Make a Wish

I miss summer already! Do you? It's been cloudy and wet here in North Carolina for four days now and it's making me miss summer! So I thought I'd set aside the autumn, Halloween and Christmas crafts for a bit and play with Chickaniddy's Twirly Girl collection. 

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I love all these colorful floral prints! They make me think of spring...my favorite season. :) Don't get me wrong, I love fall too, just not so many cloudy days in a row. :)

Notice the little paper bow on the mini clothespin? That my dears is a darling little accent included in Reverse Confetti's Tagged Tote Confetti Cuts. Too cute, right? It's all in the details! 

Happy Day

Hello! Today I have a Pinspiring project for you on the Chickaniddy blog using the following image.

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I love this scarf and really enjoyed using it as an inspiration piece!

Here's a peek at my design. Hope you have a moment to have a look. 

Happy day! :)

Happy Birthday

Hello! This post is for all you Chickaniddy fans who also love to accent your projects with brads. I have a card posted here using the adorable Twirly Girl collection with a focus on brads. 

Hope you enjoy the project and your day!

Twirly Girl

It's feeling like a Twirly Girl kind of day!  Chickaniddy's Twirly Girl collection that is. I created this girly birthday card with the line and I'm tickled with the results. I love that vintage style mom with cake sticker along with the calendar piece that allows you to personalize the card. 

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I think the Twirly Girl colors looks fantastic with Kraft stock too. You know what else I like about this card? The mini wood clothespin! I was out of those little suckers and for a couple projects so I turned my office upside down trying to find a stray one....or one I could easily steal from another project without ruining it! Desperate times call for desperate measures, you know? ;) Thankfully I found a pack when I was at the craft store buying yarn recently. Ahhhh...more mini clothespins. Happy dance!

Before I head out...have you herd of the Curtain Call? It's a challenge site for card makers and one of my friends from the card making world asked me to join them for their July 1 - Birthday Bash inspiration challenge. Click here to play along.

Hope yours is a happy twirly girl kind of day! 

Hey Girl

Hello! I have two projects to share with you today so please scroll down for see my CardMaker creation. 

For all you Chickaniddy fans, here's a peek at a card I created with the gorgeous Twirly Girl collection and another fabulous card sketch from our design team coordination, Pam. 

There will be three interpretations of the sketch from my teammates and I with a focus on foil...lots of fun inspiration! Click here to see the sketch and projects. Enjoy! 

Chickaniddy

It's been a little while since I've shared a card project created with Chickaniddy goodies so I whipped up this Twirly Girl birthday card just for you. It's perfect for a tea lovin' friend, mom or sister with that adorable stack of teacups! 

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Finishing touches include enamel hearts, a brad and sentiment sticker...all included in the line. I love the way everything coordinates so beautifully! 

Hello

Hello! I have a card share for you today that I created with both Chickaniddy's Date Night and Twirly Girl collections and this month's card sketch. This is the third sketch of Pam's that I've worked with and I must say she makes it so easy to create gorgeous cards just by following them as is.

Supplies: Paper (DN140S06; DN140S11; TG140S08) Clear Stamps (DN14ST01) Stickers (DN14EB02; TG14EB02) Brads (TG14EB06)

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Can you tell which papers and accents are from which collection? If I hadn't made the card myself, I wouldn't be able to tell...everything works together seamlessly.

To see Pam's sketch and two more takes on it, click here.

Mom

Hello Chickaniddy fans! I have a Mother's Day card share that I created with both the Date Night and Twirly Girl collections. 

Supplies: Paper (DN140S05; TG140S07; TG140S08) Silver Foil Paper (CN14SP002) Mini Sticker Banners (DN14EB03) Stickers (TG14EB02) Brads (TG14EB06)

I couldn't resist using this image of a girl on the phone for my greeting since those of us who live far from our moms call them on Mother's Day.

One of my favorite things about both the Date Night and Twirly girl collections are the sheets of paper with printed images and sentiments.  A crafty little secret of mine is to cut these sheets up entirely before I begin a project so I can easily mix, match and play with them. 

Another thing I love about Chickaniddy are the accents! Here I've mixed the Foil Paper, Brads and Alphabet Stickers to create a textured sentiment. 

Hope all you moms enjoyed your day! 

Big Day

I have a birthday card to share with you today created with the Twirly Girl collection from Chickaniddy Crafts. Anyone celebrating a birthday? My baby celebrates his 13th birthday tomorrow! I can't believe we have a teenager in the house!  

This cake looks good enough to eat! Oh...I could go for a big gooey slice of cake right about now; never mind that is not even lunchtime yet! 

I accented the cake with Enamel Hearts...they look pretty yummy too and they're 58% off on Amazon today! One would think I hadn't had breakfast, with all this talk about cake! 

Showing off the layers here...card and cake layers! ;) 

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I've been in a butterfly and pennants mood lately. Kind of feels like spring to me. Any particular trend your drawn to lately? 

Happy Birthday to You

Hello Chickaniddy fans! I'm here to share a birthday card I created with the beautiful Twirly Girl collection and a fresh new sketch from Pam, Chickaniddy's talented design team coordinator. When I'm limited on time one of my favorite crafty short cuts is to use a sketch just as it is. 

Supplies: Papers (TG140S04; TG140S05; TG140S12) Stickers (TG14EB02) Enamel Hearts (TG14EB07) Mini Sticker Tags ( TG14EB04) Gold Foil Paper (CN14SP001)

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Keep in mind, when creating a project with lots of different patterned papers, choose contrasting patterns and colors so that they don't all blend together. Each paper I chose pops out from the other showing all the layers that went into the design.

To view Pam's sketch and two other takes on it, click here.

Hello Spring

Hello Chickaniddy fans! I'd like to share my first Twirly Girl project with you. The soft pastel color palette and pretty floral printed papers in this collection make it ideal for springtime crafts, don't you think? 

Supplies: Paper (TG140S04; TG140S06; TG140S07; TG140S12) Stickers (TG14EB02) Brads (TG14EB06) Enamel Hearts ( TG14EB07) Gold Foil Paper (CN14SP001)

The gold foil paper reminds me of the longer sun-shiny days of spring that I look forward to all winter! 

If you need a sentiment that's not included in the accents of a collection or you want to personalize a project, you can easily print whatever you like from your computer. 

First, I printed my sentiment on a blank piece of paper. Then I attached a piece of low-tack double stick tape to the item I wanted to print on. To make your tape low-tack, stick it to your clothing a few times. Then I held my printed paper up to a window so I could see the sentiment through my tag and place it exactly where I wanted it to re-print. Easy!

So many times, often a day or two after sitting with a project, I think of something I might change if I had to do it again. With this card, since the spacing of the word 'spring' looks a little awkward to me, I thought I could easily use the square Alpha Stickers (TG14EB01) instead. I like the look of a couple types of lettering for sentiments and titles. So which do you like best?