Double Trouble Challenge # 204

 

Here's my card for Double Trouble Challenge #204,  

3-2-1 Recipe "It's a Tall Order"

 

It is a mini slimline card with multiple images and blue, red and green and follows the sketch at Try a Sketch on Tuesday,

I used an embossing folder of Trees, for something starting with "T".

          Double Trouble Challenge #204       and       Try a Sketch on Tuesday #683.

 

 

 

Did you notice the strip of different papers going down the left side of the card? Often when you purchase a pad of paper there are tiny samples on the front of the pad.  I never throw those away.  They come in handy for cards like this.

 

Thanks for the visit! 

Double Trouble Challenge #180

 This week's Double Trouble Challenge theme is

"Stitch It Up"

 

and their partner challenge is

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

I'm trying to get ready for a card class next week.  My dining room table is totally covered in crafty Christmas stuff.  Putting everything away to exchange it for a cooked bird is so non-productive.  But, before I prepare for the big feast on Thursday, and while everything is right at my fingertips, I quickly made this card for the two challenges above.

Have a nice Thanksgiving!

Send a Smile 4 Kids July Challenge - Christmas in July

 

The theme for the July Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is 

Christmas in July

 Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.

We just want to see your wonderful creations

and hope you enjoy making and sharing them!

 A couple weeks ago my wire paper rack decided to collapse.  What a mess!  Ever since, I have been trying to reorganize a few things, thus taking some weight off the rack.   I just happened to be going through some red paper scraps, making card fronts for future use.  When I made this one, I set it aside for this challenge.  Then I rummaged through a Christmas box and found a Christmas tag and small cardboard sentiment.  

That was easy!

  The image was printed on white glitter printable paper.  

Here's a closeup: 

It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids .

(Cards only, please. And they need not be donated.)

 

Please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Jen

Mary

Celeste

 Melanie

Bobbie 

Sybrina 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog.

This is it!

 If you've been following my blog the last few days, I've been working on a special card for a friend.  Here's the final version.

What do you think?

I added some swirly stamping and red splotches to the background paper, just for interest.  The candy cane and poinsettia are digital images from Beccy's Place.  I actually used 3 poinsettias so I could layers them using thin foam for dimension.  The spray of winter greens was die cut in white and I added touches of green with a water brush.  Then I added a couple dark green holly leaves.  And finally I used some frost spritz and some white paint drops.  

 

I'm going to enter these challenges:

Beccy's Place December Challenge: AG with a BP image; optional fun fold

Double Trouble Challenge #155 - Die-cember (used my scissors for all that fussy cutting, included baker's twine and gold thread, also entered Use Your Stuff Challenge.

 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #481 - Wrap it up!

I can't decide if I should make one more version on a larger card base.  Does it look too crowded to you?

Thanks for visiting. 

Another Candy Cane Card

 As I mentioned yesterday, I printed quite a few Candy Cane digital images from Beccy's Place to make a special card inspired by one I had seen on Facebook.  This was my first attempt at that card but I did not like this background.  Instead, I changed things up a bit and used a bell digi, also from Beccy's Place.  Here are the results:

I like it but may add more gold thread after I enter it in a few challenges.  

Beccy's Place December Challenge: AG with a BP image; optional fun fold

Double Trouble Challenge #155 - Die-cember (used my scissors for all that fussy cutting, included baker's twine and gold thread, also entered Use Your Stuff Challenge.

 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #481 - Wrap it up!

 

Thanks for visiting!

Candy Cane Fun

 

A few days ago I was searching for a candy cane image to make a special card.  I found lots of digis at Beccy's Place and printed a full sheet of different ones, some precolored and some not.  Then, while I watched TV,  I fussycut each one.  This is one of my favorites, but not the one I chose for my special card.  That one's not quite finished.  It still needs a poinsettia.  In the meantime, here is a very simple card using one of the extra candy canes.

