Krafty Chicks challenge #843 - Masculine

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 4; and as always the theme is 'Masculine' and Lori is our hostess. Now we know that masculine cards are our least favourite to make but we do need them from time to time.  There are so many fun images for the men in our lives which makes creating for them so much easier. We hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

Quite some time ago I picked up this fun stamp in a friend's crafty destash and it's been sitting unloved and waiting to be used so today was its turn in the spotlight.  It's quite a busy card, with lots going on, but I think it turned out super cute.  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 4" x 5 1/4" and used a small checkerboard stencil and some black ink to create my background.  I stamped and coloured the images and added some white gelly roll highlights.  I don't have the dies so I fussy cut them all out.  I die cut a white frame and also one from green card and placed the green inner inside the white frame to replicate grass.  I felt the frame looked a little lost on the background so cut a black stitched rectangle to make it stand out a little more.  Before adhering the layers together I roughly handcut a 'road' and used my white posca pen to mark the white lines.  I added the road onto the grass, and the frame and grass onto the black mat using liquid glue.  I stamped and white heat embossed my sentiment onto black card and used a fishtail banner die to cut it out.  The image and the sentiment were added with foam squares and the tyre and flag with liquid glue.  No embellishments this time as there was so much going on already!  The panel was adhered to the card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I stencilled a small border and added that to the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut one more image and cut him a little grass mound to stand on to cheer his friend across the finish line, adding both with liqud glue.  The panel was then adhered to the card base using double sided tape.    

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

Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge - sketch #704

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

I Love Promarkers challenge - your favourite colours or ATG

The Male Room challenge - geometric

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

MFT - fast-track friends stamp set

Promarkers

MFT - you wow me clear stamp

MFT - rectangle frames die set

MFT - small checkerboard stencil

MFT - blueprints 27 die set (for fishtail banner die)

MFT - extreme black hybrid ink pad

Gina K Designs - master layouts 05 (for stitched rectangle die)

Wow! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Posca - white PC-5M medium bullet tip paint pen

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

I have Affiliate Links 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

Krafty Chicks challenge #842 - 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 (doesn't have to be white), 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 fun card on Pinterest and decided to give it a go.  I changed up the layout ever so slightly and also the colour scheme but the shapes are the same.  I think it turned out great and 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 4" x 5 1/4" and also a second white panel which I die cut with a stitched rectangle.  I decided to use the colour scheme on the current AAA Cards challenge and cut my coloured card to 1" squares and 3/4" squares and used a punch to round 2 of the corners which made them look a bit like a petal.  I added the 'petals' with liquid glue onto the stitched rectangle, starting at the top left corner and working down towards to the bottom right corner, leaving a slightly gap in the middle for my sentiment, which I stamped in black ink.  I adhered both the panels together and added it to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut two more white panels and 4 more squares from coloured card.  I added the 'petals' in the bottom left corner with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I added the panels onto my card base using double sided tape.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - game 325 - color challenge

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut (my stitched rectangle)

Addicted to CAS challenge - happy

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Creative Friday challenge - faux stitching

Inkspirational challenge - CAS optional twist plaid

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional keep it tiny

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:

Creative Craft Products - notch/corner punch

Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 die set

MFT - sweet 16 stamp set (which was a freebie)

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

coloured card from my scraps bin

I have Affiliate Links 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

Krafty Chicks challenge #841 - Christmas

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 2, our theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. We are in the 'ber months now so if you haven't already started your Christmas cards it's time to ramp up production.  We hope you will join us and build up your collection and take the pressure off in December.  So come on over and join in the fun with us.

I recently purchased this gorgeous layering stencil in the Spellbinders clearance sale and have been dying to use it.  I used a non-traditional colour combo and I love how it turned out.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by creating my card base by cutting a white piece of card 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scoring on the long side at 4 1/4".  I cut a piece of light brown card to 5" x 6" (although I will trim it down later) and used white pigment ink on the first layer of the stencil and a mid blue and navy on the second and third layers.  I am really happy with the finished result, although the mid blue turned more teal on the light brown card but I think it looks lovely.  At this point I trimmed the panel down to 4" x 5 1/4" and added some scrap white card behind for some dimension.  I stamped and white heat embossed the 'merry' sentiment and 'Christmas' sub-sentiment onto the same brown card and used the coordinating dies to cut them out (I also cut 3 more from the brown card to layer up).  I added the panel onto my card base using double sided tape and then adhered the sentiments in the centre using liquid glue.  I finished off with some white pearls.  For the inside I cut another panel from the light brown card and stencilled part of the design at the bottom using the same inks as the front.  I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment in the centre and then adhered the panel to my card base using double sided tape. 

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

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas

Dream Valley challenge - pearls and/or gems

Farm Quest Country Christmas challenge - ATG country Christmas

NBUS challenge - new to me layered stencil

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional inspiration photo

Stencil Fun challenge - use a stencil optional theme: orange

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

Hero Arts - color layering holiday neighborhood stencils

Kristina Werner (for C&9th) - joyful & merry stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - blue raspberry and in the navy

Gina K Designs - white pigment ink cube

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - soft snowflake mix pearls (store sadly closed)

light brown card from my stash

I have Affiliate Links 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

Krafty Chicks challenge #840 - Birthday

Hello again friends. I'm back with my card for the 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.

