Wanna Gobble You Up: CGD release day

Hello! I’m here today witha rare Sunday post for me because it is Chicken Girl release day!

I’m using the Gobble You Up digi from the new October Collection. Isn’t he adorable? Now, I’m a vegetarian so I don’t eat turkey on Thanksgiving (I’m more prone to adopting a turkey so they get spared!) but I still think this guy is the cutest. I colored him with my Copics and added some Glossy Accents to his eyes and feathers. I used my Labels 10 to cut him out and then added a few yellow bling for accents. The orange and burgundy papers are both from the new Kaiser Hippy Girl line. The orange has a little line pattern and the burgundy has some leaves – perfect for fall! I finished it off with some faux suede burgundy ribbon.

Please be sure to stop by the rest of the design team to see their projects and you’ll definitely want to stop back tomorrow because I’ll have sneak peek of the two new Mint Motif sets for you!

Loretta
Lori
Tammy
Michele
Laura
Judy

See you again soon! Have a great day!

Chicken Girl Scarecrow: Autumn Greetings

Happy hump day!  I’m looking forward to the weekend, are you?  Fall is my absolute favorite time of year so to celebrate while I was baking an upside-down pear/apple pie I used Scarecrow Greetings from the September Collection from Chicken Girl.  I printed out two images on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and colored them with Copics.  I used the second image to pop up the hat, pumpkin and the overalls.  If you look closely I even stuck some shredded natural twine under the hat for his hair.  The same twine is twisted together and knotted to make the ribbon across the middle.  The DP is from SEI’s Spooks line.  I love that pattern!!  The top panel is embossed with my A2 Vines folder and then lightly sponged over it with some Palette New Canvas. 

Once I was done, my pie was done too!  After I flipped it over this is what it looked like.  And boy was it yummy!
Thanks for stopping by.  The new Chicken Girl release is on Sunday so be sure to stop back them for a look at all the new images.  Have a great day!

Five Minute Friday: Apple of My Eye

Phew…I finally grabbed 5 minutes in the studio to make this little cutie using the Apple of my Eye digi from the September Collection from Chicken Girl Design.  I printed him on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and then colored him with Copics.  I used the Lacey Squares from Spellbinders to cut him out.  I love these squares!

The strip of paper is from the Kaiser Craft Christmas line, Be Merry.  These KC pads are amazing little 6x6 pads.  They are glittered, flocked, varnished and even have little die cuts!  You can see the sparkle on the green in the paper.

That’s it!  I can’t believe it is October already.  Only 85 days until Christmas!  Eeek!  Have a good weekend!!

I’ve Only Got Eyes….For….You…

Come on, now you’re singing that song, right?  It’s going to be stuck in your head ALL DAY.  You’re welcome.  :)
Here’s a cute little card using another Chicken Girl digi, Witch Eye Brew, part of this month’s September Collection.
I printed it out on Copic Heavyweight paper, colored it with my Prisma pencils and then added some Glossy Accents to the eyebalss and some Gunmetal Stickles to the cauldron.  Then I die-cut some Spooks paper with my new Crown Ovals and layered it on some more Spooks paper.  The finishing touch was all the googly eyes around the edge.  It’s kind of like a paper Beholder. 
There’s lots of things going on behind the scenes here at IHP so make sure you’re signed up for the newsletter (on the homepage).  It’ll be going out later today.  Also, join us on Facebook…the most current up to the minute updates are posted there, along with the occasional Deal of the Day, and you don’t want to miss those!
The new section is OVERFLOWING with amazing new CHA products and they just keep streaming in.  A few things have already sold out and I’m working to reorder those items so if you find something that is already gone, just click the restock notify link and you’ll get an email as soon as it is back in stock.
Thanks for popping in today!  See you again soon!

Five Minute Friday AND CGD Release Day: Autumn Greetings

Hello! Happy Friday! I know I’ve been a pretty bad blogger lately. I’ve got a good excuse though - (being buried under CHA deliveries) - have you seen the new section of the store lately?? Plus some other craziness on top of all that and today’s release just completely snuck up on me.
This is what my studio looked like 24 hours ago. Absolutely a disaster because there was some painting going on and lots of things got moved around and many of them landed in my studio as a holding place. There was not 5 inches of space to work.
Luckily it was Chicken Girl release day AND Five Minute Friday so I didn’t have to stress about a complicated card! HAHA!
So, I cleared 5 inches of space, printed out my new Scarecrow Greetings image (cleverly missing the actual scarecrow courtesy of some quick Photoshop erasing) and colored the pumpkin with some Prismacolor pencils and Orange and Olive Spica pens.
I adore the little scarecrow though so I’m going to have to do another card with the full image for you.
Here is the complete September Collection, all four images available at a discounted price of $8.50 or each one is available on its own for $2.50.
Be sure to check out the rest of the design team and see all of their projects.

Christy
Loretta
Lori
Tammy
Michele
Laura Judy

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Five Minute Friday: Just Lion Around

Here’s a quick little card I made using the Just Lion Around digi from the Chicken Girl August Collection, printed on Copic Heavyweight cardstock, cut out with Square Nesties and colored with Prismacolor pencils. I applied Scattered Straw Stickles to the lion and Pine Needles Stickles to the tree. The DP is from the Jocelyn collection (loved the green and orange combo) and I used a scrap of brown crochet ribbon.
Thanks for stopping in today! I’ve got to keep it brief! See you again soon!

You’re Out Of This World

Hello!  I realized that I never showed you this sample from last month’s Chicken Girl digi July Collection, called Out of this World.  Isn’t it adorable??
I printed it on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and then used my Labels One to cut it out.  I colored it with Copics and then applied Glossy Accents to the helmets.  The DP from Jocelyn is die-cut with Classic Scalloped Petite Borderabilities (are you sick of seeing me use these yet?) and wrapped with this amazing two-tone purple/green ribbon.  Depending on how the light catches it, it shows up different hues.  LOVE it.
That’s it…pretty simple.  Thanks for stopping by today!  See you again soon!  (I’m slowly getting caught up from being away so please be patient!)

Chicken Girl (CGD) Release Day: Lookin’ PURRty

Hello! Today is Chicken Girl release day! As always, the full collection is available at a discount bundled or you can purchase each image individually. The August Collection has 4 adorable images, including this Lookin’ Purrty kitty.
The complete collection is shown here.
For my card today I started with an old PCP Sketch, SK121308 as my starting point. I printed the image on Copic Heavyweight paper and colored it with Prismacolor pencils to match the Happy Day and Green At Heart papers I was using. The mirror is covered in Silver Stickles and I colored the tulle flower with my Copics. The finishing touch was a tiny scrap of venise lace across the border where the two papers meet.
Be sure to check the rest of the DT blogs to see their creations!
Christy
Loretta
Lori
Tammy
Carlie
Michele
Laura Judy
Thanks for stopping in today! See you again soon!

CHA bound: Blast Off!

Well, I’m leaving on a jet plane today for CHA so I thought this new image from the July Collection of Chicken Girl Designs was appropriate.  Isn’t this little Blast Off image adorable?!  I printed it on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and then colored him with my Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  I used some Opal Liquid Pearls on the jet exhaust and finished off the little card with a piece of orange glimmer ribbon and some Glossy Accents on the window.
OK…I’m off very soon!  Be sure to check the Facebook page for updates (hopefully) and remember, all orders placed this week will not ship out until Monday August 2.  Thanks for understanding!

More Sending Some Love

Thank you for all the birthday wishes! I had a wonderful weekend full of LOTS of fun and food. I have a quick post for you today and then tomorrow be sure to check back for our monthly DT Challenge.
I LOVE this little chicky Sending Some Love image from the Chicken Girl June Collection. The chick just looks SO happy to be putting that (handmade) card in the mail. It’s like she’s a stamper! HAHA!
As always, I printed the image out on Copic Heavyweight paper and then I colored it with my Copics. I used my Oval Nesties and added some bling to give it some sparkle. The DP is from Lime Rickey.
Thanks for stopping by today! See you again soon!