I'll be sharing this card at Beccy's Place December Challenge - AG using an image from Beccy's Place; I opted out of the optional fun fold.

Coffee Anyone?

 Double Trouble Challenge has just begun a One Week Special Event for Challenge #152 -"DeJa-BREW " .  No time for dawdling.  The weeks go by so fast, especially at this time of the year!

 

 This challenge calls for a coffee theme, a coffee pun, and participation in the 

2023 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Easy enough.

Here's my card:

 

I am also entering the following:

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #23 -  Coffee + Holly

 

Little Red Wagon Challenge #729 - Hot Drinks

Make My Monday Challenge #212 - Pun/Fun Sentiment

 

Thanks for visiting.

If you have time, scroll down for info about the 

November Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge.

 

Last card for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge

 

This month I am participating in

The Cat Lovers Christmas Kickstart Challenge 

 

It has been fun seeing all the wonderful cat themed cards.

I was surprised to see how many cat images are in my stash.  The challenge allows you to enter 6 cards, which means this is my last.

 

 

 

 But, I can still enter Gail's Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

This kitty is ready for a snowball fight.

 

 

I used a die to form the scalloped edge of the snowbank, white glitter paper for the snow, and an embossing folder, the first column down.
 

 

 

So happy you had time to visit my blog.

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #729

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

Here is the sketch for this week:

 

And here's my card based on the sketch...

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you. 

Tic Tac Toe Cat Card

 

This month I am participating in

The Cat Lovers Christmas Kickstart Challenge 

 

This is my festive cat card #3 for the month long challenge.

The card follows the middle horizontal row of the Tic Tac Toe board  for Day #8's Christmas Kickstart Challenge with Gail.

 

It has a glitter sentiment and bow on the die cut tag which is made from 1/4" scraps of patterned paper. 

The digi kitty is by Gerda Steiner.

 

I am also entering this card in Challenge #12 - Anything CAT Goes at Crazy for Cats Challenges. 

 And, I am also sharing my card at the Gerda Steiner October 2023 Share Your Design Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

 

 

Cat Lovers Christmas Kickstart Challenge

Look! I've added a new gadget to my blog!

I'm surprised I remembered how to do that!

You might want to check out 

The Cat Lovers Christmas Kickstart Challenge 

this month,

but only if you like cats and prizes.

Here's my cat card #1 for the challenge:

Since I make a lot of cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids, cute animal cards are my favorites.   This card has a background I made from CTMH paper scrap strips, then embossed and added a fussy cut precolored digi from Deedee's Digis on a die cut oval.

 

Challenges:

Cat Lovers Christmas Kickstart Challenge #79 - Christmas + cat themed 

Digi Choosday Challenge week 39 - AG

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #149- AG

Make My Monday Challenge #210 - create your own background

Simon Says Monday Challenge - add some texture

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #159 - AG

Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenges #726

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

Here is the sketch for this week:

It seems like it's time for me to start concentrating on making Christmas cards.

Here's the first of many more to come.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

 

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

 

Santasaurus Christmas Card

I'm still playing with the Prehistoric Christmas stamps from Newton's Nook.  These stamps are perfect for Christmas cards to send along to SAS4K.   Scroll down to see a few more samples on my previous posts.  BTW, the current challenge at SAS4K is Christmas in July.

 

 

Coincidentally, the theme for the Double Trouble Challenge is also Christmas in July,

with a side order of Stars and Stripes for Twisted Sister,

 

 and Thing 2 has issued a Double Dare to enter the Jingle Belles Challenge, as well.

Additional challenges I am entering include:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #671 - Stamp Act week 1 

Inkspirational Challenge #293 - Christmas in July 

Get Creative Challenge #123 - Christmas in July 

Fab n Funky Challenge #576 - 4 legged friends 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #685

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Here is the sketch for this week:

 

and this is my card:

This is another great sketch for those little scraps!

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

 

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.