Krafty Chicks Challenge #710 - stamps

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far.  I'm back to share my card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  As it's the start of the month we are back to Week 1 which is 'stamps' so we would like to see a stamp/digi on your project. 

I was my mother's birthday yesterday so this is the card I made for my sons to give to her using a new stamp set.  Here is my card:

a closer look at the cute image:

plus I decorated the inside:

I began by creating my shaped card base.  I took a piece of 12"x12" card and folded it in half and placed the largest hexagonal die slightly over the fold of the card and ran it through my die cutting machine.  My card was 250gsm so it cut through the two layers without any issue.  I then took the next size die and cut it from some hot pink card and the next size down from patterned paper.  I then cut another pink panel with a slightly smaller die and used the next size down to cut out my image.  At this point I felt the margins between the dies was too large so using my paper trimmer I made the pink panels a little smaller.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added some highlights with a white gel pen.  I adhered each of the layers together with double sided tape; adding the largest one to the card base with double sided tape also.  For the image panel I used foam tape for some extra dimension.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink onto white card and die cut it out with a small circle.  I used a slightly larger circle to cut out a pink mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  This is adhered onto the edge of the image panel with more double sided tape.  (In case you were wondering, I live in the South Wales valleys and we use Mam in the same way as you would use Mom/Mum.  When my nephew was born he used to copy us and call his grandmother Mam and it just stuck for all the grandchildren).  For the inside I cut the same two largest panels, one from pink and one from white, again trimming the pink one down a little.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre and a portion of the image in a light grey ink and then adhered the panels with double sided tape.  This was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  I really like the different card shape and it was simple to make, even with all the fussing of cutting down the layers, but at least they were straight edges lol).  I hope you like it.  The finished card size is approximately 5 1/4" x 6 1/2" so I had to make a custom envelope using my envelope punch board.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cut and/or stencils

A Place To Start challenge - ATG option add one or more flowers

As You Like It challenge - cute or floral (I love both but I think I reach for the cute images more often)

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes

Cardz for Galz challenge - cute animals

Classic Design challenge - ATG option 4 legged friends

Craft Rocket challenge - layer it up

Crafty Animals challenge - must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Double D challenge - cute little animals

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG option add a button

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - happy birthday

Sweet Stampin' challenge - birthday girls 

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - bunnies and/or chicks

Triple B challenge - must include birds, butterflies or blooms 

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'stamps' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for April, Rachelle. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

LOTV - spring sweeties A5 polymer stamp set

LOTV - bonnets & bowties 8" x 8" paper selection

Promarkers

Craft UK Ltd - 12"x12" white 250gsm card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Sakura - no 10 white gelly roll pen

Clearly Besotted Stamps - happy birthday all (retired)

Honey Bee Stamps - inside: birthday sentiments

Tonic Studios - circles layering basics dies

Spellbinders - standard circles large dies

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad

GKD - rainbow pearl mix

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

pink card from stash

Hexagon dies - I bought them from a de-stash site but didn't realise they were not branded