Keeping Christmas Inspirational Blog Hop - June 25th

Good Morning, again!

Today is June 25th!  

That means one thing on my blog and many others', time for a Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop!

I'm a little late posting today.  It's been one of those weeks. Who knew you could have so much going on without even leaving your house? I had started my project and then things went awry.  Nothing bad, just too many things all requiring attention at the same time.  Ever have days or weeks like that?  

Anyway, below is my final project.  I had one thing in mind and then I wound up with something totally different.  I set the other thing on the back burner for now.  

Not alot of fuss for this one.  Makes for a good masculine holiday card.

Be sure and hop through the list to see the rest of the Team's projects for this month:

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 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!

Please stay healthy and safe during this pandemic.  xoxo

Keeping Christmas Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #513 All Occasions

Good Morning!

It's time for a new challenge 

at 

Krafty Chicks Challenge.

However, before that, I must announce that we have lost one of our chicks, Tangii Crain.  She has decided to step down.  She is a new Gramma and so life is taking her in new directions.  We will miss her bubblyness in the Hen House as well as her fabulous creative talent,  but wish her well and happiness going forward.  

It's the last week in June and so our challenge this week is All Occasion and hosted by Lori. All Occasion can be birthday, thank you, anniversary, get well, goodbye, etc.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #513 - All Occasions

My card today is also a PenPal card I created for my Stamp Nation April PenPal.  I started off by sponging the water scene with Catherine Pooler Inks, masking off the sun to create the sky and water.  I then added a "pinked" scalloped circle die behind it so it would pop off the embossed peach background embossed with a wave emboss folder by Stampin' Up.  I added the birds (Impression Obsession) and coral dies on top, with some sequins piled on for shells.  I stamped the sentiment (Catherine Pooler) in Coral Cabana ink on white Neenah cardstock backed with kraft cardstock and added a few sequins to it to finish it off.

Please be sure and stop by the Hen House and see Leanne and Lori's projects and also our Guest Designer's, Helene.  Then come play along with us.  The challenge ends on Wednesday, July 1st at Noon, Mountain time.

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge # 512 CAS

Good Morning, Thursday!

It's been a soggy and cool week here in North Carolina. I can't remember the last time it was in the 50/60s on a June morning!  Brrrr!  Not that I'm really complaining.  Usually it's like a sauna by mid June with 80/90s and high humidity.  Haven't ran the air conditioner in almost a week!

At any rate, let me get to business at hand, our new challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge beginning today.  Tangii is our hostess this week!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #512 - CAS (Clean & Simple)

I had the die cut butterfly sitting in my basket of UFO box along with the rainbow watercolored background and stitched kraft cardbase.  I have sooooo many UFOs I'm trying to decrease my stash before adding to it.  A simple sentiment from Catherine Pooler Designs and a couple enamel dots and done!

Stop by and check out Leanne, Lori, Tangii and our June Guest, Helene's projects for this week.  Then come play along with us with a Clean & Simple project!  

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #511 Christmas

Hello there!

This week sure flew by!  It's Thursday already!

We have a new challenge up at Krafty Chicks Challenge and I'm the host this week.  It's our Christmas week.  I don't know about you, but I could already use some chill in my days again!  It's been blistering hot and humid here in Cary, NC and it's not even the worst of summer yet!  ACK!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #511 - CHRISTMAS

I made this card during the Online Card Classes Spring Card Camp 2 last month.  It was using a technique with a gelli plate or if you didn't have a gelli plate, you could use the clear backside of a large photopolymer stamp.  Well, I had neither.  So I had to improvise and tried the back of a large red background stamp that had a coating on the back.  It worked ok.  It worked better for this part of the technique but not so much for the negative print.  I love how this one turned out.  I did actually break down and ordered a gelli plate, which has been on my list for a while.  

The snowflakes are by Avery Elle.  The hexagon die is by Spellbinders and the sentiment is by Catherine Pooler Designs.  All inks are Catherine Pooler Inks.  The purple strip the sentiment is embossed on is cardstock inked up.  I also added some fun sequins.

Now visit the Hen House and check out the rest of the Christmas projects by Leanne, Lori, Tangii and our guest, Helene!  Then come play along with us!  Get chill and make a Christmas card!

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Hooked On You

Good afternoon!

I have another post today.  I created a fun summery card for the JUGS challenge this week, which is to use two or more patterned papers.  I also have been wanting to play around with the new stamp set from Catherine Pooler Designs, Fly Daddy.  The patterned paper is from this bundle set and is called Too Fly.  I thought it would make a "reely" fun card.

For Following Challenges:

Fishy Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #510 - Stamp Act

Good Morning!

