Krafty Chicks challenge #777 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' and Diane is our hostess. I know clean and simple means different things to everyone, but generally we want to see an uncluttered design, lots of open space with little or no embellishments. We hope you are up for the challenge and you will come over and join in the fun with us.

For today's card I am again using an image that I had already coloured for another project but never used, although at that time I only needed the horse so hadn't stamped the hedgie but that was easily rectified, along with some fussy cutting.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the gorgeous image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

So I began by fussy cutting out the horse which I had previously coloured with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll highlights.  I stamped the hedgie part of the stamp onto a scrap of alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers, added some white gelly roll highlights and again fussy cut it out.  Thankfully because the rope has lines it was easy enough to join them together, with liquid glue, without an obvious line.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used what ink was left on my green and blue blending brushes to create a soft blended background.  I added the image with foam squares and stamped the small sentiment just above it in black ink.  I cut some scrap white card and adhered that behind my panel for stability and dimension and this was added to the card base with double sided tape.  I decided not to add any embellishments to keep it as CAS as possible.  For the inside I kept it really simple; I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the image at the bottom using second generation stamping so that it would be a little more subtle.  I then stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.   I love Penny Black images and I think it turned out really cute.

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

Alphabet challenge - g is for girlfriend

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or super heroes

Little Red Wagon challenge - honky cat (if my horse is not appropriate please delete me)

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional theme 'in or on the water'

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG optional theme 'beachy'

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - cute critters 

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 supplies:

Penny Black - Minding Shelty 2889K wood stamp (I saw some on eBay)

Promarkers

MFT - bitty bears stamp set (for outside sentiment)

MFT - happy hippos stamp set (for inside sentiment)

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - blending brushes and ink (although I used what was left on the brushes so not 100% sure but probably sea glass and jelly bean green)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Krafty Chicks challenge #751 - 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 wanted to make a thank you card for our kitchen fitter and feel that most men prefer clean and simple cards (in my family they do anyway) so this was perfect timing for me.  I went with a large sentiment over some card strips for a bold card.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A close up look at the sentiment:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting the large thank you sentiment from black shimmer card 4 x times and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I cut 7 strips of coloured card in rainbow order and adhered them to some thin copy paper using double sided tape so that they could be attached to my card panel in one piece.  I cut my white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added the rainbow strips with double sided tape into the centre.  I added the large sentiment die cut with a mix of liquid glue (to the middle section) and some thin foam squares (to the top and bottom) so that it would all be on the same level.  I used a die to cut the tiny circles from the same black card and added them with liquid glue.  I didn't add anything else as I liked it the way it was.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and another rainbow of strips and adhered them to the bottom with double sided tape.  I stamped the simple sentiment in the upper centre with black ink and finished off with a few more die cut circles.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.  A bright and cheerful card but perfectly CAS I think.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Alphabet challenge - T for thank you 

Colorful Options challenge - yellow, purple, green or rainbow inspired

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional twist clean and simple

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - all things bright and beautiful

Moving Along with the Times challenge - thank you 

My Time To Craft challenge - use a sentiment 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - clean and simple

The Male Room challenge - clean and simple

Word Power challenge - make the sentiment the focus of your creation

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:

Lawn Fawn - giant thanks so much die

Gina K Designs - lots of dots die set

Clearly Besotted - sugar and spice clear stamp (for inside sentiment) - retired

All card from my scraps bin 

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Krafty Chicks challenge #747 - 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. This week we are on Week 3 and as always the theme is 'CAS (clean and simple)' and Diane is our hostess. We want you to see all your clean and simple creations this week and even though I've made another Christmas card you are free to make whatever you like.  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

Don't be fooled into thinking clean and simple is easy; this card was attempt 3!!  The trouble with stamping in darker colours is that it is very noticeable when you smudge the ink or get a finger print somewhere you don't want to.  The first attempt I managed to smudge the ink in a spot that couldn't be easily disguised and the second attempt I managed to mess up stamping my sentiment (even with the Misti) so I was having a bad day.  I eventually managed to get a good panel without any mess up's but I was starting to get frazzled lol!  Thankfully I really like the finished card; I hope you do too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the snowflakes:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and choose my colours of dark blue and grey.  I used two different stamp sets and stamped the largest snowflake in the bottom left and top right corners in grey ink and added the smaller snowflakes either side of it using the blue ink.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I debated adding any embellishments but liked it as it was so left it.  I have run out of foam tape (shock horror) so used some scrap white card to add some dimension to my panel before adding it to the case base with double sided tape.   For the inside I stamped the 3 snowflakes along the bottom of the panel and added a sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered with double sided tape.  A true SIP card this time and almost one layer.  

