Krafty Chicks Challenge #648 – All Occasions

Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday! Today is the start of our Week 4 challenge – “all occasions.” We’re just looking for a card that would be suitable for any kind of occasion – a holiday, special milestone, to thank someone, etc.

I made a birthday card for my occasion with a stencil/stamp/die set from Pink Fresh Studios. I used the inspiration photo from another challenge, Beautiful Blossoms, to come up with the color palette. It seemed to be working well, that is until I realized the gray areas are technically lemons! Oh well, I guess it’s OK to make things somewhat out of the ordinary once in a while.

The background was made with some watered down ink, and a few lightly colored stamps. I used a shimmer pen to pull out a little color from some of the stamps.

I tore the edges instead of using a die cut, and added a few pearls to finish it off.

A special thanks to Becca from Becca’s Heart for Creativity for being our guest chick this month!.  I invite you to visit her blog as well as the other chicks blogs for more ideas and inspiration!

Leanne – Banking on Crafts

Diane – Ink Outside the Box

Lori – Caffeinated Creativity

Happy Crafting and hope to see you join us in the Krafty Chick’s gallery this week!

Joining these additional challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms #1 – must focus on flowers and be inspired by mood board

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Beautiful Blooms

6 Replies to “Krafty Chicks Challenge #648 – All Occasions”

  1. Mel, I am in love with your creation – most especially your beautiful background. Thanks for sharing how you put the background together. I want to combine those techniques now, too! Your flowers and fruit are great in these colors. It’s always a pleasure seeing how crafters are inspired by the Mood Board at our challenge. Thank you for sharing your love of all things flowers at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. I hope to see more of your designs soon.
    Crafting Smiles,
    Donna
    {Creative Smiles – my little crafting world}

  2. Hi, Melanie, this card is soooo pretty! Perfect wintry feel and colors of our mood board. Love the hand-torn border, too. And I would never have noticed those are lemons, nope still can’t see it (Grin!). Thanks for playing in the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. We hope to see you again! XOX, Aimeslee DT

  3. Beautiful card – love the background you created.

    Thanks for joining us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

    Helen x

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