With gratitude

 

Hi friends!

I can't believe we are already in NOVEMBER!

And in 57 more days, it will be a brand new year ...

2025!

Today is all about gratitude :)

My card today is using one of my top favorite MMH kits

from Hero Arts and it's from March 2024.

I love LOVED that near my birthday, they released a kit

that was an immediate YES!

It's absolutely everything amazing with an asian theme

and so much in the kit to create for weeks and still have left overs!

I chose to focus on red - good luck for the new year -

and used the matching die,

 purposely only removing some of the cutouts. 

I've used this die before and wanted to try this - and I like it!

I watercolored a panel and added a dark pink behind the frame

and the flowers were stamped onto the dried panel.

It's so much lighter online but IRL, this has a beautiful subtle rainbow

tint ~ super sweet!

I also added a few of the transluscent gems from the kit as a highlight.

                                   Thanks for stopping by

and have a beautiful start to your week!

~Kelly

Once More in '24 ~ November

 Hi friends!

It's the time of year where I debut my 

 FAVORITE 

  personal challenge - 

One Plus Twelve!

This is the 6th year of my card challenge 

where I take ONE stamp (and only one stamp!)

and make a card TWELVE times (once a month on the 3rd).

The idea came from my wish to extend the use of the stamps,

 bought and often used only once ~ why not challenge yourself

 to see how many different ways!

For 2024, I chose Pink and Main's Wildflowers stamp.

Here's November:

This stamped image is so versatile.

It's so beautiful and a fun way to get more birthday/

thinking of you, etc cards.  I did add a ready made sentiment

using a Tim Holtz sentiment.

                   My friends Barb and Jeanette are joining me

again this year in the challenge 

as we have done for the past 6 years.

This year, I decided to call One Plus Twelve 

by a cute catch phrase for 2024

Once More in '24 ...

every month on the 3rd!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Halloween barn dance!

 Hey friends!

Quick post today since I've been out of the house all weekend

and plowing through (no pun intended!) a massive migraine :(

I created a fun harvest/barn Halloween scene

 for a card hop with my friend Sara.

The theme was farm/barn animals dressed in costume

so I'm going with Milo The Mouse dressed as a farmer!

I added some big spiders to make the barn look extra festive :)

K ...

probably dating myself here but remember in the 50's

when Tarantula came out!

Those MASSIVE spiders taking over ~ bruh!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

AECP - Let It Shine!

Hi friends!

Wishing you a wonderful start to your weekend!

Today, I'm excited to share my completed card for the next course 

in the AECP Altenew Academy Level 1 journey!

This exciting and glittery course was taught by the talented

Carissa Wiley and it's called Let It Shine!

She is truly Queen of Sparkle!

My card was so incredible fun to create and the good kind of messy.

I started with the set Bountiful Bouquet from Altenew 

and stamped/die cut directly onto a mixed media panel.

The panel was created by using the super fun Lindy's Magicals

including the Halloween set.

I loved the organic look to the panel and it has so much shimmer

and shine when it moves around in the light.

"Don't overlook embossing when adding shine!"

I love this tip from Carissa!

I had just received an order which included the 

Gold glitter cardstock - gilded set and it was perfect for the sentiment!

I die cut the Thank You using the Timeless Sentiments die set

and the gold shimmer helps to pick up the shimmer in the paint.

"Images have a beautiful shimmer with a dark background"

I chose a dark green cardstock from Stampin' Up 

 to compliment the rose/gold tones in the floral image.

 For the final glitz, I added some flecks of metallic paint

to the background of the cardstock to highlight the gold

and a few enamel golden dots sprinkled around.

One finally look, my supervisor has given her PAW-proval!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Haunted Mansion Memories!

 Welcome, Foolish Mortals!

If you have ever entered Disney's Haunted Mansion,

those spooky words will sound familiar! :)

It's my favorite ride at Disney

and so many memories of our recent trip are still near to heart <3

Today I'm sharing a purple Haunted Mansion card

to celebrate my granddaughter's birthday at Disney.

Although she wasn't a fan of the Haunted Mansion, she LOVED 

her birthday trip and we did, too! 

I sent this one to my daughter (who's favorite color is purple)

and used the September My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.

SO MANY goodies included in this kit - 

cards for days upon days can be made!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Entered to:  Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero - Memory

Simon Says Challenge - Spooky/Add Some Purple

I'll be Gnome for Christmas!

 Hey friends!

Dashing by with a quick hi and an even quicker card to make 

~ clean and simple!

 My friend Brennan had a challenge for a One Layer Christmas Card 

~ yikes!  I don't do one layer very well often 

so this was a LEAP outside the box!

I settled on the adorable Gnome for the Holidays from Whimsy Stamps 

and I let the whismical colors and MERRY letters be the stars :)

Here's the really skinny side view!

Life is settling down to quieter moments here with the storm leaving,

birthday girl is officially 6 and 

tomorrow The Kid and I are heading to his college.

So see - simple is good after all :)

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Linking to: BYSH Cardmakers!

The non-colors of fall!

Hi friends!

The splendor of fall is here with changing leaves,

a crisp touch to the air and 

it's pumpkin everything! :)

I absolutely adore this time of year knowing that soon

our home will once again be filled with our family,

 visiting from all the parts of the globe for the holidays

in November and December!!

I have a fun card to share today with some

rather unusual colors for pumpkins ~

non-traditional colors of fall!

That's the challenge theme my sweet friend Traci

gave us this week in our Wednesday 

 Instagram card group here!

Her challenge:

"create a fall card with non-traditional colored leaves."

I ADORE green and teal together!

I had an idea to create a fall-ish, non-traditionalish card 

using Harvest Blessings from Trinity Stamps.

Since green might be considered a traditional fall color,

I grabbed my watercolors and used mostly purple and teal

and let the water do it's magic!

I added a simple splatter to the background 

and popped up the sentiment for some extra drama :)

Thank you Trinity Stamps for the shout out on Instagram

and resharing my card - I'm truly honored!

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Kelly

entered to:  Retro Rubber Challenge - TicTacToe

(watercolor, die cut and your choice

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes