Krafty Chicks Challenge #705: Anything Goes (ATG)

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Lucky us, because this year is a Leap Yeap and 29 days in February, we get an extra challenge this month. I can't believe tomorrow is March already. Where does the time go?? And why must it go by so fast??

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, well actually there's two cards today:

 When I cut the first DSP (Designer Series Paper) for my front panel, I couldn't use the smaller flipped piece. It was the wrong angle. So I needed to cut a second front panel, this time making sure the heart pattern was facing up.

 If you want to try this layout, I made a light pencil mark on the DSP 1" from the bottom on the left side and 1.5" on the right. Then aligned the marks on my trimmer to cut. I orginally made these for Valentine's cards but now I'm thinking Anniversaries or Love You themes would work too.

 Here's a close up of my focal element. I die cut various sprigs and leaves from the Timeless Arrangements Dies in coordinating colours.

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

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

Helen (Guest Designer) 

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #704: 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. Just create something that is suitable for any special event, like wedding, sympathy, thank you and so on.

Here's a close up:

If you follow Chick Denise's blog, you might recognize the familiarity of this card. I actually cased the inside of her card here. I was creating last week's CAS challenge card and then got carried away with extra balloons. This close up shows the two colour blend (Afternoon Azure and Highland Heather) using the Artistic Mix Decorative Mask. Then I didn't have any purple twine to coordinate for my balloons so I coloured some white twine with the Highland Heather Stampin' Blends.

I like to keep the inside of the card and the envelope just as CAS. For this set, I simply stamped lots of balloons in the three colours from the card..

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

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

 Helen (Guest Designer)

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #703: 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. There's a wide interpretation to CAS (Clean And Simple), so just have fun with it.

I do apologize for being a little late with this post. I did try three times to create something CAS and they all ended up with a little more of this and a little more of that. All the while this card was perfect for CAS week and was quietly sitting on the sidelines awaiting me to see it. I had set it aside while having another craft session and forgot all about it.

 Now, here's my CAS Challenge card:

I cased Elaine Smith's (a Facebook find) fancy fold with the curved flap and subtle embossed lines down the left side (used the scoring blade on my trimmer every 1/4"). And believe it or not, this card is mostly DSP. Even the focal image!Here's a close up:

A little fussy cutting later and colouring with Stampin' Blends, the image is now more vibrant. I did use a Micro pen to outline the bird and flowers.And to finish of  the focal element, a simple sentiment and a few embellishments.

No card is complete without finishing the inside with a little more DSP. Cuz we all have lots of that in our collection. 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 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

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog

Helen (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #702: 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. Not sure what it is but I really like how this card turned out. I did a mirror image technique for the candy cane on the left. Took me three tries to get it right and even then I had to touch it up a bit.

Using my Water Painter, I create more shadows on the banner. Maybe this is what I like most on the card, it seems to "ground" it, tie it all together.

Products I used:

• Banners For Christmas stamp set
• Thick Basic White card stock (159229)
• Basic White card stock (159276)
• Garden Green ink pad (147089)
• Sweet Sorbet ink pad (159216)
• Early Espresso ink pad (147114)
• Real Red Stampin' Blends (154899)
• Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends (154903)
• Water Painter (151298)
• Paper Snip Scissors (103579)
• Loose Holly Gems
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

To keep the inside of the card and the envelope clean and simple, I stamped a couple of sprigs of holly and few candy canes on the envelope flap. 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

Helen (Guest Designer) 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #701: Stamp

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 It's the first week of 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're suppose to introduce a new Guest Designer to play in the Hen House with us but  Helen of http://craftinghelen.blogspot.com/ has accepted our invite to play with us for another month. Yay!

 For my card this week, I cased a fellow demonstrator. Sadly I deleted my inspiration pic so I don't have her information to give her credit. Here's a close up of what caught my eye:

I've seen many cards that have a corner folded down and I've created cards that have the fold from a side edge. This just reminds me of peek-a-boo or a slow reveal.

No card is complete without finishing the inside with some DSP and a coordinating image (that is fussy cut from DSP). 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)

Stampin' Saturday: Free As A Bird

 Good day and welcome to my humble blog. I'm an Independent Demonstrator with Stampin' Up! and I'm here to offer you inspiration and encourage you to get into your craft space to get creative. Saturdays are made for stampin'. Don't you agree?? Most people have that day off, so why not take a little time for yourself and get creative.

Here is today's card:

 I'm surprised that the Free As A Bird stamp set didn't get much love from me. They are beautiful images, perfect to colour (and I love colouring) and the sentiments use a nice font with a great message. Well it got some lovin' this week. I created a class of six cards that I'll post for sale when I'm done with all the details. So this is a sneak peek of sorts.

Here's a  close up for a more detailed view:

 

 Just about everything on this card is using retired products. I vowed to destash and use up my craft supplies that have been collecting dust. Only things current are the Basic White card stock, Linen Thread, Memento ink, couple Stampin' Blends and the Stampin' Dimesionals.

