Krafty Chicks challenge #753 - anything goes

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 as it's a 5 week month our theme is 'anything goes' and our hostess is Leanne.  Feel free to create anything you like, the world is your oyster lol! We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

It was my sister and brother-in law's 1st wedding anniversary recently (even though they've been together for 35 year lol!) so I took the opportunity to make them a card and I even bought a new stamp set especially for them.  I hope you like it:

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card with memento ink.  I coloured it with Promarkers and then created a mask so that I could ink blend around it using a kraft coloured ink.  As always I made a 5" x 7" card as it was a family card so I cut the panel to 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" and matted it onto a black panel with double sided tape.  I stamped the sister & brother in law sentiment onto a piece of white card and then die cut it using a heart shaped die.  I also stamped the happy anniversary sentiment onto scrap white card and die cut it with a rectangle die.  The 1st sentiment was stamped and cut out with a small heart die.  I inked all the edges of the die cuts with the kraft ink and added them to the panel with foam squares.  For a finishing touch I die cut some small hearts from glitter card and arranged them around the image with liquid glue.  The panel was then added to my card base with foam tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" and matted it onto a black panel with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and added two strips of the glitter card to the top and bottom with double sided tape.  The panel was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  I'm really happy with the finished result and my sister & BIL loved it thankfully.  

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

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

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - anything but square

Creative Inspirations challenge - something old or something new (new to me stamp set)

Creative Knockouts challenge - something to say

Cut It Up challenge - something new (new to me stamp set)

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - include a stamped image

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or springtime

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - have a heart

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'anything goes' 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:

Colorado Craft Company - lovely legs anniversary stamp set (currently oos)

Promarkers

Clearly Besotted Stamps - friends & family stamp set (retired)

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Presscut - heart nesting dies

Gina K Designs - kraft ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

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

Hobbycraft - A4 black card

glitter card from stash

Happy birthday friend

Happy Sunday friends.  I hope you’ve had a good weekend so far; mine has been quiet but that’s the way I like it!  Are you all going to be going mad around the shops tomorrow?  I don’t like shopping at the best of times so I think I’ll leave it a little while before I venture out (although I do fancy a mooch around IKEA sometime soon lol!).  Let’s hope everyone is sensible and keeps their distance in the mad scramble in Primark. 

Today I’m sharing a card I made for a friend’s birthday.  I am using my new Colorado Craft Company stamp (which is soooo cute); when my budget allows I will definitely be getting some more of the Anita Jeram range.  Here is my card:

I also decorated the inside:

I stamped my images with Memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured them with my promarkers (I used the photo on the back of the stamp as my colouring guide as I really liked the whimsical way they were coloured).  I used a scalloped die to cut out the image panel and also to cut the patterned paper.  I die cut some clouds and added them to the panel with liquid glue and stamped my sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink.  The panels were added to my card blank and I simply added 3 adhesive pearls as a finishing touch.  I added two strips of the patterned paper to the inside of my card and stamped the larger sentiment from the stamp set.  A really cute card I think. 

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

Dragonfly Dreams challenge – feature a creature

Crafty Friends challenge – ladies/girls

Creative Craft challenge – include an animal

CCC Digi Creations challenge – include an animal

Sweet Stampers challenge – lots of layers

SSS Wednesday challenge – happy birthday

Unicorn challenge – include an animal

Creative Knockouts challenge – for the girls

There seems to be lots of animal themed challenges around this week/month.  I have lots of new cards to share with you so hopefully will be back with another card soon.  Until then, take care and continue to follow the rules for now.

Lots of love,

Card ingredients:

Colorado Craft Company - birthday wishing

Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle stackables

Clearly Besotted - happy birthday all (for 'friend' word)

Promarkers

Me to You - spring chic paper pad

W Plus 9 - sunshine layers (for the clouds)

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card