Krafty Chicks challenge #828 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. We are slowly adding to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I recently bought some Penny Black wooden stamps from a friend who was de-stashing her craft room and had to use one of them on today's card (you know how much I love the PB hedgies!).  I was pushed for time when making my card so kept things very clean and simple, no dimension and it is a true SIP card this week. I think it turned super cute and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute hedgie:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" from alcohol marker friendly card and stamped the image at the bottom.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights. I stamped the sentiment in the upper left of the panel using black ink.  I added the panel onto a piece of red glitter card cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and then adhered it to my card base using double sided tape.  No dimension or embellishments but this makes it perfect for mailing!  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 3/4" x 5" and stamped the image in the bottom using black ink.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre and added the panel onto another red glitter card layer.  The panel was then adhered to the card base using double sided tape.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist 'any holiday'

Craft Rocket challenge - animals

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Friday challenge - new (my stamp is new to me)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - Christmas in July 

Moving Along With The Times challenge - use a colouring medium (I used Promarkers)

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed 

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas in July

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional theme 'on the move'

Simple Clean & Simple challenge - ATG optional theme 'birthday'

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - 4 legged friends

Sweet Stampin' challenge - Christmas in July

The Dream Factory challenge - inspired by the Cleaner - CAS cards

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies (hope my little robin is ok)

Try It On Tuesday challenge - animals: real or imaginary 

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.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Penny Black - wishes for kisses 1505H wooden stamp

Uniko - rustic Christmas stamp (for sentiments)

DCWV - holiday collection glitter mat stack 

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Sakura - black ballsign glaze pen (to darken eyes and nose)

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

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

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

Krafty Chicks challenge #795 - CAS

Good morning lovely friends and welcome to my chilly corner of blogland. It's biting cold and windy here at the moment and the perfect weather for staying indoors and crafting!  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 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.

When I was colouring the cute critters from Tuesday's ATC Hop I thought one of them would be perfect for today's card and as he was already coloured in this card came together really quickly.  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute critter:

I decorated the inside (albeit very simply this time):

So as I said I coloured this cute image with my Promarkers and fussy cut him out when I was making my ATC's earlier in the week.  I also added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and lightly ink blended some green ink in the centre before spraying my card with perfect pearls (I mix it with water and keep it in a small spray bottle so it's always ready to use).  It's really subtle in the pictures but it's really shimmery in real life.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel for stability and a little bit of dimension.  I made my card base from grey card to compliment the colour of the cat and adhered the ink blended panel with double sided tape.  I added foam squares behind the image and adhered it directly into the centre.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink onto white card and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  This was added below the image with liquid glue.  I didn't add anything else as I liked it as it was (plus I wanted to keep it as CAS as possible).  For the inside I cut another white panel and ink blended along the bottom and stamped the sentiment in black ink in the centre.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - #303 1+1 (birthday and flowers)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge - sketch 656

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Die Cut Divas challenge - critters (my sentiment is die cut)

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

Inspiration Station challenge - inspiration photo

Mix It Up challenge - ATG optional CAS

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - use paper and/or scissors (I fussy cut my image with scissors)

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional music

Show Us Your Pussycats challenge - ATG must include a cat

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS goes optional holiday/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 supplies:

Penny Black image was a magazine freebie from 2012!

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Gina K Designs - sending flowers stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - on the inside - birthday stamp 

the green ink used for blending was GKD but I used what was left on my brush

Heffy Doodle - grey card for card base (store now closed)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

*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

ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop - November 25

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.

I found some images that came free with a card making magazine (the copyright date is 2012 so I've had them a while lol!) and as they were cute Penny Black images, which I love, I decided to use them on my ATC's this month.  If you've visited my blog recently you may have seen my CASE IT card here where I recycled a birthday card and matching envelope; well I still had some small scraps left over of the envelope so thought I would use it up and make my ATC's matchy-matchy this month. I love all of them this month but I do have a soft spot for the hedgies - which one is your favourite?

Here are my ATC's:

a closer look at each ATC:

How I simply decorated the backs:

 

So I began by cutting up the scraps left from the envelope so that I could utilise as much of it as possible.  I was able to cut one whole ATC and then strips and corners on the others.  I found a background I had stamped previously with a gauze stamp and for the others I used some coordinating coloured card from my scraps bin.  I coloured the images with Promarkers and fussy cut each one before adding some white gelly roll pen and shimmer pen highlights.  I adhered the papers to the ATC's with liquid glue and splattered some white gouache mixed with perfect pearls for a little shimmer (although it is very subtle).  I inked around the edges with pink ink for some extra interest.  I added foam squares behind each image and added them to the ATC's.  I stamped some uplifting sentiments in black ink onto white card (except for one that I stamped directly onto the ATC) and used coordinating dies for two of them and my paper trimmer for the final one.  I added the sentiments with liquid glue.  For the backs I simply add a tiny scrap of the envelope just to tie it all together, again inking around the edges with the pink ink.  Very bright and cheerful ATC's this month and I hope you like them. 

I would like to enter my ATC's into the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Crafters Cafe challenge - ATG optional use some yellow

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Die Cut Divas challenge - critters (I die cut the sentiments)

The Neglected Stuff challenge - use old/neglected stuff (the images are from 2012)

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - must use paper and/or scissors (I used scissors to fussy cut the images)

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional music

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - add texture or ATG

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms and/or butterflies (I have floral paper and 1 small butterfly) 

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2025 or #ATCscrapmakesoct25 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I really appreciate you stopping by today.

