Y08, YG03 
     CTMH Metallics Marker "Silver" 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape