Krafty Chicks challenge #836 - Birthday

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 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 found a stamp and matching stencil in my stash that I don't think I've ever used so I thought it was time to show it some love.  I went with a pretty colour combo of purple, yellow and green and made a shaped card.  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 stamped the image using a sandy beach ink pad; I left my stamp in the Misti whilst I stencilled, and then re-stamped it with black ink at the end so that I wouldn't smudge the black ink when doing my blending.  I used 2 shades of lilac on the larger flowers and 2 shades of yellow on the smaller flowers and buds.  I used 2 shades of green for the leaves.  It's a really pretty, girly colour combo and not one I use very often but I should.  I die cut the panel using the notched corner frame die and decided to use the largest notched corner die to make a shaped card, which I cut from dark purple card.  I added the stencilled panel onto the card base with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink and used the coordinating die to cut it out (as well as 3 plain white ones so that I could layer it up) and then added that two thirds of the way down using liquid glue.  I finished off with some black pearls.  Apart from the sentiment there isn't much dimension on my card (for a change).  For the inside I cut a white panel using the notch corner frame die.  I would usually add some more stencilling on the bottom of my panel to coordinate with the front but to be honest I was pressed for time and had already cleaned my stencil so instead used a piece of yellow patterned paper, again cut with the die, and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I also added a thin strip of the purple card above the paper with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and added the panel onto my card base with liquid glue.  

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

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

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Color Dare challenge - #718 (I used purple, yellow and green)

Cupcake Inspirations challenge - in the garden (flowers)

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

NBUS challenge - use new and unused stuff (my stamp/stencil)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - stamp it

Stencil Fun challenge - use a stencil optional theme: yellow

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms and/or butterflies optional mood board

Unicorn challenge - not square

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'll be back in a little while with my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Pinkfresh Studio - delicate floral print cling stamp & stencil

Spellbinders - notched corner frames die set

Gina K Designs - courtyard silhouettes stamp & die (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - springy sketches mini stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - light lilac, medium lilac, lemon drop, wild dandelion, jelly bean green, fresh asparagus, sandy beach

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

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

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Teresa Collins - every day moments 6x6 paper pad - discontinued

purple card from my stash

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Krafty Chicks challenge #832 - birthday

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 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.

My new kit from Gina K Designs had just arrived so I used the gorgeous mini incentive set which has these gorgeous butterfly images and sentiments.  I used a few different GKD dies and a clean and simple layout and I think it turned out so pretty.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the butterfly images using memento ink onto alcohol marker friendly card.  I coloured them with Spectrum Noir tri-blend markers for a change and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I also added some white gel pen highlights.  I die cut the scalloped rectangle (from master layouts 4) and the circle windows plate from white card.  I took the inner part of the circles and ink blended one of them pink, one yellow and one orange using the ink left over on my blending brushes .  I adhered the circles panel onto the scalloped rectangle using liquid glue and then replaced the circles into their spots again using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment onto the yellow circle using black ink.  I added the butterflies onto the circles using foam squares just under their bodies so that their wings can be lifted up a little.  I also went around the circles with my white gel pen to add some faux white spatters.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I die cut another scalloped rectangle from white card, ink blended some of the yellow and orange inks in the right hand corner and added a pink butterfly over top.  I stamped the sentiment using black ink and added the panel to my card base using double sided tape.

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

Allsorts challenge - colours of summer

Colour Dare challenge - surprise colour challenge - I used pink, yellow & orange

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - animals

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

Moving Along With The Times challenge - feminine

NBUS challenge - new or unused stuff (my butterflies are new)

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme nature

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - happy birthday

Tic Tac Toe challenge - board #298 - butterfly, free, border

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

Try It On Tuesday challenge - make it colourful

Unicorn challenge - layer it up 

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'll be back in a little while with my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Gina K Designs - courage to fly stamp (current incentive will in store next month)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 04

Gina K Designs - circle windows plate 

Gina K Designs - perfect posy mini stamp (for inside sentiment) (Bumbleberry's)

Spectrum Noir - tri-blend markers - orange blend, citrus blend & bright pink blend

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

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

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

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

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 links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #826 - Birthday

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're having a great week. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. This is such an easy challenge as we always need birthday cards so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

It was my friend's birthday a few days ago and this is the card I made for her.  I've had this stamp for a little while and never used it and saw it when I was searching for something else so I thought I would finally show it some love.  I ended up making a shaker card, which I haven't done for a while, and I think it turned super pretty.  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 embossed it using a pretty swirly embossing folder.  I stamped the wreath image, coloured it with Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I also cut another 3 from white card so that I could stack it up using liquid glue.  It was a this point that I decided the wreath would be perfect for a shaker window so cut a piece of acetate and added that behind the stamped wreath using liquid glue.  I then adhered this to the other 3 plain white wreaths using liquid glue.  I used some clear sequins for inside my shaker but felt I still needed a little more dimension for them to shake freely so added some foam tape shaker strips around the wreath and adhered it over the sequins onto the background.  I didn't use the sentiment from the wreath set for the front as I wanted something a little bigger so found this sentiment already stamped and die cut so I only had to cut another 3 plain white ones to stack up, again for extra dimension.  The sentiment was adhered onto the background using liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel and added it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and partially embossed the swirly pattern along the bottom.  I stamped, coloured and die cut another wreath and cut it apart so that I could place it over the embossed portion, using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Allsorts challenge - bees, blooms and/or birds

Alphabet challenge - E is for embossing (wet or dry)

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an embossing folder with an optional twist of purple

The Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional blooms

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - something beginning with B (blooms)

Little Red Wagon challenge - I see (I used acetate for my shaker window)

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

Tic Tac Toe challenge - floral, dry embossing, summer (my colours are summery)

Try It On Tuesday challenge - in the garden

TGIF challenge - popping it up (I used foam squares for my shaker window)

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 want to say how much I appreciate your lovely comments, your support really does mean the world to me.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - let's celebrate stamp & die

Gina K Designs - elegant thoughts stamp & die (for outside sentiment)

Gian K Designs - petite flourish embossing folder

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

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

Promarkers

*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 #823 - Birthday

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're having a great week. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. This is such an easy challenge as we always need birthday cards so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

My mother asked me for another special 80th birthday card (all her friends are turning the big 8-0 this year!) and as I still had the blooming branches embossing folder bundle on my desk, and because I love it so much, I decided to use it again on this card. The card is 7" x 7" in size and I went with pinks this time.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by creating my card base; I cut one white panel 8" x 7" and scored it at 1" on the longer side and a second panel 7" x 7".  I used the 1" tab to adhere my two pieces together, using red line tape. I once again only used the embossing folder to emboss the two additional flowers; for the background I used the stencil and two shades of pink ink for the flowers and 2 shades of green ink for the leaves, I also added some yellow in the flower centres.  I coloured the two extra flowers in the exact same way.  It suited my layout better to turn the stencilled background 90 degrees so that the design was on horizontal instead of vertical.  I found a pretty green glitter card so used that as my mat layer.  I used a scrap piece of pretty pink paper that was loose in my stash and used that as my background panel, again matting it onto the green glitter card.  This was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  I added some scrap white card behind the stencilled panel and adhered that to the paper panel with double sided tape.  I added the extra flowers with foam tape.  The sentiments were created on the pc, printed out and cut out with a sentiment strips die.  I added some pink ink around the edges and adhered them above and below the stencilling with foam squares.  I finished off with some black pearls.  For the inside I cut a white panel and again matted it onto the green glitter card.  I had two thin strips left of the pink paper so added them to the top and bottom of the panel.  I found a free verse online and used my printer to print it directly onto the panel.  This was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

* to be updated *

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 want to say how much I appreciate your lovely comments, your support really does mean the world to me.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - blooming branches embossing folder, die & stencil bundle

Gina K Designs - ink pads - innocent pink, dusty rose, lucky clover, grass green, lemon drop

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

Limetree Craft - 12" x 12" 300gsm smooth white card

The Works - A4 pastel glitter pad

pc and printer for my sentiments

patterned paper from my stash

*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 #819 - birthday

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're having a great week. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. This is such an easy challenge as we always need birthday cards so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

It was my mother's birthday a few weeks ago and of course I wanted to make a special card for her; it's a fun fold card that I saw Gina K make called an interlocking fancy fold card but mine is super sized at 7" x 7" so my panels are slightly different to hers as I had to make mine bigger to suit the card size.  I hope you like it.  Apologies but there is photo overload today; skip through after the first few if you like :)

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

A look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

Finally; this is the card from above to show the fold:

To create my card base I cut three separate panels and joined them together.  First I cut the back piece 7" x 7" and then I cut the two front pieces 6" x 7" and scored these at 1" and 3 1/2".  The 1" tabs were adhered to the back of the 7" square panel on each side using strong red liner tape.  I then folded and creased the other scored lines to create a backward Z on the left side and a Z fold on the right side.  I then die cut two stitched squares from white and the mat layers from black and adhered them together with double sided tape.  The squares were added to the card base with double sided tape (but only to the one side; the piece in the middle was left clear of adhesive).  Now that my card base was ready I started on my stamped and coloured elements.  I used a beautiful stamp, die and stencil bundle from Gina K Designs and used bright and cheerful yellow and green with a hint of black for my colours.  Once the images were stencilled and cut out I adhered them with foam squares to the front of the card.  I also stamped and stencilled two butterflies and added them in the white space on the side panels.  I stamped and die cut the sentiments (but I had to fussy cut the mother word) and again adhered them with foam squares - lots of dimension on this card.  I didn't add any embellishments as I felt there was lots going on already.  For the inside I cut a white panel 6 1/2" square and a slightly larger black mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I used a stencil and some light grey ink to add some soft detail to the centre of the panel and stamped my sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I had some left over stamped pieces so I added them to the top left and bottom right corners with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist May flowers

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional theme fancy folds

Aud Sentiments challenge - embossing and/or flowers + sentiment

Creative Creases challenge - ATG with a fun fold

Daisy Chain challenge - layer it up

Do-All Creative challenge - ATG optional flowers as eye-catcher

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

Moving Along With The Times challenge - one or more butterflies

Pearly Sparkles challenge - one or more butterflies

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - make it colourful

The Four Seasons challenge - spring inspired optional mood board

Triple B challenge challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

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 want to say how much I appreciate your lovely comments, your support really does mean the world to me.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs

delicate flowers stamp, die & layering stencils bundle

create friendship stamp, die and stencils (for butterflies)

lovely ladies stamp (for mother word)

modern roses stamp & die (for sentiment)

on the inside: birthday (for inside sentiment)

ornamental fans stencil (for inside panel)

sentiment strips die set 

master layouts 3 (for stitched squares and mat layer dies)

ink pads - soft stone, jelly bean green, fresh asparagus, marigold, honey mustard

other supplies:

Limetree Craft - 12" x 12" smooth white card 300gsm

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

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