May 2025 Card Chain Reveal

Hello everyone - I'm sharing the card I sent for the May 2025 Card Chain. Twenty-one people played along for May and you can see the full reveal HERE. My card traveled across the Pond to the super talented Brenda (Floral Fantasies) in the UK:

Supplies: Paper - American Crafts;

BoBunny Cottontail Collection;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Stamps w/dies - Art Impressions Hen House Cubbies 

Dies - Sizzix  Intricate Floral Easter Egg

Other - Copic Markers; Recollections stickers

We had the following options for creating our cards:

Color Palette Option

Sketch Option

Theme Options: Chickens / Smiles and Laughter / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Ribbon or Lace / Lacé

This time I went with the sketch option, plus themes of chickens and friendship. I bought the adorable Hen House set by Art Impressions last November & had stamped/die cut a bunch of the elements. They had been sitting in the set's package ever since! When I saw the theme of chickens, I just had to get them out!! Colored them with Copics and arranged the hen & chicks on the cubby.

On the craft table was an egg (thanks again, Gundi, for this set!) that I'd die cut for an Easter card (not finished yet). I thought the egg shape would be perfect for the focal point in the sketch & the chicken theme. I cut a different colored egg, though, to better contrast with my hen house colors. I chose an ombre peach A2 card from a boxed set and cut the egg from it. Added the hen house to the egg. It seemed too large to fit with all the sketch elements on an A2 card so I formed an A7 from Neenah white.

Luckily, I had the perfect peach plaid in a 12x12" size, purchased with a bunch of other papers at a JoAnn going-out-of-business visit. I still had a BoBunny 6x6" Easter paper pad on the table & found three coordinating pieces to go behind the egg. I used a paper trimmer to cut thin strips of white for that element of the sketch. Two puffy sentiment stickers completed the sketch. I really loved how this turned out and was glad Brenda enjoyed it!

I received this amazing card from Dagmara in Poland. She likes doing flat slimline cards & they are so special. She loves Mary Poppins and so do I - isn't this a great scene?! She also sent some fun images for me to color - thanks, Dagmara!! 

Want to join us? Please go HERE for details & to sign up for the June chain by June 6th.

I'll add my card to Darnell's June NBUS Challenge #75 since my chickens are new.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping & have a crafty day!!