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KCC: #451, Flowers

Happy Thursday!  Hope you're having a wonderful week.  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge is FLOWERS.  Hopefully wherever you are flowers are starting to peek up.  It seems like just last week here all of the plants were still in their "winter wear" and now they're all green and flowering and so spring-y pretty!  For my card this week I played with BRUSHED BLOSSOM stamp set (Concord & 9th).

The layout is from a previous Freshly Made Sketches sketch.

I haven't played with a "layering stamp set" in quite some time, but I really love this set!!!  

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Bonnie!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

 

TCC: #113, Spring Celebration

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Card Concept challenge, and this one is another stunner!  I just love the colors in this one...

For my card this week I grabbed another digi image from Sassy Cheryl's Illustrations, this one called But First... Coffee!  I also swooped the layout from Julee's current Mojo sketch.

I started off by "mirroring" the bunny image... it just fit better this way (than if the coffee mug were on the left).  I painted the coffee with Coffee Shimmerz paint, and painted the bunny with Cheeky Pink Creameez and Pink Champagne Creameez.  

The paper pad is Shades of  Love by Moda Scrap, the colors were exactly perfect!  I printed the sentiment directly on to one of the patterned papers.  That cute little button, is a from the Spring Love Dotz set.

Well that's all I've got for ya.  Be sure to pop on over to the Card Concept blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with, and don't forget to get yourself some inky time and then link up your own creation!

KCC: #450, Chicks & Birds

Happy Thursday!  Hope you're having a wonderful week.  It's time for another Krafty Chicks challenge and this week's twist is CHICKS & BIRDS.

So the other day Cheryl (Sassy Cheryl's Illustrations) released this super cute digital stamp, YOU QUACK ME UP!  It just made me giggle and I realized it was exactly what I needed to use for this week's challenge twist!!!  Are those lil chicks just the cutest things?!?  You can't help but smile <3  I colored them up with Copics, inked up the sky with a couple of Distress Inks and then drew in some grass... easy peasy!  That perfect patterned paper is from the Countryside Charm pack (SugarPea Designs). 

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Bonnie!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

How You Bean?

Ok, so I was supposed to be doing laundry today but I decided to play some more, lol.  So I'm still playing with my new BREWTIFUL set (Miss Ink Stamps).  I was so shocked at how big this set is!!  Like not the size of each image but at how many images/sentiments are in the set!

I Started out with painting some watercolor with some Coffee Shimmerz, then I used the TOPPED OFF TAG paired with the BUBBLY TOPPER to make my tag.

I stamped the mug on some patterned paper then stamped the sentiment in the center and colored in the "coffee".  I fussy cut it and popped it up.

I stamped the flower cluster and colored it in with Copics, fussy cut it and popped it up... LOVE this set!!!  Ok, for reals this time, I'm done for today, lol!  Thanks for popping by, hope you have a wonderful week <3

XOXO, Coffee

So there's a new stamp company in town, and they've got some supah cah-ute sets!!!  Have you visited Miss Ink Stamps yet?!?  I've had my eye on a few, but I really just HAD TO HAVE (like yesterday) this set... BREWTIFUL!  I'm pairing up this fun set with the current TAG YOU'RE IT Challenge, COFFEE BREAK.

I could NOT love this set more!  For this simple tag I stamped the "XO" image, one of the flower images and a few leaves and colored them in with Copics.  I fussy cut the flowers and leaves, then I kind of curled the leaves a little.

My tag is a die called GRID STITCHED TAG (Reverse Confetti), and I paired it up with this fun scripty patterned paper.  It's a little hard to see with this photo, but in the centers of the flowers I added some Cinnamon Stickles to the stamens... it adds a fun little sparkle.

I layered the "XO" with some green cs... I think the green really makes the "XO" stand out!  I used the same cs for the tag topper.  After glueing just the base of the leaf down there at the bottom corner, I just couldn't resist adding a cute lil' coffee bean.  Well that's all I've got for now, thanks for popping by hope to see you again soon.

KCC: #449, A Photo Inspiration

Happy Friday-eve!  Thursday means Krafty Chicks Challenge day!!  I'm the hostess this week and our challenge twist is this Inspiration Photo....

Isn't it so spring-y and just pretty?!?!?  For my card this week I used another image from Graciellie Designs, called COFFEE & FLOWERS.  

I printed the image on watercolor paper and the water colored with some Shimmerz paints.

The black and striped frames are from STITCHED NOTE and FRAMES dies (Reverse Confetti).  The fluttery hearts are from XOXO HEARTS die set (Reverse Confetti).  This was such a fun but simple card... I just LOVE painting <3

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Bonnie!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

TCC: #112, Cottage Florals & Stock Your Stash challenge

Hello and happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Card Concept Challenge.  This inspiration photo is all ME!  Everything about is just inspiring and fantastic!!!... the colors, the textures the styling & accents.

