Spring Into Card Making IG Hop - Week 5

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great day.  I'm back to share this week's card for the Spring Into Card Making IG Hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly.  Each week we will be sharing a themed card focusing on the joys of spring.  If our hop inspires you please use the hashtag #2024springintocardmakinghop to join in the fun.  

This week our inspiration is 'tea party' so grab all your stamps and dies with a tea theme and join in the fun.  I love this image and have used it quite a few times before but it was perfect for this week's theme.  

Here is my card:

a close up of the image:

plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and using the fun teacup stencil and some yellow ink created my background.  I matted this onto a black panel cut to 4" x 5 1/4".  I stamped the girl image and coloured her with Promarkers (+ 1 tri-blend marker) before using the matching die to cut her out.  I added some white highlights with a gelly roll pen.  I used a die to cut a lacey oval from vellum and added my image on top with foam squares; this was then adhered to the panel with liquid glue (making sure to only add it behind the image so that it wouldn't show through the vellum).  I stamped the sentiment in the lower right corner in black ink.  I finished with a few pastel pearls.  For the inside I masked a small portion at the bottom of the white panel and used the same stencil and ink to create a coordinating border.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink in the centre.  Once again I matted the panel onto a black panel and added it to the card base with double sided tape.  A fairly simple, bright and colourful card.

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cut and/or stencil (I used both)

Color Throwdown challenge - pink/green/yellow

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - use a die

Dream Valley challenge - spring colours

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - add a sentiment

Get Creative challenge - April Fool's Day (use a joke or punny sentiment)

I love Promarkers challenge - ATG option add a button

Inkspirational challenge - fold (I attempted to add folds to the dress)

Inspired By challenge - umbrellas (I was inspired by the colours)

Stamping Sensations challenge - spring mood board (inspired by the colours)

Stencil Fun challenge - must use a stencil option spring/flowers

Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge - I used sketch #275

Tic Tac Toe challenge - spring colours/free/stencil

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 #2024springintocardmakinghop to find us and also so that we can find your creation if you are inspired to take part.  

I'll be back again with you tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so please pop by and check it out.  As always I appreciate the comments you leave and thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Stamping Bella - curvy girl loves tea

Visible Image - tea party stencil

Spellbinders - lacey oval dies

Promarkers (+ 1 tri-blend marker)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - simply said birthday (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - wild dandelion ink pad

Gina K Designs - pearl mix - rainbow

Stampin' Up! - card stock vellum

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Hobbycraft - A4 luxury black card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Krafty Chicks Design Team card

Good morning friends, I have some exciting news to share with you today.  I am delighted and honoured to be joining the talented team over at Krafty Chicks challenge!  Today I am sharing my first card as a fully fledged chick in the hen house.  The themes are on a rotation so you always know what is coming up:

Week 1

Stamps (must have a stamp/digi image on card/project)

Week 2

Christmas (must have something with Christmas on it)

Week 3

CAS (Clean and Simple)

Week 4

All Occasions (Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's, etc.)

Week 5

When there are five Thursday's in the month,

Anything Goes

As we are on Week 1 this week the theme is 'Stamps' so we want to see some stamping on your card.  I went clean and simple again (I don't know what is happening to me lol) and here is my card:

A close up of the cute image:

I did a little ink blending on the inside to match the outside:

I began by stamping the cute critter and coloured him with a mix of Promarkers and Tri-blend markers and used the matching die to cut him out.  I also added some white highlights with a gel pen.  I cut a panel of white card 3 3/4" x 5" and ink blended some teal ink into the centre; for some added interest I also used a confetti stencil using the same ink but with a heavier hand.  I cut a mat panel from teal card and added the white panel with double sided tape.  I added my cute fox with foam squares to just slightly above the centre of the card and stamped the sentiment in black ink below him.  No embellishments at all but I think it looks cute just as it is.  For the inside I cut another white panel the same as the front and stamped a sentiment in the centre.  I added some light ink blending over and slightly extending out from the sentiment in the same teal ink.  Again matted the white panel onto a teal panel and adhered it to my card with double sided tape.  

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

Aud Sentiments challenge - make your own background and/or birthday + sentiment

CRAFT challenge - ATG

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Pearly Sparkles challenge - CAS

Stencil Fun challenge - Must use a stencil optional birds

Unicorn challenge - birthday

I hope you will be able to join us over at Krafty Chicks and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.   Check out the blog for all the rules and to see the amazing cards from the very talented design team - Leanne, Diane and Lori.  Helen is our guest designer for January so please leave her some love too.  

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

Card ingredients:

MFT - sending sweet celebration wishes stamp & die

MFT - card sized confetti stencil set

MFT -inside and out birthday greetings stamp set

Promarkers & Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers

Gina K Designs - tranquil teal ink pad

Altenew - lagoon card stock

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 pen