Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another exciting month at the Colorful Options Challenge! 🎨🌈 This month, we’re all about embracing bold and vibrant hues. Choose any color that speaks to you, as long as it makes a statement! And if you prefer a gentler touch, feel free to explore a soft rainbow palette instead. Whatever you choose, let your creativity shine!

This month, I decided to try something new and played around with alcohol inks. I used Copic Refills and rubbing alcohol on some Yupo paper. My focal image and sentiment are supplied by Sizzix & Tim Holtz.

Make sure you join in on the blog or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenge to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Team. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For the Colorful Options Challenge, you have until Saturday, September 28th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Sunday, September 29th in the UK or 6:59am on Sunday, September 29th in CET.

If you’re looking to recreate this card & envelope, here’s what you’ll need:

• Yupo paper, Black/Black cardstock by Fabiano, purple cardstock from the stash
• Alcohol inks
• Tim Holtz Sizzix: Mischevious, Shadow Script
• Miss Ink “Swirl” stencil
• Distress Oxide Archival Ink in Hickory Smoke or Alcohol Lift ink.
• Distress Ink Villanous Potion
• Distress Oxide Grit Paste Opaque

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!

Happy Saturday evening, crafters.

I was inspired by Tim Holtz’s live to create this afternoon.

I chose to use a slightly different color palette; I used a palette based on the color of porcelain berries.

Supplies:

• Azteca Watercolor Paper, Fabiano Black/Black Cardstock, Vellum Paper
• Tim Holtz Sizzix die set Postal
• Distress Oxide Ink: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, Tumbled Glass, Evergreen Bough, Salvaged Patina, Black Soot
• Distress Oxide Archival Ink: Ground Expresso, Black Soot
• Embossing Folder: Numbered
• Stampersanonymous: Hodgepodge CMS490, Stamp Collector CMS338, Eccentric CMS448, Correspondence CMS225

Challenges entered:

• Park Hoping My Happy Place: Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• Craft Roulette: Faux envelope=yes; Porcelain Berries color; string=used to make inky background; overlap=the ephemera overlaps
• Double D Challenge: Squares & Ovals
• NBUS Challenge: I have never used the Hodgepodge stamp set
• SSS Wednesday Challenge : There are 2 tags in the envelope
• Can You Handle the Pressure?
• Die Cut Divas Challenge

Happy Monday, crafters!

Just a quick post.

Will be back on later to update supplies used.

Challenges entered:

• The Colorful Options Challenge
• Park Hopping My Happy Place: The Busy Bee Ride Dollywood
• Creative Friday Challenge
• Craft Roulette

Happy Saturday, crafters!

I made my first Halloween card this month. Too much fun!

Of course, it is a fun inky background with a bunch of die cuts from the “vault.”

Supplies:

• Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock, Fabiano Black/Black Cardstock
• Tim Holtz Sizzix dies Vault Coffin Box, Vault Gothic Portraits, Vault Fright Night.
• Distress Oxide Ink: Pumice Stone, Scorched Timber, Evergreen Bough, Stormy Sky, Speckled Egg, Uncharted Mariner,
• Distress Oxide Spritz in Uncharted Mariner
• Distress Oxide Spray in Antique Linen
• Distress Spray Stain in Black Soot
• Distress Mica Spray in Brushed Pewter
• Embossing Powders: Distress Powder in Weathered Wood, Emerald Creek Allure in Oil Rubbed Bronze
• White Guache
• Spray Modge Podge Glossy

Challenges entered:

• Park Hoping My Happy Place: Halloween Horror Nights
• Craft Roulette: 4″x8″=yes; Mountains=blue sky,green grass, brown tree trunks; float=ghosts and clouds; water=water splatters on the background
• Chistmas [or not] BINGO Challenge: ‘B’ Blue-Stormy Sky, Frame=white, Watercolor=white guache
• Double Trouble Challenge (what makes me happy?=making cards+Halloween)
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (what makes me happy?=making cards+Halloween)
• NBUS: The die sets used are all new.
• Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge
• Halloween Crafts All Year Round

Happy Thursday morning, crafters!

I have been following Tim Holtz, and all the wonderful makes his designers have created.

Although I rarely have all the same supplies as his makers, they are a great source of inspiration. This card was inspired by Kath Stewart. If you haven’t checked out her blog, it’s worth the hop over there: Kath’s Blog.