Today is Krafty Chick's first challenge of June, Stamp Act, hosted by Leanne.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #510- Stamp Act

I made this card for my father-inlaw's 83rd birthday.  He used to have a Vespa when growing up in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa.  So my husband requested a card with a scooter.  I created the brick wall by using a brick stamp three times in Samba ink by Catherine Pooler Inks. I stamped the sentiment on top in Versamark.  I colored the scooter with Copics.  Added the "smoke" stamp and the embossed Dad sentiment.


Stop by the Hen House and see the rest of the Team's projects and welcome our June Guest Designer, Helene!

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

We're All In This Together

Another post for the Spring Card Camp 2.  This was Day #2 Make Your Own Stripes. I used a digital stamped sentiment(Catherine Pooler Designs) on Neenah Solar white cardstock.  I cut the CP Designs Horizontal Cover Plate from white cardstock and used it as a stencil to make my stripes.  With a blending brush, I inked Pink Champagne, Hot Tub, Orange Peel and Sangria in the open lines.  I then took a gold Prismacolor pencil and drew gold lines.  I stamped some flowers in the same colors, die cut them and adhered them to the layer and then cut the layer to fit an A2 cardbase.  I finalized it with some gold sequins.

Safe Blessings!

Beautiful Peacock

Hello there!

Sharing one of my cards I made from one of the lessons of Spring Card Camp 2 at Online Card Classes.  This was Day #3 Dry Embossing with Stencils.  I used the Swoop stencil by Catherine Pooler Designs on a background created with Tim Holtz alcohol inks on yupo paper.  The peacock, Paisley Peacock (Catherine Pooler Designs) was stamped in Versamark and embossed in silver emboss powder.  The tail was stamped in Sweet Sixteen, Pixie Dust and Flirty Fuchsia.  I used the same inks to ink up the "Beautiful "sentiment die (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Beautiful Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #509 - All Occasions

Good Morning!

Well, it's rainy and dreary in Cary.  TS Bertha made a little show in our area in the form of lots of rain.  Today is now #2 of four of forecasted rain and storms.  So what is there to do on a rainy day?...maybe some crafting!
 Now onto the task at hand, a new challenge at Krafty Chicks.  Lori is our hostess and our theme this week is our All Occasions challenge.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #509 All Occasions

One of my nieces turned six recently and she loves unicorns so I made her a unicorn card.  The unicorn is by My Favorite Things and the rainbow and cloud dies are by Catherine Pooler Designs.  I created the cloud background using a cloud die as a stencil.

Stop by the Hen House and see the rest of the Team's All Occasion projects.  It's also the last week for our May Guest Designer, Laurie. So glad to have had her with us!  Come play along with us!

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Keeping Christmas - Merriest Wishes

Good Morning!

It's May 25th, which means it's time for the 

Keeping Christmas Inspirational BlogHop.  

I've been taking the Spring Card Camp 2 at Online Card Classes this month and decided to use one of the techniques and make a Christmas card for this month's blog hop.

I did a masking technique and die cuts.  I cut the ornament dies from masking paper and adhered the negative to cardstock.  Then I blended the ink on each ornament, after which I used some Christmas border stamps and Versafine Black Onyx ink and stamped them on the ornaments.  After peeling off the masking paper, I drew lines with a silver colored pencil, stamped the sentiment and adhered it to a black cardbase.  For the final touch I  added the colored enamel dots.

Be sure and hop through the list to see the rest of the Team's projects for this month:

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 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!

Please stay healthy and safe during this pandemic.  xoxo

Keeping Christmas Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #508 - CAS (Clean & Simple)

Hello Thursday!

This week has flown by.  It's been a very soggy, cool one here in Cary, North Carolina.  It has mostly rained, I mean poured, for the past 3-4 days.  We have needed rain since we had a very dry, mild winter.  It would just be nice if it was spread out more.  

Since it's Thursday, there's a new challenge beginning at Krafty Chicks Challenge.  Tangii is our hostess and the theme is CAS (Clean and Simple).

Krafty Chicks Challenge #508 CAS (Clean & Simple)

I'm sharing a Mother's Day card I made using a background I created a while back.  I stamped the flowers in Versamark and white embossed them to create a border and then watercolored the background.  The center was perfect for a nice sentiment.  I layered it on a purple cardbase and finished it off with a few clear gems.  


Stop by the Hen House and see the rest of the Team's CAS projects as well as our Guest Designer's, Laurie.  Then come play along with us!

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #507 - Christmas

Good Morning!

It's time again for a new challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge.  It's the 2nd week of the month so I am your hostess and our theme is Christmas.  

