Showing posts with label Freshly Made Sketches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freshly Made Sketches. Show all posts

Thursday, July 3, 2025

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

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Krafty Chicks Challenge #773: 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.

#773 CAS


When Freshly Made Sketches revealed this week's challenge, I knew exactly what I was going to create. That doesn't happen often! I just needed to pick the colours. I absolutely love the Garden Blooms Suite, most likely cuz it has great floral images to colour. And we all know I LOVE TO COLOUR!


 I had a hard time with all the white space again, so I broke it up with a bit of Basic Beige. Remember to do your stamping first before running the embossing folder through.

Products used:

  • Stamp Set: Gallery Blooms (165211), Paper Pumpkin August 2022: Sweet Sunflower (retired)
  • Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Basic Beige (164511) Soft Sea Foam (146988)
  • Ink Pads: Memento (132708), Granny Apple Green (147095), Pecan Pie (161665)
  • Stampin' Blends: Fresh Freesia (155518), Petal Pink (154893), Delightful Daffodil (154883), Soft Sea Foam (154902), Granny Apple Green (154885) 
  • Accessories: Classic Black Matte Dots (retired), Beautiful Motifs Dies (165205), Gallery Blooms Dies (165212), Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (161600), Blending Brushes (153611), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
     

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a coordinating die cut. And I also coloured up the flower again on 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

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Sunday, January 7, 2024

Supremely Awesome Winter Card

 Hello! Welcome to my humble blog. Today I'd like to share with you a card I created just for fun and as part of my #24for24: create and blog at least 3 times a week.

I am playing with two challenges today.

Freshly Made Sketches #617

Color Throwdown #774

Only, I went with craft colour instead of Ivory in the colour combo.


Here I'm showcasing most of the products I used to create this card. Although many products are retired, they still have a lot of life left to them and they should be used up not ignored (as I've done in the past). Another part of my #24for24 is to use up my stash, so you'll see many more cards created with retired items.

No card is complete in my opinion if one doesn't decorate the inside and the envelope. I do keep it simple with a bit of card stock and DSP.


Hope you enjoyed my make for today. I had fun creating it. See you again soon!


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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge #660: CAS

 Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Are you ready for this week's challenge? I'm the hostess and we are looking for CAS, as in Clean And Simple. Here's my card:


I have been playing with the soon-to-be-retired stamp sets, trying to show them so more love before they go away. There's even a few sets that haven't been inked yet. Today I'm showcasing Amazing Silhouettes. I played with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the Color Throwdown challenge.

I had a little fun with Decorative Masks again. I like the soft look in the background. And it added the touch of yellow that I needed to complete the challenge.

As for the inside of the card and the envelope, I kept it just as CAS with a stamped image and more masking.

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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Helen (Guest Designer) 


 

Product List
Amazing Silhouettes Cling Stamp Set
[157814]
$30.00
Amazing Thanks Dies (English)
[157816]
$37.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$14.00
Tahitian Tide 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159261]
$12.75
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[121045]
$12.75
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
[147094]
$11.00
Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad
[159210]
$11.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
[147095]
$11.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
[150673]
$86.00
Layering Circles Dies
[151770]
$48.00
Artistic Mix Decorative Masks
[159178]
$13.75
Blending Brushes
[153611]
$17.00
Matte Black Dots
[154284]
$9.75
Add All to Cart
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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Kraft Chicks Challenge #655: CAS

 Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Are you ready for this week's challenge? I'm the hostess and we are looking for CAS, as in Clean And Simple. Here's my card:


 Last night, I almost forgot that it was Krafty Chicks Challenge day. I remembered just before I had a few crafty ladies come for a class. I quickly picked my stamp set, DSP and St Patrick's Day theme with the green but at the last minute made it spring-time. I love gnomes and these were so fun to colour. I followed along with Freshly Made Sketches current challenge.

 

 Supplies I used:

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

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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Ellen (Guest Designer) 


 

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Friday, February 3, 2023

Friday Inspiration: Friendly Gnomes

 Happy Friday everyone! It’s almost the weekend, hope you scheduled some “ME time” in your craft space.

Here’s this week’s Friday Inspiration card using the Friendly Gnomes stamp set, the Heart punch and the Alphabet A La Mode dies.

 
 
 If you know me, you know I’m all about gnomes. Have been for a couple of years, maybe because it’s the trend but maybe not. I have a Valentine one, a Christmas one, a Thanksgiving/fall one (thanks Jessica), a wind chime (thanks Ski) that will never go outside cuz I don’t want to ruin it, all three stamp sets from Stampin Up!, and of course a whole bunch scattered around in my flower beds (a Mother’s Day gift). I’m not tired of them yet.

I followed along with Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown’s current challenges.


 Supplies I used: 

 


I completed the cards set by decorating the inside of the card and envelope with a bit of DSP and a heart.

I hope this inspires you to get creative in your craft space this weekend.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge #645: Stamp Act

 Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Welcome January and hello New Year! Hope you had an amazing holiday season with family and friends. I rang in the New Year with hubby in our jammies, enjoying a small beverage. And went to bed soon after.

Onto my card for this week's Krafty Chicks Challenge : Stamp Act. As long as something is stamped, be it an image (digi or rubber) or a sentiment, it qualifies for the Stamp Act challenge.


 For this card, I played along with Freshly Made Sketches #566. It was perfect to use my new Beautiful Shapes hexagon dies and of course a gnome! I goofed on my colouring of the hat but I didn't want to start all over so I just stamped again on a scrap, coloured just the hat and carefully cut it out. It kind of adds a bit of dimension too so it's another happy mistake. You can see what I mean in the close up.

Supplies I used:

I usually keep the inside and the envelope CAS (Clean And Simple) with just a bit of DSP or card stock, maybe even a little stamping.

Need more inspiration for the Stamp Act challenge, hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to get the details. 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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Becca (Guest Designer)


 


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Thursday, June 9, 2022

Krafty Chicks Challenge #615: Christmas

Yeah, it's Thursday! Time for another great challenge from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. Let's put the spotlight on Christmas this week!

This card came together so quickly and beautifully, it was practically no work at all. Once I picked the stamp set, got the sketch and a colour scheme, it all fell into place. Don't you love that! Well I do, especially when I was under the wire again. I do see the light at the end of the tunnel! Just one more week, I keep telling myself.

This is also another Throwback Thursday card using a retired stamp set. Another feature of this card I love: it uses minimal product. I could have gotten away without using the Blending Brush and Pacific Point ink pad, the card would still be great. I could also add a little of bling-bling and I might still do that to put this simple card over the top.

Supplies I used:

Now for the inside of the card, I wanted a light star in the middle and I guess my ink pad is too juicy. This was a third generation image, meaning I stamped on a scratch paper twice before stamping it on my card. It should have been much lighter but it'll work. I can still write my message.

It's so simple to finish off the inside of your card and envelope. Stamp, card stock (or DSP) and you have a beautiful coordinating project that would put a smile on anyone's face.

I'm also playing along with Freshly Made Sketches #539 and TGIF Challenges #371.


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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Diny (Guest Designer) 


 

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