September 01, 2025

Guest Designer for Colourful Options September 2025 Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello there.  I’m excited to be back as a guest designer (GD) this month at Colorful Options (CO) for their ANYTHING GOES (AG) challenge.

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Can’t believe my nephew in this post is now a tween! I used products from Whimsy Stamps (WS) to make this card for him, but then realized it’s too young for him..  oh well. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

Distress inks (DI) in rainbow colours.were ink blended through a die cut circle stencil in three areas on a Bristol panel.  The pandas from Panda Peekers were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It paper, coloured with cool gray Copic Sketch markers then fussy cut out.  To have them “popping” out from the circles, they were then die cut with the same circle die used to create the stencil.  The paws of the top two pandas had to be fussy cut out and adhered to fit the circle. 


The “bears cool!” Punny part of sentiment was die cut from white and Iombré ink blended with Blueprint Sketch DI.  To define the “cool”  letters, Copic Sketch markers B0000 and FB2 were used.  The other part of the sentiment from Yeti Birthday was stamped with Blueprint Sketch distress oxide ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Adhered and assembled the card onto a white card base to finish. 


I would like to thank Makira and the CO team for having me join them again.  Play along
 in the fun and link up your project HERE.  Thank you for stopping by. 






Challenges:
Tic Tac Toe - #278 Featured Designer Felicita    (top row - Stencil, Birthday, Die Cut)

12 comments:

Julia Aston said...

What fun little pandas popping out of their colorful circle windows! Congrats on your Guest DT too! Julia xx

Lisa Elton said...

They just make me smile! This is so cute!

Christine said...

So cute Trina, your pandas look so happy and are adorable xx

Barbara said...

This is a wonderful, colorful and fun birthday card for a guy. They are hard to create for me, but this one is adorable. Thanks for the inspiration and for entering in the challenge at Seize the Birthday,

Melanie Hungerford said...

How fun, those pandas definitely look excited for a birthday! Thanks for joining us at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

Nancy said...

This is just darling, Trina! It made me smile from ear to ear this morning. Love the way you dod the circles and sentiment too. Thanks for playing at Seize the Birthday.

Mia said...

Beautiful! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Try it on Tuesday. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Regards,
Mia
Designer for Try it on Tuesday
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Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Adorable trio of pandas, Trina! Bet your nephew loved this one!!

Linda said...

Adorable pandas and colored so beautifully. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.

Bonnie said...

This is adorable and I don't think it's too young for a tween! What a great use of these colors, my friend! Congratulations on your guest spot!

Cathy said...

Wonderful card Trina, those pandas look like they are having a ball peeking out of the circles! Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday too, Cathy x

Maria said...

Cute as can be is your card with the pandas! Love how they are peeking out of the circles! Beautiful color, so fun!