I still had the Next Gen stamp on my desk from last week's card so I thought I would make a feminine card this time around using the same set.  I used some pretty gingham papers and I think it 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 the 3 gingham papers using the scalloped die from master layouts 04 and adhered them together using liquid glue; I also added one more cut from plain white behind to add some stability.  I stamped the mobile phone image and also the conversation messages before using the coordinating die to cut it out (I also cut 3 more from white card so that I could layer them up).  I stamped both the sentiments onto white card using black ink and again cut 3 more plain white to layer them up.  I die cut 2 speech bubbles from white card and stamped the emoji in black onto one and the heart in red onto the other.  I added all the elements onto the background using liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I die cut a white scalloped panel and 3 strips from the gingham paper which I layered at the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I die cut two more speech bubbles and again stamped one with the emoji and one with the heart, which I added with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink and added the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  

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

The Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional lots and lots of colours

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - males go feminine

Do-All Creative challenge - ATG optional use die cuts

Just Add Ink challenge - stencils/dies or both theme: kids

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Tic Tac Toe challenge - left diagonal down: orange/free/pink

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've still got a couple more cards for you today so please pop back and check them out if you can.   

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Gina K Designs - next gen stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - master layouts 04 die set (for scalloped rectangle)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer mini stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - ocean mist, bubblegum pink, sweet mango, red hot

Memory Box - bluebird gingham, mango gingham, bubblegum gingham papers

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

I now have Affiliate Links 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

Krafty Chicks challenge #839 - Masculine

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 4; and as always the theme is 'Masculine' and Lori is our hostess. Now we know that masculine cards are our least favourite to make but we do need them from time to time, so come on and get ahead with any masculine makes you need to create.   We hope you will take on the challenge and come over and join in the fun with us.

I recently got a new-to-me stamp & die set that I knew would be perfect for this challenge as it has lots of fun images for teens and males (and some for girls too).  I kept it fairly clean and simple but with lots of colour and I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stencilled the splat design in the centre using a red, yellow and blue ink pad.  I like using these three colours as when they overlap they pretty much complete the whole rainbow.  I stamped the images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I decided to cut down the panel using the stitched rectangle from master layouts 2 and also used the plain rectangle to cut a black mat layer.  I adhered the layers together with liquid glue and added the images with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment directly onto the background using black ink and instead of embellishments I stamped a few emojis for a fun touch.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I used the same dies to cut a white panel and black mat layer.  Before I adhered them together I used the splat stencil and added some colour to the bottom right corner.  I then adhered the layers with liquid glue.  I stamped, coloured and die cut one more image and added that over the splat using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink and also added two more emojis.  The panel was added to my card base using double sided tape.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - M is for .....masculine

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark (markers and stencilling)

Colorful Options challenge - rusty brown, earth tones or rainbow (option 3 and 4)

Dream Valley challenge - add a sentiment

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - make your own background (stencilled)

Stencil Fun challenge - ATG must use a stencil optional theme: yellow

Sweet Stampin' challenge - CAS cards 

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Masculine' 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 - next gen stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 die set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - red hot, wild dandelion, blue raspberry

Clearly Besotted - splat it stencil (no longer available but they have a similar one here)

Promarkers

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card 

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

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

I 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

Krafty Chicks challenge #838 - CAS (clean and simple)

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 (doesn't have to be white), 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.

It was my sister & brother-in-law's anniversary recently so used this opportunity to make them a card.  It's not a one-layer CAS card but I made a 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" card (as it was a special family card) and I think the proportions work well with lots of uncluttered space around the focal image.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by making my card base by cutting a white piece of card 11" x 7 1/2" and scoring at 5 1/2".  I cut a white panel 5" x 7" and added a strip of black & white paper to the top and bottom with liquid glue before adding a black mat layer with double sided tape.  I die cut a plain heart from white card and a scalloped heart from black card and adhered them together using liquid glue.  I die cut the leafery and flowers using coloured card from my scraps bin and adhered them together and added them to the white heart using liquid glue.  I made the sentiment on my computer and printed it out onto my usual white card before die cutting it with a flag die.  I added the sentiment over the flower arrangement using a mix of foam squares and liquid glue.  The heart was then adhered to the background panel using foam squares.  The panel was added to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and black mat layer as well as a strip of the black and white paper and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I cut a small plain heart from white and scalloped heart from black and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I die cut two more of the flower/leafery and added them over the heart using liquid glue.  The heart was then added in the bottom right corner with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink and adhered the panel to my card base using double sided tape.  

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

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional inspiration photo

Craft Rocket challenge - use dies

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - males go feminine

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (anniversary)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - clean and simple

Unicorn challenge - not square

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:

Spellbinders - sealed bouquet die set

Honey Bee Stamps - stacking hearts and scallop hearts honey cuts

MFT - blueprints 27 (for flag end die)

MFT - black & white stripes 6x6 paper pack

LOTV - verses A5 polymer clear stamp - no longer available

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

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

computer & printer for front sentiment

coloured card from my scraps bin