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Friday, October 17, 2025

Color Dare #674 (due 10/17)

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #674 and using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #651.

The colors on the graphic remind me of Easter... the other day when cleaning out my digital folders came across this adorable bunny digital and knew it was perfect for these colors and also for the sketch focal point.

Stamped two of these images... fussy-cut one full image and the other only the cupcake frosting, the head and bow for layering and dimension. Using copic sketch brush pens the pieces were colored and layered with 3D thin foam tape and glued on edges for rounding.

Went through a lot of my patterned papers and nothing matched up with these colors, close but always seemed to have some yellow... and with Color Dare graphic it doesn't allow any additional colors... that's a no, no.

So off to my stencil stash... came across a metal stencil which was purchased for 50 cents at a garage sale and had only been used a couple times. Again perfect for a playful background for my bunny. Cut a panel of pink cardstock, brushed alternating the three colors, bordered with the purple cardstock and adhered to card base.

Cut the smaller panel also using pink cardstock, adhered my bunny image, bordered with purple cardstock and adhered direct to my playful background. I used a more generic pun sentiment so that it can be used for any occasion. Again using the pink cardstock, bordered with purple, stamped sentiment using Memento London Fog in keeping with the pastel look.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #674 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

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

Also entered at the Following Challenges:

Critter Crazy Challenge #103 (A/G with Featured Critter)

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #235 (Must use a Digital or Stamped Item)
The Neglected Stuff "10/25 " - Used (2009 Metal Stencil and Digital Stamp)

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Cardstock
Pink, Purple and White Daisy
Stamps
Di's Digi Stamps - Bunny Cupcake Wagon (2018)

Paper Smooches "Critter Card Puns"
Inks/Pens
Memento "London Fog" Ink
Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base) - Variety of Colors for Image

Inks for Playful Background: Plum Mist, Blossom, Crystal Blue
Other
3D Thin Foam Tape

Stensil 2009 Spellbinders Impressabilities "Circles"

Friday, August 22, 2025

Color Dare #666

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #666 "Must Use All Three Colors" and found a cool stencil in my stash to use with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #643 flipping to landscape.

I needed to make a quick card because my family from back East are visiting this week and wanted to spend time with them. They only make it out here every couple years, and it's the only time our pool is used... lol. This stencil was a good match to the sketch challenge, so simply blended the three colors and then added the sentiment... CAS, finished and posted all within an hour.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare 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

White Daisy
Dies

Lawn Fawn Words: Happy Birthday
Inks/Pens
Peacock, Goldrush, Buttercup Inks

Friday, June 27, 2025

Color Dare #658 - Just Because

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #658. I did a search on what two colors go well with gray... well the first answer was Pink and Yellow as they can add warmth, joy, and a playful touch to your card designing... so this was my two colors of choice. Additionally I chose Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #635 and changed the arched window to an oval with one larger floral.

I was inspired by a background I had seen recently on Pinterest; but wasn't able to find it again to give credit to the paper crafter... so my memory of this background is pretty close and I am happy with it.

Most of my older CTMH paper packets have been sorted either by theme or colors so the packets will not always be identified. However, if memory serves me right, the pink floral has been a long-time Mix-In paper and the yellow a newer Mix-In paper. The gray papers were still in my Love Story paperpack, along with the floral sticker.

Chose a black cardstock to apply the shapes but spent quite a bit of time on getting the shapes to line up. Adhered the shapes to the black cardstock leaving a peek of black exposed between each shape.

Two ovals die cut one black and one gray patterned paper and adhered to background. The floral was a sticker; fussy-cut, and adhered to oval. Different parts of flower were glued and some 3D foam tape to add dimension. Sentiment was stamped in black bordered with black and the inside right-hand border of card base decorated with the gray patterned paper.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #658 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... 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 "June" (Must have at least one die cut)

Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Florals Goes with Optional Mood Board #30"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers

Love Story Grey Patterned Paper and Floral Sticker

Pink and Yellow Patterns are from Mix-in packets

Cardstock

Black and White Daisy

Stamps

D-1629 Just to Say Sentiment

Dies

Journey "Pierced Ovals"

