Say Cheese and Smile

Challenge #48 on the Double Trouble Challenge blog Say Cheese. Create something that makes you smile. Well, that would be my friends!

Also, you can use the sketch from Atlantic Heart Sketches #353. The first one I did was posted on Instagram, (sometimes I'm just too lazy to blog, LOL!) but this one I will post here on my blog.

The little camera is from Courture Creations, the frames were created using Sizzix Slide Mounts, the film strip came from a free download from Pixabay, the stencil is from Clarity Stamp, laughing women from Art Impressions colored with Copics and colored pencils, and I created the sentiment on my computer. For a final touch, I added some tiny enamel hearts. Love my friends and they DO make me smile.

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Edited to add:  

One of the Top Three!

 

Make Art and Smile

# 48 for the Double Trouble Challenge Blog is "Say Cheese", or whatever makes you smile. Well, making anything with my art supplies makes me happy!

I get a digital magazine, Craftstamper, that offers all kinds of free digital images to play with, so I took four different ones and played on my iPad, Procreate, to create the basic image in 7 layers. Then, I added some colors and flower brushes and printed it on cardstock. Out came my colored pencils, gel pens, Distress Oxides, some glitter pen and a bit of sewing machine stitching to complete the card. I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketches#352 for the layout. (An optional part of the challenge. A third option is to add a food item that makes you happy, but I skipped that one this time.)

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Flowers in a Jar

Double Trouble Challenge Blog is asking for flowers for challenge #21. Many of us are longing for spring, so flowers were a joy to color. BZZZZ was also an option, so I added one of my little bee brads to one of the flowers. The sketch, shown below, came from an optional linked challenge from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #303.

The pretty glass jar of flowers is from a set from Paper Smooches, Best Buds, that I colored with Luminance pencils on Kraft paper. The sentiment, embossed with white, came from the same set. The background paper is from My Mind's Eye, Fancy That. All edges were distressed with Distress Inks, and several layers were popped for added dimension.

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Lots of Challenge Fun

Today, I'm trying to combine several challenges in one card, LOL! Not easy, but I think I pulled it off. I started off with using my new Distress Oxide sprays that I sprayed over, when dry, with Perfect Pearls Mist. Then I pulled out some heart dies, colored my kangaroo with Copics, hearts with colored pencils, and used my Copic air brush to make some white flowers match.

Double Trouble Challenge #21 calls for flowers and bzzzz. If you look closely at the flowers on the top, you will find a tiny bumble bee!
Then, as an added bonus, we could use a sketch from:
Atlantic Hearts Sketch #302. (Sketch below)
Paper Smooches February Challenge is "hearts" and this adorable little kangaroo, hearts, and sentiment are from A Little Lovin.
Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #23 has some pretty inspiration and I selected the pink and blue color theme as my inspiration. And, finally, lots of coloring on that fun image and the little hearts for:
The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

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Double Trouble - Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges

This card was created for my daughter-in-law's birthday.

The image is from BabyCakesDND, For you thanks,  and was colored with Copics.

Challenge #4 over at Double Trouble has a three/two/one recipe, and an added challenge to use the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Thing Three asked us to use wet or dry embossing.

I used three colors, two words, and one image. I followed the sketch given, and I dry embossed the background folder and wet embossed the sentiment.  Think I covered all the bases on this one, LOL!

Copic Colors Used

I also added a few Nuvo Crystal drops in the selected three colors of the challenge.

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #239

I happened across the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and found the sketch just calling my name. So, with something much more elaborate in mind, I created a card with only layers, die cuts, and Distress Inks.

The sparkly die cut is from Heartfelt Creations, Regal Borders and Pockets and embossed with Ranger Holographic embossing powder. The center strip was popped up on foam strips. The center poinsettia was created using the Stitched Poinsettia Trio from PoppyStamps and cut from Foamiran and shrunk down with a heat gun. The outer poinsettias were die cut from a set by Elizabeth Craft Designs.The centers of all were dotted with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

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