A Big Announcement!

Good morning! I trust everyone's weekend went well :) I'm posting with some big news: I am now designing for a new challenge blog, Paper Crafting Challenges! We bring a new challenge each and every Friday to get your creative juices flowing, and this week, it's a sketch challenge.

The sketch:

And my interpretation:

 I chose my Crafter's Companion Sentimentals Everyday - Imagine EZ Mount stamp set for this one -- the circular design lends itself well to the sketch. I felt the sketch needed to be turned, and used some pretty Authentique papers. Simple doodles added the perfect finishing touch!

So head on over to Paper Crafting Challenges and link up in our sketch challenge! Cards not your thing? Create an altered item with the theme "something sweet!" I can't wait to see what you create! Spread the word to your crafty friends about this new-blog-on-the-block, too! We'd appreciate it :) I am honored to be chosen for this team, and hope to inspire you each and every week!

xoxo
Khristen

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