Thinking of You - Color Dare #652

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #652 and the soft colors were perfect for a pretty Spring floral using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #629.  

Decided to keep much to the sketch and enhanced it with stitched frames. Selected a subtle striped patterned paper layered with a light brown border to match the softness of the florals. Stamped a sentiment and the card was completed.  

Please hop on over to Color Dare's Color Board #652 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... please join us for this fun color challenge... hope to see you there.

 

If you like to combine additional Challenges... consider hopping over to either Double Trouble "3-2-1 Recipe" and/or our sister challenge Try a Sketch on Tuesday and see how easy it might be to combine one or both challenges with Color Dare. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "May" Must use at least one die

Beautiful Blossoms "Optional Mood Board #29" 

Cut It Up #300 "Send Me Flowers"  (Must use at least one die)

The Neglected Stuff "May" Brought out of hiding Floral Dies, border frame from my daughter's destash a year ago, and CTMH frames never used.  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Lovely Story Paperpack "Stripe" 

Cardstock 

     Toffee and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Sentiment:  D1629 Just to Say 

Dies 

     Stampin' Up Floral Cut & Emboss Dies

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

 

TSOT 670 and DTC 191 - Have a Chillin Birthday

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #670) and combining it with our Sister Challenge, Double Trouble's 7th Anniversary "Raffle Celebration" This card was sent out to my grand-daughter Izzy.  

The background consisted of two patterned papers (checkered and dots) from Sweet Safari paperpack... note there is a Kraft-like color in the checkered pattern. Both patterned papers were adhered to Kraft paper and then adhered to white card base.

The stacked cone of ice cream scoops was in my stash. Pulled out my Copic Sketch brush pens, colored to match colors in the background paper, fussy-cut and then adhered to the background with 3D thin foam tape for a little dimension.  

The two panels on the left-hand side were cut with a stitched die using the checkered design paper and adhered to the polka-dot background paper. Sentiment stamped on white cardstock, bordered with Kraft and adhered direct to background paper. 

Sentiment was stamped on white cardstock, bordered with Kraft and adhered direct to background.  I was going to try to use a Volkswagon bus for my sentiment; but wasn't happy with it... so colored the Volkswagon bus, fussy cut and added to the inside corner of the the card base.  

Please hop on over and join us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday #670. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there. 

And if you want double the fun, head on over to our sister challenge at Double Trouble's 7th Anniversary Raffle Celebration and play along with our optional twist to earn chances to their random draw. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "May"  

The Neglected Stuff "May"  Neglected: Stitched strips and Floral dies waiting for some attention 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Sweet Safari - Plaid and Dots  

Cardstock 

     Kraft and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Sentiment:  CM003 Beach Party 

     Brutus Monroe "Stacked Cone" 

Dies 

     Marianne Design LR0800 "Stitched Strips" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Blue/Green:  GB34 

        Purple:  V15 

Other:  3D Thin Foam Tape 

DTC #191 "Celebratory 7th Anniversary Raffle "Enjoy Your Special Day"

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble's 7th Anniversary "Raffle Celebration". My pick was the Pink Raffle Ticket for a "Birthday"... I included Twisted Sister's optional twist to use some Kraft Paper or Like, and Double Dare's dare to use our sister challenge Try a Sketch on Tuesday #670), which starts on May 13th. This card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for interested participants. 

The background consisted of two patterned papers, both using Kraft color in the patterns and adhered to a Kraft border.  Flowers were cut using white cardstock, colored using Color Dare's graphic (blue/green + one color of choice, purple).  Kept close to the TSOT Sketch using some pretty die florals and the Color Dare Challenge #651 was perfect for my special birthday card.  Flowers were cut using white cardstock, colored using Color Dare's #651 graphic(blue/green + color of choice purple) and some adhered with 3D thin foam tape for dimension.  

The two panels on the left-hand side were cut with a stitched die using same design paper, colored and adhered to match the stripes on the background paper. Sentiment stamped on patterned paper, bordered with Kraft and adhered with 3D thin tape again matching the stripes on background paper. 

Had extra cuts of flowers, colored and placed on the r-h inside corner of card base. 

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 7th Anniversary Raffle Celebration and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

You might want to consider hopping over to TSOT and check out the Sketch and see the Design Teams inspiration, and combine with our Raffle Celebration. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "May"  

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Florals" 

The Neglected Stuff "May"  Neglected: Stitched strips and Floral dies waiting for some attention 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Love Story "Toffy" 

Cardstock 

     Kraft and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     D1629 "Just to Say" Sentiments

Dies 

     Marianne Design LR0800 "Stitched Strips" 

     Reasonable Dies F1371 "Flowers" 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

        Blue/Green:  GB34 000, G16 

        Purple:  V15 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare #650 and Double Trouble 3-2-1 Recipe "For Someone Special"

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #650 You MUST use the two colors in the graphic. There are some Free colors you can add to your project but you MUST use Blue and Purple. For my free color I chose to use a silver embossing for my stamped mage.  