 

I had to zoom in and show off my bow. Many people have issues tying a nice bow, I am not one of them. At my classes, there's at least one person that wants me to tie their bow. They just can't get it to sit nicely on their card.

**Tip: if you remember, add a strip of Adhesive Sheet (152334) before dies cutting "friend". It makes adhering to your project quicker and easier. You could always use the Fine Tip Glue Pen (138309) or Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755) if you forget or don't have any.**

Supplies used:

• Free As A Bird stamp set
• Soft Sky card stock
• Soft Suede card stock
• Basic White card stock (159276)
  
• Bird Ballad DSP
• Merriest Trees dies (tag die cut)
• Well Written Framelits- dies (friend die cut)
• Memento ink pad (132708)
• Stampin' Blend Daffodil Delight (154883), Pumpkin Pie (154897)
• Linen Thread (104199)
• Stampin' Dimensional (104430)
  

I'm all about decorating the inside of the card and the envelope. I keep it simple and let the spotlight shine on the front of the card. Here I used the Bird Ballad DSP. It's a good way to use it up!

 That's all for today! I hope you liked my creation and it inspires you to get into your craft space today. If you do CASE this card or find inspiration to create something, please share with Diane's Craft Space on Facebook, we love seeing what you are up to.

Friday Inspiration: Hello Ladybug

 Good day and welcome to my humble blog. I'm an Independent Demonstrator with Stampin' Up! and I'm here to offer you inspiration and encourage you to get into your craft space to get creative. Every Friday in my FaceBook group, Diane's Craft Space, I post an inspirational card. I try to keep it simple so even a beginner can CASE (Copy And Share Everything) it.

This week's card session brought on a trifecta of cards. I CASEd them from a Newsletter that demonstrators get every week for business tips, class ideas and inspiration. Here they are:

 See the original CASEd image using the Bee My Valentine Bundle (162554):

In my opinion, my version is just as cute as the inspiration. Now let's get a closer at each card.

The first card is more geared for a beginner stamper.

It's pretty much Stamp. Ink, Paper (SIP card). Simple stamping at its finest! Stamp the flower in Fresh Freesia ink, add the stems. I used the Granny Apple Green Stampin' Write marker since the Hello Ladybug stamp set doesn't have a stem or small leaf stamp. Then I stamped the sentiment in Memento ink. On scrap Basic White card stock, stamp the bee body in Lemon Lolly ink, punch it out, then using my Basic Black Stampin' Write marker brush end to add the bee stripes and the pen end to trace the body whimsically and added a face. For  the wings, I reversed the dotted wing stamp and used it as a solid. Used Pool Party ink, stamped off on scrap paper then onto my Basic White card stock. And again I traced the outline. The whimsy was more for my unsteady hand and not being able to ever get things straight. Popped my Bee on Stampin' Dimensionals and voila: card done.

Items used: 

• Hello Ladybug stamp set- 157693
• Ladybug Builder Punch- 157698
• Thick Basic White card stock- 159229
• Basic White card stock- 159276
• Fresh Freesia ink pad- 155611
• Memento ink pad- 132708
• Lemon Lolly ink pad- 161666
• Pool Party ink pad- 147107
  
• Granny Apple Green Stampin' Write marker- 161696 (sold as Brights family colour set)
  
• Basic Black Stampin' Write marker- 162481 (sold as single)
• Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430
  

 

For card number 2, we are catering to the Casual stamper. They have many supplies, just maybe not all the tools They can step it up a notch.

 

I've replace the white card base with colour. Stamped the wing dots randomly around in a frame in Fresh Fressia ink. It's the same process as above except stamp another set of flowers, and a popped up strip with more flowers (some are fussy cut and popped up too. Lastly added Opal Rounds . I didn't realize these were retired but you can use the Iridescent Pearls.

Added supplies:

• Paper Snip Scissors -103579
• Iridescent Pearl Basic Gems- 158987

 

Finally we have the Avid stamper version:

I've added flowers across the panel and fussy cut a few more. This time the sentiment is embossed on Basic Black card stock.

Added supplies:

• Basic Black card stock- 121045
• Heat Tool- 129053
• Embossing Additions Tool Kit- 159971
  
• White Embossing Powder- 155554 (come in a set with Black and Clear embossing powders)
   

If you've been following my blog for a while, you know that I do not leave the card inside or envelope bare. I like a little something, something simple as the star of the show is the card front. Here I used the flowers stamp and stems. Beginner card only has one trio of flowers (same as the card front), Casual card has two trio. And the Avid is splatter with them.

 That's all for today! I hope you liked my creation and it inspires you to get into your craft space today. If you do CASE this card or find inspiration to create something, please share with Diane's Craft Space on Facebook, we love seeing what you are up to.