4 Crafty Chicks: Things With Wings

Yet another fun creation for the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog, where they are looking for "Things with Wings." So I turned to my Stamp It Australia Imagine - Birds & Butterflies, naturally!

Before stamping the image with London Fog Memento ink with my Rock-A-Blocks, I sprayed the card base with Mister Huey in water Cooler. Right before it dried, I added a layer of Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer mist in Frost. The image was stamped and then embossed lightly with clear Stampendous embossing powder, then spritzed with Fireworks Lulu Lavender from Imagine Crafts. The mist comes right off the clear powder so that it isn't masked by all that lovely purple mist! I adhered it with adhesive squares to the card base after dragging the edges in the grey ink. The butterflies and flourish on the bottom are Glitz Design Distressed Couture rubons accented with Lavender Stickles. The sentiment is leftover from the Crafter's Companion Fairyopolis Complete Cardmaking kit. More Stickles completes this card perfectly!

There you have it. Now, this card is ready to be given to someone (although who that will be escapes me at the moment!)

xoxo
Khristen

C.R.A.F.T. Recipe Challenge

Back again with yet another challenge entered (and there are a total of two more to share after this! I'm on a roll!)

This time, I played along with the C.R.A.F.T. recipe challenge, where the requirement was to use 1 image, 2 shapes, 3 papers, and 4 gems/brads/embellishments. Easy peasy! Here's what I made:

The image, a Webster's Itty Bitty from Unity Stamp Co., was stamped in Tuxedo Black and Elderberry Memento ink and applied using my Rock-A-Blocks from Crafter's Companion. Can't stamp without those things! The papers are from Lilybee's Persnickity line (Fussy and Prim), and the third paper is black cardstock matting the image. I added doodles with my American Crafts black pen, and Mon Ami Gabby black gems added to the mat are the perfect finishing touch.

I raised the image up off the card with some foam squares.

That's it! The deadline is tomorrow, so be sure to play along with this challenge. It's fun and simple!

xoxo
Khristen

Paper Crafting Challenges First Challenge: Spring!

Here in NH, we are chomping at the bit for spring. So when I saw this challenge for Paper Crafting Challenges, I knew I had to play along. I made this super fun card that shows exactly how spring comes here in New England. It peeks its head through the darkness and bitter cold for a day or two, and then retreats again, teasing us repeatedly until it hits us with its full glory.

So my card is the sunshine coming out of the darkness and dreariness:

 The background paper was rubbed with Distress Inks in Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, and Walnut Stain. I affixed a circle cut from my Cricut behind the My Mind's Eye die cut. Imaginisce fabric flowers that were white were sprayed with Mister Huey in Taxi Cab and Smooch black, all put together with a Making Memories square pewter brad with a Prima crystal on top. I added a Words or Whatever heart banner covered in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The pink crocheted flower is Prima, the blue is My Mind's Eye Laundry Line, and the bling/pearls are American Crafts brads and Prima crystals.

Hope you like it! Head over to Paper Crafting Challenges and check them out, it's a new challenge blog that looks like it's going to be super fun!

xoxo
Khristen