Krafty Chicks challenge #808 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends, I hope you're having a good week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 3; and as always the theme is 'CAS (clean and simple)' and Diane is our hostess. Now we know that CAS is subjective but generally it's lots of white/empty space, no embellishments (or very few) and an uncluttered design. It can be a difficult design to pull off but we hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

I saw a sketch on the CAS Colours and Sketches challenges blog that I really liked so that was the layout sorted for this card.  It is also Uniko's 14th birthday celebrations so I thought I would pull out some oldie but goodie stamps and join in their challenge too.  I love the fun flower stamps and I think the card turned out great.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the linear pattern stamp in each corner in a grey ink.  I also stamped the sentiment in the same grey ink.  The flowers are two-step stamps so I stamped the first layer in a light pink ink and the second layer in a medium pink ink and used the matching die to cut them out.  I stamped the leaves in the same grey ink and fussy cut them out.  I arranged the flowers/leaves as I liked them and adhered the leaves and the lower level flowers with liquid glue and added the top flower with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel, stamped the linear pattern stamp in both corners and the sentiment in the centre with the grey ink.  I added one flower and one leaf to the bottom right corner with liquid glue.  I adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  A fairly quick and simple card but I think it's really pretty. 

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

Addicted to CAS challenge - pink

As You Like It challenge - cute or elegant (I love cute images but I think for older relatives/friends sometimes flowers are more appropriate and flowers can be any colour so are more versatile)

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

CAS Colours and Sketches challenge - sketch

Colorful Options challenge - pink and purple (use one or both)

Craft Rocket challenge - flowers

Creative Inspirations challenge - think pink

Little Red Wagon challenge - just the way you are (I love making birthday cards)

Moving Along With The Times challenge - floral

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:

Uniko - flower power #6 stamp

Uniko - flower power #1-#6 dies

Uniko - background blocks linear stamp

Uniko - everyday sentiments stamp (for the birthday word)

Uniko - everyday love sentiments stamp (for the happy word)

Uniko - wonderful day stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine clair - morning mist ink pad

*Gina K Designs - light and medium carnation ink pads

*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 link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #790 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends and welcome to my little corner of blogland. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 3; and as always the theme is 'CAS (clean and simple)' and Diane is our hostess. Now we know that CAS is subjective but generally it's lots of open space, no embellishments (or very few) and an uncluttered design. It can be a difficult design to pull off but we hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

I thought I would follow a colour challenge for a change but instead of colouring my image with the colours I went with blocks of colour in my background and an uncoloured image.  I really like the finished card and it took no time at all (once I had figured out what I was going to do lol!).  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and used this as the backing to line up my coloured card.  I cut each piece of coloured card to 4" x 1/2" and adhered them to the white panel with liquid glue, leaving a tiny gap so that the white would show through.  I stamped the gorgeous roses image, along with the sentiment from the same stamp set, with black ink and cut them out using the coordinating dies.  I also cut another 2 of each from white card so that I could stack them up.  At this point I decided to add some interest with a stitched edge so used a die from ML14 and cut out the panel.  I adhered the rose image and sentiment on to the panel with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut thin strips of the coloured card and adhered them to the bottom of another white panel with liquid glue and then used the stitched rectangle to cut it out.  I stamped the rose image in the centre with a light grey ink and stamped the sentiment over top with black ink.  I love the simplicity of this card and I think it really makes the image pop with the colour blocks behind it.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Color Throwdown challenge - lime, pink and orange

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday) optional thanksgiving/appreciation

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme pumpkins

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms and/or butterflies

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:

Gina K Designs*:

sketched roses stamp & die

Master Layouts 14 (for stitched rectangle)

birthday cheer stamp set

Other:

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from scraps bin

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

Cards for All Seasons IG Hop Week 20 - anything pumpkin!

Hello again friends; I'm bombarding you with posts today - hopefully you don't mind!!  I'm back to share my card for this week's Cards for All Seasons IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. We are now on Week 20 and our theme is 'anything pumpkin'. Such a fun theme this week and even if pumpkins are not your thing you could just use lots of orange instead.  There are going to be so many awesome creations along the hop this week and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I was a bit short on time this week so went clean and simple for my layout and used ephemera and patterned paper for a quick card.  I really like how it turned out though and I hope you do too!

Here is my card:

A closer look at the pumpkins:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and mat it onto an orange layer cut to 4" x 5 1/4".  I cut a piece of the patterned paper 1 3/8" x 5 1/8" and adhered it to the right side of the white panel with double sided tape.  I know you can only just see it but I did add a thin strip of orange card along the edge of the paper with liquid glue.  I die cut the pumpkins from the ephemera sheet using the coordinating die, added foam squares and arranged them down the card along the join where the white card and paper meet.  I didn't have time to root around my stash for the perfect sentiment so made my own and printed it out.  I die cut the sentiment with a sentiment strips die and added it over the pumpkins with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  No embellishments this time as I liked the CAS design as it was.  For the inside I thought I would create a punny sentiment (as I'm hilarious in my own mind lol!) and thought this one was really fun.  I again used the computer and printed it out and used my master layouts to cut out the panel along with a panel from orange card.  I adhered the panels together with double sided tape.  I used the left over paper along the bottom of the panel and again added a thin strip of orange card along the edge.  I had two pumpkins left over too so added them in the left lower corner with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  A really fun card which took hardly any time to make - so win-win!  

