Krafty Chicks Challenge #561 - All Occasions

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Krafty Chicks Challenge #561 - All Occasions

I used another Altenew flower die cut from watercolored and inked homemade backgrounds.  I placed them on a grunge background stamped in the same color as the leaves.  I trimmed the background down and added a black striped patterned paper.

Leanne is our hostess this week so be sure and stop by the challenge blog and see everyone's projects, including our Guest Designer, Kim.  This week is Kim's last week with us.  We've been thrilled to have her with us!

 Everyday Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #560 CAS (Clean & Simple)

 Good Morning!

It's a Krafty Chicks Challenge Day!  Diane is our hostess this week and our challenge is CAS (Clean and Simple).

Krafty Chicks Challenge #560 - CAS (Clean and Simple)

My card began with that cutie cat face by Picket Fence Studios stamped on a rainbow stenciled background using a stencil by Honey Bee Stamps and Catherine Pooler inks. I chose the stitched wonky square die by Lil' Inker Designs to frame her in with an outer black trim.  I finished her off with a word die by Papertrey Inks that I cut twice in black and once in white which I smooshed in Versamark and embossed with silver embossing powder.  The other sentiment is by Catherine Pooler Designs.

Be sure and stop by the Krafty Chicks blog and check out the rest of the team's cards including our Guest Designer, Kim.  Then come play along with us this week with a CAS card!

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 Feline Shine Blessings!

Less Is More Guest Spot

Good Morning!  I am so excited and thrilled to be the Guest Designer at Less Is More this fortnight!  CAS cards are sometimes a challenge for me, although I have been doing more of them.  So I like challenges like LIM that give me a reason/chance to improve upon that technique as well.  This week is a sketch challenge:

 

I wracked my brain as to what to create for the sketch.  I had several ideas and then decided to use this cute little hedgehog.  I colored him in Copics.  The back panel is a raindrop mini plate die by cut from watercolored cardstock.  I stamped the cloud in a coordinating blue then stamped the sentiments in Midnight ink and then clear embossed it so it would stand out better.  I popped both the back panel up as well as the cloud and critter for more definition.  All products are by Catherine Pooler Designs.

I had a lot of fun creating this card.  This sketch is so versatile!  I know I will use it again in the future.

So come play along with Less Is More's sketch and let's see what you create!

Thank you again to Anita and the entire Less Is More team for having me guest spot!  

Less Is More Blessings!

Mom and Friend

Hi again!  

Another Mother's Day card, this time for my mom.  It's been a year and a half since I saw my mom.  She only lives about three hours from us but with the Pandemic and the fact that she is in her mid 80s, we have only visited via video chat and texts.  Now that we all have our vaccines, hopefully we will see her this summer.

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Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you return again.

Mother's Day Blessings!

Beautiful Day!

Hello there! 

Here's another Mother's Day card I made for my hub's stepmom, who loves flowers and gardening.  She is English and has a beautiful English garden in SC.  So I always try to make her nice floral cards.  

I used the Altenew tulip dies, cut from homemade watercolored backgrounds I had in my stash.  The very back background also is a watercolored piece.  The sentiment is from the 'Beautiful Day Floral' set by Catherine Pooler Designs.

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 Thanks for stopping by for a visit!  Stay safe and healthy! 

Beautiful Day Blessings!

"Hoop"la For Mom

Good Evening!

Sharing some cards I made last week. Here's the first one ---

This one I used the Altenew Embroidery Hoop die with a flower swag stamp by Catherine Pooler colored with Copics. The background is a linen background stamp stamped in white pigment ink. 

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Card Supplies:
Stamps: Sealed With A Kiss (Catherine Pooler); Sentiment (Stash).
Paper: Kraft cardstock (Bazzill). White cardstock (Neenah Solar); Gold foil cardstock (Stash).

Ink: Copics; Midnight, Something Blue (Catherine Pooler); Unicorn White Pigment (Hero Arts).

Extras: Embroidery Hoop Die (Altenew).

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #559 Christmas

Good Morning!

It's Krafty Chicks Thursday!

