Krafty Chicks challenge #756 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 3; as always the theme is 'CAS' (clean and simple) and Diane is our hostess. Everyone interprets CAS very differently but as long as there is some 'white' space and not too many embellishments you're all good. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I needed a card for a friend who has been going through a rough time and I wanted to let her know that I was thinking of her.  I used one of my favourite PB hedgie images and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute hedgie:

Plus I decorated the inside (albeit very simply this time):

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card. The stamp was originally for Halloween but I masked the face on the balloon so that it was plain (and I think it turned out great).  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a few highlights with a white gelly roll pen.  I couldn't find my mini cloud stencil so made one out of card and used that instead; it's not perfect but I think it looks quite good.  I stamped the sentiment in the top right corner using black ink.  I was just about to adhere the panel to my card base when I notice a ghost impression of my sentiment in the left corner (I must have caught it with my finger and transferred it grrrrrr!).  Ok onto plan B - I trimmed off about 5/8" on the left side of the panel and added a strip of black & white striped paper instead.  I then added the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  I cannot believe there is no dimension on my card at all!!  For the inside I simply cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and to match the front added a thin 1/4" strip of the paper to the left side with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  

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

A Place to Start challenge - things in the sky

As You Like It challenge - feminine or masculine (I think most of us prefer feminine as we can add pretty flowers, papers etc)

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist thinking of you

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional twist spots and/or stripes

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Moments challenge - cute

Day of the Month Card Club challenge - feed the forest animals day

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - CAS

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or add some sparkle

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional hearts

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - cute and cuddly

Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional pinks and/or reds

Unicorn challenge - dots and/or stripes

We Love Stamping challenge - CAS

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

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Penny Black - frightful flight wood stamp

Promarkers

Spellbinders - nature's dance clear stamp (for sentiment)

Spellbinders - stylish oval birthday wishes clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

MFT - black & white stripes 6x6 paper pack - currently not available

Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed