White On White Card

 Hello friends, it is snowy and white in my neck of the woods as
I write up this post and darn right COLD too!
We have a snowy white mood board for you at
Double D challenges this time and we want to see ALL white
on your projects.  I think an all white card is so elegant and classy!

Once I saw this mood board I right away had this card in mind using my new
(to me) and never been used before Concord & 9th Primrose Garden dies.
This die had lots and lots of layers and was much easier then I thought,
maybe because I die cut it in all white scraps.  I can't wait to make it in colors!
The sentiment (Primrose Garden stamp) and banner are all part of the collection.
I have had this die for quite some time and not sure why I waited so long to use it.
I also purchased the Festive Blooms set they came out with for the holidays and am sure will be using that one soon too!

We hope to see you at Double D but be sure to stop by and see all
the amazing creations by the design teams!!

Also wanted to add that as crazy as Dar and I are we
have a new challenge starting on February 3rd and the 
first Monday of every month after. It is called
The Neglected Stuff, just follow the link and read all about it!!

Entering the following challenges:
Daisy Chain .... No Design Paper
Unicorn Challenge .... Birthday
Aud Sentiments .... Mostly White & Sentiment
The Crafter's Cafe .... Twist:  Birthday
Seize The Birthday .... Use Something New ( Concord & 9th dies)

Ninth Year Birthday/Anniversary

Hello Friends!
Double D is celebrating it's 9th year of challenges.
Make sure to visit the challenge blog to read all abut it!

For our theme, being we are celebrating our HUGE success
it is either birthday or anniversary and we have a pretty mood board
below for inspiration!

I was inspired by those pretty colors in the balloons and also the pretty cake.
I knew I had the perfect set to use and pulled out a never been used before
The Greetery Takes The Cake die, stamp, stencil set (new to me).    The stamps and stencil come as a set
and there are 7 layers of stencils for the cake and stand.  You can also purchase a couple
different die sets to go along with it, there is even a smaller cake stamp version as well.
I am NOT affiliated with The Greetery at all, I just love all their beautiful releases!
This is my first attempt with this set and there is certainly room for improvement so I 

will definitely being bringing this to life again.

I used lots and I mean lots of different inks for this card,
Altenew colors grass field, shadow creek for the greenery,

silver lake, gray denim, cloudy night for the cake stand,
Pink Pearl, Coral bliss, Heart Beat, Ruby Red and Warm Sunshine for the flowers
along with Pink Fresh Sunkissed and Fruit Punch also for the flowers.
There are so many different options to make your cake and I can't wait to create more!

Please come and join us for our celebration at Double D,
we have honors and also a few fun prizes to a random winner!!

Entering the following fun challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday  .... Something NEW (new to me and never been used)
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Little Red Wagon .... New Beginnings
NBUS .... Never Before Used Schtuff

Holiday Wishes

 Hello friends, it' our LAST challenge this year at Double D
and we have a theme of 
Christmas Trees
with a mood board for inspiration.

I created my last card for the holiday season using
the Sizzix three layered Folk Tree stamp,
one I acquired when they had one of their mega sales.
I stamped it in three different Altenew inks
Grass Field~Shadow Creek~Mountain Pine
then die cut it with a Tutti Designs postage die.
The sentiment is from Hero Arts and stramped with Gina K Designs Cherry Red.

I would love to see you over at Double D
and while there take a peek at all the
beautiful trees from our design teams!

Ornaments

Happy December!!
At Double D our fun theme is all about ORNAMENTS!
We want to see ornaments on your projects.
We have a fun and somewhat vintage inspiration board for you! 

I have so many Christmas paper scraps that I adhered several down on a 
piece of card stock then die cut my ornament with an IO ornament die.
The background is saved from an embossed vellum piece that was
the cover inside and envelope of a card I received, perhaps from Judy?
I pulled an already frame die cut (IO)from my stash and placed my ornament
inside the frame.  A Spellbinders handmade poinsettia was added to that!