Sending Some Love, CGD Style

Hi! Today I’ve got a little card I made using one of the June Chicken Girl digis called Sending Some Love. It is printed on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and colored with Copics. I freehand cut the little banner with the greeting. I used my Labels Eleven for the focal image, layered on some Happy Day paper and then my Classic Scalloped Petite Borderabilities for the bottom trim. I used my heart Nesties for an accent and finished it off with some white satin ribbon.
Thanks for stopping in! Be sure to check back on Wednesday for the first sneak peak of the newest Mint Motif stamps! So exciting! Don’t forget to keep checking the sale page!

Chicken Girl Release Day: Gone Fishin’

Today is Chicken Girl release day! Yippee! We’ve got four new adorable images for this month’s July Collection. Each digi is available for $2.50 each or you can get the whole collection for a great discounted price of only $8.50. What a deal!
My card today uses Gone Fishin’. Isn’t this little kitty adorable? The image is printed on Copic Heavyweight paper and colored with Copics and cut with my Rectangle Nesties. I cropped out the little fish to create my little embellishments. I used a piece of ancient printed vellum from my stash to create my water and die-cut it with my Jumbo Scalloped Petite Borderabilities and used a piece of white satin ribbon. Very simple but very cute, right?
Be sure to check the rest of the design team today for their release cards. And, after a brief hiatus, I’m excited to welcome back Judy to the team so be sure to stop by and welcome her back too!
Christy
Loretta
Lori
Tammy
Carlie
Michele
Laura Judy
Thanks for stopping in today! See you again soon!

Chicken Girl: Sizzling Good Time!

I thought this would be a good card for all the celebrations happening this long weekend.  But, I am a vegetarian so this little Chicken Girl cow, Sizzling Good Time from the June Collection is grilling veggie burgers for me!  :)  I used my rectangle Nesties and some orange silk ribbon because it paired so perfectly with the Max and Whiskers paper. The image is printed on Copic Heavyweight paper and colored with Copics.
Thanks for stopping in!  I hope you’re relaxing and enjoying the long weekend!  See you again soon!  I’ll be back on Wednesday for the sneak peek of the next Mint Motif stamps!

Congrats on your new home!

I adore this little house image, New Home, from Chicken Girl’s June Collection.  And I love making shaped cards, so this was a win/win idea.  I printed the image on Copic Heavyweight paper and colored it with my Copics.  Then I used Classic Scalloped Petite Borderabilities to make the trim.  Isn’t it cute??
Thanks for stopping by today!  I’ll be back on Friday with a Five Minute Friday card!

Chicken Girl Release: World’s Best Dad

Hello! It’s Chicken Girl release day here at IHP! And I am SO excited about this month’s release! I think I say this every month but I really, really mean it. I mean, look at these images! They are available individually for $2.50 or as the complete June Collection for a discounted price of $8.50.
For my card today I used another sketch from PC’s Go To Sketches magazine and the new World’s Best Dad digi, printed on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and colored with my Copics. Then I used my Rectangle Nesties and added some yellow faux suede ribbon to make it look like a little medal.
The DP is from Marrakech. I covered a button from my stash with some i {stick} papers so it would match and used some jute

twine on the button.

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT today to see their projects! Christy
Loretta
Lori
Tammy
Carlie
Michele
LauraDeb
Thanks for stopping by today! Sorry I’ve been a bad blogger this week. It’s been insanely busy and I’ve been nursing a sick doggy who got into some stuff he shouldn’t have and now he (and WE) are paying the price. I’ll spare you the icky details. You’ll thank me – trust me. :)
I’ll be back (hopefully) tomorrow with a Five Minute Friday card if I can steal 5 minutes in the studio later today!
Have a great day!

Congratulations, Graduate! Owl

Hello! Today’s I’ve got another card using the new Owl Graduate from the Chicken Girl digis May Collection printed on Copic Medium Weight cardstock, colored with Prisma pencils and cut out with Labels Eight. I sponged the edges with Palette Haystack. Then I cut the greeting out using the Labels Seven dies since they look like a book. I thought that was the perfect touch for a graduation card.
My DP is from the adorable new Basic Grey Max & Whiskers line and my ribbon is the red faux suede, just loosely knotted. Very simple but I think it is adorable!
Thank you so much for stopping in today! See you again soon!

Color Throwdown

Hello! Today I’m sponsoring Color Throwdown (using Chicken Girl Design). How exciting! I hope you stop by and play along! You could win a 6 free digis! WOW!!



I did some Photoshop work on my Monkey Around digi to make my card today. First I decapitated my monkey (something I would normally never do!) and then I did some editing on the sentiment because the original sentiment was too big for the space I wanted to put it. (It’s a little naughty now. HAHA!) Anyway, this sort of thing is why I LOVE digis! It gives you so much flexibility and you don’t need a lot of compute skills to do it. All I used were my eraser tool and my cropping tool.
I loosely based my card on a sketch from the last Go To Sketches issue. I printed out my 5 monkey heads on Copic Medium Weight paper, used my small square Nesties to cut/emboss them and then colored them in. They’re popped up using some 1mm dimensional dots. Then I used my long rectangle Nesties to make the scallops on the top/bottom of the blue and on the bottom of my sentiment tag. My DP is from Kioshi and had almost all the colors from the challenge in it. Score! I finished it off with some small blossom gems.
In addition to the Color Throwdown DT showing you samples today, some of my DT girls are playing along as well (they’re not all using CGD digis so there’s lots of variety for you!) Go check them out!
Carolyn
Tracy
Lori
Gretchen
Loretta
Kendra
Carlie
Laura
Michele
Christy
Deb
Tammy
Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Monkey Around!

Hello!  Isn’t this image adorable?  It Monkey Around from the latest Chicken Girl digi May Collection, printed on Copic Medium Weight cardstock, cut with my trusty Large Circle Nesties and colored with Prisma pencils.  The cupcake also has some Turquoise Stickles.   I used some SEI Happy Day paper along with one of IHP’s EXCLUSIVE coordinating buttons.   I love that button on the orange silk bow – it just pops!  And I’m loving this orange, blue, green color combo.  It is so bright and summery!
Thanks for stopping by today! 

Kitty Cake Circle Card

Hello!  I’m back today with another Chicken Girl Design card using another one of the releases from the May Collection called Kitty Cake.  I used my Large Circle Nesties to cut the card from a standard A2.  The image is printed on Copic Medium Weight paper and colored with Prismacolor pencils.  Then I used Scattered Straw Distress Stickles on the kitty and some Turquoise Stickles on the apron, fish and hats.  I finished it off with a little Glimmer Orange bow and stamped the greeting from Birthday Wishes (one of the clear CGD sets) in Palette Orangerie.  Just a reminder, we still have clear CGD sets but once they’re gone, they’re gone!  So get them while you still can!

Thanks for stopping in!  I’ll be back on Friday with for the full release of our new Mint Motif line!  I hope you’ve been enjoying the sneak peeks this week from Kimberly Crawford and the rest of the design team!

Chicken Girl release day!

Hello! It’s Chicken Girl release day here at IHP! I know, I know…so much excitement over the last week with the release of Mint Motif and now more Chicken Girl stamps!
Each image is $2.50 each or you can get the entire collection shown here for only $8.50!
Be sure to check out all the DT members, especially since this is the first release for our newcomers! We also have some Core IHP DT members helping us with this release too so you've got more inspiration to pull from!
Here are the links for you!
Laura
Carlie
Michele
Tammy
Lori
Loretta
Christy
Cathleen
Carolyn
Gretchen
My card for today uses Gator Greetings. He’s printed on Copic Medium Weight paper and colored with Prisma pencils. I went over him with some Crackle Accents so he’d look a little scaly. If you click on the picture for a larger version you can see it a bit. The presents are covered with some Yellow Stickles. The DP is from SEI’s Happy Day collection. I used my long rectangle Nesties and finished it off with some luscious turquoise silk ribbon. Isn’t he adorable? My card measures 5-1/2” x 3-1/2” in case you’re wondering. :)
Thanks for stopping in today. Have a great week!