Good Monday Morning, peeps! No Makeover Monday Madness today as I have an announcement to make...I am honored to be a Crazy Cousin this month at Double Trouble Paper Crafting! My followers know how crazy I am about Double Trouble!
We have a great challenge for you, and it wasn't any trouble to create my card! Here's a sneak peak at what trouble I got into...
Need more than the fine print? Here ya go...
Thing 1: Trouble Maker
says, "Use anything from your stash to create a scene. This scene can be anywhere around the world. Have fun, use your imagination, then see how creative you can be with paper, ink, stamps and/or techniques. And don't forget those scenery photos from a vacation or outing... it's okay to create scrapbook pages."
OR, you can choose to use Twisted Sister's Optional Twist below.
Thing 3: Twisted Sister
says, "What? Trouble Maker is always claiming that I am the one who makes a scene. Now she is doing it! Okay, Trouble Maker, you can have your scene but my optional twist is that the scene includes a mode of transportation. It can be anything from roller skates to aircraft but it has to be included for an extra chance at our random draw."
Thing 2: Double Dare
says, "If you have created a scene and have met the requirement "Around the World" (family memories or travel)... then link your project HERE at The Paper Girls Challenge #207 and receive an additional chance at the Double Trouble Random Draw."
What can be better than a scene by the lake? Hop into my rowboat and head on over to Double Trouble Challenge #66 for some fun. I'm providing the transportation for you...the oars are somewhere around here...
My card is for my brother. I spent many summers and some winters visiting him at his home in the Finger Lakes (NYS) and he had an old boat similar to this and hills across the lake. It became too much for him to put the docks out and bring them in for the winter so he sold his home last month. I will miss it as much as he does.
I die cut the dock, boat, grass and frog using the Dockside Dies. I colored them with my Stampin' Blends. I sponged the water and stamped some darker pools and the hills in the distance. For those, I used stamps from the Waterfront set. The ripples are from By the Dock, as is the sentiment. I stamped that in Early Espresso on Whisper White and adhered it to a Chocolate Chip (retired) mat. Those are cut with the Ornate Frames Dies.
Oh, here are the oars...now row, row, row your boat..I love ear worms, too, and I'm sure I've gotten myself into trouble with that one! The sentiment is from Happiest of Birthdays.
I hope you'll join our challenge! I'll be checking to see what you make!
Oh, and would you like to see what September's Crazy Cousin looks like?
Yeppers, c'est moi! Thank you, Suzanne...I love your design of me!
I'd like to enter my card in these challenges:
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you'll be back tomorrow for our Amy's Inkin' Krew Monthly Blog Hop.
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Love that stamp set! So fun for creating nautical cards! :)
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DeleteFantastic write up for our challenge, Karen... thanks so much for being our Guest Designer for this month. I'm grabbing the rows and heading on over to The Paper Girls as soon as they open... see you there. Love the scene you created... it reminds me of our many weekend vacations at our camp site and our races at Fawn Lake in Western New York State with my dad's small sailboat. We also had family that had a cottage on one of the Finger Lakes... thanks for the memories.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Suzanne. It's such a wonderful opportunity to be a Guest Designer and it got me out of my comfort zone! I was born in the Adirondacks and I miss spring, summer and fall but not the winter! I'm glad I brought back pleasant memories for you. My brother's house was on Conesus Lake. My husband and I summered on Canandaigua Lake.
DeleteLove the Karen :) Another perfect masculine card. You are so great at making them, I really struggle with those. You always have a way of reminding me of sets I haven't used in a while;) Have a great day!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen. I really do love making masculine cards. I might have to change my Monday Makeover Madness to Masculine Monday!
DeleteSuch a great scene and a fabulous masculine card! Love the colours and the card design :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Alyson.
DeleteWonderful card inside and out. Thanks for linking up at Crafting Happiness Challenges this week.
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Thank you Janis, it was my pleasure to enter your challenge.
DeleteA very tranquil boating scene, many thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations challenge.
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Thank you, Brenda.
DeleteWhat a wonderful scene you have created! Thanks so much for playing in our challenge at the Artsystamper Challenge Blog! Good Luck in the draw and hope to see you again next challenge!
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Thank you so much, Darlene. I'll be back!
DeleteWhat a great challenge, and what a super card! I have this set and you've given me some awesome inspiration for it! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at PIP Challenges!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Terri, I glad you are inspired!
DeleteThis is a great masculine card. Thanks for joining us at the Artsystamper Challenge! kReN on the DT.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, kRen.
DeleteAwesome masculine card! I love the cute crazy cousin image Suzanne made of you! So glad you were our guest designer! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kellianne. I had so much fun being part of DT.
DeleteLovely take on our challenge, great selection of stamps. Thanks for joining us this month at Stamping Sensations.
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DeleteA lovely outdoor scene! Thanks for joining us at stamping Sensations this month and good luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sally.
DeleteOh, what a delightfully masculine card, Karen! Love the boat and dock against that marvelous background! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies this week and good luck in the draw.
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Thank you so much, Connie.
DeleteSo inspiring, Karen! Perfect masculine card. I was born in the heart of the breathtaking Finger Lakes (Auburn). In the 1960s, I lived on Cayuga Lake but preferred to sail on Skaneateles. I love the way you created the background and thank you for joining in as our Guest Designer.
ReplyDeleteThis card is absolutely gorgeous, Karen! So dreamy, yet masculine at the same time. Thank you so much for joining the Paper Girls again on such a great challenge!
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