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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #756: 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.

#756 CAS

By looking at this card, you'd think it came together quite quickly. And it should have. But my mind had issues leaving it alone. I stamped and fussy cut flowers and they weren't right. I played with different layouts with these pieces and I wasn't liking it. Finally I said to myself: KEEP IT SIMPLE! and bam, just like that, I'm done!

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Natural Botanicals (164861), Happy Little Things (Retired)
  
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229)
  
• Ink Pads: Old Olive (147090), Pecan Pie (161665)
  
• Accessories: Left over Paper Pumpkin sentiment banner (retired), Brushed Brass Butterflies (158136), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

 

 

No card is complete without finishing the inside and the envelope with the same foliage image. Kept it  real 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 #755: 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 Winter this week!

 #??? CHRISTMAS

I played with another Inspiration Layout from page 22 of Stampin' Up's Annual Catalogue. It's the last one of this series and now I have 22 sketch templates to help my crafty sessions go quicker. 

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Snow Day (166490), Endless Wishes (retired)
  
• Card Stock: Thick White (159276), Night of Navy (100867)
  
• DSP:  Winter Meadows (162133)
  
• Ink Pads: VersaMark (102283), Night of Navy (147110)
  
• Accessories: Heat Tool (129053), Wow White Embossing Powder (165679), Festive Flurry Framelits (retired), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

 

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I stamped a few snowflakes 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 #754: BIRTHDAY

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Well, I blinked and it's now February. 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

#754 BIRTHDAY

After creating the six layouts (3-two page spreads), I had some left over bits from the Everyday You & Me Scrapbook Kit that I wanted to use up. No need to build my paper stash; it's already mountain high. I also used Layout #21 on page 22 from Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalogue. Very fun and easy sketch!

I coloured the chipboard elements from the kit. First I used my Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends but it didn't really take. I tried the Stampin' Write marker next and it still didn't show an inkling of yellow. Last thing to try: dab the chipboard in the Craft White ink pad, let it dry, then colour it with the Stampin' Write marker, now it looks like Wild Wheat and it looks great.

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: One More Year (164777)
  
• Card Stock: Lost Lagoon (133679), Basic White (159276)
  
• DSP: Everyday You & Me Scrapbook Kit (166628)
  
• Ink Pads: Pretty Peacock (150083), Craft White (101731)
  
• Stampin' Write Marker: Daffodil Delight (161696)
  
• Accessories:Everyday You & Me chipboard (166628), Daffodil Delight ribbon (retired), Spotlight on Nature Dies (163580), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

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