Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #734 (Second Week)

If you stopped by to see this week's sketch, we have a surprise for you.  Last week and this week we are partnering with the

Double Trouble Challenge. 

This is the Tuesday Morning Sketch:

You may play in the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge, as usual, and enter your card here. 

The card I made last week can be seen in this previous blogpost.

This week I needed a sympathy card and decided to use the sketch again.

 

For some extra fun, you can also follow the themes at the Double Trouble Challenge and also enter your card there.

 Plus, you have 2 weeks to play and may enter up to 3 cards.

Have fun!

For more details, scroll down to my previous post.

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #734

 

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 2 week challenge: 

 

 You might be wondering why I said this is a 2 week challenge.

For this challenge we are once again partnering with the 

Double Trouble Challenge. 

You are not required to enter the Double Trouble Challenge, but if you'd like to have a little fun while creating your card....

Challenge #154  - Let the Troubles Begin! 

This Challenge runs from 

Monday, November 20th thru Sunday, December 3rd 

"Keep Calm and Stitch On"  

 Here are the items required for their challenge:

  INCLUDE STITCHING ON YOUR PROJECT, USE SKETCH #734, AND ENTER YOUR PROJECT AT TUESDAY MORNING SKETCHES CHALLENGE AND AT THE DOUBLE TROUBLE CHALLENGE. 

 

Here is my card for the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge:

 

I hope you'll play along with both challenges.

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

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

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

  Don't forget that this TMS Challenge will run for 2 weeks to coincide with the DTC.

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #733

 

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 is my card:

 

 

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.  

Monday Mishap

 Yesterday was my day to put stuff away.  Christmas here, stamps there, paper in the closet, embossing powders and ink pads in the drawer...... I was so pleased to have everything in its place, even though it never stays that way for long, until I spied  one lone strip of plaid paper on the floor.  It must have fallen out of the pack.  I carried it to my table and that's how this card began.

I was trying to channel Bette Manning because I love her cards and these are her favorite colors.  I was pretty pleased with my outcome and decided to do the inside, too.  Everything was looking fine and then I dropped the dauber.  Nooooooooooo!

Can you see the smudge at the top of the photo?

Now what do I do?  I tried a sanding eraser.  Using a tissue, I tried a bit of white ink.  I thought of maybe some random spots in the blue?  I laid out a few flowers but didn't like it.  I could add a gift card pocket and save it for someone to whom I send cash or a gift card?  A single butterfly descending to sit on the flower?

What would Bette do?

For now I will enter this card in a few challenges.  If you have any suggestions on how to fix my goof, please let me know.

Crafty Catz Challenge #658 - Make It Sparkle 

Cut It Up Challenge #290 - Layer It Up (I used Spellbinder dies for the layered flowers.)

Seize the Birthday Challenge #273 - AG, Optional topping is Neutrals Only

 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge # 234 -  I used the bottom row.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Harvest Recipe #2

 Today I thought I'd share another card that I made for the 

Double Trouble Challenge #153, 3-2-1 Recipe to a Happy Harvest,  using the scraps from the first card to make the background, some little wood embellishments and my favorite turkey stamp.

From:       The Kitchen at Double Trouble 

Recipe:     3-2-1 Fall Harvest Recipe

Servings:  Unlimited Portions of Fun

Ingredients - At least:  

     3  Patterned Papers  

     2  Embellishments 

     1  Fall or Harvest Item

 

Here's the sketch I followed at Try Stamping on Tuesday Challenge.

 

 

 

 

Have a wonderful day!

Harvest Recipe #1

 

 Today I thought I'd share a card that I made for the 

Double Trouble Challenge #153, 3-2-1 Recipe to a Happy Harvest.

 From:       The Kitchen at Double Trouble 

 Recipe:     3-2-1 Fall Harvest Recipe

Servings:  Unlimited Portions of Fun

Ingredients - At least:  

     3  Patterned Papers  

     2  Embellishments 

     1  Fall or Harvest Item

 

Here's the sketch I followed at Try Stamping on Tuesday Challenge.

 

 

I'm not really happy with how the colors of the turkey image show up in the photo.  His body looks too green for me, no matter what position I tilt my screen.  I hate when that happens. 

 

Thanks for the visit. 

 

Purrfect Present, Purrfect Timing

 My birthday was 2 days ago and I received an awesome package of crafty goodies from a special friend.  One of those goodies was a stamp that I just could not wait to use.

It is purrfect for the Double Trouble Challenge #152 - De'ja Brew, the 2023 Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop, and the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #23! 

 

 The stamp and sentiment are by Your Next Stamp.  I stamped an extra copy and cut out just the cup so I could mask everything else.  Then I used versamark to stamp the cup, and heat embossed with clear EP, which gives the tea cup the look of china.  It took forever to get a clean piece of washi tape for on the card.  It kept tearing sideways off the roll before I was ready.  I had to pull it very, very, very slowly.  

Thanks to the fun challenges that gave me the purrfect excuse to use this cute stamp right away!

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #732

 

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:

Using several items that were close at hand and flipping the sketch, I made this card:

 At first I had positioned the dragon fly and sentiment exactly like the sketch but I didn't like the dragonfly facing down.  So I finagled things until it suited me better.

 

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. 
 

Double Trouble DeJa-BREW

 Double Trouble Challenge has a One Week Special Event for Challenge #152 -"DeJa-BREW " . 

 

Below is my second card for this fun challenge.

 

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

2023 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Thanks for your visit!

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.

 

Send a Smile 4 Kids November Challenge #243

 

The theme for the November Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is 

Happy Holiday Cards 4 Kids

 Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.

We just want to see your wonderful creations

and hope you enjoy making and sharing them!

 

Here's mine:

 It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids 

November Holiday Cards 4 Kids Challenge.

(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! 

Bobbi

Sybrina

Mary

Karen 

April 

Celeste

 

 

SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing

When there are five weeks in the month, Double Trouble Challenge uses the theme  "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing which is basically Anything Goes.  That makes Thing 1 (aka Troublemaker) very happy.  Then Thing 3 (Twisted Sister) decided that circles would be nice.  And finally Thing 2 (Double Dare) always dares everyone to enter an additional partner challenge.

So here goes:  I chose paper with circles, then I embossed the red paper with circles and used a die to put a row of circles down one side, and another die to cut a green circle for behind Santa(a CTMH stamp, which I colored and fussycut).  The HoHoHo was cut on the cricut.  I am also entering the Anything Goes Challenge # 486 at Use Your Stuff.

 

This card is also being submitted to Week # 752 at Allsorts Challenge, where the theme is Embossing.