Happy Monday everyone!  Wow has it been a busy time for me.  It almost felt foreign to sit down and make a card!  But a new challenge is up at Double Trouble abs is always a refresh to sit down for these💕

The recipe by Thing 1 is a “sweet surprise”

3 layers

2 images

1 aperture

A great time to make a shaker card- which is the twist by Thing 3 

I used an embossed vellum for the background and for the window.  The shaker bits are a light and dark pink to match the wedding colors of the recipient

All products used are by Papertrey Ink!

It was a fun card to make and got my mojo going again.  Hopefully I’ll be back this week with another card! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Monday!  There’s a new challenge at Double Trouble with lots of fun things to try while making your card. The first is the recipe by Thing 1. This is the only requirement to play.  The rest are just fun things to try incorporating too!

Here’s the 3-2-1 recipe

3 pattern papers (mine are from Stamperia)

2 colors of choice (I used a very muted blue and soft green and lots of neutrals)

1 image (I chose these darling die cut seashells by Hero Arts)

Thing 3 gives the optional twist of adding stitches to our projects.  You cannot see the stitching on my card!  But I did use stitched dies for the main panel and for the circle.  In this close up photo, you can see the stitch detail on those 2 pieces

I got my inspiration to make it beachy and to use these color tones from this challenge image at Sunday Stamps

I love it so much! The papers and shells all coordinate for the theme! 

Last but not least, Thing 2 would love us to participate in the TSOT sketch challenge. I based my entire layout around it.  With lots of elements and details!

This is a sneak peek – their challenge doesn’t start until tomorrow. But I think it’s a great one for mixed media with all the different sections

We hope to see your card in the gallery at Double Trouble!  Thanks for stopping by today to see mine💕

Kellianne 😊

I have a fun summery card to share today for the new challenge at Double Trouble! This one is Something Anything Everything – so get sharing with us what you’ve been creating!

Thing 1 wants you to make your own 3-2-1 recipe. Here’s mine

1 fruit

2 colors

3 pattern papers

I used Spellbinders stamps and dies for this one.  I got those strawberry dies in the advent calendar a few years back.  Haven’t given them nearly enough love!

Thing 3 wants to see dimension.  Everything on my card is either doubled up, tripled up, or has mounting squares under it.  Lots of dimension on this one.

Thing 2 encourages us to play along with TSOT. Here’s a sneak peak of their sketch.  This doesn’t start until Tuesday!

I definitely took the challenge to use it and it was fun!  The 3 blocks are perfect for the 3 pattern paper piece of my recipe

These fun and happy colors give off a summery vibe

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card today.  See you again soon!

I haven’t played with my Gina K Mandala Maker for a really long time!  When I saw the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, it came to mind. The challenge is Monochrome with Gina K products

I chose dark teal and light teal and went to work bringing this beautiful Mandala together.  Something I love adding when I make one of these is Nuvo drops or Stickles. It adds really cool texture and gives it a pop!

These light teal stickles were perfect!

I actually got really brave and didn’t use the wreath maker. I carefully went round and round building this with each piece just on a clear block!  So it isn’t perfect, but it’s still beautiful and it was so much fun!

Thanks for stopping to check it out!

Double Trouble has a new challenge today!

“Gimme S’more” is the theme of this challenge.  Thing 1 gives us a recipe age Thing 3 says gimme “s’more” of the ingredients

3 layers- (This one is the one I did a bit more of!  3 base layers and then I kept layering images and the sentiment)

2 colors- Soft green, soft blue, red

1 sentiment- Cozy Wishes!

I used stamps and dies by Simon Says Stamp.  I just absolutely LOVE these images!  The set is called “Cozy Wishes”. I love birdhouses and wreaths and lanterns so it’s a little scene that includes all 3.  I made that wreath using the leaf branch image in the set

I did not make enough Christmas in July cards!  But I saw that Just Add Ink challenge is still running theirs so I’m playing along!

Life has sure had me going lately.  So I’ll be happy I fit in one last Christmas in July card and move on to other stuff until later in the year when it’s time to think of those cards again! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

I’ve got a retro funky style for today’s card and it’s for the new challenge at Double Trouble

Thing 1 is still wanting to see more Christmas in July and the recipe is

3 colors of choice (see Thing 3 And Thing 2 for ideas on what colors to use! )

2 layers (card base doesn’t count)

1 holiday image (I did the funky ornament die)

The graphic for Jingle Belles challenge gives us some color ideas.  If you use 3 of these, you can play along with them too. I used all but 1 of the colors.  The burgundy never made it to the Mix

The layout is inspired by the TSOT #700 challenge. I stenciled the sun burst background and made it subtle

The beautiful sky participated in the sketch challenge! I thought of it the moment I saw this in the sky lol

t’s a lot to fulfill everything!  But remember- to play along with us at Double Trouble, you only have to fulfill the requirement by Thing 1. The rest is for fun and to stretch your creativity! 

These dies are from Casual Friday Stamps and are several years old! I’ve never pulled them out to use so it was fun to finally do so.

Thanks for stopping by today!