Color Dare #640 (Due 02/21)

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #640 and combining it with Sketch Saturday Challenge #769. My first thought using shades of Brown was to create a masculine card and the focal point in the sketch inspired me to include gears and sprockets.  Masculine cards are not my comfort zone; but I was very happy with the result. 

I chose a dark brown wood grain design paper for the smaller panel and used a white and brown patterned paper to brighten up the background, bordered both with Mocha cardstock and adhered to the cardbase. 

Die cut each of several sprockets in Espresso but didn't like the color against the other browns so cut another set in bronze metallic and layered on the first cut.  My sprockets took the place of the hexagon and hearts in the sketch and were adhered directly to background and the bottom sprocket using 3d thin foam tape for a little dimension.  Finished off with a Sentiment stamped directly on the woodgrain, and added other sprockets on the inside corner of card base.  

OOPS:  When I went to post my card in Color Dare's DT Album, other DT members had an additional color in their projects... re-checking the graphic "Shades of Brown + 1 Color".  Decided to do a quick fix and cut more sprockets in a patterned paper that looked like aging bronze/copper using a greenish/blue color and ahered over the bronze/copper sprockets.  

Below is my result prior to fix of + one color.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #640 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there and don't make the mistake I did... make sure you have followed the instruction on the color graphic.  

You may also like to hop over to Double Trouble 3-2-1 Recipe, to see how easy it might be to combine our sketch challenge or even create another project using our 3-2-1 Recipe. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "February Anything Goes" 

Craft Rocket Challenges #122 "Happy Birthday" 

Creative Knockouts Challenge #541 "Finish the Inside" 

My Time to Craft #554 "Recipe 1-2-3"    

   (1-Sentiment, 2-Patterned Papers, 3-Sprockets) 

The Neglected Stuff "February" (Sprocket Dies haven't seen the light of day since Sept of 2022, frist used in May 2016and the rustic patterned paper stared at me in my old stash of scraps, and since CTMH closed all the neglected papers before June of 2024 will be in many of my future projects)

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-In Patterned Papers "Mocha" and "Toffee"

     Bronze/Copper Metallic Paper  

     Aged Bronze/Copper Patterned Paper Replacement of Metallic

Cardstock 

     Mocha and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     D1629 "Just to Say"

Dies 

     Spellbinders "Sprightly Sprockets"

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Hello - Color Challenge #638

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #638 using colors closest to the graphic (Sapphire, Scarlet, Honey Butter) and creating a card using the Sketch Saturday Challenge #768.  

My first selection for this sketch was a floral to represent the square using something that has been in my stash a long time and never used. CTMH Mix-In patterned papers were used giving the background a little sunshine. Chose three patterned papers in Honey Butter Mix-Ins for the background panels, using sapphire as the bordering color and match up with the foliage behind the floral.  Added a die cut sentiment to the left of the floral... love the whimsical look of the "hello" sentiment from Paper Smooches, a die set in my stash from before they closed.  

An extra die cut of a smaller floral was added to the inside corner of the card base along with foliage. 

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #638 and 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 Double Trouble, our Sister Challenge, to see how easy it might be to combine challenges or even create another project. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "Anything Goes"

Beautiful Blossoms "AnyThing Goes w/Optional Mood Board #25 

Crafty Catz Challenge #687 Optional Twist Use a Die  

The Neglected Stuff Challenge (New Challenge 2025) 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-Ins - Honey Butter and Scarlet

Cardstock 

     Sapphire and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs 1539 "Tropical Florals" (You-Tube At least 6 Years Old)  

     Paper Smooches J10116 "Hello Words" (In Stash at least 6 years)

Inks/Pens 

     Ink - Scarlet

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Zooming By... Color Dare Challenge #572 "Lucky 7"

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare Challenge #572 "Lucky 7" using the CTMH Paperpack "Home For Christmas" combined with Sketch Saturday Challenge #737.  Love the traditional colors in this CTMH paperpack and Pawliday Express stamps images are perfect for thiis sketch.  I liked the simplicity of the sketch and stayed pretty much within the cuts and shapes... one more Christmas card to be put in my stash for 2023 holidays.  

For the inside of the card, images from the same stamp set were stamped along the r-h border and colored with pencil.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #572 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: 

Crafty Catz Challenge #656 "Any 4 Legged Critter" 

Crazy For Cats "Anything Cat Goes or Meow-o-Ween" 

Jingle Belles "Holiday Creature Feature" 

My Favorite Things "Christmas" 

Stay Crafty with a Blog "Holiday Celebrate" 

The 12 Months of Christmas "Anything Goes" 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge "Anything Christmas Goes"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Home for Christmas 

Cardstock 

     Jade, French Vanilla and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Pawliday Express     

Dies 

     Border Dies used for Banners 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White" 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Brown:  E71, E74

        Red:  R24, R27, R29 

        Gray:  C1, C3

        Green:  G04, G17, G28, G29

        Black:  100 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

It's Your Day - Color Dare Challenge #566 "Triple Play"

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare Challenge #566 "Triple Play" combining with Sketch Saturday Challenge #734, flipped to portrait. My daughter and I were zooming and I was making this card for celebrating her birthday.  I forgot to do a photo of the card so my daughter took one for me.  

Stamped images using Memento "Black" Ink, cut using thin cuts and colored with Copic Sketch brushes (alcohol-base)... created the plaid on the gnome with the three colors closest to the Color Board.  Used the same colors for the balloons and gnome sitting on the cupcake and applied a dark chocolate icing with some Sundance sprinkles.  

I had just finished coloring and someone was at my front door... and much to my surprise it was my youngest son, his wife and kids visiting from back East. So needless to say our Zoom ended, my card making was at a stand still until they all went out to the pool. My daughter and her husband were expected over for dinner to celebrate so I quickly put together my card so I too could hop in the pool.    

Decided to use the three colors for the Cut background panels as shown in sketch, using two patterned papers (Sundance and Desert Rose Mix-Ins) bordered with Rosemary cardstock, and cut the banner from Rosemary cardstock. Adhered the larger gnome with balloons direct to background, and used 3-D thin foam tape for the cupcake.  I'm off to the pool.      

I forgot to take a photo of her card before she went home so the next day asked her to photo one for me... she did and it wasn't until then I noticed I had neglected to put something in place of the little arrows in the sketch... but I talked myself into the strings from the balloon worked and the little gnome on top of the cupcake was sitting in front of the little arrows.  Sentiment stamped on the Sundance patterned paper.  

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: 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Mix-ins for Sundance and Desert Rose 

Cardstock 

     Rosemary and White Daisy 

Stamps / Die 

     Z3982 Stamp & Thing Cuts "Party Gnome" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

        Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base)  

        Brown:  E33, E35 

        Gray:  C00, C1, C3, C5, C7 

        Desert Rose:  E04, E08,

        Rosemary:  YG03, YG63, YG67

        Sundance:  Y19, Y38

        Shading Used for Dimension:  BV23  

        Copic Multi-Liner "Black" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape