Krafty Chicks Challenge #648: 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've been playing with the Sun Prints Collection Suite (158805) all week, mostly using the colours in the Designer Series Paper (DSP), which are blues. Then I thought: let's think outside the box and go different. I love the Soft Seafoam with shades of pink combo. For the sprig, I used my blender brush and created a pink ombre panel which I misted with water. I let the water sit for a few seconds then patted with a paper towel. Kept repeating that till I had the look I liked. Then I die cut the sprigs (and a wreath but saving that for another card) in the various shading.

 Supplies I used:

• Nature's Prints stamp set: 158793
  
• Thick Basic White card stock: 159229
• Basic White card stock: 159276
  
• Soft Seafoam card stock: 146988
• Polished Pink card stock: 155710
  
• Melon Mambo card stock: 115320
• VersaMark ink pad: 102283
• Polished Pink ink pad: 155712
  
• Melon Mambo ink pad: 147051
• Heat Tool: 129053
• White Embossing Powder: 155554
• Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine: 149653
• Natural Prints dies: 158800
• Stitched Rectangle dies: 151820
  
• Beautiful Shapes dies: 158046
• Blending Brushes: 153611
• Stampin' Spritzers: 126185
• Rhinestones Basic Jewels: 144220
  
• Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430
  

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple. I stamped the floral image and added a strip of card stock to the inside.

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

Becca (Guest Designer)

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #647: 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:

Aren't these owl so stinking cute?? When I saw this stamp set at On Stage way back in November, I knew I was going to buy it. They are so fun to colour; this time I used Stampin' Blends, my all time favourite colouring medium. I almost have the whole collection! Arranged like that on my card, kind of makes me think of siblings: first (the oldest) thinks up a plan, the second (middle child) gets in enough trouble on his own so isn't doing it and sends of the baby, the third (youngest) with all his charm goes off to execute and gets away with it. Lol! Maybe I'm reading too much into this.

I'm also playing along with the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #502. I just turned my card landscape instead.

Supplies I used:

• Adorable Owls stamp set: 160269 (Free with a $60 order before February 28, 2023)
  
• Memento ink pad: 132708
  
• Balmy Blue ink pad: 147105
• Crumb Cake ink pad: 147116
• Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Balmy Blue: 154830
• Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Crumb Cake: 154882
• Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Daffodil Delight:154883
• Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Pumpkin Pie: 154897
• Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Smokey Slate: 154904
  
• Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Gray Granite: 154886 
• Thick Basic White card stock: 159229
• Balmy Blue card stock: 146982
  
• Blending Brushes: 153611
• Paper Snips Scissors: 103579
• Brushed Metallic Dots: 156506
  
• Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430
  

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope just as CAS. I simply added card stock and coloured an owl.

Want some more inspiration?? Go check out the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team have 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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Becca (Guest Designer) 

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #646: Christmas

Yeah, it's Thursday! Time for another great challenge from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. Seems weird to be creating more Christmas card, didn't the season just finish?  Lol! But let's put the spotlight on Christmas this week anyway! We can have a head start.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to create for this week's Christmas challenge. I am done with that season. The tree was finally put away on Monday, all trace of the holiday is gone... except in the craft room. I went looking for a sketch. Found one at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. Then for the colours, I played along with the Color Throwdown, not very Christmassy but I was determined to make it work.

Supplies I used:

• Dashing Deer stamp set: retired
  
• Polished Pink card stock: 155710
• Basic Black card stock: 121045
• Basic White card stock: 159229
• Gray Granite card stock: 146983
  
• Memento ink pad: 132708
• VersaMark ink pad: 102283
  
• Stampin Cut & Emboss machine: 149653
• Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder: retired
• Detailed Deer dies: retired
• Heat tool: 129053
  
• Black Embossing powder: 155554
  
• Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430
  

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple. Here I added a card stock strip and stamped the small deer. I also embossed the envelope flap for more coordination.

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

Becca (Guest Designer) 

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #645: Stamp Act

 Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Welcome January and hello New Year! Hope you had an amazing holiday season with family and friends. I rang in the New Year with hubby in our jammies, enjoying a small beverage. And went to bed soon after.

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.

 For this card, I played along with Freshly Made Sketches #566. It was perfect to use my new Beautiful Shapes hexagon dies and of course a gnome! I goofed on my colouring of the hat but I didn't want to start all over so I just stamped again on a scrap, coloured just the hat and carefully cut it out. It kind of adds a bit of dimension too so it's another happy mistake. You can see what I mean in the close up.

Supplies I used:

• Kindest Gnomes stamp set: Retired
• Art Gallery stamp set: 154421
• Cup of Tea stamp set: 158661
  
• Memento ink pad: 132708
  
• VersaMark ink pad: 102283
• Old Olive ink pad: 147090
  
• Stampin' Blend Combo Pack, Old Olive: 154892
  
• Stampin' Blend Combo Pack, Rich Razzleberry: retired
  
• Stampin' Blend Combo Pack, Blackberry Bliss: 154877
  
• Stampin' Blend Combo Pack, Soft Suede: 154906
  
• Stampin' Blend Combo Pack, Petal Pink: 154893
  
• Thick Basic White card stock: 159229
• Basic White card stock: 159276
• Old Olive card stock: 100702
• Basic Black card stock: 121045
  
• Design a Daydream DSP: 159161
  
• Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine 149653
• Gnomes dies: 159625
• Heat tool: 129053
  
• White Embossing powder: 155554
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels: 144220
  
• Multi Purpose Liquid Glue: 110755
  
• Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430
  

I usually keep the inside and the envelope CAS (Clean And Simple) with just a bit of DSP or card stock, maybe even a little stamping.

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

Becca (Guest Designer)