RSG: My flowery friends in the springtime!

Hello friends!

It's springtime on my blog today!

There's a new theme for the Ready, Set, Go Challenge ~

a mountain of a challenge that Barb, Jeanette and I climb 

every third Wednesday of month.

These challenges are typically 'out of the box'

(some would say not for the faint of heart, LOL)

It's wildly creative and always tons of fun!

This month it's a spin off of Barb's fantastic theme last month

which I loved so much!

My husband - fresh out of surgery and quite loopy -

had me laughing with a rendition of Groundhog's Day :)

 Jeanette's challenge was similar in that we three - Barb, Jeanette and I - 

asked each other 3 questions and created our card based on the reply.

Since Barb was my partner, this is what she said:

1.  What is your favorite season?  Spring!

2.  What is the first word that comes to mind when I say the word fun?  Friends!

3.  What is your favorite embellishment to use on cards?  Ribbon!

Such a sweet theme, Barb!

You made this month's card easy!

 I chose my Hello Bluebird stamps for 2 reasons:

It's a springtime stamp set and it has 3 little animals friends ♥

For the friends element, I colored the bunny, lamb and kitty

using my promarkers.

Spring is represented by the springtime paper called Welcome Spring

by American Crafts and I've created little hills with it.

Finally, the ribbon was tucked behind the trio as green grass.

I stamped a sentiment onto the cardstock from another stamp set.

Thank you, Barb, for your wonderful answers ~

it was a lot of fun to create this card with YOU in mind!

 You can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's card here. 

I'm up for next month ~ and need to put my thinking cap back on!

Stay tuned! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

 

TPB is sponsoring Word Art Wednesday!

Hi friends!

I'm back with another card from The Project Bin :)

Yes, two cards in one week ♥

And that's because there is some super sweet news for The Project Bin stamps!

TPB stamps will be the sponsor for Word Art Wednesday inspiration blog

for challenge weeks #344-#345.

AND, this is card #2 on my summer blog series "5 days of"

FLOWERS!

Word Art Wednesday blog is a refreshing and motivational Christ centered

blog with challenges inspired by God's word!

As written on their blog ...

" This challenge blog is, first and foremost, all about sharing the love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We hope that you will  use our free scripture/Word Art in your creations, but you are not required to do so in order to play along.  You can use whatever colors, shapes, templates and themes you choose, and may submit altered art, mixed media, digital projects, cards, layouts, etc.  Just let your heart guide you in making your art.  We believe that God has given each of us special gifts and talents, and we want to encourage you to use those special talents to make and share art here on our blog."

 

Such beautiful words!

 Thank you, Karen, for the opportunity to be a guest this week!

Using the stamp set from The Project Bin "Wise Men",

I've created this vivid floral tulip card:

 

 And here is the inside of my card ↓

Here is the stamp set I used:

 

We hope you link up your cards as well!

You can find more TPB stamps here in the shop,

including the galleries were you can see samples of each stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

TPB: Rest, Recover ♥

Hi friends!

I love Mondays ~ I do!

 It's the day I get to share with you my card from The Project Bin!

 

This week's summer "5 days of" series is all about:

FLOWERS! 


 Each day (unless it's a DT card) I will be sharing something floral ~
either the image, the paper, or both!

This Many More stamp set from The Project Bin is so timely for me.
I've needed to make quite a few Get Well cards and a couple of baby cards,
so it's nice to have this very versatile stamp set on hand.
It covers a variety of occasions ~ all in one stamp set!

And since I almost always decorate the inside of my cards,
I love that this set includes a smaller sentiment that fits perfectly inside! 

This beautiful floral paper is from a 12 x 12 paper pad 

by American Crafts which was part of a huge Scrapbook.com giveaway

that I was very blessed to win!

I used a strip of the gold cardstock and turned it into a ribbon ~

both on the front and the inside.

I fussy fut the floral/petal from the Many More stamp,

colored it and popped it up on 3D foam.

Be sure to stop in at The Project Bin blog 
for more inspiration and to see the new Product Catalog.

 Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  Crafty Sentiments:  Add a sentiment

DDD: It's a BEE-u-tiful day!

Happy BEE-day, friends!

There is a lot of buzz on my blog today!

It's the 15th of the month and

that means the Dueling Darlings post our cards with a chosen theme.

Our hostesses are 2/3 of "The Terrys" ~ Terry S and Terry A!

If you are new to my blog,

in a nutshell, the DDD is two teams of card-makers:

The Dueling Darling Divas and the Dazzlers!

There are 2 hostesses for each team every month and

they come up with the theme and send a card kit.

We in turn make a card based on everything sent,

 minus the basics like card stock and glue ...

because we nifty crafters almost almost have that on hand :)

It's on a rotating basis and this month's kit from Terry S is un-BEE-lievable!

Terry is truly such an amazing crafter.

She can take stamped images, one sheet of designer paper,

a string of ribbon and 3 sequins

and somehow make 10 cards :)

So in honor of Terry, I've made 2 cards this month.

