Krafty Chicks Challenge #501 Stamp Act

Hello April!

It's time for a new challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge! Leanne is our hostess and since it's the first week of April, it's our stamping challenge.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #501 Stamp Act

My card ---

I used the Peeking Sloth stamp by Impression Obsession.  I created a tropical fence for him to peek over using a border stamp from the set, Good Vibes by Catherine Pooler Designs. I first stamped the sloth.  Then I masked off the paws and repeatedly stamped the border stamp in Eucalyptus CP ink to make the fence.  I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock strip.  I colored the sloth in using Prismacolor pencils.  It was my first big go at using the pencils, a gift from the hubs for Christmas.  I need some practice, but I like how it turned out.

Now go to the Hen House and see what the rest of the Design Team has created and welcome our Guest Designer for April, Barbara (Bobby) Hagan.  I know you have seen her cards around.  She is on several Design Teams, including Just Us Girls. 

Krafty Chick Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #500 - All Occasions

Good Morning!

Well, Wake County, NC, the county I live in is now in a "shelter in place" Order, more restricted than just the previous "Social Distancing at Home".  We have one of the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the state.  I've been home for 13 days now since they did their first closings and "Stay At Home" request.  So far, I'm not too stir crazy.  I have enough to keep me busy I believe.  The hubs of course is still going to work since he is an ER nurse at one of the hospitals in Raleigh.  It's really upsetting that hospitals do not have enough supplies for what they may be seeing but it's heartwarming to see the community coming together and donating the necessary supplies to help.  Dave even put out a request on NextDoor Neighbor site asking for masks and gloves from neighbors and so far several have left things on our front porch for him to take to the ER on his shifts.  

Of course for us crafters, we have one thing to keep us distracted that also will help ease the anxiety of others and let them know they aren't alone --- making and sending cards.

So with that, let me announce this week's challenge over at Krafty Chicks Challenge.

It's Challenge #500 actually!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #500 - All Occasions

This Thank You card is stamped using Medallion Mix-Up and sentiments from Whimsical Wreath stamp sets by Catherine Pooler Designs. They were stamped in Hero Arts White Unicorn pigment ink and Soft Granite shadow ink.  I added grey twine around it to finish it off.

Be sure and stop by the Hen House and see what the rest of the team has created for All Occasions, including our Guest Designer, Donna.  This is her last week with us so give her some blog loving.  Then, come play with us and link up an All Occasion card in our challenge.  It can be a thank you, sympathy, Easter, graduation, etc.  

Also, please stay healthy and safe.  If your community has asked you to social distance and stay home, please comply to help keep this nasty virus contained so fewer will be infected.  

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Keeping Christmas Blog Hop - March 2020

Hello there!

Today is March 25th!  

So it's time for a Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.

This is an inspirational Christmas blog hop full of Christmas cards, tags, bags, other Christmas paper projects to inspire you throughout the year to help you get in the  mood to create Christmas cards all year round so by the time Christmas comes, you have quite a stash already made and ready to sign and mail. 

My card ---

I used ornament dies by Lil Inker Designs.  Cut ornaments from patterned paper by Catherine Pooler and arranged them on a watercolor background created with Catherine Pooler ink.  The sentiment die I believe is Sizzix and the tree is Catherine Pooler Designs.

Now, hop through the DT list below and check out all of the wonderful festive cards by the team.:

Kelly Lunceford (Creator) - Off this month

 Vicki Finger

 Claire Broadwater

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld (You are HERE)

 Nina Forsyth

 Nancy Guse

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier

Hope you enjoy our hop this month.  Be sure and come back next month on the 25th for new inspiration!

Keeping Christmas Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #499 CAS

Good Morning, Thursday!

It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks Challenge.  Tangii is our hostess this week, the third week.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #499 - CAS (Clean & Simple)

I got some new things recently from Simon Says Stamp and thought I would use one for this challenge.  That cute little chick peeking out is a Simon Says die.  CAS cards can be very difficult for me sometimes.  I made this one verrrry CAS, as you can see.  