Supplies:

• Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock, Tim Holtz Papers, vellum from the stash
• Tim Holtz Sizzix dies Shadow Script #2
• SSS die: Dahlia Stem S644
• Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Ledger Script CMS 241, Glitch 2 CMS 404
• Distress Oxide Ink: Rustic Wilderness, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Picket Fence
• Distress Oxide Spritz in Spiced Marmalade
• Distress Crayons: Picket Fence, Abandoned Coral
• Tim Holtz Stencil: Darling Christmas Clear Stamps & Stencil Set
• Distress Oxide Paint in Picket Fence
• Tim Holtz Texture Paste Translucent
• Yellow & Gold Pan Pastel

Challenges entered:

• Park Hoping My Happy Place: Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival
• Colorful Options Challenge: Yellow, Green, Yellow-green
• Craft Roulette: see-through (vellum & texture paste) , Jungle Colors (green foliage & orange/yellow sunset), tangles: the inks are “tangled” together, Teacher (cursive/script writing, no longer taught in schools 😥🤔)
• Chistmas [or not] BINGO Challenge: ‘O’ FREE-die cut, stencil-yes, rectangle-the strip of paper just below the sentiment is rectangular.
• Double Trouble Challenge
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie
• NBUS: I have never used this “glitch” stamp before.
• Triple B Challenge

Hey everyone, welcome back to another exciting month at the Colorful Options Challenge! 🎨🌈 This time, we’re getting our inspiration from the vibrant mix of yellow and green. Pick any combo of these two colors that speaks to you. Not feeling it? No worries—join us with a rainbow-inspired palette instead. Whether you’re painting, crafting, or designing, the possibilities are endless!

This month, I decided to keep it clean and simple (CAS) and played around with the color of the month. I used Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, and Twisted Citron, along with Tim Holtz’s Splatters Layering stencil for the background. My focal image is Mocch by Lavinia Stamps, and the sentiment is from Sizzix’s Good Vibes #2.

Have a great month!

Colorful Options August 2024

Welcome back to another exciting month at the Colorful Options Challenge! 🎨🌈 This month, our creative inspiration comes from the mixture of yellow and green. Choose any mixture of these two colors you like and let its colors guide your artistic journey. Not a fan of this color choice? Join us with a rainbow-inspired palette instead!

Supplies:

• Stathmore smooth bristol cardstock, Fabiano’s black/black cardstock; patterned paper from the stash
• Sizzix Dies byTim Holtz: Moonlight, Mischevious,Bold Text Halloween, Garden Greens
• Distress Oxide Ink: Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron
• Tim Holtz Moon Mask Stencil

Enjoy & Have fun!

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another exciting challenge at Park Hopping My Happy Place!

We were thrilled with all the fantastic entries for our July challenge and can’t wait to see your creativity for this month. As always, our challenge is open to any theme park-inspired creation.

This month’s inspo pic is all about The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! With August giving off those back-to-school vibes, Harry Potter feels like the perfect theme. Let your imagination run wild and share your magical creations with us!

Park Hopping is taking a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando to visit Harry Potter! I made it to the theme park, but what really inspired me was the ET ride, especially ET’s friends from his home planet.

I grabbed some Strathmore Acrylic Paint paper and whatever acrylic paints we had lying around in the stash to create this piece. It’s 5″x9″, so I don’t think I’ll use it for a card. Maybe I’ll use it to decorate my craft room instead!

Happy making!

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another exciting challenge at Park Hopping My Happy Place!

We were thrilled with all the fantastic entries for our July challenge and can’t wait to see your creativity for this month. As always, our challenge is open to any theme park-inspired creation.

This month’s inspiration photo features The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. With August bringing back-to-school vibes, Harry Potter feels like the perfect theme. Let your imagination run wild and show us your magical creations!

My color palette is directly inspired by this month’s photos of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. My theme follows suit, drawing inspiration from the first Harry Potter book.

Supplies:

• Brown & Red cardstock from the sash.
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous: CMS 099 Postcards, CMS225 Correspondence
• Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Lumberjack Red, Scortched Timber
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Scorched Timber
• Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Shadow Script #2
• Versamark Embossing Ink
• Distress Oxide Embossing Powder in Fired Brick
• Distress Oxide Glaze in Fired Brick
• Distress Foundry Wax in Mined

Happy crafting!

Happy Sunday evening, crafters!

What a wild and crazy week! Hurricane Beryl had his “eye” on us last Monday morning. We just got our power restored yesterday. 😩 I managed to watch Craft Roulette on my phone with the help of a battery charger. Anyway, back to my hobby…

I’ve been busy today pondering and working on Craft Roulette’s episode 223. I had been toying with the idea of a passport card and thought I’d give it a go.

• Smaller/Larger – The pages of the passport card are smaller and larger
• Planets – Stars appear white, Venus appears yellow, Space appears black
• House – Dogs & cats are found in houses, so are IDs, passports and in my house…..plague doctors (very popular plushy).
• White border – on all the images, all of the pages to the left, and around the CONFIDENTIAL warning on the cover page.

I didn’t use many supplies, just black and white paper with a little help from some Scatter Straw Distress Oxide. I focused on lots of digital image creation, printing, and fussy cutting.

Here are the other images of the card:

Although my crew of DDs were skeptical, they’re now the ones vying to use the card for a friend. They have my ❤️!

Have a great week!!

Challenges entered: Craft Roulette, Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge, Colorful Options Challenge (Russia), Park Hopping My Happy Place (Halloween Horror Nights),