Krafty Chicks Challenge #543: CAS

Good morning and welcome back to my blog. It's Thursday, so we have a new challenge starting today over on the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. It's my first time hosting but I got this. The hardest part, as a new blogger, is remembering all the steps and hoping you didn't delete anything by accident along the way. Guess you'll find out once you visit the link. Lol!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #543: CAS

 
I wanted to play with some of my new products from the January-June 2021 Catalogue. I've had this Many Messages (#154510) Stamp Set along with the coordinating Messages Die (#156272) since the beginning of December, when as a Demonstrator, I could pre-order. Just to let you know when you order it as a bundle (#154510), you save 10%.

Since it's CAS week, Clean And Simple, I went with an easy layout using the FREE SAB Flower & Field Designer Series Paper (#155223) as my background (I have a hard time with white space so this is a simple solution) and the sentiment as my focal point.

I left the inside simple as well. The image is from the Painted Poppies (#151599) Stamp Set and coloured with the Real Red Stampin' Marker. Since I'm always left with lots of DSP at the end of the catalogue period and I'm into jazzing up the envelopes, another simple solution is to use it up on the flap and as a border on the front of the envelope.

If you are interested in any of the products that I've used today or if you are wanting to place a Stampin' Up! order, I'd love to help you out. You can contact me by email:  su.ink.outside.the.box@gmail.com or shop at my online store, in the comfort of your own home, at any hour of the day. Here's the link:

 https://www.stampinup.ca?demoid=2042209

If your order is under $200, please use this month's Host Code. Your total is added to a party that supports my business. I use the Hostess Rewards as prizes with qualifying parties. However if your order is over $200, you get to keep the Hostess Rewards for yourself. That's more FREE stuff for you.

The January Host Code: KBMHFEAU

Don't forget to stop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to see what the other amazing Chicks have created this week. And then join in, upload your project so we can see what's happening in your craft space.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #541: STAMP ACT

My first card as a Designer (still giddy about this) on the fabulous Krafty Chicks Challenge team.

 Have you heard of these Chicks?? It's where 4 designers host weekly themed challenges to get you inspired to play with your crafty things. It's pretty simple and here are the basic "rules":

-Challenges are delivered every Thursday at 12:00 am (midnight) MST.  The deadline for submissions is the following Wednesday at 12:00 pm (noon) MST.  

-Week 1:Stamp Act (must have a stamp/digi image on card/project)

-Week 2:Christmas (must have something with Christmas on it)

-Week 3:CAS (Clean and Simple)

-Week 4:All Occasions (Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's, etc.)

-Week 5:Anything Goes (When there are five Thursday's in the month, anything goes)

 

-And most importantly, have FUN!

Leanne is hosting the Stamp Act challenge this week. So your crafty project (card, scrapbook page, tag, home decor, etc) MUST have a stamped image on it.

I played with some of the new products from the January-June-2021 Mini catalogue that went live on January 5. As a demonstrator, I had the perk of ordering this stamp set in October 2020, in time for our On Stage event. It's kind of a big deal! If you want to know more about perks or On Stage, reach out to me. I'm always happy talking about all Stampin' Up! things.

 

I'm in a happy place when I colour and I haven't touched these Watercolor Pencils (items #141709, 149014) since the Stampin' Blends became popular. You also need a Blender Pen (item #102845) to smooth out your colouring. These flowers and dragonfly images are from the set called Dragonfly Garden (item #154411). The grass image is from Nature's Beauty (item #150528). In order to pop the sentiment, I embossed it in white (item #109132) and added dimensionals (item #104430) on the back of the punched label. The Lovely Labels Pick A Punch (item #154070) is from the Annual Catalogue, so worth it if you create smaller labels often. Lastly, I used some Wink Of Stella (item #141897) to add shimmer to the dragonfly.

 

Hope my card has inspired you to dig out your colouring tools and get crafty. Don't forget to stop on by the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to see what the other Chicks have created this week. And upload your project too.