AAA Christmas Card Challenge #1

 Welcome crafty friends. So glad you stopped in to visit and see what's going on in my craft space. I have been blessed with a spot on the Design Team (DT) for a brand new challenge being launched today: AAA Christmas Card Challenge. I am so excited! Like I need another reason to play with my Christmas stamping supplies. Simple rules: create once a month, follow the theme of the month (it's Christmas/Holiday related), send some love to other DT members and in the gallery. Oh and have fun!

Let's get to it! Here's my card:

 Our very first challenge theme is Traditional Christmas. I took it to mean RED & GREEN but it can be anything you think of as traditional for Christmas. Check out the AAA Christmas Card Challenge blog for more inspiration. The DT have put their own spin on the theme. Think ornaments, tree, nativity, even Santa counts.

 

 Here's a close up of my card. I believe pine cones can be festive, especially with a little Wink of Stella to sparkle it up a bit.

 

As always, I can never leave the inside of the card and envelope blank, or as some say: naked. I try to jazz it up a notch. This time it's a strip of DSP, a left over pine cone die cut, and some pine needles 

 Now it's your turn to get creative. Make some time in your craft space this week, or at least once this month and play along with our fun CHRISTMAS challenge.

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #843: MASCULINE

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you! 

Welcome to another great challenge week from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. MASCULINE is the theme this week and good luck to you. I struggle with cards for men. I love flowers and frills so I tend to buy more feminine stamp sets and play with those. I'll have to dig deep for masculine stamp set and dust them off before playing. Here we go!

 #843 MASCULINE

I am kind of last minute with my MASCULINE card this week. Thankfully Freshly Made Sketches had an easy layout to play with.

I'm also trying my hand with the Creative Challenge from Stampin' Up! The colour combo is a tough one. I couldn't think of a way to as the soft pink.

I don't have Barely Blush or Hydrangea Hue colours either. So I cheated a bit because the DSP has the Hydrangea Hue but I had to use Petal Pink instead. It's all good though! It goes well together!

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Sentimental Rose- Paper Pumpkin April 2019
• Card Stock: Blackberry Bliss, Petal Pink, Pecan Pie, Mossy Meadow
• DSP: Delicate Dreams 
• Ink Pads: Mossy Meadow
• Stampin' Blends: Pecan Pie, Blackberry Bliss 
• Accessories: Mountain Air Dies, Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Stampin' Dimensionals
   

 

 I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple by just adding a coordinating die cut and image.

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration from the Design Team for MASCULINE week. There's even a place to upload your project at the end. I hope you play along with us and show us what's happening in your craft space.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

The Creative Crafters #105: ANYTHING GOES

 Good day my Crafty friends! I hope all is well and that you are creating some crafty time for yourself. I try to get creative at least 3 times a week. It helps that I'm on the Design Team (DT) to some fun and easy challenges. Today I'm showcasing my DT card for The Creative Crafters Challenge #105.

As always, we keep things simple and fun and our challenge is ANYTHING GOES. It doesn't even need to be a card, any paper project hand-made by you counts.  

 For this card I created a Paper Pumpkin alternative using the September kit called Aspens of Gratitude. I also had a try at the Eclipse Technique by raising every other strip with Stampin' Dimensionals.

 Products used:

• Stamp Set: September Paper Pumpkin kit- Aspens of Gratitude
• Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze
• DSP: September Paper Pumpkin kit- Aspens of Gratitude
• Accessories: Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

Hope you enjoyed my card today and that it motivates you to get creative. We all need a little me time, why not get crafty?? Upload your project for this week's Anything Goes theme on The Creative Crafters challenge.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #842: CAS

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 

Are you ready for this week's challenge?? On the third week of the month, I'm the hostess and we are looking for CAS. I always have a difficult time with the true CAS design of lots of white space but I've come to realized after all this time that there's a wide interpretation to CAS (Clean And Simple). So just have fun with it.

