A Cup of Coffee & A Good Book - Color Dare Challenge #468

Here is my DT card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #468 "Inspiration Photo" using a coffee theme for "Caffeine Fueled Paper Play" at  Coffee Lover's Cardmaking. 

I primarily focused myself on the apron and hat in the Inspiration Photo and thought a quilted background in those colors would make a pretty background for my card.  And what better then to wrap yourself around this quilt with a cup of coffee and a good book in hand.  

I started off with a Darice Embossing Folder and then started coloring the stitches with Copic alcohol-based brush pen B99 closest to CTMH Sapphire ink.  The other colors were a combination of the different shades in orange, yellow, red and blue from apron.   

In my stash there were dies for a stack of books and a coffee go-cup which I  colored using the same Copic colors in the background.  Using Sapphire Ink a sentiment was added, sponged edges and layered with cardstock.  

Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share a project for this Inspiration Photo challenge you still have another week to enter.  

Both challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards and other entrants to give you inspiration and join us for future fun color challenges.  

And don't forget to go to Caffeine Fueled Paper Play for coffee inspiration, a fun monthly challenge... lot's of inspiration there too.   

Products Used 

Cardstock 

     Sapphire and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Reasonable Dies "Stack of Books" 

     Karen Burniston #1041 "Coffee Charms" 

Stamps 

     Waffle Flower "Books & Coffee"  

Pens/Inks 

     CTMH Sapphire Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens (alcohol-based) 

        B21, B95, B99, BG10, E00, E07, R00, YR21, YR23, YR27

        100, Multi-Liner 0.1

Other 

     CTMH Thin Foam Tape 

Have a Monstrous Halloween! - Double Trouble Challenge #95 "Halloween Cuteness"

Here is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge #95 "Halloween Cuteness" partnering with Cupcake Inspirations "Halloween Fun".  My inspiration... the little monsters with googly eyes and colors intriqued me to use my CTMH stamp and die set "Montrous Halloween".  During our Little Crop Group on Zoom yesterday, my friend and neighbor offered me her Whimsy rubber stamp "Moon Background".  So was well on my way to creating until I checked to see what Twisted Sister had up her sleeve.  Twisted Sister's optional Tricky Twist asked us to use Washi Tape and it proved to be a tricky twist just like she said... I chose a spider web washi tape that reminded me of a galazy sky... clever huh?  Now to put it all together.  

 

Stamped and cut the little monsters in several colors used in Cupcake Inspirations Photo #530.  Stamped in black the moon background on white cardstock and fussy-cut.  Then across the top of black cardstock I ran three strips of the spider web washi tape, and adhered with 3D Thin Foam Tape the moon background on the bottom.  

Now the fun of playing around with the placement of the monsters. Four were placed on the right-hand side and a post and stamped sentiment in Gypsy ink, distressed, and all adhered with 3D thin foam tape in a crater on the left.  I needed some color on the moon and decided to use the purple in the craters only.  There was something still missing so I added the blue ghost coming over the moon, and another 3-googly eyes that was coming out of one of the craters.  

Had some monsters left over and placed them in the bottom right-hand corner of the inside of the card joining the monstrous party.  

Also sent to the following Challenges:  

Critter Crazy Challenges Challenge #55 "Critters" 

Crafting Happiness "Colors: Purple, Orange, Green, Black" 

Crafty Katz #568 "Anything Goes" Optional Trick or Treat 

Crafty Gals Corner #224 "Halloween Colours" 

Creatalicious Challenges #221 "Anything Goes" Optional purple and black 

Daisy Chain Challenge #57 "Autumn and/or Halloween" 

Pattie's Creations Challenge #187 "Autumn/Fall"

Pearly Sparkles Challenge #67 "Autumn and/or Halloween" 

Simon Says "Spooky Halloween"  

Simply Create Too #175 "All Things Spooky"  

The Old Bats Halloween Challenge - October  

Use Your Stuff "Autumn/Fall" 

TicTacToe Challenge #135 - Right Diagonal Purple/Orange/Black + Moon

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Black and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     C1652 Montrous Halloween

     Whimsy Stamps "Moon Background"    

Dies 

     Montrous Halloween Thin Dies 

Inks / Pens  

     Gypsy, Tangerine, Crystal Blue, Bluebird and Pear 

     Copic Sketch Brush Pen - Color V15

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Merry Christmas - Color Dare #466

This is my Design Team card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare Challenge #466. The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #442 reminded me of a die with poinsettias that was in my stash and would be perfect as the focal point from the sketch in creating a Christmas card.  Of course the colors in the grid were not traditional Christmas colors, but it would work with Sangria and Rosemary for the floral and leaves and a soft pink for the background.  How pretty is that? 

Several cuts were made of the poinsettia die using the Sangria, Ballerina and Rosemary cardstock and shuffled around until I was happy with the mix.  The Ballerina was a layer buried, glued the Rosemary layer and then pieced the Poinsettia leaves with two sets of Sangria for dimension and curling the tips.  The floral was adhered to the Ballerina base and layered with Sangria.  I didn't have enough space on the bar for my sentiment, so it was placed at the bottom of the floral using Eggplant ink, closest to the Sangria color.  The flowers were brushed using the clear glitter pen.  The one Sangria die cut was used on the bottom of the card inside so it wouldn't go in my stash or trash.    

Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share a project for this Inspiration Photo challenge you still have another week to enter.  

Both challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards and other entrants to give you inspiration and join us for future fun color challenges.  

Also sent to the following Challenges: 

Cut It Up "Pink" 

Jingle Bells "Think Pink" 

My Time to Craft Christmas "Glitter and Sparkle" 

Dragonfly Dreams "In the Pink" 

Winter Wonderland "Pine Cones and Poinsettias" 

CTMH Products unless specified otherwise: 

Cardstock

     Ballerina, Sangria, Rosemary and White Daisy 

Stamp 

     C1810 Holiday Trimmings 

Die 

     Memory Box #99490 "Poinsettia Band" 

     Dee's Distinctively "Poinsettia" used Center Only

Pens/Inks 

     Eggplant Ink 

     Glitter Pen "Clear" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     Pink Pearl Embellishment

Hey There Pumpkin - Double Trouble Challenge #94

This is my Design Team Card for Double Trouble Challenge "#94 "Fall Garland Inspiration Photo partnering with Use Your Stuff "Fall".  Twisted Sister wanted us to Carve a Pumpkin using scissors, punch, die or die cutting machine and include the pumpkin in the project.  It wasn't very difficult to choose this pumpkin die and cut with my Cuttlebug from one of the design papers from Pumpkin Spice which had all the colors in the "Inspirational Fall Photo" at ColorMyHeart Color Dare#463.  

A second pumpkin was cut using orange cardstock, and most of the pieces stayed in place and I only had to piece a part of one of the smaller pumpkins.  The plaid in the same paperpack was a great background for this colorful pumpkin die cut and the sentiment from the sticker sheet was perfect.     

Join us at Double Trouble Challenge #94 

Thing 1: Use my Fall Garland as inspiration for colors and/or Fall items. Use Your Stuff... Go through your stash for papers, stamps, stencils, inks, embellishments, etc. to create a Fall project.  

Thing 3:  Optional: Let's make pumpkins with paper using a die, punch, a cutting machine or scissors, "carve your pumpkin" and include it in your project.  

Thing 2:  Create a Fall project you are eligible to enter your project HERE  at Use Your Stuff  

Also sent to the following challenges:  

The Old Bats Halloween Challenge - October  

Cupcake Inspirations #529 "Anything Goes" 

Dare2B Artsy - October 

Inspiration Station #15 "Autumn Countryside  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Pumpkin Spice and Sticker Sheet (Sentiment) 

Cardstock 

     Harbour and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Reasonable Dies "Pumpkin Patch" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

"Boo Crew" - Color Dare #464

Here is my Design Team Card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #464 "Triple Play" using Boo Crew CTMH paperpack which is perfect for this Triple Play.  Used the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch Challenge #526 but instead of the option of plaid and checkers, I chose two different striped and design sheets.  

The upper design paper was selected for a starry Halloween nite to layer my ghosts on... with the bottom design paper used as my bubble of words for all the cute sentiments.  All pieces were layered with Wild Berry cardstock.  

Be careful when you open the card... BOO!  Don't be scared, they are only paper.    

   

Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share a project for this Inspiration Photo challenge you still have another week to enter.  