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

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas

As You Like It challenge - anything Christmassy 

Aud Sentiments challenge - non traditional colours and/or winter + sentiment

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional theme happy holidays

Crafters Cafe challenge - ATG optional monochrome

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - ATG optional make it merry

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - anything but square

Little Red Wagon challenge - merry Christmas 

Peace On Earth Christmas challenge - Anything Christmas themed

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - Anything CAS goes

Sweet Stampin' challenge - Christmas creations

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:

Simon Says Stamp/Gina K Designs - sparkling season stamptember set from 2022

Gina K Designs - blizzard clear stamp

Gina K Designs - ink pads - soft stone and blue denim

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

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Krafty Chicks challenge #743 - 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. This week is Week 3 and as always the theme is 'CAS' and Diane is your hostess. You are free to make whatever creation you like but we want to see lots of open, unadorned, space on your projects.  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I made another Christmas card this week, although I'm not really sure I need any more, but it's always handy to have a few spares isn't it.  I went extreme CAS this week but I like the finished result, I hope you do too.  I think the kraft and gold give it a rustic feel and it would be suitable for a man too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the tree:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 2 1/2" x 5 1/2" and heat embossed a sentiment about 2/3rds down the panel using gold detail embossing powder.  I stamped the tree in green ink and cut it out with scissors then took an embossing pen and added dots to the tree to resemble baubles; I again heat embossed them with gold powder.  I wanted the star to be the same gold as everything else so I swiped a piece of white card with an embossing pad, sprinkled embossing powder over it, melted it and then when cool die cut a star from it.  I added the tree and star above the sentiment with foam squares.  I added the white panel to my kraft card base with foam tape.  I resisted the urge to add anything else and moved on to the inside.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped part of the tree in the bottom left corner, again adding another heat embossed die cut star and added a small sentiment in the centre of the panel with black ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  The embossing looks really pretty in real life and goes perfectly with the kraft card. 

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

Alphabet challenge - Q is for quick & easy

Aud Sentiments challenge - glitter and/or Christmas + sentiment

Craft Rocket challenge - Christmas and/or winter

Daisy Chain challenge - Christmas and/or winter

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything goes Christmas

Shopping Our Stash challenge - masculine 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - emboss it (I heat embossed in gold)

The Dream Factory challenge - anything Christmas goes optional theme: funny cards

Tic Tac Toe challenge - #260 - die cut/metallic element/festive sentiment

Unicorn challenge - Christmas and/or winter

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:

Uniko Stamps - Christmas pop clear stamp

Uniko Stamps - rustic Christmas clear stamp (for outside sentiment)

Uniko Stamps - pure florals: poinsettia clear stamp (for inside sentiments)

MFT - blueprints 13 die set (for star) - retired

Gina K Designs - grass green ink pad

Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently oos

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

kraft card from stash

AAA Birthday challenge #61 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends and Happy 1st of May. I don't know where the months are going, it only seems like last week that I was welcoming April lol!  I'm here this morning for the start of a brand new challenge over at the AAA Birthday challenge. This month Helen is our hostess and she has chosen 'CAS' as our theme. Our lovely guest for this month is Lynne so pop over and leave her some love.

I didn't have anyone in mind when I made this card but knew I wanted to use a few more cute critters from LOTV as I was in the mood for colouring.  Here is my card:

Here's a closer look at the cute bunnies:

I decorated the inside as usual:

I began by stamping the two images with memento ink onto alcohol marker friendly card.  I coloured them with Promarkers, adding a few highlights with a white gel pen.  I trimmed the panel to 3 7/8" square but then decided to add a decorative border to the top and bottom.  I stamped a small happy birthday sentiment in black ink in the lower right of the panel.  I cut a piece of green gingham paper 3 7/8" x 5" and adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  I added the image panel on top, again with double sided tape.  It took great self control to leave it like that, without any dimension and not add anything else, but I think it looks sweet as it is.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 3/4" x 5" and stamped a sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I added a strip of the green gingham paper to the bottom of the panel (I again cut a decorative edge) with double sided tape.  I did stamp the image direct to paper but I messed it up so had to re-stamp it on a separate piece of card, fussy cut it out and add it to the panel with liquid glue (but I think it looks ok).  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.    

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

As You Like It challenge - clean or fussy (I like both styles but really like the simplicity of a CAS card)

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist happy birthday

Crafter's Cafe challenge - CAS

Creative Inspirations challenge - feminine

Creative Moments challenge - cute and cuddly

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Cut It Up challenge - starts with a B (bunnies, blooms) I used a die to cut my decorative edge

I love Promarkers challenge - ATG option new home

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - spring and/or animals

Pinspirational challenge - designer/patterned paper

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - feminine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - animals

The Cutie Pie challenge - simply cuties

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - springtime designer paper (you can't beat a bit of gingham)

Tic Tac Toe challenge - flowers/free/die cuts

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their personal blogs.   

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed.  I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

LOTV - spring sweeties A5 polymer stamp set

LOTV - bear trios A5 polymer stamp set (for sentiment) (currently unavailable)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - scalloped edges die collection (retired)

Spellbinders - pocket bunny stamp set (for inside sentiment)

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad

gingham paper from stash

Krafty Chicks challenge #712 - CAS

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week.  I'm here today to share my DT card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  As we are on Week 3 we are looking for all your CAS (clean and simple) creations.  

Although my card isn't a typical one layer CAS card it has limited supplies, no embellishments and only the top layer is dimensional.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting the large sentiment die from a white panel that was cut to 4" x 5 1/4".  I cut another panel the same size and used a stencil to create a fun background using 3 colours of ink.  I stamped the sweet dog image and coloured him with Promarkers and used the matching die to cut him out.  I stamped a sentiment from the set onto white card with black ink and trimmed it into a narrow strip.  I added thin foam strips behind the die cut panel and added over the stencilled background.  I added the dog inside the letter B again with foam squares.  The sentiment was placed in between the BIG and HUGS words with liquid glue.  The panel was then added onto a green card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 3/4" x 5" and using the same colours of ink lightly blended a border at the bottom.  I then stamped the dog in a pale grey ink and my sentiment was stamped in the centre with black ink.  This was added to the card base with double sided tape.  I don't often use a coloured card base but I really thought it went well with the stencilled design.  

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

AAA Colourful challenge - colourboard #3

AAA Cards - Anything CAS goes option wedding/anniversary

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark

Classic Design challenge - ATG option happy birthday

Colorful Options challenge - pastels

Crafters Cafe challenge - CAS

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Moments challenge - cute and cuddly

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

I love Promarkers challenge - ATG option shapes

Little Red Wagon challenge - congrats

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - make your own background

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - stencil it

Stencil Fun challenge - Anything stencil goes option spring/flowers

The Cutie Pie challenge - simply cuties

Tic Tac Toe challenge - stencil/die cut/critter

Word Power challenge - the sentiment must be the focus of your card

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 and also our guest designer for April, Rachelle. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

MFT - sending big hugs die

MFT - puppy kisses stamp & die set

Uniko Stamps - tiger print stencil

Stampin' Up! - subtles collections card pack (for card base)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sea glass, applemint, lemon drop

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Taylored Expressions - foam sticky strips

Versafine - onyx black ink

Memento - tuxedo black ink

Krafty Chicks challenge #703 - CAS

Hello again friends; I hope you're doing ok and having a good week so far.  I'm sharing my card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge and we are on Week 3 which is 'CAS' (clean and simple).  Our hostess this week is Diane and our guest designer is Helen.  

I'm enjoying creating CAS style cards at the moment and suprising myself as I always liked the look of them but felt too intimidated to try them.  I needed a masculine birthday card and always feel men prefer less fussy cards so this was the perfect challenge.  Here is my card:

A close up look:

I also decorated the inside:

I don't make horizontal cards very often as I prefer portrait style but I thought my design suited this orientation better.  I used graphic style stamps and a limited colour palette to maintain the clean and simple feel.  I began by cutting my card panel 4" x 5 1/4".  I stamped the 3 larger circles in black ink and then using smaller circles used an array of blue and yellow inks to make a slightly curved design.  Most of the stamps were from the same stamp set but I did grab some random small stamps from other stamp sets in my stash.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and nestled it under the curve of my stamping.  The panel was then adhered to my card base with foam tape.  No embellishments or anything else added and I'm really happy with the result.  For the inside I again cut the same size white panel and used the stamps to create a border on the left hand side.  I stamped my sentiment in black ink and then added the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Creative Moments challenge - CAS

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS option pink

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option no patterned paper

Time Out challenge - birthday theme (Happy 10th Birthday Time Out) - 5 challenges max

Unicorn challenge - dots and/or stripes

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, Lori and our guest designer Helen who is joining us again for February.  

Thank you stopping by and leaving me such lovely comments; I appreciate you all.  

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Uniko Stamps - background builders: round in circles

Uniko Stamps - wonderful day (for sentiments)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - wild dandelion, sweet corn, honey mustard, blue raspberry, blue denim, in the navy

Versafine - onyx black ink

additional dots from:

Gina K Designs - playful penguins, fluttering fall layering stencil bundle

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card