Come on over to Double D and have some ornament fun with us
and check out all the beautiful inspiration from the design teams!!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Halloween Crafts & Other Occasion's .... Christmas
Allsorts ....  Winter Flowers~Fauna
Try It On Tuesday .... Traditional Christmas
The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge ... Anything Christmas
I Spy With My Little Eye .... Christmas

Get Ready For Winter

Are you ready for some fun??
At Double D our theme is  
Get Ready for WINTER
and we have a fun mood board for inspiration!

I focused on the upper left corner, the steamy hot drink on a cold winters day!
I pulled out my much loved Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug die
and a 3D embossing folder from Sizzix and set to work.
I filled my mug with a pine tree marshmallow, a glittery snowflake and
a couple of roasted marshmallows.
Of course I had to keep my cup warm
so I wrapped it with a die cut scarf from the PPP 
Fall Mug Additions die.

Come on over to Double D and have some 'winter' fun with us
and check out all the winter beauty from the teams!!

Warm and Cozy

Hello friends, today at Double D we are all about being
WARM & COZY which is our theme this time around!
We have  cozy mood board for inspiration! 

I let the winter scarves inspire me, after all they do keep you warm and cozy!!
I inked a cold and dark sky, cut my snow hill with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hill die
and created the bears using  a Cottage Cutz Artic Polar Bear & Cub die.
This is the same die we are giving away to one lucky random drawn winner
as our prize, and it's a special one, as it is no longer available for purchase!

The sentiment is an oldie from JustRite.

Come on over to Double D and get 'warm & cozy'
with our teams, we would LOVE to see YOUR
cozy entries!!

Entering the following fun challenges:

A Cut Above .... Warm It Up (optional)

Unicorn challenge .... Winter or Christmas

Make My Monday .... Wild animals

Hey Pumpkin

Our challenge at Double D is all about
PUMPKINS!!
We have a pumpkin infested fun mood board for you
to add to your inspiration,
so get those pumpkin stamps, stencils, or dies out and come on over
and have some PUMPKIN fun with us!! 

I used a fabulous pumpkin die/stamp set from Honey Bee stamps.
This stamp set comes with so many different variations to
use for this fun pumpkin and also a stencil for even more fun!
When I first started I didn't have the die set, but to me it is almost
required to get the 'perfect' stamped pumpkin, 
so I quickly ordered it and it saved my day!
I do have another pumpkin created with the stamps for another
DT challenge but it is not near the shape it should be
as I didn't have the much needed dies yet!!

I stamped my pumpkin with Pink Fresh 'punch' ink,
the stem and tendrils with Altenew Shadow Creek ink, and the leaves with
TH Black Soot then colored in with Copics. 
The flower is from one I had made earlier and save
just for things like this when I need them!

Come on over to the Double D challenge blog
and see all the amazing inspiration from the design teams!!

To Spook Or Not

 We are having some October fun at Double D
and our theme is:

To Spook or Not
either Halloween or
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Pink)
You can choose to create a Halloween project OR a Pink project

(in supporting breast cancer awareness month...anything pink)
as we know not everyone likes/loves Halloween.
We have a fun mood board representing both below
for your inspiration pleasure!

I took both Halloween and Pink into consideration when making my card.
Using a bokeh background paper I added a spooky window with shutters
a pink cobweb in the corner and some fun PINK ghosts!
The sentiment is a Tonic die that I layered three times.

For more pink and Halloween inspiration be sure to head on over to
Double D and see all the 'pretties' from the design teams!!

Fall Leaves

 Hello friends, our Double D challenge is all about Fall Leaves
with the colorful inspiration board below!

I used an Impression Obession Maple Leaf and die
cut in several different colors
from several scrap pieces of card stock,
the very last leaf is actually a darker gold color and does have the leaf veins in it,
it's just my darn camera and editing program that doesn't pick up the true picture!
The sentiment was cut three times and stacked.

Come on over to Double D and check out al the pretty
inspiration from the teams and have some fall leaf fun with us!!

Sunflowers

 Hello friends, can you believe we are headed into fall already?
We are, and not only outside but at Double D too.
Our theme is, if you haven't guessed it by now with the mood board below is
SUNFLOWERS!!

I think sunflowers are such an intriguing  flower and love that we have
fields of them around here, sometimes I even grow a few myself!
I  have been hooked on the postage dies from Waffle Flower and when I saw
The Ton had one of their own and a sunflower stencil to go with, I
just knew I had to have it!
I had so much fun stenciling this that I did a few more in
different colors, after all sunflowers come in all sorts of
pretty fall colors.
When I stenciled the first 3 stencils I thought I had gotten
yellow ink splatters somehow on my paper
but after finishing I realized they were just part of the bees!
I used all Altenew inks for my stenciling.

Make sure to visit over at Double D and see all the stunning
inspiration from our teams, they never disappoint!!

Shapes

Hello friends, today is the start of a new challenge theme at
Double D and it is SHAPES.
Use a rectangle, circle, oval square, I think you get the idea!
We have a mood board for inspiration.

I had a partial die cut left from a cut apart Waffle Flower Postage die
and used that for my focal point.  From the same WF die set, I cut
postage squares and triangles from scraps of papers
and arranged a few on the postage die along with the stamped
birthday sentiment from Stampendous.
I added a few stitched strips along the bottom using a die
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Strips die.

Come on over and have some challenge fun with us at Double D!!

Harvest

Hello friends, it's that time again for a new challenge at
Double D and our theme is Fall Harvest.
We want to see anything that has to do with a fall harvest.
We have a fun mood board for inspiration below:

I think you can pretty easily see what inspired me?

I live out in the country and our area is major farms all around
and one of the things you see growing is WHEAT!
They usually harvest it late fall and I am sure there are a 'few'
field mice hanging around!  I used a stamp from
Pink Ink Designs Wee Folk Corn Mouse.
The die cut wheat is Impression Obsession,
I used a circle punch for the sentiment and some pretty papers
from my HUGE stash of designer papers.

Come on over to Double D and have some fall harvest fun with us,
the design teams have some fabulous inspiration and never disappoint!

Basket Full of Posies

 Hello friends, a new challenge theme is starting today at
Double D and it is
Basket Full of Posies
meaning use posies, a basket, or both!

For my basket of posies card I used several things
including a Doodlebug shaker sticker I purchased
during one of the Simon Says Stamp sales.
I thought it was so cute and full of such pretty colors
I just had to let it take center stage!
I adhered it to a Cottage Cutz oval die cut.
The top designer paper is Paper Rose Garden of Hope.
I embossed the bottom half with a Cuttlebug Gingham folder.
Both the sentiment and the butterfly came out of my already
precut die cuts as did the trim between the two papers,
it is a Cheery Lynn die cut.

The design teams at Double D have some really beautiful inspiration
so come on over and check them out and have some challenge
fun with us while there!

Nautical

 Hello friends and HAPPY July!
It's the start of a new challenge theme at
Double D and it is
NAUTICAL!

We have a fun nautical mood board for inspiration below:

I was inspired by the anchor, the seagull and the  sailboat
incorporating all into my card!
The paper is from a pad that I've had quite awhile and is
almost gone, love that!  The sailboats on it that you can't see
have shiny silver on each of them making it shine like
glitter!  From another paper pad and using a Tutti Designs
banner, I die cut my background for my seagull.
The gull is from Cottage Cutz and the pilings are
also a CC die called Pelican.  I didn't use the Pelican
this time but stole/borrowed his piling for my gull!
I did make the Pelican though and he will 'debut'
at another time!  All the dies were cut from white
scrap card and then inked with various inks!
The sentiment is Avery Elle stamped on a Honey Bee
banner and the metallic anchor is a MS punch!

Come on over to Double D and have a bit of nautical fun with us,
no NOT naughty but NAUTICAL!!

Reach For The Stars

Hello Friends, we have a new challenge theme starting
today at Double D and it is Reach For The Stars! 
As always we have an inspirational mood board
but you can create anything as long as it has stars!

I struggled a little bit with an idea for my card but then
let Pinterest help me along.  I came across a design used by a DT
member at My Favorite Things back in 2015
so used that to inspire me
plus the bottom right colorful stars from our mood board.
Using my rarely used Tutti Designs nesting star dies
and a few bright scraps of paper I came up with this card.
The sentiment is from Lawn fawn.
I still thought it needed 'something' so I splattered it with
gold metallic paint.