I'm also pairing this up with Reverse Confetti's STOCK YOUR STASH challenge which is MOMS, DADS & GRADS!  For my card I used the new HAT BOX FLORALS stamps & dies.  I stamped the hatbox image and colored just the box with Copics.  Then I stamped the floral image and watercolored it with Shimmerz Paints.  I used the coordinating dies to die cut both pieces.  The flowers are popped up on the full hatbox image (the separate floral stamp is the same flowers that are also in the hatbox, which makes it easy for layering!).

I then added a few rhinestones to the flower centers.  The tag is also from Reverse Confetti, it's called the Grid Stitched tag.  I cut it out on Kraft cs, then I used the POINTED OUT stencil (Reverse Confetti) and splashed on some Antique Linen Distress Paint.  The sentiment is also from the Hatbox stamp set.

That's it for me, thanks for stopping by!!  Be sure to pop on over to the Card Concept blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with, and don't forget to get yourself some inky time and then link up your own creation!

 

KCC: #448, Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa

Happy Thursday, hope you are having a wonderful week!  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge twist is COFFEE, TEA or HOT COCOA.  For this week's card I used some goodies from Graciellie Designs (I used digi's from her store, but she also has rubber stamps, through Unity).

First off, would ya look at that yummy paper?!?!?!?  The digital pack is called COFFEE LOVERS PAPER, and I am just in love with the colors and prints!!!  One of the great things about digital papers is that you can not only print the size you want but you can pretty much choose the scale of your print!  My card is square, and so are the papers so I just scaled down the stripes to just larger than what I wanted.  I also added my sentiment as a layer on that stripped paper.  I was able to place it exactly where I wanted it and size it.  For the coffee splatter paper, I printed it just larger than what I wanted and I printed it on a thicker cardstock so that when I tore it I'd have a great looking tear line!  I edged that tear line with some COFFEE SHIMMERZ.

The digi stamp set is called STAY STRONG, I sized the drink cup and printed it out.  I colored the mid-section with Copics and then added a bit of BABY'S BREATH SHIMMERINGZ to the heart with a paint brush.  The brown on the cup is more of the COFFEE SHIMMERZ, look at all of that yummy shimmer!  For the "whip", I kind of colored it in Copics then went over it with more BABY'S BREATH SHIMMERINGZ, again using a paint brush.  Finally a twine bow to finish it off!

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Danielle!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

A Spring Tag

Happy Tuesday, hope you're week is starting out wonderfully (and ends even better!!).  Today I hung out in my loft and did a little playing.

Reverse Confetti has a monthly STOCK YOUR STASH challenge and I've been trying to play a few times each month (imagine what a great stash I'd have if I actually did!! lol).  Well this month's challenge is EASTER / SPRING.  I'm also pairing this up with the current TAG YOU'RE IT challenge (see below for challenge image).

So I started off using with the GRID STITCHED TAG and some yellow cs.  I went over this with some Spring Green Nuvo Mousse and a polka dot stencil.

While that was drying, I colored up this image from the new HATBOX FLORALS set (Reverse Confetti) with some Copics, then used the coordinating die to cut it out.  The sentiment is also from the HATBOX FLORALS set.  I added a bit of yellow Nuvo drops to the centers of a few of the flowers for a bit more dimension.  I just love the bright cheery-ness of this tag!

 

KKC: #447, Polka Dots

Happy Thursday!  Hope you are having a great week.  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge twist is POLKA DOTS!

I barely squeezed in any stamping on this! lol  The Cheerful & Kind papers, the Stitched Hex Tag, the "hugs & kisses" (Fancy Word Coordinates) and the "fluttery heart die (XOXO Hearts) are all from Reverse Confetti.  

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Danielle!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

 

TCC: #111, Scattered Shells

It's time for another Card Concept challenge! I pulled the colors from the inspiration photo for my card.

Just look at the spectacular blue and all of those cream tones!  

To start off, I painted some REFRESH MINT Creameez on watercolor paper.  Then I used the LINKED CIRCLES Cover Panel (Reverse Confetti) on it.  I painted about 2 to 3 layers of color, then had to run it through my Vagabond about 3 times because of the thickness of paint and paper.

The painted/die cut panel is adhered to a piece of SAND cs.  Then I wanted to add some texture to this so I used some TIDY WIDY Texturez just kind of randomly in places. After this was dry I spritzed on some GOLDIE LOX Shimmeringz, this gave it that "sandy look".  I sprayed it in the lower right corner, and then kind of fading up and to the left.  Then I dipped a paint brush in and "flicked" for some larger droplets.

I stamped my sentiment on some cork and then die cut it with the DASHED LINE TAG (Reverse Confetti).  I also die cut a piece from the painted paper and used that to top off the tag.  Kat Scrappiness has some of the best sequin mixes EVER!!!!!  I grabbed a few pieces from the HOT COCOA mix and glued them to the front.

That's it for me, thanks for stopping by!!  Be sure to pop on over to the Card Concept blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with, and don't forget to get yourself some inky time and then link up your own creation!

