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KCC: #468, I Only Need You & Coffee

Happy Thursday!!!  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge theme is MASCULINE cards!  Sometimes I REALLY struggle with these cards!  Here's my crack at it...

I haven't played in my loft in far too long and I have a HUGE stack of goodies that have come in over the past several weeks.  One of them was this great Coffee & Tea set from Simon Says Stamp.  I used Bronze Nuvo ep with the Jitters stencil (Miss Ink Stamps) on some thick Vellum.

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 Betty!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

KCC: #466, Let's Emboss

Hey yall!  Happy Thursday.  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge is EMBOSSING!  I chose to go with some good ol' heat embossing.  For this week's card I grabbed goodies from The Ink Road, Altenew, Karen Burniston, Sugarpea Designs and Concord & 9th (it's a good thing Stamp companies play well with each other, lol!).

So first off I stamped the MUG LIFE background stamp (The Ink Road) using Gina K's white pigment ink (I've had this pad for-ever and it is still perfectly inky!!!) and some white WOW ep. on Kraft cs.  LOVE the look of pure white on Kraft!!!  

It's like the whip on my latte is all over the paper :-D  I ran some white cs through with the scalloped die from the CARD FRONT ELEMENTS BUILDER die set (Sugarpea Designs), then adhered the Kraft cs to it.

I stamped my sentiment from the COFFEE RING set (Altenew) in Dark Roast ink (Reverse Confetti).  Finally I grabbed some Lime and Tutu glitter cs (Concord & 9th) and my COFFEE CHARMS dies (Karen Burniston) to make my coffee cup with whip!  I just love the way this card turned out, I know it's simple but it's just so pretty! <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 Betty!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #465, Tags & Bookmarks

Hey yall!  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday!!  This week's challenge twist theme is TAGS & BOOKMARKS.  I used the A SPLASH OF COLOR stamp set (Altenew) to make a fun bookmark!

I started off with the GRID STITCHED TAG (Reverse Confetti), and Cloud White cs (Reverse Confetti).  Cloud White is a wonderful, thick white cs... fantastic for a single layer card or tag.  I went through my ink pads and grabbed about 5 colors that were just bright and cheery!

I stamped the ink splatters around the tag.  I used the PATTERNED HEARTS nesting dies for the sentiment using some pink glitter paper from SUMMER GLITTER PAPER PACK (Concord & 9th)  for the larger heart.  The sentiment is stamped on the smaller heart in Parakeet Green ink.

I added a few rhinestones here and there and a whole fistful of pretty ribbons! (and of course a button! lol)

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 Esther!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #464, Stars and Stripes

Happy Thursday!  It's time for another Krafty Chicks Challenge and this week's theme "twist" is STARS AND STRIPES!

Remember a few weeks ago the Krafty Chicks were playing with Washi tape (see my post >here<), well I just couldn't get enough and brought out the Washi again! lol  This time I did horizontal strips with the blue stars tape and some red stripes tape.

I cut my main panel a good bit smaller than the card base so that a good bit of the red base showed.  Then I just took my Washi and swooshed it across the front, wrapping the edges clear around to the back!  Oh, and I added a few red & blue shimmer sequins too!

I stamped my sentiment on a tag and added a few red & blue hearts and a few more sequins.

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 Esther!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #463, It's Christmas in July yall!

Happy Friday-eve and happy almost weekend!!!  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge theme twist is CHRISTMAS IN JULY!  For my card this week, I went with a very simple design.  

I'm using the CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA digital set from Graciellie Designs, along with her RUSTIC WINTER WISHES digital paper pack.  When I use digital papers, I always size them to a little bigger than I want so I can trim it down and there's no "white edge".  For this card I only used the black plaid, but the rest of the pack had gorgeous papers in it!!  I colored in the Poinsettia image and cut it out, adhering it with foam squares to pop them up a little.  The sentiment is from the same set, and I just printed it on my white cardstock and then trimmed to size.  Voila... easy peasy!!!  

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 Esther!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #462, A "recipe"... Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit

Happy Thursday yall, and if you're in the U.S... Happy 4th!!!  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge twist is a recipe... 1 Square, 2 Ribbons, 3 Circles.  I had LOTS of fun with this one!

I used the STITCHED SQUARES dies (Reverse Confetti) and "nested" 2 of them to make my frame.  Then stamped my sentiment from MY TRIBE stamp set (Reverse Confetti) inside.

A few buttons for the circles, I LOVE the double stacked yellow buttons! A sprig of twine for 1 of the ribbons...

And a "pink ribbon" for my second!

Look at all of those yummy layers! 

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 Esther!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #461, Anything BUT a Card!

Happy Thursday!  I don't know where this week has gone, I can't believe it's nearly over already!  Anyway, this week's twist theme over at the Krafty Chicks is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!  This lovely sits in my loft...

I just quickly colored up some flowers and cut them out, added a button to the middle for a little extra dimension.  The striped background is some old patterned paper I had laying around.  A very quick, easy peasy, very pretty project and it looks great on my shelf!

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 Lisa!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

CLC: Life Happens, Coffee Helps!

EEEEEPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! I'm so excited to be back for another Guestie share on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!!!  Today I made a fun lil' shaker card using PERFECT BLEND (Gina K Designs) and I paired it up with Julee's Mojo sketch.

First off I stamped my sentiment on a DASHED LINE TAG (Reverse Confetti).  I added a couple of ribbons and a button to finish off the tag.  For the shaker, I used both of the PATTERNED HEARTS dies (Reverse Confetti).  They're "nesting" hearts with the perfect amount of space between them.  The back of the shaker has patterned paper and I used a contrasting paper for the front.  Those perfect sequins inside are CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES (Kat Scrapiness), I also added a couple of sequins on the tag.

Shake, shake, shake!

I colored in one of the Coffee cups with Copics, cut it out and then popped it up on the tag.  I have foam dots in about 3 different depths, and this card is exactly why... I love being able to pop up multiple layers!  

Finally, I took a couple of the "scraps" and decorated the inside.  I colored up one of the other cups, cut it out and adhered it in the corner, then stamped a few coffee beans next to it.

This was a fun and easy card to put together.  Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great week and if you get a chance to get "stampy", please be sure to share your creation on the COFFEE LOVING PAPERCRAFTINGS FB page, I always LOVE seeing eye-candy!!

TCC: #118, Cacti Clusters

Happy Wednesday!  This is the last Card Concept challenge for the Summer, but we will be back in the Fall!  

For my card this week I went with the colors and that Cacti in the lower right.  I really don't like much about Cactus/Succulents except for the fantastic blend of colors... seriously, look at the purple to green or the pinky-red to bright green!  This week I went with a really CAS layout.  I used the MORE THAN YOU KNOW digital set (Graciellie Designs).

First off I used some Washi tape.  I layed out strips of that stripped Washi on some white cs, instead of lining up the stripes, I staggered them... LOVE this look!  Then I used both of the POSTAGE STAMP dies to create a frame.  Tell me the colors of that Washi aren't PERFECT?!?!?!!!!!

Since this was a digital image I was able to size it exactly the way I wanted it!  I printed it off on my Inkjet printer along with the sentiment, then colored in the basket of flowers with Copics.  Easy Peasy! 

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: #460, Washi, Washi, Washi!

Happy Thursday!  Holy snickerdoodles, has this been a week!!!!  lol  It's Thursday and that means a fresh Krafty Chicks Challenge!  This time our challenge twist is WASHI!!!!  OH MY GOODNESS!  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE washi tape!  I have soooooo much of it... don't ask how often I actually use it :-(  BUT it's so pretty!  It should just go on EVERYthing!!!  For this week's card I used the TALL BLOOMS stamps & coordinating dies from Reverse Confetti and I'm also pairing this up with their HELLO/JUST BECAUSE Stock Your Stash Challenge! 

So, there really isn't much to say about this lovely.  It was easy peasy!  But I will say, that I used one of my clear acrylic rulers to make sure the tape lines were exactly where I wanted them!

I stamped the flower in some Desert Sand ink and then colored with Copics.  For the leafy sprigs, I stamped those in a couple of green inks from Reverse Confetti then just grabbed a few green Copics and filled in the leaves.  The coordinating dies cut these out beautifully!

Finally I just layered the stems with pop-dots and added a pretty coral bow!  Voila!  

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 Lisa!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

CLC: When Life Gets Sour...

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Today I am beyond excited to be filling in on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!  For my card today I used the ENDLESS POTENTIAL digital set from PolkaDot Orchard, and I've paired it up with some DecoFoil!

DecoFoil is so much fun and it's so easy to use!  I started off by printing the background image on my laser printer.  Now, instead of using a single color of DecoFoil, I grabbed two... Rose Gold and a Green, then I cut them in strips and laid them on a diagonal over my background panel and ran it through my laminator.  The image below is a little dark, but it was the only way to show you the foil, can you see the 2 colors there?  I LOVE this!  It's subtle, but makes such a difference!!  I used the card base panel die from CARD FRONT ELEMENT BUILDER dies by SugarPea Designs on this panel... so pretty!