Come on over to Double D and see all the creativeness the
design teams have to inspire you, 
play along with us too as there is always a fun prize
for a lucky random winner, but you have to play to win!!

Pick Three

Hello friends, at Double D we have a fun challenge theme for you
that is perfect for the month of June.
It is: 
PICK THREE
meaning that you pick three or more of
what is offered below...easy peasy!!

Something OLD, Something NEW Something BORROWED and/or Something BLUE
Example:  can be an old stamp, die, paper etc, or new of the same, or something borrowed from another crafter
and/or something blue, just have fun with it!

Here is our mood board for inspiration:

I found this to be an easy challenge theme and could of gone
so many different directions with this, but in the end chose
something NEW, something BLUE, and a whole lot of OLD!

My New is a Simon die I had just received the day before I started my card.
Blue and Old are all the same:
Blue and Old paper from Stampin Up
Blue and Old bird from my scrap die cuts and 
Blue and Old Hello also from my Scrap die cuts

Can't wait to see YOUR creation at Double D
and while there check out all the pretty inspiration from our design teams!!

Polka Dots

Hello friends, we are into our second round of challenges
here at Double D for MAY with a theme of
POLKA DOTS!

We want to see lots of polka dots on you creation
and have a very polka dotted mood board for inspiration! 

I went with a rather simple card this time, using an already die cut
card front with an oval window left over from another project.
I added a My Favorite Things polka dot paper behind the oval
and topped it with a Cottage Cutz Bird Trio die cut from a  scrap of green!
I was going to die cut it again and paper piece the birds on but decided
I liked the entire die cut in the green resting on the blue dots!
The sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studio Simply Sentiments-Hello
stamped in Dew Drop Teal Zeal.

Wonder on over to Double D and have some POLKA DOT fun with us!

Pretty Florals For Mom

Hello friends, can you believe it is MAY already ?
We have a beautiful May mood board for inspiration and
the theme of Pretty Florals for Mom at our
Double D challenge!

It was a hard decision to decide which image I let inspire me
but in the end let the bottom right corner win!
Daffodils and gingham are two favorites of mine
so to put them together, even better!!

I used a Cottage Cutz Daffodil die that I die cut in white scraps
then inked each piece, it's a bit brighter IRL. I also used another favorite,
The Greetery Big Bow die and because of cutting the two colors I now have a
bow in the reverse colors to use on another project. Lastly I added one of my
favorite sentiments from The Ton Easy Expressions.
I guess this card was a combination of favorites!

We would love to see YOUR Pretty Florals for Mom over at our
Double D challenge,
and make sure to see all the beautiful florals from our design teams while there!

Entering the following fun challenges"
Simon Says Wednesday .... Feminine 
Simon Says Monday .... Feminine
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge .... ATG
A Place To Start .... Add one or more Flowers
Tic Tac Toe .... Flowers~Free~Die Cuts

Water Related

Hello Friends, we have a new challenge theme at Double D today and 
it is WATER RELATED.
We want to see anything that has to do with water!
Below is a mood board for inspiration only. 

For my water related card I used a cute never been used before stamp from
Streamside Studios It's Raining Cats and Dogs, colored in with my Olo markers.
The sentiment is from
the same stamp set.. The raindrop paper is LDRS You Are My Sunshine
and I have to say this is an excellent quality paper.  I added a few
The Robins Nest tear drops for rain from the freedom drops bottle.

Make sure to stop on by Double D and see all the
beautiful inspiration from the Design Teams,
these girls are just the best!!

Cute Little Animals

A new theme starts today at our
Double D Challenges
and it is Cute Little Animals! 
We have an adorably cute inspiration board for you
but you can use any cute little animal you want!

Being the animal lover I am, I just adore this fun inspiration board.
I pulled out numerous animal stamps and in the end went with 
this never been used before Polkadoodles stamp 'Hanging Out'.
It was colored with various Copic and Olo markers, a sentiment from
Pink Fresh Studios, a TH die cut branch and a flower from my stash!

The colors IRL are actually a bit more lighter, it's just my
'editing skills' that make it look darker then it really is!
Come on over to Double D and shows us YOUR cute little animals!!

Entering the following challenges:

NBUS .... Never Before Used Schtuff