Krafty Chicks #831

Krafty Chicks has an Anything Goes challenge this week because of the 5th  Thursday in the month.  Even thought it's AG, they do have a wonderful mood board and one of the images inspired my card.

If you look at the board below you will see in the upper right corner a glass of a cooling summer drink.  I turned it into a Popsicle from the Sweet Summer set from C9.  Using Distress Ink, I stenciled the lemons and strawberries and then went over the die cut in the same colors with a lighter hand.  It is layered and popped up on a panel embossed with Hero Arts Circle Confetti die.  The sentiment is from the set, stamped in Mocha and cut with an MFT circle.  

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Krafty Chicks #830

I'm always in need of masculine cards so took the opportunity to make one for the challenge at Krafty Chicks. 

Back in May I made a masculine card using an older die from PTI that you can see here.  I liked it so well I decided to do another one, this time with PTI's Modern Cross Quilt from 2014.  I fell in love with Altenew's Coastal Mist inks, bought them recently and thought they'd be perfect to use.  I cut the die,  set up a template to stamp the crosses and inlaid them.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders.

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Krafty Chicks #829

I mentioned in my last post about loving the birds from Unity Stamps and thought this one would be good for the CAS challenge at Krafty Chicks.

The image from Flock Talk was stamped in Memento Toffee Crunch one day when I was playing with my new Ohuhu markers and having trouble with black ink.  It worked great with this cute and funky bird, that was then placed behind a panel cut with MFT's Peek-a-boo die.  The sentiment comes from the set.

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Krafty Chicks #825

I'm trying to get some Christmas cards done while the weather says stay in and craft.  Last week I made one for Krafty Chicks and thought I would make another one this week for their CAS challenge.

I love these darling Snowdrops from PTI and while they present them as a Christmas image they could be used for other occasions.  As you know I don't have any Christmas sentiments with me so that will come later.  I will also be making a few more that are not so CAS. 

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Krafty Chicks #824

I am way behind on my Christmas cards and was playing around with a die set from Concord and 9th the other day.  Then I remembered that this is the week Krafty Chicks has their Christmas challenge so I'm sending my card to their gallery.

The die is called Poinsettia Quilt Top.  It's cut from three papers from a paper pack by Craft Consortium. The joy die is part of the set.  

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Color Hues #134 and Krafty Chicks #823

I finally got a card completed for the Color Hues challenge.  I was having a problem with ink smearing when using my Ohuhu markers so I ordered a different ink to see if that would make a difference.  It may have been the stamp because I still got a little smear so don't look too close.

The flowers are Pen Sketched from Altenew.  The stem in the center was my trial run but I needed it to fill out the arrangement so I cut off a mis-stamp at the top and finished the coloring. The background is Dotted Lattice from PFS over turquoise paper.  The sentiment is from BetterPress.

It's birthday week at Krafty Chicks so I'm sending my card to them too.

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Inkspirational #368 and Krafty Chicks #822

I had been waiting for a good golf set and Taylored Expression's new release featured just what I was looking for in Par for the Course.  Inkspirational and Krafty Chicks are both looking for masculine cards so I'm sending my card to their challenges. 

This is a die and stencil set that makes a golf course.   After stenciling the card base with the greens, water and sand traps with Altenew inks, I die cut the fairways in dark green, embossed it with Tasteful Textiles from SU and laid it over the top before adding the trees and flags.  The sentiment was printed on the computer. I also got the golf cart, bag and club sets so you'll be seeing those one day.   

I was so excited to post this card that I totally forgot to add it to Darnell's NBUS challenge, a place where all Never Before Used Stuff is welcomed. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #716, Can You Handle the Pressure? and Krafty Chicks #798

I've been busy with cookie making and almost forgot about the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I'm glad I checked on it this morning so I could get a card made in time.

I didn't use my TH Dash Away All die at all this holiday season so I pulled it out and cut it three times in black.  Spellbinder's Cosmic Sky was cut with an MFT circle and stamped and heat embossed with their Brush Splatter Background.  That was placed on a panel embossed with an older 2D snowflake folder from Sizzix.  The sentiment is from Penny Black cut with a Sizzix banner die.  

I'm also sending this to Can You Handle the Pressure? where the option is "Any Holiday" and to Krafty Chicks for their Christmas challenge. 