I used everything except the ribbon and the alternate image 

and I'll hoard use those at a later time :)

The only thing I used that was my own is the cardstock, 3d foam,

tombo and wink of stella.

Her kit was filled with lots of yellow and black and bee inspired papers ~
it is just darling!

Card 1:   Including the inside ↓

 

Card 2:  including the inside ↓

 

 This was such an incredibly fun card kit!

Thank you, Terry!

You can see all the cards by the Divas and Dazzlers

over on Splitcoaststampers/galleries here.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

Day 5: Friends in any weather!

Hi friends!

It's the final day of my weekly blog series
 "5 days of ..."

The Alphabet Game!

It's been such a fun week
and I'm already excited for the next one ahead :)

Today's card is based on letter "H!"

 

 This was such a happy draw for me as I have quite a few stamp sets

with this letter

and almost all of them haven't seen ink.

This darling set is by Hello Bluebird stamps and it just touched my heart 

when I saw this various social media sites during release week!

I used a background panel to create the weathered look 

with distress/oxide inks and popped the images up on the card with foam. 

I stamped the sentiment on the completed background piece

and popped up a die cut to frame it in - 

then added coordinating sequins.

 

 This card is part of my #kindess cards

(as per kindness being my word of the year!)

Each of the cards during this week's release

 is being sent to someone in particular!

While this rainy day card is vibrant and bright and cheerful in color,

so is she - my friend :)

We have weathered a lot together, too!

Thanks for stopping by each day!

Remember there is a prize for one lucky commenter,

and each winner will be annoucned at the end of the weekly series:  July 27th.

Thank you for your KIND and sweet words, your encouragement,

and inspiring me with each of your creations as I visit your blogs, too!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥ 

~Kelly

Day 4: It's pretty SIMPLE!

Hi friends!

Here we are - Day 4 of my weekly series ~ 

The Alphabet Game! 

Since it's time for a new challenge at the CCEE,
I had to combine my card for the challenge as well as my series
and, as it turns out,
it's pretty simple! :)

Lynn asked us to create a card based on this challenge:
"July 12 has been declared National Simplicity Day in honor of Henry David Thoreau 
who was a devoted advocate of living a life of simplicity. 
So on this lazy day of summer it's time to simplify. 
My challenge to you is to create a clean and simple one layer card!"

 Thanks, Lynn!
How I adore Thoreau! ♥

 This was a perfect opportunity to ink up my new stamps that just
arrived from Kraftin' Kimmie
therefore, making today letter K! 
(I didn't get to chose a random letter as I randomly drew F and then J ...
and didn't have a single stamp company in those letters.)

So what's a girl to do?
Improvise!

 I was able to scoop up many of the stamps that I have wanted 
for FOREVER during their mega Canada Day sale last week ~ eh!
This stamp set called Adventure Time was at the top of my wish list!
{They are in stock but no longer on sale}
It reminds me SO MUCH of my son and his camping and adventures
AND all the indoor blanket tents we've made ♥

And this stamp set has an actual Thoreau quote! ♥
I used it for the inside of my card ↓
I really love the font, too - it reminds me of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in the Hundred Acre Wood :)

If you'd like to play along this week, please include keyword CCEE1828
or if you post your card to an online gallery/photo hosting site.

And you can see what the CCEE DT made by heading over the blog.

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

Day 3: You are Sublime ...

Happy Wednesday!

It's day #3 in my summer series "5 days of ..."

and I'm swimming along with

The Alphabet Game!

I could not have been more excited to see today's :
the letter "L"!

I knew right away which company I would pick when I saw "L"
and I knew exactly the stamp set, too :)

My husband and I celebrated our 25th year of marriage
a couple of months ago (but together for 34!)
and I am absolutely, unequivocally as deeply in love with him
today as I was all those years ago.
He's truly the other half of what makes me whole ~
as a wife, a mom, as me ♥

And he EELY likes my cards!
LOL!
He's super supportive and encouraging and truly my biggest fan ♥
When I make him a card,
he keeps every. last. one!

I colored my Lawn Fawn  You are Sublime and die cut them 
to create an underwater scene. 
The background piece was created by using a simple sheet of white
cardstock and blending and blending and resting my elbows and blending 
with a couple of distress oxide inks.
After adding a frame and the sentiment,
I popped up almost all of the cut-outs on 3d foam, added sequins
and some wink of stella in the submarine windows and the coral.

I had a sweet friend as me the other day if I still do the inside of my cards :)
The answer is:  yes!
I usually just don't show them anymore as I'm switching up 
the way I do a few things on my blog ...  AND ....
because each card is specifically made for someone or
I give them away as part of my #yearofkindess,
I try to let that part be a surprise!

I tailored his card to fit the Lawn Fawnatics challenge this week
so I'll enter my card there!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
 ~Kelly

Additional challenge:  CraftaholicsRUs - Turquoise
Little Red Wagon - movie/Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 
The Male Room Challenge 89 - Fish/Fishing