I'm hosting this week's challenge, our Christmas Challenge ---

Krafty Chicks Challenge #559 Christmas

I gold embossed stamps from 'Peace, Love & Holly' (CP Designs) and then used my Zig markers and a water brush to color them then cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I also cut three of the 'Merry' mini die plate, one in white, one in the light green watercolored background and one in gold foil cardstock to create the background. Then stamped the 'Christmas'.

Stop by and check out the rest of the Team's cards at the Hen House, including our Guest, Kim!  Then come join us for some holiday crafting!  

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 Christmas Blessings!

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #558 - Stamp Act

Good Afternoon!

I'm a tad late sharing my post for this week's challenge over at Krafty Chicks Challenge. It's been a crazy two weeks here.  We had water suddenly pour through our laundry room ceiling from one of our bathrooms overhead, which eventually caved in the ceiling. 😒 Plumber and two restoration companies later, no one can figure out where the water came from (just our luck).  We have a 53 yr old house so we still have some glavinized pipes, which will repair themselves.  Yet, that doesn't help when you need to know from where the water came.  So, now we have a gaping hole in our laundry room ceiling covered in plastic as it was confirmed there is mold.  Two, I had my 2nd vaccine last week (YAY!) only to have two days of not so great side effects (BOO!)😔.  Three(don't things always come in threes?), our dog, Ellie, somehow bruised/sprained a back foot and we are now having to keep her inactive as much as possible and on pain meds.  How does one keep a 65 lb hyperactive dog calm and inactive for two weeks no less! 😒 So, I haven't had time to even really think of crafting much until now.  And barring nothing else major crops up the next few days, that's exactly I where I will be ---- my craft room!  😁

So with that, here is my post for Krafty Chick's Stamp Act challenge hosted by Leanne.  

Krafty Chicks Challenge #558- Stamp Act

Be sure and stop by our Hen House and see the rest of the team's projects. Also welcome our May Guest Designer, Kim Heggins!  I'm so thrilled she's guesting with us!  She and I were part of Keeping Christmas Design Team together.  She's very talented, not just with card making but an awesome sewer!  She has an Esty shop too for her wares, RunningStitchDesign.  So give her a big welcome!  And then join us for our stamping challenge!

Card Supplies

Stamps: Rise and Shine(sun, rooster, paper, cup) and Morning Borders(plaid background, green hills) stamp sets (Catherine Pooler)

Paper: White cardstock (Neenah 110 lb).

Ink: Samba, Limoncello, Catching Rays, Orange Twist, Mardi Gras, Garden Party, Lime Rickey, Cumberbund, Over Coffee - Catherine Pooler Inks.

Extras: Oval dies (Ellen Hutson); Coordinating dies for Rise and Shine stamps.

 Morning Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #557 Anything Goes

 Good Morning!  

It's Krafty Chicks Thursday!

I am getting my 2nd vaccine today.  Woohoo! It will feel so good to be able to get out a little more, masked and social distancing, of course, but I have only been inside a store about 6 times in the last 13 months! It will also be nice to see some other family and friends too! 

 Well, on with the actual priority now.  It's the 5th Thursday (and last) of April.  WOW,  May is almost here!  Since it is the 5th Thursday, it's our Anything Goes Challenge.  

Krafty Chicks Challenge #557 - ANYTHING GOES

Stop by the Hen House and see my fellow Chickies' projects and also give our Guest Designer, Melanie, a warm goodbye as this is her last week with us.  Then come join us and make whatever your heart/soul desires and share it with us.

Krafty Chick Blessings!

Rise and Shine!

Good Morning, again!

I have another card to share for the AAA Card Challenge this week.

I used one of the new stamp sets by Catherine Pooler Designs, "Rise and Shine".  Lots of adorable stamps that fit into an inch strip!  Who knew? (Except maybe Catherine)! LOL 

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Morning Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #556 - All Occasions

Hello there!  Glad you're here!  It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks Challenge.  I'm pitching in hosting for Lori who is inundated with work this month.  We chicks have to stick together you kow!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #556 - All Occasions

 

I made this birthday card for my older brother's birthday.  He has two Chihuahuas, Milly and Abby and he is an alum and big fan of Marshall University so I had to use all green.   Everything is Catherine Pooler Designs except the chat bubble, which is My Favorite Things.

Make sure to check out the rest of the Chicks' projects at the Hen House!  Then come join us for our All Occasions challenge, which runs through Wed., April 28th.

Krafty Chick Blessings!

Happy Day!

Hello there!

A post for today, maybe not the last one for the day.  We shall see.  Sharing a card I made for our youngest son's birthday which was April 13th.  27!  He's 27! That's hard to fathom for me.  I explicably remember his arrival into this world as if it were yesterday!

I took a watercolored background from my stash that I thought resembled some mountains and a sun, added the tree frame die cut from woodgrain stamped cardstock, added three different colored die cut foxes (Ben loves foxes) and the sentiment.  Done for a nice masculine birthday card.

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Birthday Boy Blessings!

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #555 - CAS

 Good Morning Thursday!

Hope you are feeling some spring time weather or at least warmer weather wherever you are.  It's time for a new challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge.  Diane is our hostess this week for our CAS challenge.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #555 CAS - Clean & Simple

For this card I used one of my backgrounds I created with the Babywipe

 technique and Oxide distress inks.  I used a NBUS die, the String Art Circle Collage die by Birchpress that I recently purchased, on my background piece. A sentiment in the punched out middle and a circle ring die frame and I'm done!

Go check out the rest of the Design Team's projects at our "hen house".  And then why not come play along with us in our CAS challenge this week!

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Clean & Simple

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Sentiment - Good Times Bits and Borders (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Paper: Glossy cardstock; Neenah Solar White 110 lb.

Ink: Distress Oxides - Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade

Extras: String Art Circle Collage die (Birchpress); Circle die (Catherine Pooler Designs); Babywipes (Cotsco).

Sunshiny Blessings!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #554 - Christmas

 Good Morning!

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge over at Krafy Chicks Challenge. I'm hosting this week, our Christmas week!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #554 - Christmas

I created some of this card a while back and just never finished it so I finished it for this week's challenge.  The stamped image is by Power Poppy.  I stamped it in Versamark and embossed in silver embossing powder.  Then I colored it  with Zig water pens.  The background was stamped on red cardstock with Rockin' Red ink by Catherine pooler with a background stamp by My Favorite Things.  The sentiment is also Power Poppy.  

Stop by the Hen House and see the rest of my team's projects, including our Guest Designer, Melanie.  Then come play along and create a Christmas project for your stash.  It's never too early to add to your Christmas stash! 😉

Sweet Christmas Blessings!

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Krafty Chicks Challenge #553 - Stamp Act

Good Morning!

Hope you're having a wonderful Holy week if you celebrate Passover or Easter.  And Happy April!

Since today is Thursday, it's time for a new challenge at Krafty Chicks Chalelnge.  Leanne is our hostess for our Stamping challenge.

Krafty Chicks Challenge #553 - Stamp Act

(must have stamping)

This card has lots of stamping on it.  I used a gel press to create the background first.  The technique I did you can find on Jennifer McGuire's blog. I printed the heart image on it using WOW embossing ink and white emboss powder.  I stamped the linen pattern on top of the heart and wiped the excess off of the embossed sections.  The flowers were stamped and die cut and placed onto the panel along with the stamped die cut word Amazing die and sentiment strip. 

Be sure and go to the Hen House and see the rest of the team's projects and welcome our April guest, Melanie. Come play along with us in our stamping challenge.

Creative Blessings!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Floral heart-In My Heart; Amazing word - Hello Amazing; Blossoms & Thoughts: Laundered Linen background stamp (Catherine Pooler). Sentiment - Crafty Friends (Altenew).

Paper: White cardstock (Neenah Solar White 110 lb).

Ink: WOW Embossing ink; Pucker Up, Pixie Dust, Serenade (Catherine Pooler Inks).

Extras: Amazing word die; flower dies (Catherine Pooler); white embossing powder (WOW).

Bunny's Got Eggs

 Hello again!  

It's Holy Week and so I'm busy tying up last details on some Easter cards.  

This one I used a watercolored bunny die and set some bright colored watercolored egg dies around him.  I created a simple background behind them by ink blending through the negative space of an oval die for a stencil.  Very sweet and simple!

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Easter/Spring

Thanks for stopping by to visit!  

Bunny Blessings!