#842 CAS

This week I'm playing with a Totallyawake4-life's sketch challenge. One day while scrolling Facebook, one of her creations caught my eye. Then I noticed Margaret plays along and shares many challenges. She was (actually still is) everywhere on my Facebook feed, in many of the groups I follow, and even in the Krafty Chicks Challenge gallery. So I think it's fine time I play along with her sketch challenge #TA4L023.

And since we are having beautiful fall weather (little windy though), I thought I'd play with some pumpkin. Instead of a big block shape of card stock or DSP in the background, I thought the gate die was a great substitute.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Painted Pumpkins
• Card Stock: Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Basic White
• Ink Pads: Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie 
• Accessories: Painted Pumpkin Dies, Blending Brush, Painted Pumpkins Decorative Masks, Linen Thread, Speckled Dots, Stampin Dimensionals 

 

No card is complete without finishing the inside and the envelope with a coordinating element like some pumpkins. Keep it simple!

Want some more inspiration?? Go check out the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team has created. Hope you play along and upload your project so that we can see what's happening in your craft space. Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

Krafty Chicks Challenge #841: CHRISTMAS

 Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Time for another great challenge from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. Welcome to week 2 of our challenges and that's to use a CHRISTMAS or any holiday/winter theme on your project. I chose to put the spotlight on Christmas this week!

 #841 CHRISTMAS

I went looking through my retired Paper Pumpkin kits and found that the Nests Of Christmas was perfect for last week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge #756.

 For the inside of the card, I simply added a strip of pattern paper. Keeping it simple! And because the envelope was already pretty, the card set was done. 

 

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration for CHRISTMAS week from the Design Team. There's even a place to upload your project at the end. I hope you play along with us and show us what's happening in your craft space.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

Krafty Chicks Challenge #840: BIRTHDAY

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you! 

New month, new challenge starting today. Week one brings us a BIRTHDAY theme on the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. Create any paper craft with a birthday theme, male, female, kids, card, scrapbook or even home decor. We hope to see you in the gallery.

#840 BIRTHDAY

When I first saw the Shadow Block technique (or maybe it's more a layout than technique), I wanted to try it. What better DSP to showcase than August 2026's Product of The Month: Glow of Harvest. You may not see it very well but the DSP is shimmery, very elegant and very fall.

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Fabulous Sayings
• Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze
• DSP: Glow of Harvest
• Ink Pads: VersaMark
• Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Streaked Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

No card is complete without finishing the inside of the card and the envelope. Keep it simple with a little DSP.

 Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration for BIRTHDAY week from the Design Team. There's even a place to upload your project at the end. I hope you play along with us and show us what's happening in your craft space.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

Krafty Chicks Challenge #839: MASCULINE

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 

 Welcome to another great challenge week from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. MASCULINE is the theme this week and good luck to you. I struggle with cards for men. I love flowers and frills so I tend to buy more feminine stamp sets and play with those. I'll have to dig deep for masculine stamp set and dust them off before playing. Here we go!

 #839 MASCULINE

Sadly this week I need to have a condolence card ready. One of our long time cherished customers has been battling cancer for the last two years is losing the fight. In case you don't know, my husband and I have owned and run a pizzeria in a small town for the last 21 years. We have customers that come and go. And we have customers that become friends. Larry (Lily) is that guy that always brings a smile when he walks into the room, he was full of funny stories and we could tell he really loved life. I especially loved the way he doted on his wife and supported her hobbies. He will be missed by many people.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Supremely Awesome, Kindness & Compassion
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White, Basic Black
• Ink Pads: Memento, VersaMark
• Stampin' Blends: Smokey Slate, Light Lemon Lolly, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Cajun Craze, Dark Poppy Parade, Misty Moonlight, SU800, SU700
• Accessories: Forever Plaid Embossing Folder, Everyday Arches dies, white embossing powder, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals
   

 I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple by just adding coordinating images.

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration from the Design Team for MASCULINE week . There's even a place to upload your project at the end. I hope you play along with us and show us what's happening in your craft space.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog