Friends The Hens' Den Card Featuring Graphic 45 Secret Garden

                        Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection - Friends Card - Anita Mulcahey

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection

Friends Card

Designed by Anita Mulcahey

A New Chic Sketch for The Hens' Den designed by Design Team Member: Lori McClellan

 Copy of my kit supplies that I received this month.  Love Graphic 45 and this collection, Secret Garden is just beautiful.

                       
 close ups of some of the details.











                              

 

Purple is my most favorite color and I was so pleased to see this gorgeous line.  You can check it out for yourself at The Hens' Den.  I have so many wonderful friends and I am grateful for each and every one and all the wonderful things that they bring to enrich my life.  I am blessed.  This line is so springy and gorgeous and I knew that I just had to make a card for a friend who is struggling right now.  

Tomorrow is Spotlight Tuesday and on Wednesday you will get to see Design Team member Stephanie Wagner's take on Lori's awesome sketch.

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection Posy Patch

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection Banners

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection Tags & Pockets

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection Chipboard 2

Graphic 45 Signature Series Coredinations Card Stock Lilac

May Arts Satin Ribbon Cream

Twine - other

Hugs and see you soon.

Bo Bunny's Iasabella Collection- I Smile Layout- By Nicolle Kramer

Bo Bunny's Isabella Collection

I Smile Layout

Created By: Nicolle Kramer

A New Chic Sketch for The Hens' Den designed by Design Team Member: Lori McClellan

Look at the goodies I got to work with this month from Charlie at The Hen's Den.
I love the colors in this collection.

This month we are all sharing our take on the 

New Chic Sketch from The Hens' Den, created by Design Team Member Lori McClellan! 

I created a layout using the left side of the sketch.

I recently took a picture of my daughter's after they both got their new hair cut. Kayla had her hair cut first. Jolie loved it so much she just had to have her's done. She looks up to her big sister. They are six years apart.  I immediately thought of Kayla when I saw this sticker "I smile because you're my sister. 

I laugh because there is nothing you can do about it." I can totally see my oldest daughter Kayla saying that to Jolie. Kayla is way more outgoing then Jolie. She says things very often before thinking. The whole foot in mouth thing comes to mind when I think of Kayla. I guess I can't blame her for speaking her mind. She's very honest but needs to be more mindful of what she says.  Jolie on the other hand is very shy, quiet and sweet. Both pretty little ladies though.  They both pulled off the short do really well.

I added a bit more to the background using Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Gesso. To get the butterfly effect I used a stencil and dabbed the Gesso on very lightly with a make up sponge. I layered the Bo Bunny Petals and  attached pearls or brads to the center. I fussy cut a couple flower images as well. For an added touch of color to the chipboard flourish I attached 3 pink gems. 

A closer look at my layered flowers. I love dimension on my pages.

For added embellishment to the fussy cut image 

I cut ribbon to mimic the pennants and added a chipboard element.

I would love to see how this sketch inspires you. Please share your take on The Hen's Den  Facebook Page.

Be sure to check out Design Team Member Anita Mulcahey's take on the sketch on Monday!!

Don't forget to check out the Hen's Den Store for new product from winter CHA.

Supplies:

Bo Bunny Isabella - 12" Isabella paper

Bo Bunny Isabella - Brads

Bo Bunny Isabella - Buttons

Bo Bunny Isabella - CB Swirls and Braces Licorice

Bo Bunny Isabella - Cardstock stickers- She's My sister

Bo Bunny Isabella - Carissma

Bo Bunny Isabella - Jewels

Bo Bunny Isabella - Petals

May Arts -  Black and White 1/2" Ribbon

May Arts - Solid Ivory Check - Pink 

Featuring Prima Marketing's Engraver Collection!

The Stanley Hotel Layout

Designed by Carolyn Lontin

Featuring: Prima Marketing Engraver Collection and new Chic Sketch for The Hens' Den designed by Design Team Member Lori McClellan.

Head on over to The Hens' Den store and drool over Prima's HOT NEW Engraver Collection!

Over fall break last year, we went to the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO and stayed in the infamous room 217!  I'll have to admit that I was pretty creeped out by the thought of staying in this haunted room but even after a history tour and a night ghost tour of the hotel, I slept like a baby!  

This layout features some of the details of the hotel and our room 217 and I used The Hens' Den fantastic two-page sketch created by Design Team Member, Lori ... the thing I love about sketches is that they get you started but your pages morph into your own work!

Here is The Hens' Den sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

And of course some fun shots of the details:

Supplies:

Black Cardstock

Prima Engraver Calligraphy Paper

Prima Engraver Bank Note Paper

Prima Engraver Chipboard Pieces

Prima Vintage Trinkets - Fairy Bell Metal Charms

Petallo Canterbury - Magnolia Blossoms

My Mind's Eye Gems

My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart - Be Happy Stamps

Prima Rasp Tool

I hope you get a chance to play along this month to create a project using this sketch!  Be sure to stop back by The Hens' Den blog tomorrow to see Design Team Member, Nicolle's project using this sketch! 

Thanks for stoppin' by!

This Happened- Teresa Collins- Memories

Teresa Collins- Memories

This Happened Card

Created by Moriah Macdonald

A New Chic Sketch for The Hens' Den designed by Design Team Member: Lori McClellan

Hey there Peeps!  Don't you just LOVE all the new CHA goodies?!?!?  Charlie sent me a box-o-fun full of fabulous treats from the new Teresa Collins Memories line.  EEEEEEKKKKKK!

This month we are all sharing our take on the New Chich sketch from The Hens' Den, created by Design Team Member Lori McClellan!  Combining her newest awesome sketch with my Teresa Collins stash and you have...

Design Team Member, Lori McClellan is uber talented and she came up with a 2 page sketch.  For this card, I used the left side, but my DH wants me to try the right side too.  He had an idea for how he thought a card using the right side might look. :)  Maybe I should have him make that card and share it with all of you! :)

Rather than photos, I used the stamped calendar & layered flower with chipboard wording.  Instead of layering paper pieces on the background, I used Teresa Collins stamps and then added a ribbon bow in lieu of flowers in the middle.  Trying to think a little outside the box and still respecting the Chic Sketch at the same time.  That's the great thing about using a sketch as a jumping off point.  It really makes you stretch yourself to, as Tim Gunn says, "make it work".

It's easy to look at a sketch for a layout and think "layouts only".  I'm here to challenge you to apply The Hens' Den chic sketch created by Lori to a card, or even a tag!  One of the coolest projects I made was a set of mini tags using a layout designed for a A2 card.  It might not turn out exactly as you expect, but we always learn something for trying, right?

The part I most love about this card is how you can use this stamp set to personalize the date.  It makes it awesome for scrapbooking memories, but also for creating a super special birthday or anniversary card.

So, waddya say?  You in for giving The Hens' Den Chic Sketch for March a try?  Post your creation to our FB page so we can see your fab work!  Need more inspiration to take the leap?  Stop by tomorrow to see my Teamie Carolyn Lontin's take on the New Chic sketch from The Hens' Den, created by Design Team Member Lori McClellan.

May Arts- Ruffle Ribbon- Black
Teresa Collins- Memories- Die Cut Flowers
Teresa Collins- Memories- Die Cut Accessories
Teresa Collins- Memories- Stamps
Teresa Collins- Memories- Chipboard & Buttons
Teresa Collins- Memories- 6x6 Pad

"Rad Chic" album Debut from The Hens Den

 

 

 

Introducing "Rad Chic"

The Hens Den new bare album

 

 

 

It is time to bring out a new album. We are introducing "Rad Chic", a new and fun album for you to twist around, flip the pages and make it your own.  This album is perfect for those 6 x 6 pads of paper you have just lying around...lol

 

 

This album is 5.5 x 5.25. It is perfect for your 6 x 6 paper pads

Priced at $5.49, it has 7 pages, including the front and back pages.  That gives you 14 sides to decorate, paint, ink, stick, punch, emboss or anything else you love to do when you are making a min album.

 

 

The back side is flat, offering you a clean surface work on, while the side shown will give you a lot of challenges with mixed media and papers.  LOVE!!!

Plain chipboard piece

Smaller tabbed piece that is corrugated on the revere side.

Scallops on this page are smaller than that of the corrugated page.

Tag page

Plain chipboard page, no design.  Just right for you to make it what you want it to be.  We have several bare chipboard albums that you can choose from.

Stop by the store and purchase yours today

 

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Ghost Town in the Sky - My Mind's Eye Collectable - Unforgettable collection

My Mind's Eye Collectable - Unforgettable

Ghost Town in The Sky layout
Created by Janet G. Bagnall
A New Chic Sketch for The Hens' Den designed by Design Team Member: Lori McClellan

Happy 1st Monday of March everyone.  Can you believe I am saying that?  Me neither.  Today is my day to bring you a project using The Hens' Den Chic Sketch, Created by Design Team Member Lori McClellan while using the new My Mind's Eye Collectable - Unforgettable collection.  I was so excited when I opened up my kit and found all these goodies inside - I love everything about it.

Isn't this new Chic sketch from The Hens' Den sketch great, created by Design Team Member Lori McClellan?  I love it and hope you will give it a try (please let us know if you do so we can take a peek).  I'm going to show you my completed layout in two parts so as to not overload you with so much fun - LOL :)  The one I'm showing you today is the title page.

We had taken Jared and Elizabeth to Ghost Town in The Sky years ago and when I went through my kit, came across this unique cardstock (well, it is to me) and an idea came to me.  I took a rectangle piece of brown Graphic 45 "Signature Series" Core'dinations cardstock, tore it down to the size I wanted, crumbled it up, distressed it with sandpaper and some Tim Holtz vintage photo ink and voilà, I got a faux leather look :)  I found the parks' name off their website, printed it out and place it on top of that.  What do you think?  I was pleased with the result.

While working on setting up my layout, I had it lined up with the strips going like what is on the new Chic sketch from The Hens' Den sketch great, created by Design Team Member Lori McClellan had  on the sketch, but after looking at it, I just couldn't get it to look right, so took those strips and put them underneath each picture.  I think it turned out pretty good.

This is a great  My Mind's Eye Collectable - Unforgettable collection that has lots of fun goodies to play with and look forward to using this collection often.  I am excited about showing you the rest of my take on this fun sketch soon.

Have a great Monday and hope you will head over to The Hens' Den store to take a look at all the great products Charlie and The Hens' Den has on hand and check out what will be a part of spot light Tuesday on the Facebook page. Be sure to stop by Wednesday on the blog to check out Design Team Member Moriah's take on the new Chic sketch from The Hens' Den sketch for this month.

Bazzil maroon, yellow, off white cardstock
Graphic 45 Coredinations "signature series" teal and brown cardstock
My Minds Eye Collectable - Unforgettable Buttons
My Minds Eye Colelctable - Unforgettable Brads
My Minds Eye Collectable - Unforgettable 6x6 paper pad
My Minds Eye Collectable - Unforgettable Layered Stickers
My Minds Eye Collectable - Unforgettable Stickers
My Minds Eye Collectable - Unforgettable Enamel Dots
May Arts Baby Blue Crochet Ribbon
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo ink

Kaisercraft 75 cents collection - Muddy Memories - Lori McClellan

Kaisercraft 75 cents collection 

Muddy Memories layout using the March sketch

Created by DT member Lori McClellan

 I am so excited today to share with you a new Chic sketch from The Hens' Den.  We will be using this all month for our Design Team projects and hope that all our followers choose to sketch along with us.

So as you can see, this sketch allows for up to 12 pictures.  I love that!  If every page I scrapped I used only one picture, I will never catch up. 

Here is my take on one page of the sketch.  The kaisercrafts 75 cents line has so many beautiful papers in the collection.  I love the butterflies in the die cut pack.  I layers a larger butterfly on the bottom and a smaller one on top, adhered them together and folded the wings.  I love the dimension it brings to the layout.

And here is my finished page.  

You can find all the KasierCraft 75 cent paper collection supplies to make this layout at The Hens' Den.  Go check it out today.   I hope you play along this month.  If you use our sketch send us a picture on facebook or share on the gallery on the blog!

Be sure to check out Design Team Member Janet's Bagnall's take on the new Chic Sketch for The Hens' Den, on the blog on Monday.

KaiserCraft - 75 cents Collection - Collectables

KaiserCraft - 75 cents Collection - Dime

KaiserCraft - 75 cents Collection - Penny 

KaiserCraft - 75 cents Collection - Sovereign

KaiserCraft - 75 cents Collection - Tuppence