Krafty Chicks Challenge #547 - CAS

Happy Thursday! It's Krafty Chicks Challenge day. This week is CAS, Clean and Simple. Since last week was extremely cold here in Central Alberta, well most of Alberta, I spent a bit of time in my craft space. Here is one of my makes.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #547

You can get this beautiful hummingbird for FREE when your order qualifies for a Level 2 Sale-A-Bration (SAB) item. This was my first time using the Touch of Ink stamp set (155233) but it definitely won't be my last. I'm just sad though that SAB is over on February 28, 2021. 

Here are the card details.

 

• Card Stock: Thick Basic White (159229), Mango Melody (146989), Gorgeous Grape (146987), Coastal Cabana (131297)
• Ink pads: Memento Tuxedo Black (132708), Mango Melody (147093), Gorgeous Grape (147099), Coastal Cabana (147097), Mossy Meadow (147111)
• Accessories: Dimensional (104430)

 How simple is this to "decorate" the inside and envelope?? More simple stamping. Luckily this is two-step stamping where there's a lined image and then a filler stamp, so one doesn't need to colour.

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to see what the other Hens have for inspiration. And now it's your turn! Let's see what you've created in your craft space lately.

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #546 : Christmas

Good morning and welcome back to my blog. It's Thursday, so there's a new challenge starting today over on the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #546: CHRISTMAS

I made this card while crafting with friends in a private room on my Facebook Group. We have not been able to gather here in Alberta (and almost everywhere in the country), and it was nice to see my gal pals, craft together, and chit chat.

I played along with a Bingo type challenge, where you pick a line and you create your card using what is asked for in the squares. I was able to use all nine squares: 

Something Shiny: Forever Gold Laser Cut Specialty Paper (152493)

Neutrals: Crumb Cake card stock (120953)

Ribbon: Retired Mossy Meadow twine

Sponging:  Sponge Daubers (133773) using Crumb Cake ink (147116)

FREE SPACE

Embossing: White Embossing Powder (109132), heat tool (129053) in VersaMark (102283)

Circles: Stitched Shapes (152323), Layering Circles (151770)

Die Cut: Retired Sounds of The Season Dies, Stampin Cut & Emboss (149653), Gold Foil Sheets (132622)

Brights: Real Red card stock (102482) even though it is considered a Regal colour according to Stampin Up!, I still consider it bright.

I had a few scraps of the Retired (but returning in the next Annual Catalogue) Heartwarming Hugs DSP laying around so of course it should be used to decorate the inside of the card and the envelope. Sentiment on the card and jingle bell image are from the Retired Cherish The Season stamp set.

I hope you like my card this week. Do not forget to stop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to see what the other amazing Chicks have created for you. And then join in, upload your project so we can see what is happening in your craft space.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #545 - Stamp Act

 Good morning my crafty friends! So it's Thursday and I'm back with another Krafty Chicks Challenge card. Stamp Act, where you need at least one thing stamped on your creation.

While scrolling through my FaceBook news feed last week, I stumbled across a similar gem created by Jo-anne Rogers. She is a talented Stampin' Up! demonstrator from Blackfalds, AB (my neck of the woods). This is the link to her blog post on Design With Jo.

Her card is similar to the one on the right. I just went on a creative spree with this layout and separate components. Starting with the Rainbow Glimmer Paper (153056) cut to 5.25x4 backed it with Adhesive Sheet (152334) and running through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (149653) with the Detailed Heart Die (151440). I repeated this process with Coastal Cabana card stock (131297) and Basic White card stock (159276). I used Press 'N Seal to keep all the bits together and carefully started peeling off the background on the Rainbow  Glimmer Paper and Coastal Cabana card stock and adhered it to the Thick Basic White (159229) card base. For the Basic White panel, I peeled the outline only and adhered that to a Coastal Cabana card base.

Then I thought the Press 'N Seal would be my friend and make an easy job of pasting all the hearts into place in one step. As I was peeling off the backing to the Adhesive Sheet, the hearts were sticking to my fingers. I tried using a piercing tool/tweezers combo, that worked better but still a slow process. Eventually I plugged in all the itty bitty hearts into place, not necessarily in their rightful place but it got filled!

To finish off the card, stamped the Valentine heart from the Heartfelt stamp set (151417) in Rich Razzleberry ink (147092) and punched it out, along with a scalloped heart in Rich Razzleberry card stock  (133675) using the Heart Punch Pack (151292). Popped that up on Dimensionals (104430) and called it done.

 No card is complete without finishing the inside and the envelope. What's a few more hearts!!!

Don't forget to stop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to get more inspirations from the other Chicks. And please upload your project so that we can see what's going on in your craft space.

Happy Stampin'

Krafty Chicks Challenge #544 - All Occasions

 Good morning everyone! Welcome back to my blog, my little slice of heaven, where I can showcase my creations in hopes to inspire you to get crafty.

It's Thursday and you know what that means: new Krafty Chicks Challenge! This week is All Occasions, pretty much anything goes here. I needed a New Baby card. A wonderful friend of mine just became a grandma a couple of weeks ago, so of course as a card maker, I needed to make something for the parents and welcome their Bundle of Love to the world. It's a BOY, by the way!

 

KRAFTY CHICKS CHALLENGE: ALL OCCASION

 

 

I cased this card from Jan McQueen that I found on Pinterest.  It is so adorable and perfect for what I wanted. These stamps and dies are retired but they will remain in my stash for a long while. The onesie is from Something For Baby with the coordinating die. The Love, Heart and Bundle is from Sunshine Saying and dies. And the happy sentiment is from the current Well Said stamp set. I did get to play with the new Blending Brushes (153611) from the JJ21 mini catalogue. Rub it in a little So Saffron ink and gently swirl it onto the Basic White panel until you're happy with the background. And the last touch, the gems!

And no card it complete without finishing the inside and the envelope. More blending to

coordinate with the card. Aren't those booties cute??

Don't forget to stop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to get more inspirations from the other Chicks in the Hen house. And as always, I'd love for you to upload your project so that we can see what's going on in your craft space.

Happy Stampin'

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.

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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 #542 : Christmas

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. I'm still all giddy about being a Designer there.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #542: CHRISTMAS

 I designed this card for my grandsons to give at Christmas this past holiday. Aren't the Gnomes just adorable?? I couldn't resist buying the Gnomes For The Holiday stamp set and I'm saddened that it just recently retired. This will remain on my shelf for a long while yet. I used my Stampin' Blends to colour the images. I'm getting better at blending and shading, made 20 of these cards, so I got lots of practice. The tree image is from a retired stamp set called Peaceful Pines.

When I first started making cards (many moons ago), I didn't know "finishing" off the inside of a card was a thing. Now there's barely a card without it done. And recently I've been introduced to "Never give a naked envelope". Brilliant concept! And so I've challenged myself this year to also include this extra special detail to all my card. Are you on my card mailing list yet?? 

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.