Both challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards and other entrants to give you inspiration and join us for future fun color challenges.  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Boo Crew 

Cardstock 

     Wild Berry, Black and White Daisy 

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1398 "Ghosts" 

     Paper Smooches "Halloween Icons" 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Double Trouble #93 - Autumn Blessings

This is my Design Team card for Double Trouble Challenge No. 93 Something, Anything, Everything (aka Anything Goes) with and Twisted Sister's optional twist to include "Fall Harvest Item".   

At our Little Group Crop today we were working with Gel Press backgrounds and I chose to do woodgrain and plaid for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #439 and also meet the requirement of Heart2Hearts "Be Creative with Cardstock" using the colors in ColorMyHeart Color Dare "TicTacToe".  Since I used copic oil base pens and acrylic paints my colors are closest to the TicTacToe palette.  

 

Thing 3:  Twisted Sister says, "It's the season of Harvest and I know Trouble Maker is eager to bite into a crispy apple. As for me, I'd rather bite into a warm apple pie. Let's make a fall project and include your favorite Fall Harvest item(s), e.g. pies, apples, pears, pumpkins, gourds, pomegranates, Indian corn, grains, scarecrows, etc. 

The Gel Press backgrounds you really don't know what you're going to get with the different layers and materials you work with. My daughter's eyes were rolling a bit and I required a little more time then she probably wanted to give me; but she held her patience with my frustrations.  But at the end I came up with the two designs I needed and were happy with them.  

I tackled the woodgrain first... acrylic paint colors used were close to Mink, Tangerine, Toffee, Shortbread, Black & White acrylic paint using a woodgrain stencil until I got the texture and color I wanted.  Next the plaid... colors used were close to Harbour, Mink, Toffee, Shortbread, Black and White acrylic paint and using a plaid stamp until I got the texture and color I wanted.  The plaid had some smudging due to layers of colors so I wasn't sure I was happy with the plaid but it looked rustic. My daughter encouraged me and said they were perfect.  So, I had the pieces I needed for the AHSC but would have to wait until I got home to bring my card all together.  

The circle for the sentiment was cut in two different sizes, using Toffee with a frame of Harbour.  Had already cut out some pussy willows from a die in an assortment of colors, but just layered them for dimension with the the Shortbread color on top.  and a peek-a-boo of Paprika.  Stamped pumpkin row and colored with Copic Sketch Pens (alcohol-base) using colors as close to Paprika, Payaya and Harbour and adhered at the bottom of the pussy willows.  Stamped sentiment in Sapphire (closest color to Harbour) and added the gold sequins.   

Also sent to the following challenges:  

Let's Craft and Create "Lots of Layers" 

Make My Monday "Autumn Fall Card" 

Daring Cardmakers "Going Round in Circles" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:  

Design Papers 

     None 

Cardstock 

     Harbour, Paprika, Shortbread, Toffee and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     B1685 "Autumn Blessings"  

Dies 

     Spellbinders "Pussy Willows" 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1506 "Dashing Circles" 

Pens / Inks / Acrylic paints 

     Pens - Copic Sketch alcohol-based colors BG78 (Harbour); 

         E08 (Paprika), R05 (Payaya) 

     Acrylic Paints - Variety of Colors using Closest Colors to 

         Color Dare's TicTacToe Palette 

     Ink "Sapphire" for Harbour

Embellishments 

     Gold Sequins 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

       

Together We Make a Family - Color Dare Challenge #462

This is my DT card using the CTMH Pumpkin Spice Paperpack for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #462 using all the colors in our TicTacToe palette and combining it with Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch #524.  There were no stamps used for this card... only design papers, zip strips and stickers.  This was an easy and fun card to pull together using this sketch.  And the sentiment sticker was perfect for my pumpkin and pie family.  

Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share a project for this TicTacToe challenge you still have another week to enter.  

