Ink Outside The Box With Diane: November 2022

Thursday, November 24, 2022

Krafty Chicks Challenge #639: All Occasions

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Welcome to another great challenge week from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. All Occasions is the theme, so pretty much anything goes. Here's my card:

I created this card for a Facebook 30 day challenge by Martin Stone. If you haven't heard of him, check out his blog Martin's Mayem, he's so talented. I love just about all of his work. Day 22 is a colour combo: Parakeet Party (not a fan of this colour at all), Tahitian Tide (very lovely turquoise), Daffodil Delight. I honestly thought this would be a tough one and that I'd bomb it, fluff it off at best. Luckily, some crafters are working ahead and I was able to see some inspiration. I also went on Pinterest (which I rarely do nowadays) and that's where I found it: Sandi MacIver's (another very talented paper crafter) MFT Selfies Day 2 post. I cased it! And I love it! Maybe it's all the colouring, I do love colouring.

Supplies I used:

Kindest Gnomes stamp set:159616
StazOn ink pad: 101406
Parakeet Party ink pad: 159208
Tahitian Tide ink pad: 159210
Daffodil Delight ink pad: 147094
Smokey Slate ink pad: 147113
Petal Pink ink pad: 147108
Thick Basic White card stock: 159229
Daffodil Delight card stock: 119683
Tahitian Tide card stock: 159261
In Color DSP: 159253
Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine: 149653
Stitched Shapes dies: retired
Snowfall Thinlits dies: retired
Water Painter: 151298
Black journalling pen: retired
Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430

I didn't take a pic of the envelope and inside the card. I went very simple with a small strip of DSP. That's all!

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration for All Occasions 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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Mandy (Guest Designer)

Helen (Guest Designer)

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Krafty Chicks Challenge #638: CAS

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Are you ready for this week's challenge? I'm the hostess and we are looking for CAS, as in Clean And Simple. Here's my card:

Last weekend I was in Vancouver BC, Canada for a Stampin' Up! event called On Stage. There were over 250 demonstrators (a few from State side too) in attendance. It was wonderful! It's an event where you can meet up with old friends, make new friends, get recognized for your achievements (I got to walk across the stage for my $100,000 Sales Milestone), watch presentations on upcoming product, learn a few tricks and a few business tips too, and the best part: flip through the new January-April Mini Catalogue.

This is one of the Prize Patrol giveaways. We all got one! This stamp set will be available starting January 4th, 2023 in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. It's a Level 2 product, which means you'll need to spend at least $120 to get it for FREE. Don't you love that word! It's also a Two-Step Stamp, which means you stamp the outline first then stamp the filler. I kind of like that I missed making it perfect and coloured outside the lines. Very forgiving!

I also used a decorative mask in the background. I kept it light as it is suppose to be CAS but I have a hard time with all the white space. It's a cool compromise I think.

Supplies I used:

Beautifully Happy stamp set: coming January 4th (160804, FREE with qualifying order)
Daffodil Delight ink pad: 147094
Flirty Flamingo ink pad: 147052
Granny Apple Green ink pad: 147095
Coastal Cabana ink pad: 147097
Thick Basic White card stock: 159229
Paper Snip Scissors: 103579
Artistic Mix Decorative Masks: 159178
Blending Brushes: 153611
Water Painters: 151298
Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope just as CAS. Pretty much just repeated thethe mask and the flower stamp with a few splatters.

Want some more inspiration?? Go check out the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team have created. This month we have two Guest Designers. 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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Mandy (Guest Designer)

Helen (Guest Designer)

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Krafty Chicks Challenge #637: Christmas

Yeah, it's Thursday! Time for another great challenge from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. Let's put the spotlight on Christmas this week!

I had loads of fun creating this card for a recent Stamp-A-Stack event. The ladies were not disappointed with this design either. They made three of each three designed cards, decorated the inside of the card and coordinated the envelopes with a couple of stamps.

Supplies I used:

To jazz up the inside and the envelope, I randomly stamped the poinsettia and foliage to coordinate with the front of the card. Most times I keep it simple but it's Christmas, it needed a bit more. It's still simple, yet a little more.

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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Helen (Guest Designer)

Mandy (Guest Designer)

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Krafty Chicks Challenge #636: Stamp Act

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you! You are in for a treat this month, the Chicks are hosting TWO GUEST DESIGNERS for the month of November. I'm so looking forward to Helen and Mandy's creations and have a bit of fun in the Hen House. See their links below and show them some love with a comment each week.

Welcome November and hello SNOW! Can't complain this year, we had a beautiful October and this is our first official snow fall. We got quite a dumping too! There was no easing into that. Lucky me, I was also on days off so I didn't have to venture out until I have to go to work later today.

Onto my card for this week's Krafty Chicks Challenge : Stamp Act. As long as something is stamped, be it an image (digi or rubber) or a sentiment, it qualifies for the Stamp Act challenge.

I played along with CAS Colours & Sketches #494 (Colours) and #493 (Sketch) and actually made two cards this week.

Once I cut off the corner of the DSP for the first, it only figures to use the other piece for a second. And I needed two Thank You cards right away for customer orders. These cards came together quickly, the hardest decision is usually how to place the floral die cuts in the background. But not this time because I kept it CAS.

Here's a close up. At first I stamped Rich Razzleberry ink onto Rich Razzleberry card stock but the image was faint. Then I thought of clear embossing powder to make the colour pop and it also adds a bit of shine.

Supplies I used:

I didn't have to decorate an envelope since these Thank You card were dropped into the customers' shopping bags. But I did stamp some foliage in Rich Razzleberry ink on the inside panel. Had I provided an envelope, I would have kept it very similar to the inside with a bit of foliage.

Need more inspiration for the Stamp Act challenge, hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to get the details. 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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog (away)

Mandy (Guest Designer)

Helen (Guest Designer)