Inks/Pens

Memento "Black" Ink

Other

3D Thin Foam Tape

Friday, June 13, 2025

Color Dare #656 Thank You

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #656 using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #633. Chose a CTMH Toffee patterned paper for the background and bordered it with Harbour cardstock. All the die cuts used for the floral and sentiment were cut from CTMH cardstock, closest match of the three colors in the graphic, and then adhered to the background direct and some 3D foam tape for dimension. Fun sketch and perfect with our color challenge.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #656 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:

A Cut Above "June Anything Goes" (Must Use at least one die)

The Neglected Stuff "June" - Discribe Stuff Used: Nothing New Here, all in my stash waiting to be used.

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers

CTMH Patterned Paper

Cardstock

CTMH Colors Tangerine, Raspberry, Harbor, Toffee and White Daisy

Stamps

D1629 Just to Say "Sentiments"

Dies

Poppy Stamps "Flower and stem", MFT Upsy Daisy "Center of Flower"

Paper Smooches "Bows"

Pink Fresh Studio "House Plants"

Unknown "Tag"

Inks/Pens

Memento "Black" Ink

Other

3D Thin Foam Tape

Friday, April 18, 2025

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

Friday, January 24, 2025

Color Dare #636 Just One of Those Days

This is my Design Team project for Color Dare #636 and combining it with The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #613. This stamp set was one of the last stamp sets I bought before CTMH closed down. This was a perfect stamp set for the color challenge and the simplicity of the sketch. The sketch was flipped horizontally because of image chosen.

Cut a 4" x 5 1/4" inch white cardstock and bordered with Royal cardstock, one of the colors on the Board. The bird was the first stamped image on my panel, masked the bird to draw green lines for the banner across the panel. Using masking all other images (scribbles and stars) were stamped directly on the card panel using the other three colors. Masked off the top portion of card and bird and used a grass stencil to give the bottom of the card a little texture.

Another sentiment was stamped on the inside border of card base with a couple more scribbles to finish off the card.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #636 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 Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Cardstock

Royal and White Daisy

Stamps

One of those Days (CTMH #D2178)

Inks/Pens

CTMH Almond Ink

Ranger Distress Oxide Twisted Citron and Picked Raspberry

Sakura Gelly Roll "White"

Watercolor Pencils - Green

Copic Multi-Liner "Black"

Other

Rubbernecker 4129 Grass Stencil

Monday, November 25, 2024

DTC #180 "Stitch It Up" Best Wishes - Partner with AHSC #605 (Bird Card)

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble Challenge #180 "Stitch It Up" using the second Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #605.

A 4" x 5.25" white cardstock was used to stamp the foliage in Evergreen ink with some masking and stamped the bird using Sapphire. A second bird was stamped with Sapphire and a pine cone with Nutmeg ink. Both images were fussy-cut and set aside until I decided on what I would do for the red panel in the sketch. Thought about a score line, but then looked at my dies for a stitch and found one that was a cross stitch and did not have a cut... perfect. Placed the stitch die approximatel 3/4" apart and in proximity of the panel in the sketch.

The bird and the pine cone were then adhered over the top of the stamped foliage and bird using 3D thin foam tape for dimension. Stamped in gold the splash of color randomly on each side of the stitched panel; but the gold did not show up well, so re-stamped using Sapphire ink... the change of color pleased me. Sentiment was stamped using Sapphire ink in the bottom right-hand corner.

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble. Have fun with our challenge requirement and play along with optional twists to be eligible to enter your project in our partner's challenge 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.

Also entered at the Following Challenges:

Crafty Catz #683 "Blue Christmas"

Critter Crazy Challenge "Anything Goes with a Featured Critter"

Peace on Earth Christmas "Christmas Anything Goes" (Inspiration Photo, Used Birds and Fir Branches)

Simon Says Monday "Trees"

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers "C is for Critter"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Stamps

C1816 Spruced Up Cardmaking

D1660 Ink Blot Flair

Cardstock

Sapphire and White Daisy

Dies

Lawn Fawn LF913 "Stitches"

Inks

Cocoa, Sapphire

Other

3D Thin Foam Tape

Monday, November 18, 2024

Merry Christmas - Double Trouble #180 "Stitch It Up" partnering with AHSC #604

This is my Design Team project for Double Trouble Challenge #180 "Stitch It Up" wherein I used both a background diamond die and a scalloped frame to meet the requiremen of stitches.

