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Thursday, 6 August 2026

Krafty Chicks challenge #832 - birthday

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 is Week 1, our theme is 'birthday' and our hostess is Leanne. We always need birthday cards, gift packaging and decorations so I'm sure you will find this week a breeze!  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.
My new kit from Gina K Designs had just arrived so I used the gorgeous mini incentive set which has these gorgeous butterfly images and sentiments.  I used a few different GKD dies and a clean and simple layout and I think it turned out so pretty.  I hope you like it too.  
Here is my card:
A closer look at the details:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by stamping the butterfly images using memento ink onto alcohol marker friendly card.  I coloured them with Spectrum Noir tri-blend markers for a change and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I also added some white gel pen highlights.  I die cut the scalloped rectangle (from master layouts 4) and the circle windows plate from white card.  I took the inner part of the circles and ink blended one of them pink, one yellow and one orange using the ink left over on my blending brushes .  I adhered the circles panel onto the scalloped rectangle using liquid glue and then replaced the circles into their spots again using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment onto the yellow circle using black ink.  I added the butterflies onto the circles using foam squares just under their bodies so that their wings can be lifted up a little.  I also went around the circles with my white gel pen to add some faux white spatters.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I die cut another scalloped rectangle from white card, ink blended some of the yellow and orange inks in the right hand corner and added a pink butterfly over top.  I stamped the sentiment using black ink and added the panel to my card base using double sided tape.

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

Allsorts challenge - colours of summer
Colour Dare challenge - surprise colour challenge - I used pink, yellow & orange
Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter
NBUS challenge - new or unused stuff (my butterflies are new)
Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme nature
Tic Tac Toe challenge - board #298 - butterfly, free, border
Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board
Try It On Tuesday challenge - make it colourful
Unicorn challenge - layer it up 

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'birthday' 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.  I'll be back in a little while with my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:
Gina K Designs - courage to fly stamp (current incentive will in store next month)
Gina K Designs - master layouts 04
Gina K Designs - circle windows plate 
Gina K Designs - perfect posy mini stamp (for inside sentiment) (Bumbleberry's)
Spectrum Noir - tri-blend markers - orange blend, citrus blend & bright pink blend
Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for my card base)
Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad
Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 
Thank you x

21 comments:

Leanne said...

Love this card the colors the butterflies as well as the inside, Cheers friend, have a good one! L

Ink Outside The Box With Diane said...

Such a pretty card Denise! Love Gina K and her products. You’ve chosen great colours for the beautiful butterflies. Have an amazing weekend girl!

Diane said...

Another gorgeous card inside and out!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Simply Clean & Simple.
Diane
{Nellies Nest}
Simply Clean & Simple Co-Owner

Darlene said...

Simply beautiful. inside & out my friend! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B & Simply Clean & Simple challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Triple B Challenge Co-Owner
Simply Clean & Simple Co-Owner

brenda said...

A pretty Birthday card which is sure to delight the recipient, many thanks for joining us at Allsorts challenge.

B x

Sarn said...

Great CAS and colourful design.
Thanks for joining in at Allsorts. xxx

Elaine aka Ellapu said...

Wow this is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing over at Simply Clean and Simple this month, hope to see you in future challenges.
Elaine DT

KraftiKards (my blog)
Peace on Earth Christmas DT
Simply Clean and Simple DT

Aquarius said...

Thank you for joining us at Allsorts with these lovely butterflies in summer colours

Sarah said...

That's such a beautiful card. Perfect for our summer of colours challenge at Allsorts. Sarah

Michelle said...

This is such a pretty card! I love your colors and how you used them with your butterfly theme. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.

lichazul said...

Very pretty cas card, 💐☺️ congrats

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

This is beautiful, so many lovely details on the front and inside, love the colour mix too. Thank you so much for joining us in our challenge at Critter Crazy Challenge this week. Good Luck. I hope to see you again in our next challenge.
Faith A DT

Tammy said...

Love those butterflies!! and the vibrant colors you've chosen! Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare!

Jenn Borjeson said...

This is beautiful - love the colors! Thanks for joining us at Color Dare!

Cindy Beach said...

Another gorgeous card, Denise, thanks for joining us at Tic Tac Toe Challenge! I love the pretty butterflies and scalloped border, such a great layout too.

pearshapedcrafting said...

Everything I see here is beautiful! Thank you so much for joining us at Try It On Tuesday Chrisx

Heidi M. said...

Love the 3D butterflies and you've colored your elements so beautifully! Such a fun and summery card. Thank you for joining us at Color Dare!

Heidi M. said...

Love the 3D butterflies and you've colored your elements so beautifully! Such a fun and summery card. Thank you for joining us at Color Dare!

Becca Yahrling said...

Love how pretty this beauty is! Love the added white accents (noticed them right away!) & that you decorated the inside so beautifully as well. Great color combo, too. Thank you for sharing at Color Dare.

Cat Nowak said...

Such a fun and cheerful card. Thank you for playing with us at Color Dare.

Maria said...

What a pretty card with the beautiful butterflies! So lovely inside and out!