Ink Outside The Box With Diane

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge #657: Anything Goes (ATG)

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

We made it to Spring!! The snow is melting quickly and the sun is shinning and warm.

This week on the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog, it's Anything Goes week. One of the easiest challenges because you can have any theme you like. It can be a card, (fancy fold even), a treat package, home decor, or a scrapbook page. Literally Anything Goes!

Here's my project:

I started this beautiful card a month ago for CAS week. Then I realized it's not as clean or simple as I thought it was so I set it aside to finish another time. I cased this from the January-April Mini Catalogue (page 58). I don't have the DSP so I had to create my own background. Very easy to do with Blending Brushes and a little patience. I think it turned out fabulous!

Supplies I used:

I didn't have time to prepare an envelope this week but I would most likely just stamp the montains across the bottom of the inside of the card and the envelope front, maybe even on the back flap of envelope.

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

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Ellen (Guest Designer)

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge #656: All Occasion

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Welcome to another great challenge week from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. All Occasions is the theme, so pretty much anything goes. It's whatever you feel like creating: Spring, birthday, anniversary, friend, thank you or any other occasion. Here's my card:

This is a first of many creations from the March 2023 10th Anniversary Paper Pumpkin alternates.

Supplies I used: (List to come)

stamp set
ink pad
card stock
Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430

I'm glad that all Paper Pumpkin kits that create cards come with coordinating envelopes. All I had to do here was stamp and colour the foliage.

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)

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:

Friendly Gnomes stamp set: 160714
Memento ink pad: 132708
VersaMark ink pad: 102283
Pool Party ink pad: 147107
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Shaded Spruce: 154903
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Daffodil Delight: 154883
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Cajun Craze: 154879
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Natural Tones, Medium Light: 159463
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Soft Suede: 154906
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Gray Granite: 154886
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Smokey Slate: 154904
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Mint Macaron: 154889
Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, Flirty Flamingo: 154884
Thick Basic White card stock: 159229
Shaded Spruce card stock: 146981
Sunshine & Rainbows DSP: retired
Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine: 149653
Gnomes Dies: 159625
Blending Brush: 153611
White Embossing Powder: 155554
Heat Tool: 129053
Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430

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)

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge 654: 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!

Just a quick and easy card today. I played with the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown sketch challenge for March. And a little colouring fun with my Stampin' Blends.

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope just as CAS. Here I just added a strip of DSP to the inside and stamped the snowman.

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

Ellen (Guest Designer)

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge #653: Stamp Act

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Welcome March and a little more winter. I'm hoping Spring comes on time though. The white stuff is getting very tiresome. I'm ready to see the plants sprout from the ground. I'm ready to put away my winter coat. Dare I say it: I'm ready for sandals. Well, I'd have to schedule a pedicure first but I'm ready!!!

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 beauty, I decided to case the catalogue again. I had a few scraps sitting on my desk and wanted a crafty way to use them. Have a look on page 23 of the January-April Mini Catalogue. Here's a close up:

I'm glad I kept a few star punched in my stash. They worked perfectly here.

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

Ellen (Guest Designer)

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge #652: 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, so pretty much anything goes. Here's my card:

Whipped this one quickly yesterday morning as I was running late. I took a few days off from the craft space and logical that set me behind in schedule a bit. As good as I feel while I'm in my craft space, I was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed. So these few days off were great not worrying about it. If only I can get ahead a few projects and do it more often. It's a dream of mine!

I played with the Global Design Project's latest sketch challenge. Hence why it was a quick and easy card. I went with hexagons instead of circles. And the colours were decided by the DSP.

Supplies I used:

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope just as CAS. You can't see the inside of this card, silly me took the wrong pose. Lol! But the inside has a little blending of the mask and a DSP strip at the bottom.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Jackie (Guest Designer)

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Krafty Chicks Challenge #651: 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 love this turtle; it's a great image to colour. This time I watercoloured using my Water Painter and ink pads. I followed the current Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge.