Monday, March 4, 2019

Double Trouble Challenge 23 Wearin' O' the Green





 I am so honored to be the guest designer, also known as "the crazy cousin", for the month of March at the Double Trouble Challenge Blog! 
Thanks to Sue Reynolds for creating the cousin image for me.  I think it is perfect!
 So what do you Think?  Do I look like "the crazy cousin?"


For the first challenge this month, we will also be linking up with the Heart2Heart Challenge Blog. You can play along with both and that will give you extra chances to win at Double Trouble.
So here is the challenge:


THING 1: Trouble Maker
says, Let's have some fun for St. Patrick's Day with the wearin' o' the green!" Make green the primary color of your project.
Don't stop here... consider Twisted Sister's optional twist









THING 3: Twisted Sister
says Thing 3: Good ole St. Paddy's day is all about finding the Pot o' Gold... be it in a pint o' beer or at the end of a rainbow. Include a "golden touch" on your project for an added chance at our random draw.


THING 2: Double Dare
says, "I'm proud of my Irish heritage and double dare you to play along by linking your green project at Heart2Heart Challenge." While Heart2Heart encourages the use of at least one CTMH product, for this partnership, this requirement will be waived. Heart2Heart has weekly theme challenges and you are able to enter up to the last day of the month; however, Double Trouble challenge closes on March 17th.
Enjoy a typical Irish tune HERE and as you link up with our partner for this challenge, Heart2Heart.
  


This just happens to be the perfect challenge for me since green is my favorite color! I love most shades of green, however, I am especially drawn to bright green, like the Close To My Heart color Willow.  Maybe because when I received my DNA results, I found out that I am 21% Irish which is way more Irish than I originally thought!   This is one of those $100 cards you hear about.  Or maybe you make those kinds of cards too?  I used many different dies and products on this card.  It was not my intent to do that, however, sometimes I get an idea and as I start working on it goes in a different direction.  I'm sure some of you can relate.  I am happy with the result, however, I can not say the same for my workspace!  It was completely covered by the time I was finished.
 All products are from Close To My Heart except the gold shimmer spray used on the card base - it is a product from Heidi Swapp called Color Shine.   The card is 5 x 7 - I decided to make a larger card to accommodate the large "clover flower."  It was cut using both the basic heart and stitched heart dies in bright green retired glitter paper.  There are two layers of hearts to make the large "clover".  The bitty hearts were cut using the Thin Cuts Shaker Window and Confetti DiesI also used the new Stitched Rectangle Frames and cut them twice - once in Gold Foil Paper and once in a pattern paper from Something Fierce Paper Packet.

Please be sure to stop by the Double Trouble Challenge Blog and also the Heart2Heart Challenge Blog to see all the wonderful creations.  There are so many talented artists that participate in these challenges!

Products Used in this Card:
Z4260 Stitched Rectangle Frames
Z4305 Fancy Tags
Z3317 Basic Heart 
Z4182 Stitched Hearts
Z4309 Thin Cuts Shaker Window and Confetti
Z3365 Gold Foil Paper
X7240B Something Fierce Paper Packet
X6027 White Daisy Cardstock
Z3189 White and Gold Ribbon
D1708 Sending Smiles from the Flower Market Cricut Bundle
Z1151 3-D Foam Tape
Retired CTMH Products:
Gold Metallic Marker
Bright Green Glitter Paper
Other:
Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine

Actually, after compiling this product list, this may be a $200 card, but at least I  got good use out of my stuff!


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13 comments:

  1. Great card, Betty! Double Trouble is my new favorite challenge. Great to see you joined the family!

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  2. Love the glittery lucky clover. Hugz

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  3. Wow! I love that glitter shamrock with the gold spray and the gold frame! Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart.

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  4. Betty, love the layering and glitter you did for your shamrocks and placing them on a tag surrounded by gold...your card is beautiful. Welcome to our family of Crazy Cousins and thank you for a lovely project shared to Double Trouble Guest Designer this month. I don't know if others are having the same problem, but your photos are not getting displayed on your post. If there is anything I can do to help or provide photos let me know by email momrey200431@msn.com.

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    1. So glad to see that you also shared your card with Color Dare...beautiful.

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  5. Such a beautiful card. I love all the shimmy shinny stuff happening! I also adore those little green hearts along the bottom of the tag. Thank you for playing along with us this week at H2H.

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  6. Oooohhhhhhh this is SO pretty! I love the glitter and layering. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.

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  7. Your "sparkling" shamrock is GORGEOUS! It will definitely make someone's day when it arrives in their mailbox. :)

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  8. Your shamrock is drool worthy. I also love how you outlined the white elements with gold to define them. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.

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  9. Bwahahaha.....$100 card, indeed!! I sooooooooooo know what you mean. I love all the sparkle and shine. It makes the leprechaun inside me jump for joy! Beautiful card.
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  10. Oooh, love that you made your clovers out of die cut hearts! I'll have to remember that trick in order to make the best use of my dies. After all, a $100 card doesn't come along every day.

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  11. Love the green hearts clover all that shimmer and gold looks great. Thanks for joining us at Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge. Hope you can join us again soon.

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  12. I love all the layers on this card and the addition of the gold lines. Thank you for sharing your creation at Color My Heart Dare. 💙☕Miss. Carrie

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