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KCC: #476, Be-Witched!

Good morning, happy Thursday!  We are certainly getting in to the "October Spirit" at the hen house!  This week's theme twist is BE-WITCHED!  For this week's card I used a new set called HEX-YEAH! (Rabbit Hole designs) and paired it up with Julee's Mojo Monday sketch!

I don't remember which paper pad this is, but I've had it for awhile now and it's the only Halloween paper I have... how is that even possible?!?!?!?!?  lol  Anyway, I colored miss Witch-y with Copics and then I went over her dress and shoes with a Nuvo AQUA SHIMMER GLITTER GLOSS... I so LOVE this stuff!  It adds a fab shimmer without ruining or distorting your coloring underneath!

I absolutely LOVE the sentiments in this set!  Can ya see the glittery in the patterned paper??  LOVE!!!

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

 

KCC: #475, Create a Scene

Happy Thursday yall!!  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge twist is to CREATE A SCENE!  I used the DASHING DACHSUND image from Mo's Digital Pencil.

I added some snowflakes from another stamp set I have, they kind of go with the snowflakes on the patterned paper.  I also added some teeny rhinestones to the centers of some of the snowflakes.

I colored the puppy, trees & snow with Copic markers, but then I added a little white chalk pencil for some snow on the trees.  To get a little more pop of white and some texture to that snow I added just a dab of TIDY WIDY Texturz (Shimmerz Paints). I just LOVE the font of this sentiment ;-)  I added a couple of lighter snowflakes here too.

Finally, I went over the snow with a Nuvo Shimmer pen (WOW do these babies shimmer!!!).  I also added a bit to the bells on the collar just to make that silver sharpie pen pop a little more!

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

 

KCC: #474, A Sketchy Twist

Happy Thursday yall!  I am hostessing again this week for The Krafty Chicks Challenge.  This week's challenge twist is a SKETCH, and not just any sketch, but a super-d-duper, fantastically amazing, holy-snickerdoodles-WOW! sketch from Julee Tilman (the brilliant creator behind the Mojo Monday sketches!)  Julee has so kindly let us "recycle" one of her older sketches.  

For my card this week I used this ONE MORE CHAPTER set (Three Room Studio).  I am a HUGE sucker for books & reading and I LOVE the sentiments and images in this set.

Here's a "funny" story... a bajillion years ago the FAB Enabler, Amy Tsuruta, shared the COFFEE paper pad (Echo Park)... of course I just HAD to have it!!!!  I used it on a couple of projects and then it disappeared!!!!  Seriously, I was sure it had run away!!!  2 days ago, I was going through a pile of cooking/recipe mags and low and behold... my COFFEE pad!!!!  So, I put it to work on today's card!!!!  I may need to attach one of those "location/tracking" devices to this paper pad!

So I stamped the cup on some patterned paper and then stamped the "steam" with some Gina K white pigment ink (I swear she has the BEST pigments inks I've ever tried!!!).  It looks just like real steam, doesn't it?!?!?!?!  RIGHT?!?!?!? wink, wink

I am pretty sure I say that line EVERY day!!!  hahaha.  Well this was a simple card that was quick to "whip up", I can't wait to use this set to create more goodies (I already have several ideas!).

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

TCC: #120, Cozy Cottage

Happy Wednesday!  This week's Card Concept challenge has all of the warm and cozy colors and patterns of a cottage kitchen!  

For my card I grabbed on to those bold stripes and the flowers in the pitcher and of course that FAB color palette!  This photo looks A LOT like my first kitchen <3  Isn't that Buttercup Yellow just yummy?!?!

I started off with using some Bumble Bee Shimmerz paint and smooshing.  I used the BIG CHEVIES Cover Plate (Reverse Confetti) with some dark blue cs over the smooshed base.  The FLOWERS FOR MOM stamp set (SugarPea Designs) had the perfect pitcher.  I stamped it with some yellow ink, blue flowers and green leaves.

I just added a fluffy bow and button combo, some rhinestones, a "hello" word die and voila!

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: #473, Thank You cards

Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge twist is THANK YOU cards.

For my card this week I dug out a fantastic set from Concord & 9th, TRIPLE STEP THANK YOU.  I didn't actually use the 'triple step' pieces, but I did use a few of the other sentiments for my tag.

