Sunny Days

#34 for the Double Trouble Challenge Blog is a Free-for-All Challenge so we can have fun creating with "Some Thing", "Any Thing" and "Every Thing".

Thing 3 is in a sunny mood, so some sunshine or rays would be nice to add, and we can join in with a previous partner for even more fun.

I selected to add this to the Retro Rubber Challenge #116  using the tic-tac-toe of green, texture, and nature. My flower stamps and "sun" are from Paper Smooches and are about two years old.  

Paper Smooches also has a challenge this month for school or words, so I thought I'd share this with them as well using a sentiment.

I used a piece of photo paper, sprayed with a resist spray (glue and water, thank you, Lindsay from the Frugal Crafter!), then used some Distress Oxides over top. I then stamped with StazOn and added a bit more subtle color with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. The texture is the backing piece of corrugated cardboard.

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Party Girls Club

I have been very happy to have the opportunity to be part of the BabyCakesDND release this month as a guest designer.  For this fun easel card, I used the new #2771 Party Girls Club digi stamp.

Back when I was working, there was always Friday night to look forward to, LOL! I used Copic to color these lovely ladies, but too many to even keep track of, so no photo or list this time. I used a Distress Oxide ink blended background, some glitter Washi tape, a few sparkly enamel dots, and a sentiment from Unity Stamps.

BabyCakesDND

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Happy Spring with a TicTacToe

Today, I'm playing with Double Trouble Challenge Blog #26, as well as The Joy of Sets #004. Double Trouble asks for water to celebrate (shower) or rain. An additional prompt is to add a bumbershoot or umbrella. Then, we can also add what we've created to The Joy of Sets if we use a row of their TicTacToe board.

I selected to use rain, but of course to celebrate spring as well. I do love umbrellas and I've always wished to have pretty rain boots like these. The images and sentiment come from a Penny Black set called April Showers.

Following the tic-tac-toe board, I added some lacy ribbon, some pretty flowers and pearls on the flowers and some of the raindrops. The background was blended with Distress Oxides and the images were colored with Copics.




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Top Three

Top Three

Edited to add that I was selected as one of the top three for this entry for both challenges!

Springtime

The Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #25 is all about Springtime! And, Paper Smooches has just released this gorgeous floral set, Rosy Posy, that looks like my pretty spring garden of roses! Their monthly prompt for their challenge inspired me to do this cut out card.

Closed Card with See Through Opening

Inside of Card

I used a stencil from STAMPlorations and Distress Oxides for both the inside and outside of the card. Then, I made a strip with the same colors, edged with the Dots & Dashes from Paper Smooches. The white floral border die is from Fran's/Stampendous .

The die cut from the Rosy Posy set was used to cut an opening from the front of the card and then the stamped image on the inside was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils.

I thought a few pearls were called for since this was such a delicate composition.

Three Amigos

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Side Lattice Fold Fall Leaves Card

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #18 is to use a Fun Card Fold!

 I had just seen this card fold in a magazine, but the measurements were not in inches so I went hunting on the Internet. The Frugal Crafter to the rescue!
The Lattice Fold Tutorial can be found on YouTube.

I wanted to do a fall card as well, so I grabbed my Simon Says Explore Nature Stamps and Dies. I used Distress Oxides to double stamp these pretty leaves and cut them out with the matching dies. Some are added straight to the paper and some are popped.

The paper comes from Paper Pink & Main Pumpkin Spice 6x6 paper pack, and I added some Nuvo Drops in clear and orange. The sentiment comes from the same Simon Says set.

I kept the fun side fold white for a day as I debated as to whether or not I should add color. Color won. Here's what the inside, undecorated, looks like:
This looks a bit complicated, but was really easy to do.

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Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge

Also shared with: Di's Digi Design Challenge - Fancy folds
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Unusual folds

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

This cute set from Paper Sweeties, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, found its way to my desk and just begged to be colored. I used my Copics, but forgot to take a photo of the colors I used.

This is just about the exact drawing I used to make as a child...probably hundreds of times, LOL! (It's just missing the tree, little girl and her dog that I always added.)

The background was created with Distress Oxides and splattered with the nozzle from Shimmer Spray. I used the matching dies to cut out the images, stamped one of the included sentiments and cut that with a stitched die. Most of the images are popped one or two times. Some Nuvo Glitter Gloss added sparkle and a few Nuvo Crystal drops in red were the final touch.

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Creative Moments
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge

Art Nouveau Teaset from Dragons Lair Designs

Our sponsor this month at Twisted Thursday is Dragons Lair Designs.  Our optional twist is "watercolor".

I used the image Art Nouveau Teaset for this card. I did color the image with Copics, but the background is watercolored using Distress Oxide Inks then sprayed with Shimmer Spritz. I heat embossed the Hello (Letter It Greetings from Ranger) using Memento green ink and then added some Nuvo drops, a ribbon, and flowers.

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Happy Holiday Tags

Day eight, and sadly, the last day, on the  Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop:

Finally got my new Gina K tags in the mail. Aren't they so cute? I sponged the inside of the big on with Distress Oxide Inks, added some Spectrum Noir markers, some snowflakes, a tiny red heart, and a few pearls.

I have so enjoyed this hop and seeing so many creative ways to use coffee/tea/cocoa in projects. Thanks to Amy, the great sponsors, and especially to those of you who took the time to drop by and leave me a sweet comment!

Thank You in Fall Colors with Paper Smooches Stamps

Just had to do one more card for Paper Smooches. The November challenge is Fall.

For the background, I used fall colors of Distress Oxides on Bristol paper with splattered Shimmer spray. I embossed different leaves in gold from the very versatile Botanicals 2 stamp set and then added the sentiment in a darker gold from the Delightful Greetings set. A few Nuvo Crystal drops were added to the centers of the orange flowers. 

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Fall Shopping List

This month FALL is the challenge over at Paper Smooches!

Am I the only one who thinks of food? I'll bet not, LOL! So, I grabbed the Paper Smooches Paper Die, cut it out using a file card, and made my list.

The orange and striped papers are from Pink & Main Pumpkin Spice pack. The next layer is Distress Oxide Inks through a leaves stencil. Added a bit of the inks to the note with some cute little check marks from the Clipboards Two set, rolled a corner and popped the note up. I added a little bow and some orange Nuvo Crystal Drops.


I also shared this with the November Paper Sweeties Challenge. I was inspired by the first inspiration card with the "Eat Pie"!

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Think Pink with Paper Smooches

This month is a Pink challenge over at Paper Smooches in recognition of breast cancer awareness.

I made a side fold card using some Bristol paper and Distress Oxides to make the background. The fun die cut is Wavy Pattern. Sentiment and little birds are from Wavy Wishes. Flowers and bumble bee from Garden Greetings. All of these were stamped with Distress Inks then heat embossed with clear powder. The little dots are Carnation Pink Nuvo Crystal Drops.



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Shorthaired Cat Easel Card

This month our sponsor at Twisted Thursday is DigiStamps4Joy. I am using the  Shorthaired Cat digi one more time.

Our optional twist is Anything Goes.  The background is an embossing folder swiped with Distress Oxide Inks, the cat was colored with Distress inks and colored pencils then popped up for dimension. The butterfly is a punch from Recollections, leaves from Tim Holtz, and sentiment from Paper Smooches. Ribbon and brads are from my stash.

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Boy in Dungarees

This month our sponsor at Twisted Thursday is DigiStamps4Joy. I used Boy in Dungarees, and popped him up on a panel embossed with lots of leaves since our optional twist is leaf or leaves.

I used Distress Oxides over the embossing folder and colored the image with colored pencils.

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Shorthaired Cat on a Fence

This month our sponsor at Twisted Thursday is DigiStamps4Joy. I found this new digi, Shorthaired Cat, that I am having a lot of fun with. You may see him more than once this month!

Our optional twist is Fur, Fluff or Fins, so this was a good one to use. The background is an embossing folder swiped with Distress Oxide Inks, Mr. Cat was colored with Distress inks and colored pencils then popped up for dimension. The butterfly is a punch from Recollections. The flowers were made using Foamiran, and the gate is from Amy Design.

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Also shared with: Digistamps 4 Joy 

Zero Calories on the Sweet Ice Cream Cones

Our sponsor for August over at Twisted Thursday, is Your Next Stamp. This week's optional twist is Birthday.

This image and sentiment comes from a set called Zero Calories.

I used some Distress Oxide Inks for the background and placed a wet stencil over it to make those circles. I stamped another dip of the cones and fussy cut to add to the top for dimension. A brown colored pencil was used for shading on the cones. The Happy Birthday is popped on the one side and some sequins, Wink of Stella, and sequins finished the card.

Your Next Stamp

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Scalloped Border

Our sponsor for August over at Twisted Thursday, is Your Next Stamp. This week's optional twist is Scalloped Border.

This image and sentiment comes from a set called Zero Calories.

The background paper was embossed with a Darice embossing folder on orange. The scalloped piece was blended with Oxide Distress Inks then a wet honeycomb stencil was placed over the top to make the design. The sentiment comes with the set and was stamped in blue over a small oval and sprayed with a sparkle spritz. A few gems were lined down the side for just a bit more bling.

Your Next Stamp

Copic Colors Used

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Soda-lighted to Have You as a Friend

We have a new sponsor for August over at Twisted Thursday. Your Next Stamp. This week's optional twist is Faux Stitches.

This image and sentiment comes from a set called Happy Meal. The background papers were done with Ranger WaterColor paper that were sploshed with Oxide Distress inks. My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched dies were used to trim the papers. Stamping inside and out was done with Memento Inks. Four brads and some pop-up foam were added for dimension.

Inside

Your Next Stamp

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Paper Smooches Roses Against a Distress Oxide Background

My collection of Paper Smooches stamps and dies is growing. This month, on the Paper Smooches Challenge, it's all about flowers! I love flowers and had to have this die called simply Roses. I prepared a background panel using Distress Oxide inks with a stencil, sprayed with water, to top it. The sentiment was die cut from the Hugs & Kisses, The Hugs is popped up, and the second part of the sentiment is inside the card. Finally, I added some of my newest favorite embellishment, clear Gumdrops from Your Next Stamp and a simple gold thread.

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