Next up,  I grabbed the "drink image" from ENDLESS POTENTIAL and sized it to what I wanted and printed it on my regular printer, then colored it up with Copics.  I found a flag die that I wanted to use for the sentiment and them measured how small I needed the sentiment to be and printed it also on the regular printer (directly on my patterned paper).  I have to admit that digi images are a fairly small percentage of my "stamps" BUT I absolutely LOVE them for all of their flexibility (and instant purchase gratification, let's be honest! lol).  I used the DOUBLE SCALLOP die from Reverse Confetti with some patterned paper that kind of has a pink to green "ombre" look... this was perfect to make that cup "pop".

Last part of the front... I sized, printed and colored up one of the flower clusters and then popped it up on the upper corner... look at those colored images against the foiling!!!!!  SWOON!!!

I was having too much with this card and just couldn't stop myself, lol... so I also did up the inside!  This time I printed the drink on the laser printer and then used some Rose Gold Deco Foil... LOVE

I used the same DOUBLE SCALLOP die with a little busier pattern for the top and added another banner... pretty inside with plenty of room to write! 

Well that's it for me, sorry for the long winded post, I hope you like this card as much as I do and if you get the chance to color up this set, be sure to share it with us over in the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again!

KCC: #459, Camping Out

Happy Friday-eve y'all!  I don't know about you, but I am soooooo ready for the weekend!   Whelp, it's Thursday and that means it's time for another Krafty Chicks challenge.  This week's challenge twist is CAMPING OUT!

I don't really have any "camping themed" stamps, so I dug out this oldie from Just Inklined stamps.  Both my son-in-law and my Daddy enjoy fishing so this was a great image to have in my stash!!  

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 Lisa!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

TCC: #117, Summer Swirls

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Card Concept challenge.  The inspiration photo reminds me of beach balls and summer.  I grabbed some Reverse Confetti goodies, and got busy!!!  I am also playing along with this month's STOCK YOUR STASH challenge, and the current MOJO MONDAY SKETCH (thank you Julee!!)... you can scroll down to see the theme & sketch!

So I really tried sticking with the color theme here.  I grabbed some Ruby Red, Anchors Away and Bumbly Bee Shimmerz Paints and proceeded to do some smooshing!!  I LOVE smooshing!  lol  I did dry each color in between to avoid mud messes, lol.  Next I used the STITCHED RAYS Cover Panel (Reverse Confetti) on the smooshed panel, WOW!  What a difference some texture makes!!!

I used a retired HEART TO HEART die and layered the, also retired, HELLO die over it.  The patterned paper is just a scrap I had laying around from some Summer themed pad I had.  I also added a few sequins (Blue Metallic & Ruby Red Metallic), and a red seam binding ribbon.

I grabbed some Reverse Confetti goodies, and got busy!!!  I am also playing along with this month's STOCK YOUR STASH challenge, and the current MOJO MONDAY SKETCH (thank you Julee!!)... you can scroll down to see the theme & sketch!

KCC: #458, Die Cuts

Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge twist is DIE CUTS!  For this week's card I used a whole buncha dies from Reverse Confetti!!!

I started with the STITCHED NOTE & FRAME die and used the outer frame.  I used the DASHED LINE TAG for the center, adding the "xoxo" & heart from XOXO HEARTS.  I added a bit o' bling and some ribbon and voila!  Easy Peasy!  I don't make "all die" cards very often, but I TOTALLY should!  They are quick, easy and cah-ute as can be!!!

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 Lisa!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #457, Coffee Please!

Happy Thursday yall!!  My favorite theme of all time, in the history of ever... COFFEE!!!!!  Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee!!!  Ok, so incase I wasn't clear... this week's theme twist is COFFEE!

I am running on next to nothing lately with all of the family stuff we've had going on (weddings, Graduations, etc., etc., etc.) that I needed this card to be easy peasy!!! and it absolutely was!  The sketch is from the brilliant Julee Tilman/Mojo Sketch (not only does that woman do amazing things with her cards, but she's a stinking brilliant sketch maker!!!!)

I used the DRINK MORE COFFEE stamp set and coordinating dies (Reverse Confetti). Colored in the "latte" with Copics.  The background is the STITCHED RAYS Cover Panel (Reverse Confetti), it really adds a lot to this card!  I splattered some COFFEE Shimmerz (Shimmerz Paints) on the cardfront and then added a few "sprinkles" of CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES Sequins (Kat Scrappiness).

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 Carol!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!