It’s our first challenge over at Double Trouble for the new year!
This time Thing 1 is looking for a background you created – either Calm, Soft, Pastel or Loud, Bold, Bright.
The optional challenge from Thing 3 is to use the sketch from the newly branded challenge – Try a Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT). Thing 2 says if you do that you are eligible to enter your card in both challenges.
The Quick and Simple Details:
- Background stenciled with white embossing paste, and when dried randomly applied watered down inks
- Scalloped dies from My Favorite Things
- Bird die from Spellbinders
Additional Challenges:
Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#638)
Cut It Up! #294 – anything goes (must use a die cut)
Classic Design Challenge #12 – anything goes
Crafter’s Cafe #303– feminine
Word Art Wednesday – anything goes
What an adorable bird and I love your background! Thanks for also sharing with us at TSOT 🙂
Melanie, the color and texture in your background paper and the colors in the birdie are so complementary each other. Love all the detail of the birdie die and branches. Beautiful card and great interpretation of the sketch challenge.
That’s so pretty!
What a cute little bird!! And a gorgeous background, too.
This is so pretty. Love the embossing paste and the color over it – so cool. The bird die is wonderful (I may need that). Thanks for playing with the sketch over at TSOT.
What a gorgeous effect that is to have the inked embossing paste! And that darling bird just sings ‘spring is coming’ to me. Love it. Thank you for joining the challenge at TSOT, Melanie.
What a beautiful card! Your background is so pretty and how cute it that little bird! Thanks for sharing with us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!
What a beautiful card! Your background is so pretty and how cute is that little bird! Thanks for sharing with us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!
How lovely, Melanie! The colors and texture are so very pretty and great texture, too! Thank you for playing along at TSOT, too. – Melanie R.
How soft and sweet Melanie! That bird die is precious and I’m loving your background! Thanks for sharing with us at TSOT!
Melanie, what a gorgeous card! I love your embossing paste background and the lovely colors you applied to it!! That bird is so adorable, and the colors you chose for it are just perfect. Thank you so much for sharing your card with us at “Try a Sketch on Tuesday” for our inaugural challenge!!! -Donna
Amazing background and wonderful layout and colors. Thank you for joining our Cut it Up Anything Goes Challenge.
Hugs,
Larelyn (CIU owner)
This is a fab project!
We do love to see all the entries at Classic.
Thank you for sharing in our challenge at Classic Design Challenge so
We really appreciate you joining in.
Jackie DT
I have been seeing that Spellbinders bird so much and I love it!! Your soft colors are perfection and I love all that you did with this! 🙂
Beautiful – what an amazing background!
Thanks for joining us at the Crafter’s Cafe Challenge.
Helen x
DT
Melanie, I love your little die-cut birdie…so sweet! Thanks for sharing with us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!