Orange you sweet!

Mornin' hens!  Isn't this card great?  Man I LOVE those oranges. This is the "Citrus Set" from Purple Onion Designs and man is it fun!  It comes with a ton of sentiments and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this CRAZY font!

This card is part of this week's Catered Crop Recipe Swap challenge.  This week's Featured Ingredient is Rick Rack! Woo-hoo!

I thought this would make a great Thank You card and you know, you can never have too many of those on hand, right?  I started by stamping a polka dot background with some Versamark ink on this Kraft CS.  Then I added this DP from My Minds Eye "Darling Dear" collection to the bottom half.

Next, I rounded the bottom corners with my We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper (don't know what I'd do without that thing!) and then added this fun velvet rick rack trim along the top edge of the DP.  I stamped both the slices onto some Neenah Classic Crest CS and colored them with my Copics.  That's another thing that's cool about this set, you can make the slices whatever fruit you like.  I decided on oranges (I'm a Florida girl, what can I say!) and then added some Crystal Effects for that "just sliced" juicy shine!!  I popped up the slices with a few dimensionals and added the sentiment on top, accented with a few brads.  Pretty simple but OH SO SWEET!! Be sure to check out the rest of the Catered Crop DT rick rack projects this Sunday, May 20th for the quick fire round.  {{{hen hugs}}}


Supplies:
Rubber Stamps - Purple Onion Designs; CS - SU Kraft; DP - My Minds Eye "Darling Dear"; Copics; Rick Rack - Clear Dollar Stamps; Crystal Effects; Versamark Ink; Brads - Recollections

"B" is for Baby Bear!

Mornin' hens!  It's time for another Catered Crop challenge!  Woo-hoo!  This week's featured ingredient is the letter "B"!  Well, I got this!!  Not only did I use this fabulous little Baby Bear from Purple Onion Designs, but I cheated and used alphabet DP too!  Bwah-ha-ha-ha!!  I know, I know.... that doesn't count right?  Tee-hee! Can't blame a girl for trying, huh?

I started my card by stamping "Olive" from Purple Onion Designs onto some Neenah Classic Crest CS and colored her with my Copics.  I cut her out with my Nestabilities and then sponged a little distress ink around the edges leaving the die in place.  I matted her with some SU Real Red CS cut with my Petite Scalloped Nestabilities and attached her to this cute DP from October Afternoon.  I finished by tying a bow with this cute ribbon I picked up at Michael's.  I'm sending this to Lil' Chick's friend Cheryl who just had the CUTEST little baby girl.  Welcome Peyton!!

Now don't forget to check out the rest of the Top Chef's over at the Catered Crop on Sunday, May 6th for the Quick Fire round.  Hmmmm, wonder what they used for the letter "B".  Only one way to find out!  {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies:
Rubber Stamps - Purple Onion Designs; Nestabilities; Copics; CS - SU Very Vanilla & Real Red; Distress Ink - Vintage Photo; Ribbon - Michael's; DP - October Afternoon "Sidewalks"

That's Krafty Thursday #49

Nanna-nanna boo-boo!!! I know what'cher gettin' for your birthday!!

OLD!!

Bwah-ha-ha-ha!! OMG, I never get tired of that one! I know - I know, I'm a rotten chick! {*snort*}

This is "Cheeky Jack" from Ladybug Crafts Ink. I LOVE these little kids! LCI has both Jack and Robyn, and they are ADORABLE! Oh and I must give credit to my friend Meahni's mom for my OH SO PERFECT handmade crocheted flower! Love it!

Ok, I got tons to tell ya today so go ahead and make yourself comfy on your nest cuz' you're gonna be here for a bit.

First off, TODAY is the beginning of my That's Krafty Thursday #49 challenge. Now for those hens who may not know how my challenge works.... here goes! Make a project with Kraft colored paper and, uh, hmmmm..... nope nothin' else - that's it!! Yep, simple as that! Just use Kraft colored paper on your project and link your card below on this post by April 6th at 7pm EST. I'll pick my TOP KRAFTY CHICKS and post the winners right here on my blog on April 7th. The winners will also receive CLARA, The Krafty Chick badge to display on your blog for all the world to see that YOU are one KRAFTY CHICK!! Now I know there are lots of Krafty chicks reading this post, so lemme see what Krafty projects you've been workin' on!

Whew! I'm tellin' ya, this card is doin' all kinds of double and triple duty so hold tight......

Next up is the Catered Crop Follow the Recipe challenge! This week's FTR8 recipe looks like this:

* Pattern Paper – Stripes and mini print

* Colors – Blue, Brown and Green

* Stamps – Children, Kitties

* Color Mediums – Prismacolors

* Embellishments – pearls, buttons, ribbon, flowers

* Tools – Border punches or die cuts

* Techniques – sewing, paper piecing, paper piercing, tissue box (or other paper boxes), coloring sky with Prismacolors, crochet flower

* Theme – Spring, Childhood

* Shapes – Circles, ovals, scallops

* Miscellaneous - Tissues ;)

Now to play along in the Catered Crop FTR8 challenge, all ya have to do is use at least ONE of the ingredients listed above. That's it! I colored the font on each of the items I used on my card. So you see, you don't have to use them all, just as many as you want. The FTR8 sponsor this week is Paper Garden Projects who is offering a $20 gift certificate to one lucky winner of the FTR8 challenge. Yay!! Don'tcha LOVE FREE moo-lah! Hey, and if you use Kraft paper for the brown, you can submit your card in my TKT #49 challenge too! Woo-hoo! Nothin' like puttin' my own plug in there, huh? Tee-hee!

So you say, what's left? Well, I also followed the sketch from this week's Get Sketchy #79 challenge. How cool is this? I really liked this one!

Hmmmm, let's see.... what else? Nah, that's it! You hens still awake?? Knock-knock!! Oh ok, there you are.... Okee dokee, that's all from the blabbin' chicken today. Hope you all have a great day! {{{hen hugs}}}

Supplies:

Stamps - Ladybug Crafts Ink; CS - Stampin Up Kraft, Early Expresso & River Rock; Button; Baker's Twine - The Twinery; Copics; Prismacolor Pencils; DP - My Minds Eye Stella & Rose; Crocheted Flower - Meahni's Mom!