Twisted Sister's optional twist was to use the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #604, a fun sketch, but didn't know where I was going with it. The poinsettia band die gave me both the buckle and the band and a couople gold gems were added kitty-corner to the poinsettia with a larger gem middle of flower.

The poinsettia band die was cut using patterned paper three times for dimension plus widen the band, adhered to the stitched frame, and bordered with the same patterned paper. Sentiment was die cut using white to blend in with the background.

Check out the Design Teams inspirations, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

Also entered at the Following Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge "Q is for Quick & Easy"

Simon Says "Emboss It"

Simply Clean & Simple Nov 2024 Challenge "Christmas"

The Paper Players "CAS - It's Beginning to look a lot like... Christmas"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers

Comfort & Joy Bulk Paperpack

Cardstock

White Daisy

Dies

In Stash - Diamond Stitched Background

Memory Box #99490 Poinsettia Band

Peachy Cheap "Sentiments"

Other

3D Thin Foam Tape

Gold Glitter Gems

Monday, October 28, 2024

Best Ever - Double Trouble Challenge #178 "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing"

Here is my Design Team Card with Double Trouble "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" and using Twisted Sister's optional twist to include colors and/or fall elements. And Double Dare wants you to share your project with a previous partner. I chose Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #601 and shared my card with one of our previous partners.

My daughter and I enjoyed a mini weekend crafting get-a-way at her cabin. I pride myself in being on time; but Lisa got here before I finished packing my crafting stuff I needed for this challenge. Had already pulled together some cardstock, design paperpacks, stamps, dies and tools and rapidly grabbed other stuff I might need because we were pressed by time to pick up pick up another friend, Mitra.

So... using lots of dies and cardstock I created my card for this DTC challenge... only to find when entering my card it didn't match the requirement. So decided to go with stamping and coloring... now who would take stamps and no ink pad... me. Lisa was doing background techniques using gel roll, inks and foil and Mitra was doing scrapbook pages and neither needed ink pads... so stamping was out.

Mitra, previous to my finding out I had the wrong requirements for this challenge, she had splattered gold ink on a paper towel, then mopped up the mess with the same towel, folded several times, and when dried she gave to me along with her "Tattered Floral" die to cut. She told me I would love it... and love it I did.

When I saw the stack of flowers stacked near me it hit me that these be perfect for the AHSC Sketch challenge and this time would actually meet the requirement of this challenge. Luckily Mitra had lots of embellishments and I was able to find a acetate sentiment and a pretty butterfly, and she even had the perfect patterned paper and not missing the stamping. AND, the nice thing is I already have my next project completed because of my mistake.

Please hop on over and join us at Double Trouble, have fun with our challenge requirement and play along with optional twists to be eligible to enter your project in one of our previous partner's challenge 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.

Deja-Brew! Don't Miss Out!

It's time for our yearly participation (November 1-8) at the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop (a non-seasonal coffee theme). It's BEAN one of our favorite Blog Hops and if you've BEAN there before, this Blog Hop is ESPRESSO-ly meant for you.

So, if your project has included a coffee theme enter HERE at the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop for projects posted from November 1-3 and you will be included in a second random drawing where the winner will be announced at the end of Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.

Also entered at the Following Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms Anything Florals Goes with Optional Mood Board #22

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers

Clementine Paperpack

Cardstock and Other

Papaya, Mocha and White Daisy

Flowers - Paper Towel with Splatter of Gold and cut with die

Leaves - Unknown Embellishment - Sprayed with Gold

Butterfly and Sentiment - Acetate

Dies

Holtz "Tattered Flowers"

Other

3D Thin Foam Tape

Gold Foil

Friday, October 25, 2024

Color Dare #624 Four Square - Happy Bird-day

This is my Design Team project for ColorMyHeart Color Dare #624 "Four Square" using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #600. My color choice was Bluebird, Rosy and Sundance. As I was going through my stash I came across this cute chick stamp, excellent images for the circles from the sketch and the Sundance color of the chicks.

