June - Creative Card Chicks - Little Things

 Hello, my friends,

 Back again to share another of my catch up cards for Creative Card Chicks. Today's card came from a kit sent by Vikki Jo. She sent us all a ton of stuff including dies and cardstock. Our challenge was to look on SCS for the Featured Stamper on June 1 (Mary Ross) and use one of her card images to make our card.  Here is my card. 

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Everything on this card was in the packet sent by Vikki Jo. I used my Copic markers to color in the flower and the butterfly. I do miss seeing all my Monarch butterflies around my house since I don't raise them anymore. It became a lot of work. I love how this card turned out and I hope that we all take time to enjoy the little things.
 

May Creative Card Chicks

 Hello my friends. Yes! I am finally back. It has been forever since I've posted on my blog. I had hand surgery back in March and was in a brace for six weeks. Then I wasn't allowed to do any PT for two weeks. I started PT 7 weeks after my surgery. PT went until the end of July. Now I have another minor surgical procedure coming up on the 24th for my left thumb which has a trigger thumb. The top joint of my thumb does not bend anymore. My doctor says it can be fixed by a simple procedure to loosen the tendon. I sure hope so. I'm ready to be done with this. Luckily it should not require any PT after the surgery. He says it will be fixed right after the surgery is done. I'm counting on it. Mostly the rest of my hand is doing okay. I still have some tingling in that nerve that runs across the base of my thumb, but I can deal with that.

 Glad to be back to crafting again. It has taken me awhile to catch up on all the Creative Card Chick challenges, but I'm finally there. This is my first one which is from May.  It was sent by Sue (stampinspooky). She sent us the image and the designer paper and we were to create a card for Spring.

 Image - Penny Black Botanical Notes

Designer Paper - Hand Penned (it's hard to see this because the image is so large and only a little around the edges shows.

Cardstock - SU Crushed Curry

 I used my Copics to color the image and not sure when I took the sentiment from. I'll have to go look at my stamp sets. I thought it was perfect for the image.

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.