Krafty Chicks Challenge #748: 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.

 

When I saw this pup in the upcoming Mini Catalogue (goes live January 7), along with the other images, I put it on my pre-order list. Isn't he so darling?? It's been a while since I made a shaker card and I forgot how many steps it takes. It took me a few tries to get all the little gems to cooperate only to find out that some of them are too thick and aren't shaking nicely with the others.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: One More Year (164777, orderable after January 7, 2025)
  
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Pumpkin Pie 9105117)
• DSP: Friends Of The Ocean (164684, orderable after January 7, 2025)
  
• Ink Pads: Memento (132708)
• Stampin' Blends: Crumb Cake (154882), Gray Granite (154886), Pumpkin Pie (154897), Melon Mambo (153112)
  
• Accessories: Window Sheet (142314), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Linen Thread (104199), Gems (retired)
   

 

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 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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #744: ALL OCCASIONS

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you! And Happy Thanksgiving to our American Krafty friends.

 

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. Today's card is using Layout #11 from page 22 of Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalogue. Any time you're stuck for an idea, flipping to page 22 will help your creative mojo and get you crafting sooner.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Cheerful Daisies (161290)
  
• Card Stock: Lemon Lolly (161720), Basic Black (121045), Lost Lagoon (133679), Basic White (159276)
• DSP: unknown (retired)
  
• Ink Pads: VersaMark (102283), Pecan Pie (151665), Flirty Flamingo (147052)
  
• Accessories: Cheerful Daisies Dies, (161296), Heat Tool (129053), White Embossing Powder (165679), 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 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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #739: 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 went with a Feel Better card that can be for someone that is under the weather, feeling ill or sad, or even as a sympathy card.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Beautifully Happy (retired)
  
• Card Stock: Pretty Peacock (150880), Petal Pink (146985), Flirty Flamingo (141416), Basic White (159276)
  
• Ink Pads: Pretty Peacock (150083), Memento (132708)
• Stampin' Blends: Granny Apple Green (154885), Mossy Meadow (154890), Petal Pink (154893), Flirty Flamingo (154884)
  
• Accessories: Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Floder (162189), Stylish Shoaes Dies (159183), Paper Snips Scissors (103579), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
   

And to finish off the card set, I keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple by just adding the image and a card stock strip.

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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #735: All Occasions

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Welcome to another great challenge week from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. Last week of the month is a fun one: All Occasions. Almost like Anything Goes but with a special event in mind. Let your creativity soar with this one.

 

I created this card kind of last minute. I thought I had a card in my Krafty Chicks tin that just needed to be photographed. I was wrong! I'm a big girl, I can admit it. So like many of us card makers, I have many beautiful cards saved in my Photo Library on my iPad. And I picked a card created by Laura Beacham (saved on December 1, 2023) as inspiration. Have a look HERE.

I'll be playing with this layout again. Laura's project was a Christmas card, I'll be giving it another go as we all know I have a hoard of Christmas DSP to use up. I am very proud of my colouring here. I've been learning a few tricks for shading and it's come in useful.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Playing In The Rain (160542)
  
• Card Stock: Petal Pink (146985), Melon Mambo (115320), Basic White (159276)
  
• Ink Pads:Memento (132708)
• Stampin' Blends: Petal Pink 9154893), Pool Party (154894), Balmy Blue (154830), Daffodil Delight (154883), Pecan Pie (161674)
  
• Accessories: Sunshine & Rainbows DSP (retired), Playing In The Rain dies (160550), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

 

 I kept the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple as well by just adding some DSP and a few stamped clouds to coordinate.

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

Wendy (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 #726: All Occasion

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you! Only today is Friday, I'm a day late with my post.

 

 

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 happen to think friendships are special and need to be recognized and celebrated.

Products used:

• Stamp set: Cheerful Daisies (161290)
• Card stock: Wild Wheat (161725), Moody Mauve (161723), Basic White (159726)
  
• Fresh As A Daisy DSP (retired)
• Ink pads: Moody Mauve (161649), Wild Wheat (161651), Mossy Meadow (147111)
  
• Accessories: Cheerful Daisies Dies (161296), Tinsel Gems 4 Pack (161623), Scalloped Contour Dies (155560), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

 

 I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple by just adding some DSP. For the envelope, more DSP was added and the extra flower die cut adhered.

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 Chick Challenge #722: 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 commissioned this card for a graduate and customized it to somewhat match the gift. I wish I kept the picture sent to show you.

The lady made a tumbler with her Cricut with a pattern similar to what I created. Looked kind of stone-like to me, so I searched in my retired pile for a grungy stamp.Once found, I had fun stamping in every direction, adding layers, heat embossing some white specks and dry embossing with ink on the folder for a different texture and pattern.

Products used:

• Stamp sets: Wonderfully Worn (retired), Perfect Pairing (retired)
  
• Card stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Blueberry Bushel (146968), Afternoon Azure (161719), Gray Granite (146983), Basic Black (121045)
  
• Ink pads: Memento (132708), Blueberry Bushel (147138), Afternoon Azure (161663), Craft White (147277), Basic Black Marker (162481)
  
• Accessories: White Embossing Powder (165679), Heat Tool (129053), Painted Texture Embossing Folder (154317), 2 3/8" Circle punch (161354), Circle die (retired), Black Dots (retired)

 I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple as well. I had some left over bits, so why not use them up and coordinate.

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 #717: 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.

Products used:

•  Stamp Set: Floral Essence and Scenic Sayings (retired)
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276)
• Countryside Inn DSP (161467)
• Ink Pads: Night of Navy (147110), Mossy Meadow (147111), Pecan Pie (161665)
• Accessories: Stitched Rectangle Dies (retired), Paper Snip Scissors (103579), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
  

 

 I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple by just adding some DSP and a flower.

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 #713: 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 needed to create four Thank You cards for last months customer orders. And I've been itching to try the Stack, Cut, Shuffle card. So this was the perfect time to try it.

All you need to do is stack your pattern paper. I need 4 cards so 4 DSP. If you need 3 or 5 cards, stack 3 or 5 layers respectively. Then create as many pieces by randomly cutting the stacked dsp. After each cut, I laid the stacked pieces in order.

Now it's time to shuffle. I created 4 layouts making sure I used 4 different pieces per layout.

And because I couldn't decide which border I wanted, I thought they both looked great, I decided to make two of each.

Then I couldn't decide if I wanted a white label or a pink one. So again just made two of each to create 4 different cards that are pretty much the same.

Products used:

• Another Thank You stamp set (retired)
• Pink Pirouette (retired) and Basic White (159276) card stock
• Bright & Beautiful DSP (161449)
• Blueberry Bushel (147138) ink pad
• Sheer ribbon (retired)
• Tinsel Gem 4 Pack (161623)

 

 

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple by just adding some DSP. I also thought since the card base was a light colour that it didn't need a white layer.

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)