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

Cardz 4 Guyz challenge - autumn/fall

CAS on Friday challenge - sketch

Color Throwdown challenge - green, red and orange

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - fall___ colours and pumpkins

Creative Inspirations challenge - autumn/something spooky

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional twist autumn/fall colours

Dream Valley challenge - autumn colours

Everybody Art challenge - clean and simple

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - spooky fun (inspired by the pumpkins)

Make My Monday challenge - autumnal festival/autumnal fall

Papercraft challenges - amazing autumn

Pearly Sparkles challenge - pumpkins and/or autumn leaves 

PINspirational challenge - pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere optional inspiration photo

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG fall optional mood board

Tic Tac Toe challenge - orange, plaid, pumpkin

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cfascardhop2025 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Gina K Designs - autumn splendor ephemera sheets & coordinating die plate

Gina K Designs - autumn splendor 6x6 patterned paper pack

Gina K Designs - master layouts 01 die set

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

orange card from my stash

AAA Birthday challenge #69 - winter birthday

Hello again friends; I'm sharing my card (although I'm almost a week late) for this month's AAA Birthday challenge.  I have been very sick since Christmas, as has most of the family, and I'm only now starting to feel better.  My main priority for the last week has been keeping the animals alive, everything else has gone on the back burner lol!  I'm still not running at 100% but hopefully things will start to get back to a normal routine now.   As always you must create a birthday themed project and this month it's all about 'winter birthdays'.  Our guest designer this month is the lovely Colien so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love.

I decided to create a clean and simple winter birthday card featuring an adorable penguin image from Gina K Designs.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and lightly ink blended some sea glass ink into the bottom left corner and using the same ink I stamped some tiny snowflakes randomly.  I stamped the cute image onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured him with Promarkers and used the matching die to cut him out.  I also stamped and coloured two mugs from the same set, and also die cut them out.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink onto a piece of white card and die cut it out with a sentiment strip die.  I added the sentiment with liquid glue at the bottom of the panel and after adding foam squares to the penguin, added him above as if he was standing on the sentiment.  I also added foam squares to the mug and placed it so that it looked like the penguin was holding it.  The panel was added to my card base with foam tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and ink blended along the bottom and again stamped some snowflakes.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink and added the second mug to the bottom left with liquid glue.  The panel was added to the case base with double sided tape.  A really cute card and perfect for the icy, cold weather we're currently experiencing.  

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

Addicted to CAS challenge - brrr

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge - birthdays

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - add a die cut (entry 2)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Double D challenge - 9th birthday/anniversary challenge

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or use the sketch

Make My Monday challenge - your fave challenge of 2024 - #240 a CAS winter card

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - anything CAS goes option something new

Stamping Sensations challenge - ATG optional hand coloured image (entry 2)

The Male Room challenge - clean and simple (entry 2)

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies

We Love Stamping challenge - anything but square (entry 2) 

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 the challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed.  I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

Have a great day. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - playful penguins stamp & die

Gina K Designs - hygge time (for both sentiments)

Gina K Designs - Christmas cheer stamp set (for snowflake)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies 

Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card (currently not available but this 250gsm smooth white card is an alternative in stock here)

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

2024 Crafty Kickoff IG Card Hop - Week 3

Hello friends and happy Hump Day.  I hope you've all had a great week so far.  I'm back to share my card for this week's Crafty Kickoff IG Card Hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly. Each Wednesday we will shared a themed card and this week's theme is a colour challenge:

What a fun colour palette to work with.  Even though the image is of a winter scene you don't have to make a winter card or even include a bird, just be inspired by the colours.  Here is my card:

A close up look for you:

I decorated the inside:

I was inspired to use the red, orange and green colours from the graphic and went very geometric and clean and simple on my card.  I began by cutting a white card panel 3 3/4" x 5" and stamped the images randomly in the upper centre of my panel using the 3 colours I had chosen.  I've had this stamp set for years but this is the first time I've used it and I love it, so will definitely be pulling it out again.  I then simply stamped a black sentiment within the triangle pattern. I attached the card panel onto my card base with foam tape for some dimension as there was no other bulk on my card. For the inside I cut the same size card panel, stamped my sentiment in black ink and added 3 triangles, one in each of the colours, in the bottom left.  This panel was added to my card blank with double sided tape.   I think this was the fastest card I have ever made (once I'd faffed about thinking where to place my triangles).  I love the colours together and I think it would be a great card for anyone.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - Anything CAS goes optional twist Valentine

Allsorts challenge - anything but square

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG option make me smile

NBUS challenge - first time using this very old stamp set

Seize the Birthday challenge - no topping this time

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

I would love it if you would pop over to Instagram and see the amazing work by all the other crafters taking part in the hop.  Please use the hashtag #2024CraftyKickoffIGCardHop to find the hop and also so that we can find your creation if you are inspired to take part.  

I've got lots of cards to share with you tomorrow so please pop by and check them out.  As always I appreciate the comments you leave and thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Altenew - Sohcahtoa stamp set (retired)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - jelly bean green, red hot, sweet mango

Versafine - onyx black ink (for sentiments)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card (for card base and panels)