Krafty Chicks Challenge #507 - Christmas

My card uses. the stamp set, Fluttering Friends, by Catherine Pooler Designs.  I stamped the "holly" in Aquatini (CP Ink), masking off the berries.  Then stamping the berries in Rockin' Red(CP Ink) along with the extra berries I fussy cut for the bird to hold.  The bird I stamped with CP Midnight, then colored with a blending pen and Rockin' Red and Samba(CP Ink) inks.  The sentiment is from the Tiny Wishes set (CP Designs) and stamped in Rockin' Red as well.  I adhered the panel to a cardbase that I inked the front edges up with Aquatini.  
Stop by the Hen House and see the rest of the Team's stamping projects and welcome our May Guest Designer, Laurie!  Then come play along with us!


For Following Challenges:

Krafty Chicks Blessings!

Spring Card Camp 2 - Day One

Hello again.

I signed up to take the Spring Card Camp 2 at Online Card Classes.  It started last Wednesday.  So, of course, I'm a week behind sharing my creations each day.  Hopefully I'll get caught up before another week.  lol

Anyway, the first day was about Masking.  I used the Wings of Joy butterfly stamp by Catherine Pooler Designs once again. I actually used the butterfly die, cut it from masking paper, used the negative to mask off everything but the center. of a cardbase front for a single layer card.  Then, I used a blending brush to blend Flirty Fuschia, Tiki Torch and Tiara inks by Catherine Pooler Designs.  Next, I stamped a few small stamp images in Versafine Black Onyx around the edges of the wings.  I finished off the card with a sentiment from Shine On Sunflowers set also by Catherine Pooler Designs.

Fluttering Blessings!

More Mom Cards...

Happy Tuesday!  

I'm trying to share more cards I've made lately.  I've been creating more than posting.  These are more Mother's Day cards I made for some of Dave's healthcare coworkers to give their moms.

Motherly Blessings!

Butterfly Moms

Happy Monday!

I believe my mojo is finally back for a while and I've been taking advantage of it.  Woohoo!  I just haven't had time to photograph or post the results much.  So I'm taking a little time now to do that. This trio is Mother's Day cards I made for my mom, Dave's mom and Dave's stepmom.  I almost didn't send them I loved them so much I wanted to hold on to them a while longer.  Do you ever do that?  Just want to hoard your creations? <wink wink>  Anyway, I did not hoard and they all got them before yesterday.  

I used the Happy Butterflies stamp set and Wings of Joy stamp/die set by Catherine Pooler Designs.  They are part of her newest collection, Flutters & Blooms. 

The first one, I used a piece of a watercolored background piece I've had in my stash waiting for the perfect card for it.  It has blues and purples with flecks of gold splattered all over it.  So I stamped and embossed my butterflies with WOW Gold Fine emboss powder and then using Grape Crush, Pixie Dust, and Aquatini with water and a watercolor brush.  I set the background on some gold foil cardstock and a scallop border frame and adhered it all to a light blue cardbase.

Next one I used the same inks and buttefly set.  I also used the Garden's Edge die and the Painted Stripe background stamp stamped in Sweet Sixteen with gold foil cardstock separating the two.  The sentiments are from the Thoughtful Phrases set and they were stamped in Grape Crush on cardstock inked with Sweet Sixteen.  I finished the card off with a strip of gold foil cardstock and aqua enamel dots.

 The last card I used the Wings of Joy die actually to  cut the butterfly from a background I stamped a while back from the Doodle Garden background.  I used letters from      the Funky Alphabet set and stamped them in versamark on top of the butterfly and then embossed in WOW Gold emboss powder.  I stamped the other sentiment in Sweet Sixteen ink at the bottom corner of the panel. Then, I took a piece of the striped background I had stamped before and put it under the white panel at the bottom.  Lastly I added some Paisley Park sequins.

Hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day. 

Be healthy, safe and sane!  

Mom Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #506 - Stamp Act

Good Morning!

It's Thursday AGAIN!  Boy, quarantine or not, the days are flying by.  It's May already!

There's a new challenge up today at Krafty Chicks Challenge and Leanne is our hostess with the mostest!  Being the first week of May it our Stamp challenge.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #506 -Stamp Act 

(must have stamping on card)

I don't know about you but a lot of times I get inspiration for my cards from other things in my home.  Today's card is like that.  I created it using inspiration from a throw pillow on my bed.  

I used a REALLY old cat stamp by Fiskers or Inkadinkadoo, it's so old I can't remember.  The puddle is a paint splotch stamp by The Kitchen Sink and everything else if from the March Club Sursee kit by Catherine Pooler Designs.  

Stop by the Hen House and see the rest of the Team's stamping projects and welcome our May Guest Designer, Laurie!  Then come play along with us!

Krafty Chicks Blessings!