Fluffy Fabulous - Creative Card Chicks

 Hello my friends from a very cold H  Town. I am really ready for this cold weather to be over. I really, really do not like the cold. I have been keeping busy though with making mini albums and creating some cards.  Today I have a card to share for  the February Creative Card Chicks challenge. This month our hostess was Roxie (morgainegeiser on SCS). She sent us a cute little Unity stamp and sentiment to use as well as some designer paper. We were to use our  own supplies  to create our card.

 I thought the image was so cute. The image and sentiment are from "Flock" from Unity Stamps as well as the designer paper (Barnyard Bouquet). I thought the paper went really well with the image. I used Stampin Up Crushed Curry for my mat and base card. I cut two strips of the gingham and one strip of the roosters. I used a circle punch for my image and then used my Copic markers to color it in. I just got some little brushed gold embellishments from Stampin Up so I stuck a little dragonfly on the image just for fun. Thanks Roxie for the cute stamp.

Suzy's Flakey Friends - Creative Card Chicks

 Hello, my friends. It's been a long time since I have posted. Holidays, storms, snow - all kinds of crazy things here. I'm happy to say that our temps have warmed up and I can come out of hiding in my cave. I'm very late with this post, but glad to have been able to finally get it done. This is our first Creative Card Chicks challenge for 2025 and our hostess was our fabulous leader - Suzy. She sent us the images to use and we were to use our own stash to supply the rest of what was needed for our card. 

Suzy sent us the images and sentiments - Stampin Up, Flaky Friends stamped on Recollections 110# white using Memento Tuxedo Black.

She also sent us the snowflake dies which were punched using Martha Stewart punches using Recollections Shimmer Silver paper.

I used Stampin Up Rose Red for my mats and My Mind's Eye Mistletoe Magic designer paper. The snowmen were dressed up using my Copic markers - B0000, B12, C6, C10; G24; R17; Y15, Y19; and YR07.

I hope that I can be more timely in getting my cards posted this year. I'm very good at procrastinating.

Happy Wishes - Creative Card Chicks

 Hello my friends. I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted anything on here. It's been a busy time with getting ready for the holidays. I have been able to spend a little time in my craft room, but haven't posted. I've worked on a few mini albums and love making them. I finally got the nerve up to make one on my own. More about that later when I get it finished.

For now, I have a card to share for the December Creative Card Chicks monthly swap. This month Sue was our hostess and she sent us some lovely butterflies to work with. I love butterflies and flowers. The challenge was to make a card using black and white and a pop of color. Maybe I used two pops of color, but I like how it came out.

As you can see there was very little coloring done on this one. I did use Copic's G21 for the pop of green on the image. 

The image is from Hero Arts. The designer paper is from Stampin Up Pattern Party (retired), The card stock is also Stampin Up - Granny Apple Green and Crushed Curry. Sue sent along the sequins too, from her stash.

That's all there is today. I hope to get back into more crafting after the first of the year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you.

Beachy Christmas in July - CCC

 Hello, my friends. I'm back again with another late card for the Creative Card Chicks. This kit was sent to us by Suzy (SuzyS1104) back in July.

The Santa image is from Stampin Up So Santa; The tree and shells are from Stampin Up, Beachy Little Christmas Tree. Such fun images to play with. I loved creating the "beachy" scene. I thought the sentiment was perfect for it. The designer paper is from Paper Studio - Caribbean Water and Sand Photo. I colored the images with Copic markers and then fussy cut them all out. The scene is just pasted on a blank white card.

Thanks Suzy for a fun kit.

OSW Flowers - Creative Card Chicks

 Hello, my friends. Happy last day of September. I can't believe how long it has been since I've posted here on my blog. Life does have a way of getting in the way. I am way behind on my posts for Creative Card Chicks so I'm going to work my way backward. Creative Card Chicks is a group on Splitcoast Stampers. Each month we have a hostess who puts together a card kit with images, designer paper, embellishments, and so forth. Then we each get to make cards from the kit and share them on our forum or blogs. September was Vikki Jo's turn. She sent us some pretty designer papers and cardstock and her theme was One Sheet Wonders (OSW). She gave us links to some great templates for 6" x 6" papers. I made five cards, but I'm only sharing four right now. The photo of one did not come out great so I need to redo it. 

The designer papers is Stampin Up - Fitting Florets. The cardstock is also from Stampin Up. Vikki Jo sent Blushing Bride. I pulled Hibiscus Burst and Sage Shadow from my stash which matched pretty well with the designer paper colors.

The Happy Birthday die I've had for some time and have never used. I already had the die cut out sitting on my table, so I decided to use it for one of the cards. "Think Peaceful Thoughts" comes from a Power Poppy stamp set called "Good Thinking."  The sentiment "Happiest Birthday Wishes" comes from a set that is not marked so I have no idea what company it comes from. I also couldn't find the other stamp "You Make Life So Much Fun" so I have no idea what company made it either. I was neglectful about writing them down as I was creating. 

The OSW template I used was from LeeAnn Greff's website. https://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/2020/05/a-new-template-for-6-x-6-designer-paper-makes-3-fast-cute-cards-.html?fbclid=IwAR0P9UAWdXZ3c-94oscqlz5uGTmjmY2QJ6WK0J7yMK6ZEKYwH6HiJmvTVvw

Thanks Vikki Jo for a fun challenge. I can't wait to make some more fun, easy cards.

Garden Thanks - Creative Card Chicks

 Hello my friends. Happy Friday. I hope you all have a great weekend.

I'm finally getting back to doing some more card making and playing in my craft room. It's been a trying month and a half. I can't believe June is almost over.

I spent some time in my craft room last night working on this card. It's very plain, but I had a hard time coming up with something that didn't include stamping. I could have stamped a sentiment, but decided to use my thank you die instead. This card is for the Creative Card Chicks monthly challenge. Each month there is a hostess who either sends us a kit or gives us a theme or idea to use to make our card. Then we each post our card between the 21st and 23rd of the month. Yes, I am way late getting mine done. On the 20th I had a cortisone injection on the side of my left hand right where the thumb meets the wrist. Yes, OUCH! It was painful, but it has helped so I'm not complaining. 

This month our hostess was Sue and she sent us some designer paper and some corresponding card stock. We were to make a card using just the dsp she sent - no images and no stamping. The products are all from Stampin Up - Fresh as a Daisy designer paper; Garden Green, Wild Wheat, and Daffodil Delight card stock; brass butterflies. I used a strip from each color of the cardstock to make a pennant and then added a brass butterfly at the point. I don't recall where the Thank You die is from, but I used a bit of the Daffodil and then some white card stock and layered the words. I love flowers so I'm sure I'll use the rest of the dsp at some point to make more cards.

Beautiful You - Challenge Your Stash

 Hello again, my friends, This is my second post of the day. I'm playing catch up for May now that June is here. I hope to  be back in my groove as days go on. 

This card is for the Challenge Your Stash group. In this group, we have a hostess each month who posts a theme for us to follow that month and then we use the items that are already in our stash to create a card for the challenge. We are not to buy anything new to use. The month of May our hostess was Vickie Y. Her challenge was to create a card using black and white. It turned out to be pretty easy for me because the designer paper I chose was perfect for the image.

The image and sentiment are from Stampin Up Beautiful You. I used black cardstock for the card base and for the oval mat for the image. The image and sentiments were stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black. The designer paper is from Black Market Ebony and Alabaster. Simple and sweet. No Copics were used in the creation of this card.