Krafty Chicks Challenge #709 All Occasions

Hello again friends; I'm back with my DT card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  We are on Week 4 which is 'All Occasion' i.e. birthday, sympathy, get well etc; the world's your oyster!  

I needed an anniversary card for my in-laws so this challenge was perfect timing for me.  Here is my card:

a closer look at the florals:

I also decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" and my black panel just a touch bigger to give me a thin border.  I adhered them together with double sided tape.  The floral die comes in two parts; the backing piece I cut from white card and the top detail layer I cut from gold mirror card.  I used the matching layering stencils to colour the backing die cut and then added the gold detail layer over top with liquid glue (it's not perfectly lined up with my stencilling but it looks ok).  I repeated this another 2 times, an extra one for the inside.  I added foam squares to the 2 for the front on my card and arranged them in such a way that I could stamp my sentiment in the centre of my card.  The sentiment is made up of 4 different stamp sets and I could have made my spacing a little closer between the mam and the ampersand but it was too late once I had stamped it!  I added a few tiny heart die cuts to fill some empty spaces and the front was complete.  For the inside I stamped a sentiment in black ink in the centre and then added the third die cut flower arrangement at the bottom of the panel (I did trim it ever so slightly so that it would fit).  I added the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  My card size is 5" x 7" which is my preferred size for family cards.  I hope you like it. 

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes with optional mood board

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - spring flowers with dies or punches

My Time To Craft challenge - multi-coloured florals

Pearly Sparkles challenge - celebrate

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Stencil Fun challenge - must use a stencil option Easter/spring (I used a die/layering stencil combo)

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option the DIES have it

Tic Tac Toe challenge - pastel colours, CAS design, flowers

Triple B challenge - must include at least one bird, bloom or butterfly

Try It On Tuesday challenge - use a stencil (I used a die and layering stencil combo)

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'All Occasions' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for March, Shirley. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - doodled autumn stamp set

Gina K Designs - floral wishes stamp set

Gina K Designs - curved floral die set & layering stencils

Gina K Designs - lovely ladies stamp set

Gina K Designs - grand gentlemen stamp set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - bubblegum pink, passionate pink, ocean mist, wild dandelion, soft stone

Cardmaking Magic - verses for occasions (for inside sentiment)

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for tiny hearts)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Hobbycraft - A4 luxury black card

gold mirror card from stash

Krafty Chicks challenge #704 - All Occasion

Hello again friends; I'm back once again with my DT card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  We are on Week 4 which is 'All Occasion' i.e. birthday, sympathy, get well etc; the world's your oyster!  

I found these images already coloured from another project so thought I would put them to good use. I didn't need a specific card so just made a generic hello friend card.  Here is my card:

A close up of the cute doggies:

Plus I decorated the inside:

In addition to the images already being coloured I also had the circles pre-cut that I was going to use on another card but then changed my mind (they were all cut from pieces from my scrap bin).  I did have to cut a few extra for the inside but this card was super easy to put together once I had decided on the layout.   I cut a panel from white card 3 3/4" x 5" and added the circles randomly around (but in rainbow order) with foam squares.  I also added the cute dog images with foam squares too.  I stamped the friend and hello words in black ink and used the matching die to cut out the friend, along with another 3 from white card.  I used a tiny sentiment strip die to cut out the hello word.   I used a tip I learned from Mindy Eggen and used the extra friend die cuts to layer up the word but only used the middle part that would have contact with the card panel so that everything would be the same level.  The panel was added with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I thought it looked cute as it was.  For the inside I used the left over pieces of the circles that I had cut off from the front and added them around my panel.  The only circles I had to cut extra were the teal one and the yellow one.  I added another dog to the inside too.  These were all added with liquid glue.  I didn't add a sentiment as I thought this card could be for any occasion and I could add one when I needed to.  

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

AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS option birthday

Addicted to CAS challenge - geometric

Colorful Options challenge - Pink or rainbow creations

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Inspirations challenge - someone you love/for a friend

Creative Moments challenge - CAS

Creative Friday challenge - Double (2 dogs)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Day of the Month Card Club challenge - random act of kindness

Dream Valley challenge - Our 4 legged friends

I love Promarkers challenge - ATG option under the sea

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS option pink 

Sweet Stampin' challenge - Always look on the bright side of life

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'All Occasions' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for February, Helen.  

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

  

Card ingredients:

MFT Stamps - Friends at first sip (for dogs)

MFT Stamps - Tag builder blueprints 6 (die cut circles)

Gina K Designs - Modern flower stamp & die set (for sentiments)*

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Sakura - white no 10 gelly roll pen

other card from my scraps bin

*was part of the Hello Lovely kit but no longer available - it will be in the store when the new kit is launched

Krafty Chicks challenge - All Occasions

Hello and happy Thursday lovely friends.  I hope you're having a great week.  I'm here today to share my DT card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  We are on week 4 which is always 'All Occasions' i.e. birthday, sympathy, new baby, Valentine's, the world's your oyster lol!

I made this card for a crafty friend who had her birthday recently and was inspired by a technique I saw by Gina K Designs.  Here is my card:

A closer look:

Of course I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 3 3 /4" x 5" and used a circle stencil to mask the area I wanted to ink blend.  I used an orange for my sky and a light green for my grass.  I went over my ink blending with a cloud stencil using the same orange ink but with a slightly heavier hand and a grass stencil using a slightly darker green ink.  I did go over the clouds with a pink ink but I don't think I added enough as you can't really see it.  I removed the stencils and stamped the silhouette image in black ink using my Misti tool.  I also stamped my sentiment below the image and a small butterfly to the upper left side.  I added the panel onto a black card mat with double sided tape and this was also added to my card base with double sided tape.  A few black pearls and my card was complete.  For the inside I cut the same size panels and on the white panel I stamped my sentiment in black ink and added a portion of the silhouette stamp in the lower left corner.  I blended some of the orange ink around it for some added interest.  Again I matted the panels with double sided tape and again adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  A very calm and elegant card which I think would also be suitable as a sympathy card by changing out the sentiment. 

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

Addicted to CAS challenge - sky (I stencilled my sky)

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cuts and/or stencils (I used a cloud and grass stencil)

As You Like It challenge - What's your fave: pearls or gems and why (I like both but mostly grab for my pearls as they are great for all types of cards

Inkspirational challenge - use stencils (I used a cloud and grass stencil)

Just Us Girls challenge - ATG stencil week (I used a cloud and grass stencil)

Make My Monday challenge - happy birthday

Triple B challenge - must have either birds, blooms or butterflies (I have silhouette blooms and a butterfly)

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'All Occasions' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for January, Helen.  

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - Natural Silhouettes stamp

Gina K Designs - Spring Mountain stamp (for butterfly)

Gina K Designs - Birthday Cheer stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sweet mango, bubblegum pink, lucky clover, jelly bean green

Gina K Designs - pearl mix - black, gold & silver

MFT - grassy edges stencil

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

Taylored Expressions - masking circles stencil

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

Hobbycraft - A4 luxury black card

Versafine - onyx black ink