Double D Challenge - Springtime Flowers

It is that time of the month for another Double D Challenge! 

Here is my card for Springtime flowers. 

For your inspiration, our mood board made by our host Darlene. 

My Card 

                                                   The Greetery Market Basket Medium 

(from a friend, Donna Phelan)

I cut the back from holographic paper

Botani Cuts Crocus

Botani Cuts Pussy Willows,  buds cut from felt for more realistic pussy willows. 

Spellbinder Embossing folder called Tufted 

Sentiment and bird Colorado Crafts

GKD Master layouts 3 

There is a Prise for a random winner. 

Come over to the blog to see the team ideas for more inspiration 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

STB - #303 Layer it!

Nancy is the host for this Challenge and I had a lot of fun with it. I sure hope that you do too. 

I was inpsired by these colors! 

After die cutting the hexagon images, I sponged some color on them. 

                                    Then I arranged them in my background how I liked them. 

This is my card! I really liked how it turned out. 

Supplies for this care are many

Altenew Cosmos die

Pink Fresh nested hexagon double stitched die

Sentiment Gina K Fancy Phrases

Inks used on the background and flower are

Altenew Peaches keen, Lemonade stand

 Crimson, Blush, Rouge, Eucalyptus, and Jade. 

Vellum paper

 Leslie is our Surprise Party Guest for  this challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Pink Fresh Inspirational Challenge for April 2025

Pink Fresh April 2025 Challenge

So glad that I had time to enter this challenge and use my Pink Fresh stamps, stencil and dies. 

For this card I used these supplies:

Spellbinders Tufted Embossing folder

The rest is Pink Fresh

Braded Circles in two sizes

Arches florals Stamp, Stencil and Dies

Gold foil cardstock

Inks as close as I could get to the challenge colors

Sweet Corn, Butterscotch, Doral Reef, Warm Cocoa, 

Jellybean Green and Grass Green 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Easter

Diane has prepared a fun inspiration board for the next challenge at Double D! You an make some Easter cards just in time for the holiday and be sure to send them off. 

                                           

There is a prize for a random winner. Isn't it cute, I would love to have it. 

My card for this challenge. 

Supplies for this card are: Holographic mirror paper 

Cross die  (from a friend)

Spellbinder Tuffed 3D embossing folder

Sentiment is Colorado Craft Happy Easter

I am looking forward to seeing the cards that you create for this challenge. More inspiration here. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

STB - #302 Milestone Birthdays B

Jenny, our newest team member is the host of this next fun challenge at Seize the Birthday.

It seems that I have a lot of friends that have reached that special birthday and why not make the most of that special day by including that age? After all it was earned and lived well. 

Here is the card for a special friend celebrating her 80th!

Supplies for this card are:

Background Spellbinder Dazzling Diamonds hot foiled in turquoise.

 Altenew Enchanting Vines embossing folder

Pink Fresh Twisted Pattern die that I used the Altenew embossing folder on

Honey Cut Rose and sentiment

My Favorite things little numbers die. 

If you rather not use the topping, just make sure it is a birthday theme. 

Looking forward to seeing your entry in this challenge. Check out the team here. 

We have a surprise party guest and if you join in there is a chance that you may be asked to the design team for a challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Birds

The next title for the Double D Challenge is Birds! I am pretty sure that you all have a bird or two in your stamping supplies. Let's see what you can do or this challenge. Here is an inspiration board for you done by Darlene. I am anxious to see what bird you will put on your porject. 

This is my card

                      

I made a bunch of these tropical birds to have on hand. They came in handy for this project. 

Spellbinders Tropical Friends 

Pink Fresh Nested Arches and black gems

Gina K Luch Leaves Stencil 

I look forward to seeing you at Double D Challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

STB - #301 Anything that Flies

Linda is our host for this next challenge at Seize the Birthday. As you can see, she has challenged us to make a project with anything that flies. I thought of these sweet songbirds and did my card with that in mind. 

Just make it a birthday theme if you are not into toppings. 

For this card, I used these stamps and dies

My Favorite Things Winter Song Birds, Stamp, die and sentiment

Postage stamp collage die from Waffle Flower

Gina K embellishments. 

