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

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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #753: ANYTHING GOES

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

This week on the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog, it's ANYTHING GOES week. One of the easiest challenges because you can have any theme you like. It can be a card, (fancy fold even), a treat package, home decor, or a scrapbook page. Literally ANYTHING GOES!

 #753 ANYTHING GOES

This time around I created a Thank You card. When I picked the stamp set to play with it already had the big magnolia embossed in gold and watercoloured. All I needed to do was die cut it and add the gold thread behind it. It was perfect on Layout #20 from page 22 of Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalogue.

Products used

• Stamp set: Good Morning Magnolia (retired)
  
• Card Stock: Basic Beige (164511), Very Vanilla (101650)
• DSP: Magnolia Lane (retired)
  
• Ink Pads: Pecan Pie (161665),Lemon Lime Twist (147145), VersaMark (102283)
• Accessories: Nested Dies (retired), Magnolia Memory dies (retired), Gold elastic cord (retired), Heat Tool (129053), Gold Emboss Powder (165678), Watercolor Pencils (149014), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

 

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple with just a little DSP and a coordinating stamped image. 

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration for ANYTHING GOES 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 #752: 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 sets and dust them off before playing.

 #752 MASCULINE

For this card, I'm also playing along with Layout #19 from page 22 of Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalogue. Only a couple left and my Template Collection for this catalogue is complete. 

I went searching through my unfinished Paper Pumpkin kits. I figured there had to be a masculine theme in a kit or two for inspiration. And when I opened the February 2023 box, I saw all the bits and pieces left over were perfect for Layout #19 that I wanted to use. Look closely at what I did:

Twelve circle on the template, twelve element on my card...plus an umbrella. Who said they needed to be identical shapes on the template?? And except for the flowers (part of the landscape), this card screams BOYS!!!

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Sunshine And Smiles (Paper Pumpkin February 2023)
  
• Card Stock: Soft Sea Foam (146988), Balmy Blue (146982)
  
• Ink Pads: Memento (132708)
• Stampin' Blends: Afternoon Azure (161672), Granny Apple Green (154885)
  
• Accessories:Paper Pumpkin die cuts, Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

I finished off the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple by just adding some DSP and the last of the die cuts from the kit.

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