 

KCC: #443, Shades of Green

Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge hostess is Leanne and the twist is SHADES OF GREEN ONLY!  I whipped up this quick tag with loads of greens!

I started off by die cutting my tag out of GREEN GLITTER PAPER (from the Summer collection by Concord & 9th), using the GRID STITCHED TAG (Reverse Confetti).   

The sentiment and those shamrocks are from a Verve digi set called IRISH COFFEE. I printed those out and then I die cut another tag using DASHED LINE TAG (Reverse Confetti).  I splattered a little CELERY SHIMMERZ (Shimmerz Paintz) on the tag.  This isn't a "flat looking" paint, it has a little bit of a "bump" to it... it's just perfect!!!  I colored in the shamrocks with Copics (they would have been fab to paint with Shimmerz paints, but I don't have enough colors... YET! lol).

Yummmmy!  Would ya look at that Irish Coffee?!?!?  I colored this with Copics too.  I just LOVE the Glitter paper background... it just makes everything POP!

Whelp, that's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Danielle!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #445, Oh Baby!

Happy Friday-eve!  Time for another Krafty Chicks challenge, and this week's twist is BABIES!

This tag turned out so stinking cute and was super easy to throw together!!  I started off with the "oh, baby" from the FOLDED TAG SENTIMENTS set (Reverse Confetti) and stamped it in PIGGY BANK (Reverse Confetti).  I used the die from the coordinated  FOLDED TAG set to cut it out.

I knew I wanted to use the GRID STITCHED tag as the main piece so then I just went through my dies and looked for something fun to layer with it... I found the STARS PRETTY PANEL (Reverse Confetti) and it was perfect!

Just look at those girlie colors!!!! Yummmmm!!!  The paper is from the FUN TIMES pad (Reverse Confetti), all of the colors are just perfect for a little girlie creation!!!  The remind me of Sherbert ice cream, lol. A little "tag" of ribbon on the bottom...

and a great bajillion loop bow for the top!  I added a couple of buttons just for fun!  Perfection!  I am not a big "baby" theme person when it comes to crafting, but I'm so in love with this!!

Whelp, that's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy 
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

TCC: #110, Shamrock Blessings

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Card Concept Challenge, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the inspiration photo.  I had so much fun playing today!  I pulled out a digi set from Verve Stamps called Lucky Day and paired it up with Julee's current Mojo Sketch.

I recently ordered several goodies from Shimmerz Paints and I was dieing to play with them again, so today was a great time!  For the main panel I did some Smooshing with 3 different Shimmerz goodies (Celery Shimmerz, Pining For You Creameez, Elfin Magic Vibez).  The Vibez and Shimmerz are already wet so I just added them to my plastic baggie with a paint brush, but the Creameez needed water added so I used a paint brush to wet the bottle and added to my plastic then spritzed it for more wetness.  After I had the panel just the way I liked it I went back and spritzed on a bit more of the Elfin Magic Vibez.  

I printed out 2 cups, the first one (the handled mug) was printed on a laser printer.  I added a sheet of Green Foil and ran it through my laminator... perfectly foil-y and shimmer-y!!!!  For the 2nd cup I colored it with some Copics adding a few "white dots" with a Sharpie Paint Pen (I forgot how much I LOVE this pen!!!!).  I was a little worried the sentiment might not show up well enough so I printed it off on some vellum and used a FIGURE OF SPEECH die. I added a few Gold sequins just for some contrast.  I am so in LOVE with this card!!!!

Be sure to pop on over to the Card Concept blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with, and don't forget to get yourself some inky time and then link up your own creation!

KCC: #444. Shimmer & Bling

Good morning & Happy Thursday!  It's time for another Krafty Chicks challenge, and this week I'm your hostess.  This week's twist is SHIMMER & BLING!  I just love shimmery pretties!

Shimmery cards are so hard for me to photo!  So heads up, there may be ALOT of photo's here!  lol.  So I recently got a huge ol haul of goodies from Shimmerz Paints, and by "recently" I mean the about an hour before I made this card, lol!  I went to carry my new pretties up to my loft, and then I just had to drool over the colors and then I just HAD to sort them all and next thing I knew water bowls and paint brushes were out and I was going to town! 

So I started off with a piece of watercolor paper, I stamped my sentiment in some Gina K white pigment ink and embossed.  Then I brushed on some COFFEE SHIMMERZ.  I love the deep brown of this and the perfect shimmer to it!

Next up, I made the tag.  That fab tag is the GRID STITCHED TAG (Reverse Confetti).  Look at the tab at the top, it's also covered with COFFEE SHIMMERZ.  The last bit of quick painting I did was the "whip", I used some TIDY WIDY Texturez... this stuff is FAB-U-LOUS!!!

Finally, I made the shaker cup.  The dies for this are the COFFEE TO GO CUPS (SugarPea Designs).  The shaker confetti is HOT COCOA Sequin Mix (Kat Scrappiness).

Whelp, that's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy 
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!