On white cardstock I stamped my three chicks using Mememto black ink and marked areas for placement of the circles (balloons) in comparison to the sketch. Using the chick stamp with balloon, stamped on patterned paper eight balloons, fussy-cut and adhered direct to white cardstock as previously marked.

Stamped the three chicks again on white cardstock, colored with Copic alcohol-base brushes, fussy-cut each chick without the legs and carefully adhered over the previously stamped images on the white cardstock lining up with the legs.

Using Heather Ink stamped a fencing image on the bottom of the same cardstock as the chicks. Another wood panel was cut for the rail and adhered on top of the stamped fence. A sentiment was stamped using another wood panel and bordered with Bluebird cardstock. The bow was replaced with another patterned balloon and drew in a bow and string, using Black Copic pen, from the balloon to the Sentiment.

On the inside of cardbase three more patterned balloons were used in a cluster at the bottom right-hand corner with hand-drawn strings.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #624 "Four Square" and select at least three of the colors from the Color Board. 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 and/or Double Trouble's Sister Challenge, to see how easy it might be to combine challenges or even create other projects.

Also entered at the Following Challenges:

Critter Crazy Challenge "AG with Featured Creature"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers

Mix-Ins - Design Paper in Bluebird

Cardstock

Bluebird and White Daisy

Stamps

So Tweet Z3954

Barn Door Z4393

Inks/Pens

Memento "Black" Ink

Sakura Gelly Roll "White"

Copic Sketch Brushes (alcohol base)

Rosy: R-46

Bluebird: B95

Sundance: Y35

Heather Ink

Friday, August 30, 2024

Color Dare 616 Browns and White + 1 Color of Choice

Here is my Design Team card for Color Dare #616 "Must Use Brown & White + One Color" of Your Choice" and chose the Atlantic Heart Sketch #592. Started with my background paper which were Toffee stripes on white and then bordered with Toffee cardstock to satisfy the Color Board "Must Use Brown & White".

While going through my stash found a lattice type border die and cut two pieces from brown and white cardstock and layered them for dimension. The sentiment was cut using blue cardstock (which was my choice of one color) adhered to a brown panel and then adhered to the top of the lattice. The sentiment was too large for an A2 card so cut a special card base to accommodate the diagonal sentiment in protrait style of 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" card base. The lattice and sentiment were placed at a diagonal, lattice adhered directly to the background and the top of the Sentment panel with 3D thin foam tape.

the Flowers were cut using brown for the shadow... using the same blue, dark and light side, cut two of the flowers and another cut in white. Shadows were adhered direct to background with the blue and white flowers adhered with foam dots and some overlapping on the sentiment strip.

The foliage were stickers from the Toffee "Love Story" Paperpack which I additionally fussy-cut and added to the back of the florals with some 3D thin foam for dimension. Two smaller flowers were added to the sentiment and light gold dots across the top of the sentiment.

On the inside of the card base made a corner border using pieces of the lattice in both colors and addded another blue flower in the corner.

Please hop on over and join us at Color Dare's Color Board #616 and check out the Design Teams inspiration, and then let us see what you create... hope to see you there.

If you are looking for a sketch to use with this Color Board You may also like to hop over to Try A Sketch on Tuesday, my Sister challenge, to see their Design Team members inspiration and see how easy it might be to combine both of these challenges.

Also entered at the Following Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #20 "Anything Goes"

Cut It Up #311 "Anything Goes"

I Spy With My Little Eye #18 "Something from the Garden"

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:

Design Papers

Toffee Love Story Patterned Paper and Foliage Stickers

Cardstock

Toffee, Blue and White Daisy

Dies

In Stash (Border Lattice)

In Stash (Sentiment)

Stampin' Up "Pierced Bloom Dies"

Other

3D Thin Foam Tape

Novu Sparkle Drops "Light Gold"

Friday, May 24, 2024

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"