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Krafty Chicks #785, Peace on Earth #95 and NBUS #78

I was playing around with a new die set and some Honey Bee paper I bought to use with it when I realized the paper matched some Honey Bee dies that I had never used.  I hear others talk about Mount NBUS but I'm usually pretty good about using my new products.  Not in this case.  I'm glad the paper inspired me to play with Honey Bee's Mini Holiday Florals. 

The flower was cut from white and shaded with Lost Shadow DI. I added a gold center and placed it over one of the flowers on the DSP .  The branches are cut from dark brown with dark green leaves and berries added.  The sentiment is from PFS.    

I'm sending my card to Krafty Chicks - Christmas, Peace on Earth which is always Christmas but I didn't use the mood board colors, and NBUS because all the dies and the patterned paper are new.

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Christmas Kickstart #101 and Krafty Chicks #781

The other day I did Tim's Funky Floral Wreath.  Today it's his Festive Wreath for Christmas Kickstart and Krafty Chicks - Christmas. 

I left off the poinsettia, doubled up on the orange slices and tripled the pine cones to give a more rustic feel to my wreath, including a plaid bow that was also doubled.  The edges of the Honey Bee Deckle Edge and card base were inked with Altenew Vanilla Cream and Sand Dunes.  A BetterPress sentiment in dark green fit inside perfectly. 

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Addicted to CAS #285 and Krafty Chicks #773

I was lucky enough to win the Addicted to CAS Floral challenge with this card, and as it is my policy, I made a card for the subsequent challenge - water.  This one was more of a . . .challenge.  😅

Once I knew I could make a scene with Spellbinders Coastal View Escape I tried several versions before I came up with my final card.  The background was inked with Caribbean Sky and placed behind a panel cut with MFT's Wonky Peekaboo die.  The trees and island were cut from cardstock and shaded with Altenew inks.  The sentiment is from Altenew. 

I am also sending this to Krafty Chicks for their CAS week challenge.  

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ETA: I just noticed that AAA Cards is having a CAS challenge.  I'm sending this without the twist.

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Krafty Chicks #772

This is the week for Krafty Chicks Christmas Challenge and since I brought mostly Christmas things to work on this summer, I made them a card.  

The truck is from Newton Nook's Destination Christmas, colored with Altenew artist markers, and popped up on a panel cut with MFT's Elegant Rectangles.  A larger rectangle was cut from a tree paper from Echo Park.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.   One more down.  😁

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Inkspirational #340 and Krafty Chicks # 767

Inkspirational has a seasonal challenge and since I'm behind on my Christmas card making, that's the season I went with.  Christmas also happens to be Krafty Chicks rotation this time.

Susan from Cardmaker's Garret entered this card in the Christmas Kickstart challenge and I loved the vintage feel of it so I CASEd it.  Ivory cardstock from Gina K was cut with Honey Bee's Deckle Edge die and stamped with the poinsettia from Altenew.  The flower was masked to stamp the script background from Penny Black in Antique Linen DI and the panel edged with the same ink.  The poinsettia was watercolored with Distress Inks in Barn Door, Rustic Wilderness and Fossilized Amber.  I was amazed at how well the cardstock took the watercoloring. I did try it out with a scrap in advance. 😌The sentiment is from a freebie SSS, stamped in Altenew Almond Butter.  

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Krafty Chicks #686 and Peace On Earth #50

It's been a while since I made anything with the TH Woodlands trees and then I saw a card on Pinterest that Nancy Littrell made 7 years ago.  I'm CASEing Nancy's lovely card.  

Nancy's trees were cut from an alcohol panel while mine are from a panel smooshed with Distress Inks.  I also offset the trees to give the appearance of snow and used an embossing folder for the background but a different one than she used.  The gold embossed sentiment is from PinkFresh Studio.  

Another one for the stash.  How are you doing with your Christmas cards?

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Krafty Chicks #681

This is the week for Krafty Chicks' Christmas challenge.  

I got this Concord and 9th Boughs and Holly set last year because I thought the wreath stencils would be great for make multiples.  There is also a background stencil and I used it with Altenew Inks. The stamps and dies that make up the sentiment are add-ons.  It's always great to add one more Christmas card to my stash.

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