Triple B July 2024

Breaking News!!

We have  a NEW challenge blog starting on July 13th
that will normally start on the FIRST Saturday of each month
and end on the last day of each month and it is 
Love Those Pretty Patterned Papers
where the theme is to use your 'hoard' of pattern papers
you can read all about it HERE!

A new month means a new challenge at
Triple B
and we have a fun inspiration mood board that perfectly fits the month of July,
BUT, you can create anything, any color as long as it has
birds~blooms~butterflies on it ,
One, two, OR all three!

I am celebrating the red, white and blue with my card
and totally let the mood board colors inspire me.
All the die cuts came out of my leftover die cut stash.
The bird has always been a favorite from Cottage Cutz Bella Springtime Bird,
he is a pricey little fella but if you wait until they have one of their 'up to'
85% off sales, then he is pretty reasonable to purchase.
The blanket stitched oval is from Pink Fresh Studios
and the banners at the bottom are Pretty Pink Posh,
the sentiments are Tim Holtz Crazy Talk.
I know it's hard to see but the blue banner has
'celebrate' stamped on it.

Come and have some birds~blooms~butterfly fun with us at
Triple B!

Nautical

 Hello friends and HAPPY July!
It's the start of a new challenge theme at
Double D and it is
NAUTICAL!

We have a fun nautical mood board for inspiration below:

I was inspired by the anchor, the seagull and the  sailboat
incorporating all into my card!
The paper is from a pad that I've had quite awhile and is
almost gone, love that!  The sailboats on it that you can't see
have shiny silver on each of them making it shine like
glitter!  From another paper pad and using a Tutti Designs
banner, I die cut my background for my seagull.
The gull is from Cottage Cutz and the pilings are
also a CC die called Pelican.  I didn't use the Pelican
this time but stole/borrowed his piling for my gull!
I did make the Pelican though and he will 'debut'
at another time!  All the dies were cut from white
scrap card and then inked with various inks!
The sentiment is Avery Elle stamped on a Honey Bee
banner and the metallic anchor is a MS punch!

Come on over to Double D and have a bit of nautical fun with us,
no NOT naughty but NAUTICAL!!

Stencil Fun July 2024

Breaking News!!

We have  a NEW challenge blog starting on July 13th
that will normally start on the FIRST Saturday of each month
and end on the last day of each month and it is 
Love Those Pretty Patterned Papers
where the theme is to use your 'hoard' of pattern papers
you can read all about it HERE!

 A new Stencil Fun challenge starts today with an OPTIONAL theme of
SHADES OF BLUE
but we are an anything goes challenge as long as you
have used a stencil.

We also have a fun stencil prize to one lucky random drawn entrant:

Prize

For my 'shades of blue' card I used one of four of the background stencils
from the Spellbinders February 2024 stencil club.
I kept it real simple just by adding a Pink Fresh Studios sentiment.

My anything goes card you can see I used the same stencil as we are giving for the prize!
When I buy a prize stencil I (of course) have to purchase one for myself!
I turned my fish into goldfish that I had to add a little dot eyeball to each!
The sentiment is from a Catherine Pooler stamp set!

Come on over to Stencil Fun and have some stenciling fun
with us and be in the random draw for the prize!!

Two Old Bats July 2024

Breaking News!!

We have  a NEW challenge blog starting on July 13th
that will normally start on the FIRST Saturday of each month
and end on the last day of each month and it is 
Love Those Pretty Patterned Papers
where the theme is to use your 'hoard' of pattern papers
you can read all about it HERE!

 It's July but we are celebrating Halloween at
Two Old Bats
with our year round Halloween challenge.
We have a fun inspiration/mood board but you can
create anything as long as it is Halloween themed!

I was inspired by the upper left corner and created my fun card from that!
I die cut a Tonic die broom which I used a glitter pen on
and inked up and cut a few sentiments
for my signs from a sentiment strip Halloween set I purchased eons ago.
The background paper is Brutus Monroe Happy Haunting..
I added a few stitched pumpkins die cut from a Sue Wilson garden set.
The flying little witch is a MS punch!

Won't YOU join us over at Two Old Bats, with 25 or more players
we have a fun prize to give away!

Colorful Options July 2024

Hello friends, today at Colorful Options Makira has come with a
fun and clever challenge just perfect for the month of JULY!!
You can read the 'how to's' in her words below:

 Choose your favorite flag and use it's color(s) for inspiration for this month.  For Americans, don't forget your state flag. Other flag options: a college flag, organization's flag, pride flag......   You get the idea.  Choose any flag you wish.  Have fun!

I chose our beautiful American flag colors of
RED~WHITE~BLUE
and created a fun 4th of July card!!

I die cut out a star (Tutti Designs)
using only the negative (I'll use the die cut for something later)
then die cut several banner strips from Pretty Pink Posh
and lined them up on a piece of scrap card stock
then placed my star negative over the strips.
The sentiment is TH Crazy Talk.
A few RWB 'candi's' were added for fun!

This was a fun challenge and I hope you will join us
at Colorful Options!
I can't wait to see YOUR creativeness!!

Entering the following challenges:
A Cut Above .... Celebrations With A Bang

Four Seasons July Summer 2024

Breaking News!!

We have  a NEW challenge blog starting on July 13th
that will normally start on the FIRST Saturday of each month
and end on the last day of each month and it is 
Love Those Pretty Patterned Papers
where the theme is to use your 'hoard' of pattern papers
you can read all about it HERE!

It's mid summer and at The Four Seasons challenge we are right in
the heat of things with our SUMMER season!
We have a mood board for inspiration only but you can create
any summer project you want in any color!!  

I let the fun summer mood board inspire me with all it's
pink goodness and couldn't resist those pink flamingo floats!
I have had this silly Hampton Art stamp set for quite some time,
I think I purchased it after seeing it on another blog, I have 'a thing'
for fun~silly stamps!

I stenciled in colorful clouds using a Lawn Fawn stencil
and a few waves using an Ink n Splatter stencil. I added a scrap of sandpaper 
along the bottom.  My flamingos were cut on my Brother Scan N Cut
but I wish I had added a bit of an edge around them, next time.
I got this Scan N Cut almost three years ago (October 2021) from
the hubs for my birthday just to cut out stamps so I wouldn't have to purchase
matching dies anymore, (that didn't work, lol) and other then the
unboxing and creating the sample box it came with, this is the first time I
have used it, pathetic isn't it??  Well, that is going to change
as it was super easy and not as intimidating as I made
it out to be, in fact you 'might' have seen me use it
again before this post even went live!!

Want some SUMMER fun?

Then head on over to The Four Seasons and show us YOUR
summer fun creations!!

Also a NEW challenge blog is starting today
which is all about using your dies, 
go to A Cut Above

and check it out, be sure to read all the rules to entering!!