Double Trouble Challenge #197

 Here's a switch!

A new Double Trouble Challenge is posted on Mondays, every other week and I regularly participate.  For this challenge #197, which runs from Aug. 4th - Aug. 17th,  I've been asked to join the fun as a Crazy Cousin. 

 

The 3-2-1 Challenge Recipe is below: 

 

 

Here's my "You're in the Spotlight" card:

using Pink, Green, and Yellow, a mat layer, a stamped layer plus a popped up circle of black glitter paper with the colored spotlighted layer on top.

 

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Now, make sure you pop over to the Double Trouble Challenge to see the wonderful cards made by the Trouble #1, Trouble #2, Trouble #3 and the talented Sneeches.  Then swing over to Try a Sketch on Tuesday  to see sketch #676, which posts on Aug. 5th, and gain extra chances in the DTC random drawing.

 Here's the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge: 

Their design team made some very pretty cards.  You might want to take a look and enter both challenges! 

 

Good luck! 

 

Double Trouble Challenge #195

 It's been quite a while since I've played in the Double Trouble Challenge.  This week's 3-2-1 Recipe  "Inky Pinkies" looked like fun.

 

Servings - Unlimited Portions of Fun

3  Colors of your choice
2  Images - Must be hand-stamped
1  Sentiment

Here's my card:

 

 

I'll also enter it in the partner challenge,

Try a Sketch on Tuesday. 

 

 

To make my background, I smooshed a few colors onto an acrylic block and then lightly sprayed with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle.  It helped blend the colors.  Although it doesn't show in the photo, when stamped onto the paper, gave the whole piece a pretty shine just for Twisted Sister.

 Thanks for visiting my blog.

 

 

Send a Smile 4 Kids March 2025 Challenge

 

 The theme for the March Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is "Animals".

 Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.

We just want to see your wonderful creations

and hope you enjoy making and sharing them!

 

I made these cards using a 3-D punch out kit.

 

It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids .

(Cards only, please.)

Your cards need not be donated, but if you plan to do so, check the current needs of the volunteers and the deadlines on the Send A Smile 4 Kids Blog.

 

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

Jen

Mary

Celeste

 Melanie

Sybrina 

Thanks for visiting!

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #763

 

 Welcome to my blog, where I have

a new card to share with you each week for

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches turns 15 this month!  We will be celebrating with old sketches (from 2014), and we'll have small prizes all month long.

 

Here is the sketch for this week:

 

 

Here's 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

 

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #760

 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:

 

 

What a great sketch for scraps!

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

 

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

Celebrating 100 Challenges!

 Thank you KTKitty for reminding me that May is almost over and so is the 100th Challenge at Show Us Your Pussycats Challenges.  I've used one of my favorite cat stamps from Great Impressions to create this card for the challenge.

In case you are wondering how I made such a tiny triple bow, 

I used my carving fork.

 

Have a great day!

CAS card set

 

The current Double Trouble Challenge is 

Challenge #164 "CAS Less But Better" partnering with Crafter's Cafe 

 

 

 

Yesterday I made a card for this pair of challenges.

(Please scroll down for details.)

I mentioned making a set of matching cards.

That's exactly what I did. 

I'll be entering both challenges with the yellow card.

 

(On this card I used a marker to outline the stenciled hearts and added some clear Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle.)

 
 Thanks for stopping by my blog. 

My Last 2 Cards

 It is with great sadness that I pack up all the crafty things I brought along to Florida for the winter.  But we are snowbirds, and it is time to head back north.  It has been so nice enjoying the warmer weather here and watching the snow on the news programs rather than shoveling any of it ourselves.  On the other hand, it will be wonderful to see our family in Pennsylvania and enjoy a piece of shoo fly pie.

I've had 2 cards in my head for a while now and decided to quickly make them before we leave.  

The first one is a fractured card.  

They seem to be very popular right now.

And the second is a clean and simple card.

I had just a small piece of pretty butterfly vellum, which I thought would be pretty on this card.

Now that I've gotten these designs out of my head, I can go back to packing.

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #15 - Anything Florals

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #750

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 This week's sketch is super easy, 

especially if you have some nesting dies.

 

 

 Here is what I made using this sketch as inspiration.

(Oops, I totally missed that strip across card.  

Oh well, artistic license.)

 

  

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

 

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

 

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenges #744

 

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

 

 

This week's sketch is new for 2024.

I've made a simple 'Thinking of You' card.

 

I love this shade of blue.  The small bunch of flowers was fussy cut from the opposite side of the SU patterned paper.

 

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

 

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

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.