Krafty Chicks Challenge #816: 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.

#816 CAS

With all the hustle and bustle of the last two weeks, I created this card this morning, last minute and I think it turned out great. You'd never know it though. I found the inspiration from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. 

 I love this layout! I first thought flowers. It is spring after all! Or in Alberta trying to speed up spring. But thumbing through which stamp set I wanted to play with, the soccer one screamed "Pick Me"!

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Match Day
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White
• DSP: A Wonderful Match
• Ink Pads: Memento
• Stampin' Blends: Real Red, Basic Black, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, and Color Lifter
• Accessories: Match Day dies, Stampin Dimensionals
   

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a coordinating image and a little 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

The Creative Crafters #99

 Good day my Crafty friends! I hope all is well and that you are creating some crafty time for yourself. I try to get creative at least 3 times a week. It helps that I'm on the Design Team (DT) to some fun and easy challenges. Today I'm showcasing my DT card for The Creative Crafters Challenge #99.

 As always, we keep things simple and fun and our challenge is ANYTHING GOES. It doesn't even need to be a card, any paper project hand-made by you counts.  

 For this card I created an alternative design using components from the March 2026 Paper Pumpkin kit. I absolutely love the hummingbird die cuts. They are so regal and makes creating cards easy.

 Products used:

• Stamp Set: Paper Pumpkin kit Fluttering Garden, March 2026
• Card Stock: Mossy Meadow  
• Accessories: components from the March 2026 Paper Pumpkin kit including the card base, Stampin' Dimensionals

What do you think of the envelope?? It's a perfect match for our fluttering hummingbirds. 

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 Creative Crafters challenge.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #815: 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!

 #815 CHRISTMAS

I followed the Freshly Made Sketches challenge #730 for this card. This is one of my favourite layouts but with a little extra.

Here's a close up of the focal element:

 

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: From The North Pole, PP November 2022
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White, Real Red, Gold Sheet
• DSP: Under The Mistletoe, Most Wonderful Time
• Ink Pads: Early Espresso
• Accessories: Stylish Shaped Dies, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Gold Glitter Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals
   

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I added 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 #814: BIRTHDAY

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you! 

New month, new challenge starting today. Week one brings us 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.

#814 BIRTHDAY

Grabbed another card kit from the pile. This one was from an old class a few years back. I didn't alter the layout, just used a different stamp set. Turned out wonderful! Here's the original card:

 Everything is the same but I switched out the hen for a gnome home. It could be switched out for anything you like. Oh and I added splatters. Here's a close up:

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Kindest Gnomes (retired)
• Card Stock: Misty Moonlight, Basic White
• DSP: 2022-2024 In Color
• Ink Pads: Memento, Misty Moonlight, Old Olive
• Stampin' Blends: Melon Mambo, Flirty Flaming, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Pool Party
• Accessories: Gnomes dies, water painter, blending brushes, Stampin' Dimensionals

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