Shine

I have one last chance to play along with my crazy cousins over on the Double Trouble challenge blog and it starts today.

WELCOME to Challenge #34 -

Let the Troubles Begin!

"Grab your Stuff" 

THING 1: Trouble Maker

says, "This is a 1-Week Free-for-All Challenge so have a little fun creating with "Some Thing", "Any Thing" and "Every Thing".  

It's time again to grab your bone folder, your stuff, and create something new. We think this is easier than folding a fitted sheet! It's time to use "stuff" you have in your stash (new and old).   

You can Stop here...OR  

THING 3: Twisted Sister
says "Sunshine on my shoulder makes me Happy."  Click HERE and Sing-along with John Denver.  Use paper and/or techniques (stenciling, embossing, sponging, masking, die cutting) and create your impression of Sunshine, Sunburst, and/or sunrays.

This is an OPTIONAL twist but would make Twisted Sister even Happier and give you an additional chance for Double Trouble's random draw.  

THING 2: Double Dare

dares you to multiply the fun and link up your project with any of our previous partner(s) below for extra chances to our Random Draw. Make sure you read their guidelines carefully and observe their dates. We don't want you to get into Trouble with them.

This means: each time you link with a previous partner, or multiple partners with the same card, you gain additional chances for each partner challenge you entered. Please make sure you identify them in your blog along with our Double Trouble link.

Pile It On 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies 

Retro Rubber Challenge 

Three Amigos Blog Hop

We are saddened by the announcement of the closing of this challenge July 31st 

and thank them for their support in partnering with Double Trouble.  

There is still time to combine and enter their July Challenge.  

Adios Amigos.

Color My Heart Color Dare

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Heart2Heart

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

Brown Sugar

The Crafter's Café 

The Paper Girls 

Use Your Stuff  

Cupcake Inspirations 

Creative With Stamps 

The Joy of Sets - TicTacToe 

And here is my last creation for you for the month:

I took full advantage of the free for all and created another Christmas card for my stash.  I used the current sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday (for Thing #2's challenge), but I completely missed Thing #3's challenge to use something representing sun or sunshine.  BUT, I do have the word "Shine" in my sentiment . . . so . . .   Anyway, the stamped snowflake strip was in my bits and pieces stash just begging to be used and since it was perfect for the horizontal element in the sketch, I was happy to oblige.  I used a brand new embossing folder for the background and inked the edges and the raised script with a light gray ink pad to bring more attention to the embossing.  The snowflakes were die cut out of some very glittery paper and the sentiment was stamped onto a tag die cut that I turned into an ornament.

Thanks to Suzanne and the rest of the Double Trouble team for letting me play along with them this month, it's been a lot of fun!

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Beyond Measure" sentiment; PTI "Fab Flakes"

Dies: PTI "Tag Sale #4" and "Fancy Flakes"; Elizabeth Craft Designs "Beautiful Baubles" ribbon die

Park Lane embossing folder

Challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in the sun (I did not use the optional twist)
Divas that Cut--anything goes with the optional twist: patriotic (I did not use the twist, though I did use red, white and blue!)
Crafty Calendar--Christmas in July
Power Poppy Creative Spark--Christmas in July
Sheepski Designs--Early Christmas/winter
ABC Christmas--N is for no peeking, O is for ornament
Merry Little Christmas--anything goes
Shopping Our Stash #400--Christmas in July
Word Art Wednesday #397--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crimbo Crackers #189--anything goes
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #357--anything goes with snippets (the "patterned" strip was in my bits and pieces stash and the small snowflake, ornament and hanging ribbon were all die cut from scraps)
Try Stampin' On Tuesday #418--sketch

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--get ready for Christmas
Crafty Creations #395--anything goes
Mod Squad--all that sparkles
Creative Moments #173--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #592--no patterned paper
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #448--anything goes with the optional twist: twine or ribbon