When I bought the set, I bought it as a bundle with the dies so all of the hearts on my card are also from the set (there are coordinating heart stamps and several different sized heart dies).

I scrunched up some green ribbon on the left side of my card and added a couple of hearts here too.

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

KCC: #472, Border Stamps

Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge twist is BORDER STAMPS!

I have these border stamp sets and I only use them for envelopes when I send out cards... I've NEVER used them on a card front, but this was such a great idea!

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

 

KCC: #471, Balloons

Happy Thursday! Happy September!  Just a couple of, hopefully short and cool, weeks and we'll be hanging out with Fall!!!!  Cooler temps and boots... here I come!  lol  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fall (of course I say that about Winter and Spring, and oh heck! Winter too, hahahaha.  Back to "business", it's Thursday and time for another Krafty Chicks challenge.  This week's hostess is Miss Leanne and the theme twist is BALLOONS!

So I didn't actually have any balloon stamps or dies (I know!! HOW CAN THAT BE?!?!?!?!?!), so I had to improvise.  These heart dies are PATTERNED HEARTS dies (Reverse Confetti) and they were perfect!  I used both sizes with some floral paper, and then I die cut the larger with the pink glitter paper (by Concord & 9th) for matting the smaller floral heart.  I just added some 1/16" black ribbon bows & "strings"... voila! Heart shaped balloons :-D

This "hello" die is retired (Reverse Confetti), I LOVE the height and whimsical font!  Anyway, I die cut it with the same pink glitter paper. All of these shimmeries and pretties are adhered to a white Postage Stamp die panel, and a black card base.  That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Lori, Leanne, Nance & Amy and our Krafty Guest Katie!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #470, Just a Sentiment

Happy, happy Thursday yall!  Hope you are having a wonderful week.  This week's challenge twist  over at Krafty Chicks is JUST A SENTIMENT, interpret as you wish ;-)  For my card I focused on words and not "art/images".

Recently Altenew put this Caps Bold Alphabet on sale (like HUGE on sale, maybe 40ish% or something?), anyway it was enough that if I only used the set once in a blue moon it'd be worth it... but WOW I LOVE these dies!  They are such a fab size, LOTS of great ideas for this set!!!!  So those dies were my "starting point"!

I needed something behind those letters to make them POP, it had to be "pretty" but not pull away from those letters.  While I was "shopping" at Altenew, this Cozy Flannel Cover die caught my eye... and it was perfect for this card!  I started with some watercolor paper and had some "smooshing" fun with Shimmerz Paints!

I love the colors and I love the way they play together!  A very pretty, and shimmery background that let's the "HEY" still be the focus!.  I have fallen in LOVE with the "sassy" sentiment sets over at RABBIT HOLE DESIGNS, this one is called Sassy Sentiments.

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

KCC: #469, A Cozy Color Palette

Hello! Happy Thursday!!  I'm this week's hostess over at the Krafty Chicks Challenge and our theme twist is this fabulous color palette!

Don't cha just LOVE those colors?!?!?!???  This is very close to the color palette in my Master Bedroom... so "spa-y".  I paired up those great colors with Julee's current Mojo sketch (you can scroll to the bottom of the post to see her sketch).

I have been dieing to play with some paints so I grabbed a few Shimmerz colors and got busy!!!  First I die cut my watercolor paper panel with the Postage Stamp die (SugarPea Designs).  Then I "smooshed" the Celery Shimmerz in the middle-ish. 

I also "smooshed" a little Peacock Plume Shimmerz on a scrap piece of watercolor paper, dried it and then stamped my sentiment.  The sentiment is from the Coffee Break stamp set (Inky Antics).  There was still a little too much white showing for me, so I splattered some Coffee Shimmerz on both the main panel and the tag.

I had this stitched circle in tan laying around on my table so I stamped it with the "cup stain stamp" from the Coffee Break stamp set and added a Dotz, from the Spring Love Dotz set (Shimmerz).  It was still a little too "bare" for me, so I added some twine behind my circle cluster (oh yeah, and I added a scalloped circle in Dark Roast cs behind the stitched circle coffee stain).

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

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!