Krafty Chicks Challenge #698: Christmas

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

Welcome to week 2 of our challenges! This time it's to use a Christmas theme, or any holiday/winter project. I used a few retired products, actually most of these were already die cut, even the background was an embossed panel waiting for a card. The only thing I had to die cut was the top layer of the trees in designer paper.

The Shaded Spruce (146981) tree die cuts are from the Majestic Mountains dies and I offset the Joy Of Christmas DSP die cuts to add interest. The background is a dry embossed panel using the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder. That regal deer is from Detailed Deer thinlits (dies), hes cut from Pecan Pie card stock (161717). And to finish off the card, the white embossed sentiment is from an old Paper Pumpkin (Winter Woods, October 2019) that I popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I stamped a couple of deer from the Dashing Deer stamp set in Pecan Pie (161665). 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

Fiona (Guest Designer) 

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!

I Really Appreciate You Card

 Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. This is my second post this week. Shocking!! One of my #24for24 challenge is to create at least 3 blog posts a week. It's doable, so I'll do my best.

Here's my card:

I am play with two challenges with this gorgeous card. 

Global Design Project #426

TGIF Challengers #454

 

Here I'm showcasing most of the products I used to create this card. Notice the Most Adored 12x12 Specialty DSP (162570)! One side of each sheet has a gold element to it and the other side have reds and pinks; perfect for Valentine but not just for this holiday. Think Love and Anniversary too. And you can get this Specialty DSP for FREE when you buy from my online store (Shop With Me) or from the catalogue.

Another part of my #24for24 is to use up my stash. As a Demonstrator for 15 years, I have accumulated a lot, I mean shelves upon shelves, of product from stamp sets to card stock to DSP to punches and then some. I've used a few retired products in the past but this year, I aim to do even more. Just because it's retired doesn't mean it's useless. All Stampin' Up!'s products are high quality and made to last. So use it as often as you can. Can you spot the retired items in this pic (look on the card too)??

Here's a close up. See all the sparkle! From the silver glimmer paper and the silver cord. And what about all that shine from the gold strips (132622), the gold on the DSP (162570) and the gold embossed (155555) sentiment which comes from the Timeless Arrangements stamp set (161521) and die cut using the coordinating dies (161525).

Then I finished off the inside and the envelope with a bit more DSP and a little sparkly twig that I needed cut off from the die cut.

I hope you enjoyed my make for today, I had fun creating it.See you soon!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #697: Stamp

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 

It's the first week of a brand new year and a brand new month, which means it's our STAMP week challenge. As long as something is stamped on your project, (rubber, polymer or digi) (sentiment or image), it qualifies for the challenge. Today we also introduce a new Guest Designer to play in the Hen House with us. Let us welcome Helen of http://craftinghelen.blogspot.com/  with open arms and send her some love in her comment section.

Here's a close up:

 I enjoyed colouring the bird and books images from the Bird's Eye View stamp set (161436). I used Balmy Blue (154830), Highland Heather (154887), and Granny Apple Green (154885) Stampin' Blends. Then I fussy cut them and added Stampin' Dimensionals (104430) to lift them up on the card. The greenery and sentiment is from the Timeless Arrangements Bundle (161526).

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a coordinating image. Same goes for the envelope. Keep it simple.

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

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

Helen (Guest Designer)

Krafty Chicks Challenge #696: 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.

As I was cleaning off my desk this week, I found a few bits and pieces to create a card or two. These three cupcakes are left over bit from an old Paper Pumpkin, can't recall which. Since I've been quite ill the past two weeks, I wanted something simple to put together.

First I stamped the sentiment. I used my retired Stamparatus to try and get a crisp image, after stamping 4 times, I decided since it's a new set, it needed different priming that I didn't have the time for. (Some new Photopolymer stamp sets may need to have a white eraser pass over it to remove a thin film. Not all however need this, so do a practice samplee on a scrap before committing.)

Then I used my Blending Brush to create a shadow under the cupcakes.

Popped the cupcakes on Stampin' Dimensionals for interest. It was still missing something but I didn't have any embellishments to coordinate, so I went simple with the "triple +". 

 Lastly, to finish off the card set, I simply randomly stamped the triple + on the inside of the card and the 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

Lori's Blog

 Fiona (Guest Designer)

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #694: Christmas

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

 Another card using the Beary Christmas Suite. And what a great way to showcase some of that wonderful DSP with this layout. Even the focal image is DSP. Just add a sentiment and some sparkle and Merry Christmas.

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I stamped some snowflakes and added 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

Lori's Blog

Fiona (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chick Challenge #693: Stamp

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 

 It's the first full week of December, which means it's STAMP ACT week challenge. As long as something is stamped on your project, (rubber, polymer or digi) (sentiment or image), it qualifies for the challenge. Today we also introduce a new Guest Designer to play in the Hen House with us. Let us welcome Fiona of Crafty Stamping with open arms and send her some love in her comment section.

I have been playing with the Beary Christmas Suite on and off since I received it. I think the polar bears are just adorable, especially the baby one. I used the DSP for the night sky, added a few trees and gems and called it done. The hardest part of this card was all the fussy cutting and honestly that didn't take too long.

Here's a close up:

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a bit of DSP and sometimes a coordinating image. Same goes for the envelope. Keep it simple.

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

Lori's Blog

Fiona (Guest Designer)