I chose to combine the Double Trouble's 3-2-1 Recipe "For Someone Special" and Color Dare graphic. The Background ingredient is a pretty gray diamond pattern and stamped my butterfly and  floral image VersaMark and then heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The Color Dare graphic has two colors that must be used, purple and blue, colored using Distress Inks for a close match, and this covered the 2-Colors of Your Choice ingredient. Smudged some color on my patterned paper while coloring so chose a decorative border die to cut the bottom r-h corner, added a purple corner including the background border.  Added a die cut sentiment and some jems to meet the 3-Layers ingredient.  

After photo was taken and posted the colors this was not a good match of the purple and blues... so a second card was done with a better match, but my smudge was in a different spot that I covered with a silver pen.    

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #650, check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

And/Or

You may also like to hop over to our Sister Challenge, to see how easy it might be to combine Double Trouble's 3-2-1 Recipe Challenge with a color challenge.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Beautiful Blossoms #28 "Anything Goes with a Floral" 

Double Trouble's 3-2-1 Recipe Challenge "For Someone Special" 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Since CTMH has closed it's doors I have sorted my CTMH design paper packs and  mix-ins in shades of color and theme. I have a large supply of CTMH papers and they are all so pretty and will remain in my stash for a long time and used quite frequently.  Future posts will only be identified as CTMH patterned papers.  

First Color Dare #850  

Design Paper Papers 

     CTMH Grey Patterned Paper for Background

Cardstock 

     Purple (Eggplant) and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Creative Expressions "Butterfly Blooms"      

Dies 

     Tutti Design "Hugs" Sentiment 

     Border Die - Stitched (In Stash) 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "London Fog" Ink 

     CTMH Sapphire and Eggplant Inks 

Other 

     CTMH Small Clear Sparkles 

     VersaMark Ink and Silver Embossing Powder

DTC #190 - 3-2-1 Recipe "For Someone Special"

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #189 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "For Someone Special" (3-Layers, 2-Colors, 1-Background using Patterned Paper) and Twisted Sister's optional twist to include flowers. Our Sister Challenge, Try a Sketch on Tuesday #669, which starts on Apr 20th is the perfect sketch to include with our 3-2-1 recipe. However, my card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for interested participants.  

Since the recipe called for 1-background ingredient using patterned paper my first choice was a pink patterned paper which I randomly stamped on some pansy colored florals giving me the 2-Color ingredient. Another lighter piece of the same patterned paper was cut for the sentiment. It wasn't hard to meet the 3-layer ingredient by bordering the patterned background and sentiment using pansy cardstock. Adhered bordered background to the white card base.

Instead of the flower on the corner of the sentiment one of the dancing butterflies was cut two times using pansy cardstock. Tne first adhered to the front of the sentiment panel and the second placed loosely to the back of the panel to create a shadow of the other wing. Then the sentiment and second wing were adhered to the background. Had another dancing butterfly that was placed on the inside corner.

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "For Someone Special" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Then hop on over and check out the TSOT Sketch Challenge, check out the Design Teams inspiration, and consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

A Cut Above "April"  

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Florals w/Optional Mood Board #28 

The Neglected Stuff "April" Stuff Used: Paper Smooches Botanicals, Butterfly Die 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Background & Sentiment Panel: Dream Maker Patterned Paper

Cardstock 

     Pansy and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     CTMH "Just to Say" Sentiments 

     Paper Smooches "Botanicals 1" 

Dies 

     Elizabeth Craft Designs #1323 "Dancing Butterflies" 

Inks/Pens 

     Pansy Ink      

Color Dare #648 - For My Peeps, Happy Easter

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #648 combined with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #625.  

 

 

Yellow was a must use, and being around Easter, it was the perfect color to make a chick peep.  And it was only appropriate for plus one color to use a pink bunny peep. Went through my scraps of paper for patterned papers in yellow and pink and cut frames using Waffle Flower's pretty Lacy Layers.  The sentiment was typed, printed and layered and adhered to the bottom of the frame.  CAS and a fast card.  

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #648 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: 

Critter Crazy "Anything Goes Featured Critter Them"

A Cut Above "April Anything Goes" (Must include at least one die) 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     CTMH Patterned Paper Scraps 

Cardstock 

     Lemonadem, Ballerina and White Daisy

Stamps 

     Peeps Images from Internet Printed on Color Cardstock

Dies 

     Waffle Flower Lacy Layers #1 and #2

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

TSOT Sketch #668 - Bundle of Joy, Welcome Baby

This is my Design Team project for Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #668) and combining it with our Sister Challenge,  Double Trouble #189 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "Hippity, Hoppity". 

My son asked me if I could do a newborn card using a dinasaur and I thought this sketch would be perfect.  I did the same fun fold as I did for Double Trouble Challenge #189 so I already had my pattern for this fun fold. The same patterned paper was used on the different fold cuts.  

Stamped, colored, and adhered the adorable dinasaur for my main focal point with 3D thin foam tape. A couple sentiments were added bordered with a little baby. On the inside just added another dinasaur that I experimented with colors that I wasn't happy with, so added another color on the tummy to use as a daddy dinasaur... it worked.      

Please hop on over and check out the TSOT Design Team members projects.

Then Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "Hippity, Hoppity" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.   with our 3-2-1 recipe. 

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature" 

A Cut Above "March"  

The Neglected Stuff "March" Storybook-Scrapbooking Stamp & Thin Cuts 

HQFCB or old TFATU #4 in 2025 AG Fantasy main theme + April focus option Unicorns

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Storybook Paperpack

Cardstock 

     Sundance and White Daisy 

Stamps 

    Z4685 Stamp & Thin Cut Dies "Storybook-Scrapbooking" 

    Z3914 Palm Tree Stamp & Die Cut Thins

Dies 

    Thin Cuts in Stamp Set 

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

DTC Challenge #189 - 3-2-1 Recipe "Hippity, Hoppity"

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #189 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "Hippity, Hoppity" and combining it with our Sister Challenge, Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT Sketch #668) which starts on Apr 15th... so this card will not be entered in TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for interested participants.

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "Hippity, Hoppity" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.  

Then hop on over and check out the TSOT Sketch Challenge, check out the Design Teams inspiration, and consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

The sketch reminded me of a fun fold card I've previously seen... so using a plain white sheet of paper and experimented with a couple cuts until I got the fold similar to the sketch. The plaid background cuts were a pretty close guess in regard to measurements; but I was happy with it.  Stamped, colored, and adhered the adorable chicks for my main focal point and added sentiments to the outside and inside of fold.  

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

A Cut Above "April"  "Anything Goes"

The Neglected Stuff "April" (All retired CTMH Products were pulled out of stash)

Creative Creases Challenge #102 "Anything Goes Fun Fold"  

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Daisy Meadows Paperpack "Plaid"

Cardstock 

     Canary and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Z4683 Stamp & Thin Cut Dies "Sweet Easter" 

Dies 

     Kat Scrappiness MINI Slimline Scalloped Edge Craft Dies 

       and Thin-cuts in "Sweet Easter" stamp set

Inks/Pens 

     Memento "Black" Ink 

     Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Color Dare #646 - Hello

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #646. This was not an easy color graph for me because I don't have these colors so I did the best I could with matching colors as close as possible.

My plan was to keep my project clean and simple using stencils. In my stash there was a metal embossing/stencil which I paid 50 cents at a yard sale back years ago and never used.  I was curious about the embossing but decided to use as a stencil only... liked the simple design and ease of pulling in these colors.  A lot of time attempting to match these colors, but came close with some retired CTMH inks. brushed away on each of the images on stencil.     

Used a scalloped die to frame the pretty images that I had stenciled with 3D thin foam tape to  another scalloped frame using Ballerina (pink) cardstoch as it was the closest match of these three colors.  Finished off with a sentiment using Pewter (gray) ink.   

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #646  and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Cardstock 

     Ballerina and White Daisy 

Stamps 

     Sentiment - CTMH #D1629 "Just to Say" 

Dies 

     Waffle Flower "Lacy Layers and Lacy Layers #2" Rectangles

Inks

     Pewter, Blossom, Pansy, SeaGrass/Blue

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     1999 Metal - Dreamweaver Stencil 

DTC Challenge #188 (March 31-April 13th) - TSOT #667

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble #188 using the 3-2-1 Recipe "April Showers" and combining it with our Sister Challenge, Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT) Sketch Challenge #667 which starts on Feb 1st so this card will not be entered in the TSOT challenge due to the backlinking rule but used as an example of combining the two challenges for interested participants. 

Another fun recipe, all you need to do is choose 3 colors of the rainbow, 2 die cuts (enhanced and used 9 different die cuts), and 1 was to dreate a Scene. 

The TSOT sketch was perfect for creating a scene using the Double Dare's Dare. I even took my cricut out of hiding, dusted it off, and cut the two golf balls... one in the center of the sunrays and one that missed the hole and landed in a puddle of water (a cricut cut) which was Twisted Sister's optional twist.   

The sunray, rainbow, cloud, puddle, grass and tee were all die cut using white and rainbow colors. Had to go through a lot of my paper stash and found this cute little cloud and raindrop patterned paper and thought how cute this would be, and from there the scene was created.  

There were many cuts to create another rainbow, an extra cut of a larger golfball, tee and a strip of grass... and these were glued on the inside bottom corner.

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our 3-2-1 Recipe "April Showers" and play along with our optional twist and dare while earning additional chances to our random draw. Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Then hop on over and check out the TSOT Sketch, check out the Design Teams inspiration, and consider using their sketch with our 3-2-1 recipe.

Also entered at the Following Challenges: 

Cut It Up #326 "Colors of Spring" (Must have at least one die)

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Papers 

     Doodlebug Design "Hello Sunshine" 

Cardstock 

     ROY G Biv Colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple 

     White Daisy.   

Dies 

     Rainbow:  Paper Smooches "Rainbow" 

     Cloud:  Whimsy Stamps "Up in the Clouds" 

     Grass:  Rubbernecker (Brass & Bliss) 

     Puddle: 

     Water Splash, Golf Tee & Balls:  Cricut Cuts 

     Sentiment:  Art-C Alphabet "Oops" 

Inks/Pens 

     Sakura Gelly Roll "White"