Go stop by the Krafty Chicks blog and see what the rest of the team has made.  Then, come and play with us in this very easy, "clean and simple" challenge!

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #498 Christmas

Hello crafty friends!

Well, I'm soooo late making this post.  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge is hosted by me and I'm just now getting my card posted to share.  It has been on heck of a ride the past two weeks!  And, I'm not talking about the Covid-19 pandemic, although WOW that's some crazy, scary stuff going on around our planet!  WHOA!  However, I've had a mess of things happening separate from that.  I've had another chronic UTI/kidney infection for the last ten days and it has knocked me hard this time.  Then, this weekend the good ole North Carolina tree pollen began in full force and has run havoc on my sinuses and allergies.  I guess that's the silver lining of the global pandemic, I can't go outside even if I was allowed because my head would explode from the pollen! So then I was in bed again for that.

Anyway let me get on to my post.  This week's challenge at Krafty Chicks is Christmas!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #498 Christmas  

Go stop by the Krafty Chick Challenge blog and see the rest of the team's cards along with our Guest Designer, Donna. 

Then come play along with us while you are social 

distancing and get some Christmas cards done.

Krafty Chick Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #497 - Stamp Act

Well, hey there!  

There's a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks Challenge today.  Leanne is our hostess this week.  It's the first week of March so that means a Stamp Act challenge!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #497 - Stamp Act

I made this card for two things --- this challenge and for my February PenPal over at StampNation.  Lots of stamping done here --- the background, the middle layer, which I fashioned to be like a paper coffee koozie.  The top layer is a die cut not totally cut and then stamped with coffee cup stamps.  Then I cut the die cut again out of ombre'd cardstock.

Stop by the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog and check out the rest of the team's projects.  Also, welcome our March Guest Designer, Donna.  Then, come play along with us this week.  

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #496 - All Occasions

Good Morning!

Happy Thursday!

It's time for a new challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge.

Lori is our hostess and being the last Thursday of the month, our theme is All Occasions.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #496 - All Occasions

Our oldest turned 28 yesterday.  This is his birthday card. He loves Star Wars and I had this wookie stamp by Ink Road Stamps.  The background I've had and kept saving it for something special.  It was perfect for his card.    

Stop by the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog and see what the team created and give a farewell to our Guest Designer, Shanna Slater as this is her last week with us.  

Krafty Chick Blessings!

Keeping Christmas - February 2020

Good Morning!

It's Tuesday, February 25th!  

That means it's time for a new Keeping Christmas Blog Hop!

We are a Team of cardmakers who love making Christmas cards and do so throughout the year.  Our creator, Kelly Lunceford, created this blog hop for inspiration for Christmas cards.  

This is an inspirational Christmas blog hop full of Christmas cards, tags, bags, other Christmas paper projects to inspire you throughout the year to help you get in the  mood to create Christmas cards all year round so by the time Christmas comes, you have quite a stash already made and ready to sign and mail. 

This has been a really crazy month at our house (actually seems like that has become the norm lately).  We had new windows installed in the entire house, had to take up a new floor and re-install it after we had some water in our basement.  And then one of our cats became very ill, spent the better part of two weeks in and out of the hospital and sadly, he passed away this past weekend.  He was a special little guy to us and we are still heartbroken.

So, time in my craft room has been limited and my creative flow a no go, particularly now.  What I had begun for this month's hop I had to put on hold to finish for next time and keep it very, very simple.  I must say I do love the final product and it sparked a little mojo as well as comfort.

Using a couple of die cuts with a clean lined classic layout and stamped sentiment is an easy way to make some really nice, mass producible cards. The top layer I cut a simple circle in the middle. Using Versamark ink and my Misti, I stamped the sentiment under the circle cut and embossed it in WOW fine gold embossing powder.  I glued the sun ray die behind it and then glued the nativity on the top.  Next I trimmed some gold foil cardstock slightly smaller than A2 size and glued it to an A2 size white cardbase.  Finally I glued the front panel to the gold one.  The sun ray die is by PTI.  The nativity I believe is Memory Box and the sentiment is also PTI.  I used two different gold foil cardstock.

Now hop through the list below and check out all the gorgeousness from the rest of team:

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

Vicki Finger

Claire Broadwater

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld (You are HERE!)

Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

Hope you enjoy our hop this month.  Be sure and come back next month on the 25th for new inspiration!

Keeping Christmas Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #495 - CAS

Good Morning!

It's Thursday AGAIN!  LOL

Time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks Challenge!
Tangii is our host this week and this week is the third week so it's our Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS).

Krafty Chicks Challenge #495 - CAS 

(Clean & Simple)

Before all heck broke loose at the Salkeld's Sweet Suite, I was able to spend an afternoon making a couple cards.  This one I made for this week's CAS and also for CAS Mixup (Dies as Stencils) and CAS Stencil (Foiling).  I used a negative of the Simon Says Stamp heart die and spread some Foil paste on a cardstock cardbase.  I used the same die to cut several from various colors of foil to laminate onto the paste.  A few places came out a little bumpy, but the Hubs said it gave it character.  HAHAHA  I attached the "happy" sentiment die on top with a couple white heart dies and stamped the "hugs" with Catherine Pooler Midnight ink.

For Following Challenges:

Happy Hug Blessings!

Grow Where You Are Planted

Hello again! 

 I'm trying to catch up on some blogging before I try and catch up on some stamping! (Fingers crossed)

I made this card with the Catherine Poolerstamps Veggies, Please from the In The Kitchen Collection.  My vision was a garden palette.  All of the veggies are from the Veggies, Please stamp set.  The woodgrain background is also by Catherine Pooler Designs. The sentiment is an old one from an old set in my stash.  I really love these veggies and have several more ideas for them - - - once I can get some significant uninterrupted time in my craft room and caught up on other projects as well.  😉

For Following Challenges:

🌽Garden Blessings!🍅

Rainbow Hugs & Kisses

Happy Saturday!  

It's sunny in Cary, NC today!  Things have finally settled down from our craziness.  Rory is doing better but not quite out of the woods.  Who'd have thought I'd get so elated over having a cat pee? LOL  Until Rory gets back to normal, eating/drinking/peeing-wise, everyday is a challenge to make sure he pees so he doesn't have to return to the vet for more treatment.  He's been diagnosed with FLUTD( Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease) - causes bladder/urinary obstructions.  Evidently it is common in male cats and begins around 2-3 years of age (Rory is 2-1/2). Lucky him, lucky us. We are hoping the meds he is on and change of diet and keeping his stress level down will help him avoid reoccurrence, which can happen.

So, we completely forgot about Valentine's Day yesterday.  I had hoped to have many cards made and mailed out but we just had too much happening for that to happen.  I didn't even get to share even one card so I'm sharing now.

I made this for the CAS Mixup Challenge in mind.  The challenge this month is use a die cut as a stencil.  I used the negative of a heart die actually as my stencil to create my line of rainbow hearts.  I used Catherine Pooler inks and a Picket Fence blending brush and blended my hearts one at a time beginning with the purple.  I thought I got them straight but they went a little south. So, I stamped the sentiment (Avery Elle - Favorite Person) under the left side to try and even it out.  I added some XO stamp images for some extra interest.  

If you haven't played in the CAS Mixup challenge, go try it out!

For Following Challenges:

CAS on Friday #173 - Love

Heartfelt Blessings!

CAS Christmas Card Challenge - February - Reminder

Good Afternoon!

Wow, it's mid-February already! WHOOSH goes the days it seems!

It's time for the mid-month Reminder at CAS Christmas Challenge.

Our theme this month is JOY.

Stop by the CAS Christmas blog and see the rest of the Team's cards.  Then come play along with us and start your stash for Christmas 2020!  

CAS Christmas Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #494 - Christmas

Good Morning!

