Krafty Chicks Challenge #824: 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! I will also be entering the Holly And Ivy Christmas Challenge.

 #824 CHRISTMAS

This card is a Paper Pumpkin alternative using the October 2019 kit called Winter Woods. It was a ten card kit and I created 5 of them as suggested when I first got the kit so I had 5 card bases left for alternatives. Today I'm sharing one and I'll show the others come October.

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: PP kit October 2019 Winter Woods
• Card Stock: Basic White
• DSP:  PP kit October 2019 Winter Woods
• Ink Pads: Night of Navy
• Accessories: PP kit October 2019 Winter Woods die cuts and snowflake sequins, Stampin' Dimensionals
   

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I stamped a coordinating image and 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 #821: 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.

#821 CAS

Today I am showcasing an alternate card using the April Paper Pumpkin kit: Lakeside Retreat. It has serene vibes and a little bit of a masculine feel. I just started playing with this kit and have already created the three suggested card to get my creative mojo going and two more alternate designs. This one for CAS week and another for next week's Masculine Challenge. And I have so many more idea flowing.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: April 2026 Paper Pumpkin kit: Lakeside Retreat
• Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
• Ink Pads: Pecan Pie
• Accessories: April 2026 Paper Pumpkin kit die cuts, Blending Brushes, Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Stampin Dimensionals 

 

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a coordinating element like the "drift wood". As the envelopes from the kit already had a pattern, I left it alone. 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 Challenge #100

 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 #100.

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.  

 This is another Paper Pumpkin alternative. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I do LOVE the kits as they are designed. I also LOVE challenging myself to come up with a few different designs using some kit components and adding a few products from my stash.

 Products used:

• Stamp Set: Hugs From Shelli, May 2019 PP Kit
• Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
• DSP: May 2019 PP Kit
• Ink: Early Espresso  
• Accessories: Ribbon from the kit, Stampin' Dimensional

 

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 Blog.

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #818: Anything Goes (ATG) with a TWIST

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Because April has a fifth Thursday, we have an ANYTHING GOES theme on the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog. One of the easiest challenges because you can have any theme you like. But this year, we've added a TWIST to our ATG challenges. In January we added an embossed element to our projects. This time, the TWIST is a COLOURED IMAGE. It can be a card, (fancy fold even), a treat package, home decor, or a scrapbook page. Literally ANYTHING GOES...with  COLOURING!

 #818 ANYTHING GOES

This time around I created an encouragement card using the Just Add Ink sketch #784 as inspiration. I did change the orientation. Although my focal elements did fit in portrait direction, I thought it looked better in landscape.

 I also thought, in light of the recent snow storm in Alberta, rubber boots were a fitting image to colour. I'm even throwing in some spring vibes with the pretty flowers. Now let's hope Mother Nature catches my drift. 

Products used

• Stamp set: No Matter The Weather, Paper Pumpkin March 2020
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Highland Heather
• Ink Pads: Memento
  
• Stampin' Blends: Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie
• Accessories: purple sequins, Stitched Shape Circle dies, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

 

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple with just a coordinating stamped image. 

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

 

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 #808: 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.

#808 CAS

I've been playing with the January 2026 Paper Pumpkin kit: Special Delivery this past week and created a few alternative designs. If you're looking for an easy, no thinking craft with pretty cards at the end, then Paper Pumpkin kits are the perfect thing for you. And if you're an avid crafter who loves creating something different with the same components, then Paper Pumpkin kits can do that too.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Special Delivery January 2026 Paper Pumpkin kit
• Card Stock: Basic Beige (card base)
• DSP: Kit envelope cut to size 
• Ink Pads: Blueberry Bushel
• Accessories: Kit die cuts, Blending Brush (changed the colour of the sentiment from pink to blue), Stampin' Dimensionals
   

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a coordinating die cut and DSP (envelope). 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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #806: BIRTHDAY

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you! 

It's the beginning of February! Let's start it off with a great challenge. 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.

#806 BIRTHDAY

I dusted off the February 2025 Paper Pumpkin to follow through with my goal of reducing the pile of orange boxes. There isn't much left in the kit after this play session.

 

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin 2025, 12 Days of the Crafting Advent Calendar
• Card Stock: Old Olive, Balmy Blue, Basic White
• DSP: Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin 2025
• Ink Pads: Old Olive
• Accessories: Streaked Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

 

 No card is complete without finishing the inside of the card and the envelope. Keep it simple with a little card stock 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

Krafty Chicks Challenge #802: 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!

 #802 CHRISTMAS

This card turned out better than I imagined. I wanted something quick and simple but a little busy and not loud. And this is it!

Products used:

• Stamp Set: November 2022 Paper Pumpkin (PP) kit: From The North Pole, October PP kit: Hohoho
• Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Real Red Basic, White
• Ink Pads: Crumb Cake, Real Red
• Accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch, Stampin' Dimensionals
   

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I stamped more candy canes and snowflakes. 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