Both challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards and other entrants to give you inspiration and join us for future fun color challenges.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 

Crafty Catz "Anything Goes with Twist: Use 2 or more Design Papers  

Cut It Up "Fall is in the Air" 

Daring Cardmakers "Going Round in Circles" 

Craftng Happiness "Anything Goes" 

Crafty Gals Corner #233 "Hello Fall" 

Simon Says "Lots of Layers" 

Time for Tea Designs Challenge "Autumn Colors Grid" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Paper 

     Pumpkin Spice and Sticker Sheet 

Cardstock 

     Paprika and Daisy White 

Dies 

     Pretty Pink Posh DC28-2T  "Stitched Scalloped Circles"

Other 

     Thin Foam Tape 

 

 

Double Trouble Challenge #92 "Fun Fold" Using Playdoh Colors and partnering with Creative Creases

This is my Design Team Halloween card for Double Trouble Challenge #92 "Fun Fold" with stamped images from CTMH "Spooky Gnomes" and Twisted Sister's twist to include at least one of Paydoh's mascots colors (purple, red, green, blue, orange and yellow).  So out came my Copic Sketch Brush Pens using a variety of the colors except for red.  

My intent was to only use the Spanner Panel Card until I got to the inside of the card and it screamed out to me to add an insert for a dimensional pop-up.   

The Witch Gnome is on the front of my card, guarding the gate, however, lift the gate and you will see that the the Trick and Treaters got past him.  The fun fold cuts are easy... you just need your imagination for your story. The folds were fun to put together, fun using several scraps of retired papers, fun coloring all the images and the result of a Fun Fold card to share with our partner at Creative Creases "Any Fun Fold" using at least one stamped item.  

Also sent to the following challenges:

Creatalicious Challenges "AG with Optional Twist Gnomes" 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge "Anything Goes" 

Ellibelle's Corner - Optional "Flora and/or Fauna" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Fun Fold Spanner Panel Card combined with an 

     an Inside Pop-Up Insert by Lisa Curcio

Design Papers - Retired 

     Spooktacular 

     Scaredy Cat 

     Hello Pumpkin 

     Jeepers Creepers 

Cardstock 

     Sundance, Black and White Daisy  

Stamps 

     Spooky Gnomes 

Dies 

     Pretty Pink Posh "Picket Fence" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink

     Copic Sketch Brush Pens - alcohol-base 

        B95, B97, B99 E00, E21, E55, E71, G05, G09, G12, W0, W1, W3 

        Y13, Y17, Y21, YR21, YR27, YR68, Black Multi-Liner

Other 

     Thin and Regular Foam Tape 

     

Color Dare #460 "Crazy 8" - Happy Birthday

This is my DT Card for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #460 "Crazy 8" challenge.  All you have to do is choose 4 of the outside block colors and you are welcome to use any products as long as they are the closest match. After choosing your 4 Blocks, if you want to use additional blocks it's your choice as long as you use "Only" blocks included on the Color Palette above.  

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #436 was perfect for many of the color blocks from Crazy 8 palette and great for a mini slimline card.  The sketch was already a beautiful card so other than using similar cuts the sketch was almost duplicated.  Using this sketch was a perfect choice to use in the Cut It Up Challenge #233 "Use a Sketch of Your Choice" and make sure you include a die (this was not a problem with this sketch for sure).     

Went through the Wood Grain CTMH Paperpack and found a wood grain that had almond and/or pebble color.  Proceeded to cut many flowers, leaves and fern using various dies.  The sentiment panels were cut and Happy Birthday Sentiment stamped with black ink.  The flowers were layered and adhered with glue and thin foam tape for dimension. Fern and leaves and additional little flowers were added around the cluster of the flowers.  

Used some of the left over cuts of flowers, leaves and ferns for the bottom corner of the inside of the card.  

Color My Heart Color Dare challenges are carried forward for two weeks so if you didn't share a project for this TicTacToe challenge you still have another week to enter.  

Both challenges are on the side bar of the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge blog. Please check out Design Team Cards and other entrants to give you inspiration and join us for future fun color challenges.  

Also sent to the following challenges: 

Cut It Up "Use a Sketch of your Choice" 

Ellibelle's Corner "Flora and/or Fauna" 

 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Wood Grain - "Almond and Pebble"  

Cardstock 

     Lilac, Blue Belle, Canary, Smoothie, Fern, Almond and White

Stamps 

     Stampendous "Birthday Wish" 

Dies 

     Sizzix "Garden Greens" 

     Paper Smooches "Foliage 2" 

     Lawn Fawn "Spring Sprig"

     Peachy Cheap "Exclusive Flower Cutting Dies" 

     Reasonable Dies "Torn Edge Squares" 

     CC Designs "Stitched Squares"  

Inks 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

Other 

     Thin and Regular Foam Tape