Leslie Miller is our Surprise Party Guest for the next two months.

 Leslie has been on other teams with me and I can guarantee that you will 

love her creative cards and blog. 

I hope to see you in the gallery at Seize the Birthday Challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

Double D Challenge - Going Green (anything green)

Hello my crafty friends! Here at Double D Challenge, we have some incentive for you in the way os this inspiration board that Diane has created.  She has called it Going Green and you can do anything Green.   

This is the prize for a random winner. You need to enter to have that chance, so got going on this one. 

My card

I have decided that this year, I will try to use what I have in my stash. Therefore, I looked at the stencil from Pink Fresh and started there. It has a die to match, and I used that too for my background. Of course it is green. Next I used the wonderful butterfly stamp and stencil from Gina K Designs. Stencils make it easy to color up an image and soon I have three butterflies done for my card. 

I think you can see where I got my inspiration. 

For this card, I used Gina K designs Fluttering Fall Stamp and stencil set

The inks are Grass Green, Fresh Asparagus, Warm Cocoa

Pink Fresh Overlapping geo leaf stencil and die

Champagne gems Pink Fresh

Looking forward to seeing your entry in this challenge. Check out the blog here. 

I am also entering my card in the Cut Above Challenge for March 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!

STB # 300 - No Stamping

Jules is the host for the next challenge at Seize the Birthday 

and it is one that you will love. 

Lately, more and more cards that I make, use dies. I love how they come together so easily. Let's see what you do! remember if you use the topping, you have a chance to be a design guest for the next challenge. 

If you are not into the topping, just make sure that it is a birthday theme. 

This is the card that I did for this challenge. 

Supplies for this card:

Pink Fresh Pomegranates and Pears 

GKD Sentient Radiant Poses Greeting 

Hop on over to the blog for ore inspiration from the team and our 

Surprise Party Guest, Amanda Mertz

And our design guest Chris Dring

I look forward to seeing your entry in the gallery. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                  

Double D Challenge - Use the color Red

Darlene has made a sweet inspiration board for us for this next Challenge at Double D. 

The color red seems to be a theme this month and I know that Valentines Day was passed but the color red is vibrant and so much fun to craft with. Let's see that you will do with it 

Prize:

Penny Black 'Across the Miles' Premium 3.25" x 4.5" cardstock

My card

I know that roses are red, but I love the red poppies and remembered this image from Power Poppy. 

Power Poppy stamp Poppy XL image and sentiment

Spellbinder timeless hearts border die

GK Master Layouts 3 and Red Hot card stock. 

Be sure to check out the inspiration from the rest of the team. 

They have some great cards. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                

STB #299 - Add A Heart

Joann is in the Valentine spirit with her challenge for this next two weeks. She just wants us to add a heart to our cards. Easy enough and there are so many ways to do this. 

I was thinking Pink and blue and green for my card. Once again, I used many company's

 to accomplish this. 

Supplies:

Pink Fresh Stencil Geometric Tile

Inks are GKD Sea Glass, Apple Mint, Bubble Gum

Fancy Edges 

MFT dynamics Stitched Hearts

The Greetery Botani Cuts palm die and Fit to be Tied. 

If you are not into toppings, just make sure that it is a birthday theme. We love to see those too. 

Also, you should go over to the blog for more inspiration from the team. They have great ideas. 

That include the Surprise Party Guest Amanda Mertz and our past winners who are design guest as well.

If you enter, you have a chance to be picked as a guest too. 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments! 

                                                                  

Double D Challenge - Hearts

Diane is the host for this next challenge and just look at the inspiration that she has gather for you. So many lovely ideas for hearts and just in time for Valentines Day cards. Can't wait to see what you come up with. I was inspired by the heart shaped of the swans and the pink color. I went right to a die that I love and have not used much. Here goes!

                       

This is my inspiration for you. 

The Greetery Botani Cuts Forget- Me- Nots

Boxwood Hearts

Paper Trey Ink   Cornered Celestial Die

Ice Spruce and Rustic Wilderness inks on the leaves

Spun Sugar on the flowers

GKD spring mix pearls

The prize for a random winner.

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 I hope to see you at Double D! 

Thanks for stopping by and I always appreciate your comments!