Krafty Chicks Challenge #733: CHRISTMAS

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!

There's 15 more weeks till Christmas. Say what???!!! I haven't even started thinking about the actual holiday season yet this year. Sure I have some cards done, probably enough now to snail mail all my peeps (don't worry, I'll be making more), but I haven't really wrapped my brain around it. Normally, I'm just about done with the gift shopping or at least have an idea what I'll be buying. Better change gears soon!

For this card I am using the first inspiration Tag Template on page 16 of the September-December Mini Catalogue 2024 (we need to shorten this SDMC24, but I'd prefer to go back to Holiday Catalogue). I just put it on a card base.

Products I used:

• Stamps: none
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276), Garden Green (102584), Cherry Cobbler (119685)
• Ink Pads: Cherry Cobbler (147083) used around the edges of the embossed panel
• Accessories: Reindeer Day Memories & More Card Pack (164047), Joyful Sayings Ephemera Pack (164009), Linen Thread (104199), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• Retired Items: gold thread, Cherry Cobbler ribbon, basics 3D embossing folder, gold glitter enamel dots

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I trimmed one of the 4"x6" cards to coordinate with the tag on my card. Even used up the scrap bits to fussy cut a few gifts for the envelope front. 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

Wendy (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #732: STAMPS

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

It's the first week of a brand new month, which means it's our STAMP week challenge. As long as something is stamped on your project, (rubber, polymer or digi) (sentiment or image), it qualifies for the challenge. 

 

Today we also introduce a new Guest Designer to play in the Hen House with us. Let us welcome Wendy from Olive Farm Crafts with open arms and send her some love in her comment section.

For our stamp challenge this week, I created a Thank You card. Anyone who shops with me as their demonstrator in September will receive one See the sidebar for current catalogues. Here's a close up:

Products used:

• Stamp Set: My Small Business (163720)
  
• Card stock: Thick Basic White (159229)
• Ink Pad: Memento (132708), Night of Navy (147110), Balmy Blue (147105)
• Stampin' Blends: Night of Navy (154891)
• Accessories: Paper Snips scissors (103579), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a coordinating image and a strip of DSP. Same goes for the envelope. Keep it simple.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

Wendy (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #731: ATG (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 in paper crafting!

I chose Birthday as my theme for this week's challenge. I used Layout 4 on page 22 of the Annual Catalogue and a few bits that were rejected from previous projects.

Card Hack: if you don't have the colour of twine/ribbon to coordinate with your project, use your Stampin' Blends for the right shade. White twine or ribbon are closest true colour but I've coloured light pinks and Soft Sea Foam and the shade is pretty close. Experiment on a small piece first. Be sure your twine/ribbon is dry before using on your project.

 

Products used

• Stamp set: Beautiful Balloons (161450)
  
• Card Stock:Berry Burst (144243), Basic White (159276)
• DSP: Bright & Beautiful (161449)
  
• Ink Pads: Blueberry Bushel (147138)
  
• Stampin' Write Markers: Berry Burst (161681)
  
• Accessories: Beautiful Balloons dies (161456), Bakers Twine (155475), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

 

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

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration for All Occasions 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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Rachelle (Guest Designer) 

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #730: All Occasions

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 

Welcome to another great challenge week from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog.

 

All Occasions is the theme. Just create something that is suitable for any special event, like wedding, sympathy, thank you and so on. I created another card using the July Paper Pumpkin kit. First I did a few splatters in Calypso Coral and Basic Black. Then stamped the diagonal lines randomly, used a black marker to trace the outline and fussy cut the flowers.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: July 2024 Paper Pumpkin- Painted Petals
  
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229)
  
• Ink Pad: Memento (132708), Calypso Coral (147101)
  
• Accessories: Water Painter (151298), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

 

I like to keep the inside simple, going with a stamped flower and a DSP strip from the kit. The kit envelopes were pretty on their own, I didn't have to do anything.

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration for All Occasions 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

Rachelle (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #729: 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.

 

Today I'm playing with Stampin' Up! new line of products: Mix & Match. It's designed to make card making easy by starting with a card base, adding Ephemera die cuts and finishing it off with simple embellishments. I also use d a simple layout: Sketch #2 from page 22 of the Annual Catalogue 2024-2025.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: none
• Card Stock: Soft Sea Foam (146988)
• Ink pads: none
• Accessories: Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack (163762), Saying Something Ephemera Pack (163761), Bright & Beautiful DSP (161449), Linen Thread (104199), Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems (161288), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

No card is complete without finishing the inside with DSP. Same goes for the envelope, I even added a little trio of flowers ephemera to the front. Keep it simple!

Want some more inspiration?? Go check out the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team have 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

Rachelle (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chicks Challenge 728: CHRISTMAS

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!

 

 

I went with a clean and simple design for this Christmas card. Added a little colour with a Blending Brush and fancied it up a bit with a multi-loop gold bow.

 

 Products used:

• Stamp set: So Many Stars (retired)
  
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159226), Lost Lagoon (133679)
• Ink Pads: Pretty Peacock (150083)
• Accessories: Christmas Classic dies (retired), Gold Thread (retired), Blending Brushes (153611), Stampin' Dimensionals
  

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

Rachelle (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #727: Stamps

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 

 

It's the first week of a brand new month, which means it's our STAMP week challenge. As long as something is stamped on your project, (rubber, polymer or digi) (sentiment or image), it qualifies for the challenge. 

 

Our Guest Designer for this month is Rachelle again. We are enjoying her visit to the Hen House and appreciate all her wonderful inspiration. Let us welcome her back with open arms and send her some love in the comment section of her blog: Red Cre8s

For our stamp challenge this week, I created a birthda card. Here's a close up:

I love the way it turned out. I used black embossing powder for stamped my image so that I can colour with my Stampin' Blends. Such a beautiful effect, leaves a shiny crisp outline and no bleeding. I made this card a while back and have since lost the product list. Mostly, I used retired products from my over grown stash. The stamp was from an old Paper Pumpkin kit, DSP is a retired SAB freebie, and the card base looks like the old In-Color Groovy Guava (I could be wrong though).

No card is complete without finishing the inside with more DSP. Same goes for the envelope. Keep it simple.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

Rachelle (Guest Designer)