Krafty Chicks Challenge #775: BIRTHDAY

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Well, I blinked and it's now July. 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

#775 BIRTHDAY

I created this card with the June Paper Pumpkin kit using last week's layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I like to get creative with the kits each month and make some alternative to show my customers how versatile Paper Pumpkin is: you can assemble the beautiful cards from the kit as intended and enjoy a simple crafty session or if you dare, chop up the card stock, trim the die cuts and create from a vision from your imagination.

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Full Of Charm (Paper Pumpkin June 2025)
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Berry Burst (144243)
• DSP: Full Of Charm (Paper Pumpkin June 2025)
• Ink Pads: VersaMark (102283), Mossy Meadow (147111), Berry Burst (147143), Pretty Peacock (150083) 
• Accessories: Blending Brush (153611), Gold cord (retired), Gold Sequins (from the kit), Heat Tool (129053), Wow White Embossing Powder (165679), 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 Blog #87: Month

 Good day my Crafty friends! It's already July 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??

As I left things to the last minute…again, story of my life, I went with a quick and simple Inspiration Layout on page 24 of Stampin’ Up!’s Annual Catalogue 2025-2026. I did a masculine version of this layout last week for a different challenge and I’ll have a kids version for Sketchy Saturday on my Facebook group.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Natural Botanicals (164831), Hello Spring (PP Feb 2025)
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Afternoon Azure (161719)
• Ink Pads: VersaMark (102283), Granny Apple Green (147095), Crushed Curry (147087), Pecan Pie (161665) 
• Accessories: Heat Tool (129053), Wow White Embossing Powder (165679), Starburst Sequins (165539, Online Exclusive)

 I like to finish the card set with a matching inside and envelope. Kept it simple with a few stamped images.

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, July 1 to August 15. Plenty of time to get inky!