It's Thursday and so it's time for a new challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge!  I'm hosting this week and this is our Christmas Challenge week!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #494 - Christmas

It's been a crazy month at the Salkeld's so far and my creative mojo has gone south.  We had been having windows installed in the entire house and it took longer than planned due to rainstorms off and on.  Then, those rainstorms left some water in our basement underneath a new floor.  So we had to empty the room and pull up the floor to dry it out underneath before putting it back together (this weekend).  FUN!  If that was not enough, our cat, Rory, became horribly ill and had to be rushed to the emergency vet and wound up spending two days in the hospital.  He just got home yesterday.  So it's been a very stressful, exhausting, busy ten days.  
That is why I have not had much creative flow.  So, for this week's challenge I pulled together some dies for something quick. 

I started my card by cutting out a poinsettia from background paper I created using the babywipe technique and distress oxide inks.  I also cut a background from a snowflake cover plate by Lil' Inker Designs out of Neenah white cardstock which was adhered to a cardbase.  The sentiment I had left over in my stash.  I love the poinsettia, but I'm not sure I like it on the final card.  I may have to just let it eventually grow on me.

Be sure and stop by the Krafty Chicks blog and see the rest of the team's Christmas cards as well as our Guest Designer, Shanna's.  Then, if you're done making Valentines, join us and make a Christmas card for your stash. 

Krafty Chick Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #493 - Stamp Act

Good Morning!

It's a soggy one here in North Carolina.  Hope you're warm and cozy wherever you are.  Take some time and check out the new challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge.  

Leanne is our hostess and since it's the first week, our challenge is Stamp Act.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #493 Stamp Act 

(must have stamping)

I did a lot of stamping on my card this week as you see...

Please stop by the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog and check out the rest of the Team's projects. Check out our new Guest Designer For February, Shanna Slater, also. 

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Veggies - Veggies, Please (Catherine Pooler); Sentiments - Whipped This Up & Call Me (Catherine Pooler); Border stamp - Potluck Borders.
Paper: White cardstock - Neenah 110 lb; Midnight (Catherine Pooler).
Ink: Midnight, Samba, Limoncello, Orange Twist, Melon Ice (Catherine Pooler Inks); Versamark
Extras: Coordinating dies for veggie and sentiments (Catherine Pooler); White Emboss Powder (WOW).

Krafty Chick Blessings!

Love Vibes

Good Morning!

I've got two cards to share.  I've been trying out some different techniques and playing with the new Catherine Pooler Release products.  These two cards I used my Gina K wreath builder with two stencils, Off The Loom and Loop Braid from the In The Kitchen Release.  

The first one I used It's A Girl, Be Mine, Sweet Sixteen and Pixie Dust inks by Catherine Pooler.  The die is from CP Designs, In The Kitchen.  The heart die is by Lil' Inker Designs and the emoji die is Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from Love and Stuff by Trinity Stamps.

This one I used the Loop Braid stencil with the wreath builder stencil.  I used eight ink colors: Rouge, Mandarin Orange, Sauna, Green Tea, Eucalyptus, Daydream and Sangria. The circle stamp is from the "Whipped This Up" set and the sentiment is from the "You Did It" set, both by Catherine Pooler Designs.  I added a few clear sequins from Crater Lake Mix (CP Designs).

Both of these cards are 4-1/4x4-1/4 with the inner stenciled layer being 4x4.

Love Blessings!

CAS Christmas Challenge - February- Joy

Hello Monday!  Hello February!

Wow, January kind of flew by ---- whoosh! I barely got out of holiday mode and now it's almost Valentine's Day!

Today is also the 3rd so a new monthly challenge begins at CAS Christmas card challenge. 

Linda is our hostess and she chose the theme: 

JOY

I created two cards this time using an old PTI set of stamps and dies.  The star swirl is Stampin' UP.

Stop by the CAS Christmas blog and see the rest of the Team's cards.  Then come play along with us and start your stash for Christmas 2020!  

CAS Christmas Blessings!