Krafty Chicks Challenge #764: 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.

#??? CAS

I often save card designs on my phone and/or iPad as inspiration for a later time. I found this one by Melissa Faust on Facebook way back in January. And I'm just getting to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) it this week. If you click on her name mentioned above, you can see her stunning creation.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Umbrella Days (164891)
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159299), Basic Black (121045)
• DSP: Plaid Tidings (retired)
  
• Ink Pads: Pretty Peacock (150083)
• Stampin' Write Marker: Basic Black (162481), Daffodil Delight (161696)
• Accessories:Umbrella Days Dies (164894), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a bit of DSP. Same goes for the envelope. 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 #763: 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!

 #763 CHRISTMAS

I dusted off the October 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit: Nests of Christmas for this card. I loved the chickadee die cuts so I had to use them and the arched DSP was the discarded centre of one of the sample cards of the kit. I felt it was still missing a little something and the pine branches filled the white space.

 Products used:

• Stamp Set: October Paper Pumpkin 2024: Nests of Christmas
• Card Stock: Thick White (159229)
• DSP: October Paper Pumpkin 2024: Nests of Christmas
• Ink Pads: Shaded Spruce
  
• Accessories: October Paper Pumpkin: Nests of Christmas die cuts, Classic Blc Dots (retired), Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (104430)
   

This kit has beautiful envelopes so I didn't have to do anything there but I did stamp more pine branches and added a strip of DSP on the inside of the card to finish it off.

 

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 #762: BIRTHDAY

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Well, I blinked and it's now April. Week one has 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. Now let's get started with challenge

#762 BIRTHDAY

This card came about while I was playing around with the March 2025 Paper Pumpkin kit: Daisy Daydream. I always like coming up with alternative designs and showing my customers how to expand their kits with a few extra products from their card making stash.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: March 2025 Paper Pumpkin: Daisy Daydream, Happiest Hive
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229)
• DSP: Bloom Impressions (retired)
• Ink Pads: Memento (132708), Coastal Cabana (147097), Crushed Curry (147087)
• Stampin' Blends: Crumb Cake (154882), Shaded Spruce (154903), Soft Suede (retired)
• Accessories: Stylish Shape Dies (159183), Linen Thread (104199), Sequins (retired), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

 

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

 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 #761: 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!

 #761 MASCULINE

I had so much fun creating this card. I'm glad I dusted off this old retired stamp set and dies. I was kind of feeling blue that day too so how fitting is the sentiment: Just A Note To LIFT Your Spirits. 

Hack: instead of fiddling with dimensionals for the big balloon, it was much easier to die cut 3-4 more and adhere them for layers.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Lift Me Up (retired)
• Card Stock: Pool Party (122924), Pretty Peacock (150880), Daffodil Delight (119682), Basic White (159276)
• DSP: Sunshine & Rainbows (retired)
  
• Ink Pads: Pretty Peacock (150083), Melon Mambo (147051), Granny Apple Green (147095)
• Accessories: Up & Away Thinlits (retired), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

 

 

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

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration from the Design Teamfor 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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #760: 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.

#760: CAS

Here's another alternative card design I created using the February Paper Pumpkin Kit: Hello Spring. Went REAL CAS with this one. And I added a bit of shimmer but my pics don't show it so well. Just a little watered down Pearlized Enamel Effects for the bee wings and every flower did the trick using my Water Painter. Wink Of Stella (141897) would work beautifully here but I didn't have any.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Hello Spring February 2025 Paper Pumpkin
• Card Stock: Soft Sea Foam (146988),Basic Black (121045), Lemon Lolly (161720)
• Ink Pads: Memento (132708), Soft Sea Foam (147102)
• Accessories: Spring Is In The Air Dies (166237), Pearlized Enamel Accent (156310)
   

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a coordinating image. Same goes for the envelope. 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 #759: 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!

 #759 CHRISTMAS

I thought since it's March and this month is usually associated with the colour GREEN, that I would create an all green Christmas card with a splash of gold. I went digging though my retired DSP for different patterns to use the background ornaments.

.Products used:

• Stamp Set: Ornament Keepsakes (retired), More Merry Messages (retired)
  
• Card Stock: Shaded Spruce (146981), Basic White (159276)
  
• DSP: Tis The Season (retired)
  
• Ink Pads: VersaMark (102283), Shaded Spruce (147088)
  
• Accessories: Blending Brush (153611), Gold Pen (retired), Heat Tool (129053), Gold Embossing Powder (165678), Ornaments Framelits (retired), Gold Thread (retired),Christmas Bulb Builder Punch (retired), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I stamped a coordinating image and a little more DSP. Quick and easy and 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 #758: BIRTHDAY

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Already into March, the third month of the year and time is moving too quickly. It means winter is almost over and spring is right around the corner. YAY! On the first week of each month, the Krafty Chicks Challenge are looking for BIRTHDAY themed paper crafts.

#758 BIRTHDAY

I spent most of last week playing around with the February 2025 Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin kit. In case you don't know what a Paper Pumpkin kit is, in a nutshell it's a monthly subscription for an all-inclusive kit that gets delivered to your door. Most kits are 8-9 greeting card with matching envelopes but on occasion it's been a home decor piece or treat boxes/packaging. If you want more info, don't be afraid to contact me. I'm here to help as well as create.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: February 2025 Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin
  
• Card Stock: Basic Beige (164511), Old Olive (100702)
  
• DSP: February 2025 Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin
  
• Ink Pads: Old Olive (147090)
  
• Accessories: Linen Threas (104199), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

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

 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

Love To Craft Challenge #85 March

 Good day my Crafty friends! It's already March and time to play along with the Love To Craft Challenge Blog. It's a wonderful group of crafty people creating and motivating the viewers to participate in the easy Anything Goes challenge every other month. You have six weeks to make time in your craft space and play along. I can handle that! Can you??

I was playing around with the latest Paper Pumpkin kit: February 2025 Hello Spring. I love creating alternative designs after I've assembled one of each card following the included instruction sheet. So far I've come up with 6 alternatives and have a bit of left over pieces to create a few more.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Hello Spring February 2025 Paper Pumpkin
  
• Card Stock:  Basic Beige (164511), Old Olive (100702)
• DSP: Hello Spring February 2025 Paper Pumpkin
  
• Ink Pads: Old Olive (147090), Petunia Pop (163811)
  
• Accessories:Tinsel Gems 4 Pack (161623), Linen Thread (104199), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

 I like to finish the card set with a matching inside and envelope. Keep it simple with a little more DSP and a matching stamp.

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 Love To Craft Challenge Blog. This Anything Goes challenges runs from today, March 1 to April 15th. Plenty of time to get inky!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #757: 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!

 #757 MASCULINE

What do I do when I'm left with lots of left-over strips of DSP (Designer Series Paper)?? I put  them to good use and create a pretty background panel. Then I top it with some type of focal element. Here I went with a masculine image and ruffled the burlap edges to make it more manly.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: He's All That (retired)
  
• Card Stock: Thick White (159229), Pretty Peacock (150880), Wild Wheat (161725)
• DSP: Everyday You & Me Scrapbook Kit (166628)
  
• Ink Pads: Ear;y Espresso (147114)
  
• Accessories: All That Dies (retired), Burlap ribbon (retired), Opaque Faceted Gems (retired), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

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

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration from the Design Teamfor 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