Love and hugs,

 

ATC supplies:

Penny Black images were magazine freebies from 2012!

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Tonic - Nuvo aqua shimmer pen

Gina K Designs - lovely notes stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - enjoyable greetings stamp

Gina K Designs - layered carnation stamp

Gina K Designs - gauze background stamp

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Ranger - perfect pearls in perfect pearl

Winsor & Newton - white gouache

recycled envelope for backgrounds

coloured card from scraps bin

*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 #778 - Masculine

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 4; as always the theme is 'masculine' and Lori is our hostess. I know masculine makes can be difficult but we always need them so take the challenge and get ahead. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I recently purchased a new Penny Black wooden stamp, of course featuring my favourite hedgie character, and I was itching to use it so I grabbed it for today's card.  I love these images as they are so cute and really easy to colour.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured him with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I cut the panel down to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4".  I also cut a lovely green striped patterned paper to 4" x 5 1/4" to use as my mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I cut two banners, one from green card and one from red card; I added the green banner with double sided tape and the red banner with a foam square to the top left corner.  I originally stamped the sentiment directly on the panel but I pressed a little hard and it didn't come out very well so I stamped it again onto a scrap of white card and cut it out with a sentiment strips die (I also cut another 3 plain white strips and adhered them together with liquid glue).   The sentiment was added below the image using liquid glue covering up my boo-boo!  I added some scrap white card behind my panel for some dimension and stability and then adhered this to the card base with liquid glue.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the image in the bottom right corner (I used second generation stamping for a softer look).  I used the left over ends of the banners from the front of the card and added them in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  I had a small strip of the patterned paper left so added that to the top of the panel with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  A fun card and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  

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

Colourful Options challenge - summer mood board (I used red, green and a smidge of yellow)

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional child's birthday

Creative Inspirations challenge - stars and/or stripes

Critter Crazy challenge - animal birthday

Die Cut Divas challenge - happy birthday

Double D challenge - a card for the kiddos

Girlz Make Guyz cards - ATG male

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or super heroes

Inkspirational challenge - word prompt 'birthday'

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - use patterned paper optional theme birthday

Moving Along With The Times challenge - masculine

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

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - stripes and/or dots

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:

Penny Black - game on 4129J wooden stamp

Promarkers

Penny Black - balloon ride clear stamp (for outside sentiment)

Echo Park - little girl dots & stripes 6 x 6 paper pad

MFT - blueprints 18 (for banners)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Clearly Besotted - simply said birthday (for inside sentiment)

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

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

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 #763 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far.  We're still enjoying the lovely sunny weather here in South Wales and Wesley the puppy is living his best life practically outside all day; he loves it out in the garden in the sunshine.  

Anyway enough of my waffle!  It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; and as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess.  Another chance to add a card to the Christmas pile and we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I was pushed for time this week so made a clean and simple card but I did colour my image so that's something.  I made a 5" x 7" card for a change.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute hedgie:

Plus I decorated the inside (very simply this time):

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured it with Promarkers; I also added a few highlights with a white gelly roll pen.  I cut the panel down to 4 1/8" x 6 1/8" and stamped the sentiment in black ink in the top right corner.  I cut a piece of green dotty paper 4 5/8" x 6 5/8".  I added some extra scrap card behind the image panel for dimension instead of using foam tape and adhered this to the dotty paper with double sided tape.  I added the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with a few gold sequins.  For the inside, as I was pressed for time, I simply cut a white panel 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" and added a 1/2" strip of the dotty paper to the top and bottom with double sided tape. I stamped a sentiment in black ink in the upper centre.  I adhered the panel to my card base with double sided tape.  I love the Penny Black hedgie stamps so I'm really happy with my card, even if it was made in a rush.  

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

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist vintage

As You Like It challenge - cute or floral (I love cute images, especially the PB hedgies)

Christmas Crafts All Year 'round challenge - rockin' around the Christmas tree (deck the halls with boughs of holly)

The Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional clean and simple

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - adorable hedgehogs (I'm partial to the Penny Black hedgies)

Creative Moments challenge - CAS

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - not square (my card is 5"x7")

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - animals

Girlz Creative Christmas challenge - ATG Christmas

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or under the sea

Merry Little Christmas challenge - ATG Christmas

My Time To Craft challenge - rectangle shaped cards (my card is 5"x7")

Peace On Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional inspiration board

Penny Black Saturday challenge - ATG optional Easter

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme umbrellas

Simply Create Too challenge - furry friends (hedgehogs have fur on their legs and stomach)

Sparkles Christmas challenge - Christmas foliage

Stamping Sensations challenge - birds, animals, flowers & nature

We Love Stamping challenge - favourite stamps (I love the PB hedgie stamps)

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.

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Penny Black Inc - a thorny affair 4092K wood stamp

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Clearly Besotted Stamps - simply said Christmas clear stamp - retired

Spellbinders - holiday besties clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

Spellbinders - gold smooth disc color essentials sequins

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - they do have 300gsm bright white card available here

dotty paper from stash

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed