TEN-MINUTE TUESDAY - Card Chicks

 Good morning, crafty friends!

It's Card Chicks Tuesday. Our October kit came from Sue Brandon. In lieu of stamped images she sent us a sketch and the kit then turned us loose on our own creativity.

I knew as soon as I saw the kit I wanted to use Merry Cafe (retired SU). Here's the card I came up with:

In the video below you'll see me put the little pumpkin down next to the big one. After I'd gone to bed last night I thought it would work best on the cup so I moved it before taking the photo. 

Goodness, tomorrow is WOYWW. We are creeping closer to having been together for 600 weeks without skipping a beat! That's a long time for a blog hop to last, and it's all due to our fearless leader, Julia and the amazing team of bloggers that can't wait to meet up each week! There's always room for more bloggers to show off their desks. Come join us!  Click HERE then click on Julia's link of how to link up with us.

Here's the video for today:

10-MINUTE TUESDAY - A 20 Minute Card!

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Yeah - for some reason this card took twenty minutes! I have no clue why. The dimensions were figured out ahead of time and everything was right there on the desk in front of me.

This card is actually a Card Chicks kit from February. I kept losing track of Barb's envelope! So glad I found it as I used the cards as birthday cards!

I started with a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" Blushing Bride cardbase

The Sahara Sand cardstock mat is 5-1/4" x 4"

I cut the first DSP paper to 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" 

The next piece of Sahara Sand is cut 3-7/8" x 2-7/8"

Layer with a piece of DSP cut to 2-3/4" x 3-3/4"

Image is trimmed to 3-1/4" x 2-1/8" The Blushing Bride mat is trimmed to be 1/8" wider all the way around. I did this by gluing the image onto the mat, then trimming to 1/8" on all four sides. You want just a shadow to let the image stand out from the card.

Watch the video to see how the pieces come together to make the card:

Remember the Designer Series Paper sale on Stampin' Up! through October 31st.

You will find me by Find My Demonstrator and putting Kelly Henkins - Birch Tree MO in the search box.  

I'll be back tomorrow with Part 2 of the Editorial Calendar video.

Creative Blessings

~ Kelly

CARD CHICKS! - 10-Minute Tuesday!

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I'm combining this with my 10-minute Tuesday. Seriously, when you have a kit in front of you it's easy to pull a sketch card idea and run with it.

This month's kit came from TerrySeaman. She's been a card chick member longer than I have. She put together a fun kit:

The  image is from Taylored Expressions called 'Mane Event'. All the images were stamped on Neenah Classic Crest Super Smooth using Memento Tucedo Black ink. 

The designer series paper is Pebbles happy horray, party animal, candy shoppe with American Crafts balloons.  Enamel dots are Pebbles Sprinkles, The Paper Shoppe red/ yellow/ green

The ribbon is Celebrate it red polka dot, SU Tangerine, Offray Blue Polka Dot. She also included a small 'action wobble' to add a bit of movement.

While these cards were do last week, I just wasn't getting any crafting in. Even if I had, I doubt I'd have gotten it uploaded to either the group, my Splitcoast Gallery or done the YouTube video. 

Here's the video in how the card came together:

10-MINUTE TUESDAY - Teapotter's Card

Good morning, crafty friends!

Today I'm launching the 10-minute Tuesday series. Does this mean we'll make a card in 10 minutes? Probably not, but we will come close. 

Through this series I'll show you some tips and tricks for putting a card together quickly.

Remember, a card doesn't have to be intricate or fancy. The sentiment from both your heart and what you put in the card is what truly matters.

For the purpose of videos, I will always be a week behind for Teapot Tuesday. That mean's that today's card was last week's call out.

Harold was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He and his wife Paula are shocked and saddened. So we're sending cards of encouragement with a big Texas feel. They live in Conroe, TX.

Here is my video for today:

If you'd like to join us in sending uplifting cards to Harold and Paula, you can see the information here on Splitcoast Stampers.