I put a spell on you!

 

Hi friends!

Today's card is for the FAN-tastic SSS Card Group, 

hosted by my sweet friend Kim and I.

We were all chatting on day in a group chat

about STAMPtember and it's only once a year

but we have SO. MANY. PRODUCTS!

We thought of a creative way to use them: 

A monthly hop!

Our friends joined in and it has now grown

 to a fun, wonderful and creative crew :)

For October, I used Best Witches stamps & dies

- a fun Halloween-y/potions/spells cute set.

I ink blended a background and die cut it using

a pool die cut - shhhhhh! 

I colored the images and popped them around the frame.

And, this is a fun set for the magicians, too!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

• Entered to:   SSSIGChallenge - Fall/Halloween
• Cards 4 Guyz - Use at least black, green, purple or orange (minimum 3)
• Try It On Tuesday - Halloween
• Unicorn Challenge - Fall/Halloween
• Creative Crafting Uncles - Fall/Halloween 
• Dream Factory - Halloween
• Halloween Crafts All Year Long - Halloween        

Hiiiiii Monday! IPC 257 Week 3

 

Hello Monday!

I'm getting a (super!) late start to today's post ...

shoot, it's practically Tuesday!

Best laid plains ...

or whatever Confucius said :)

So let's jump right in!

There's a new challenge for the ENTIRE month of October

with Newton's Nook Designs

over at the Inky Paws Challenge blog.

Here's the inspo photo, filled with the gorgeous colors of fall!

Maybe not in Florida ~

we're green leaves & hot all year long :)

Back to the card!

And the inside:

I used these supplies to create this card:

Newton’s Book club

Frames and Flags

Frames and Tags

Sea Borders die set (the yellow ground)

Forest Scene Builder set

Paper:  Autumn Woofs and  Lovely Hearts paper pads

Here's where you can link up your cards with your favorite

Newton's Nook Design products and following the outlines

of the inspiration photo.

The challenge rules are here in case you want to read a bit more!

Thanks for stopping by :)

~Kelly

Old GIFT CARDS? Don't THROW THEM AWAY! Try THIS!

 Happy weekend, friends!

Growing up with less, you learn to love resourcefulness.

I have always found excitement in .........

TRASH.

NOT LIKE FROM THE BIN!

Like  ... stuff.

Ticket stubs, old movie tickets, newspapers (back when we had 'em),

bottle caps, paper towel rolls, napkins that didn't get used at the party.

Now, everything has gotten more dystopian 

and moved further into the digital age but I remain steadfast!

I still keep THE STUFF.

Why?

My brain doesn't see it as garbage.

I look at it and envision at least 5 days ways I may be able

to repurpose something and rejoice knowing 

it. can. be. kept. out. of. the. landfill.

I invite you to watch this!

I am taking OLD USED gift cards 

(you can easily use hotel room keys, luggage tags, coffee cards, etc)

and turning them from THIS to THAT!

I invite you to watch the video here on my YouTube channel

🠋

It's a 3 part series (this is just PART 1, don't worry!)

I have lots more to share and those '5 ideas' quickly squirrel into 50!

BUT,

that doesn't mean I'm building a 6 foot lawn sculputure out of

old soda bottles!

For now, I'll stick to ticket stubs :)

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

You SAID there'd be CANDY!

 

Hi friends!

No CANDY = No GOING!

Tee hee!

Today's card is a 3 cards with funny puns

 on Halloween-ish cards!

These could easily be thinking of you or birthday, etc

You can see a 30 second SPED UP version of these made here!

🠋🠋🠋

These cute cards were made with Whimsy Stamps

Hiss Off clear stamp set.

I did a lot of masking, coloring, ink blending and splatter

to make this magic happen.

 

Here's the pink one, and they each have a different punny sentiment!

To complete the look, I added the slimline Fence Die Set to create a

balance to the pumpkins and hill!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Harvest Truck! ~ IPC #257

 Happy Monday!

There's something so FALL-ish about a truck full of pumpkins!

There's a new challenge this month from Newton's Nook Designs

at the Inky Paws Challenge #257

and it's a beautiful inspiration photo:

This week, I focused on the 3 colors of

burgandy, yellow-orange and teal for my card.

To create this card,  I used:

Harvest Haul stamp and die

Autumn 6 x 6 paper pack

Christmas Basics 6 x 6 paper pack

Basic Frames die set

Frames and Flags die set

To link up your cards to play along,

head here to the IPC blog and add your cards

using your favorite NND products.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Wishing you SUNSHINE!

Hi friends!

Oh me oh my ~

did I EVER get in trouble with the last Gina K Designs release!

One of the stamp sets that I fell head over heels in love with is

Sending You Sunshine.

It's a fresh, fun, fall-ish., sunshine-y set that's great for cards of cheer.

I created a card using the sunflowers & sentiment

🠋

The cardstock is Concord and 9th 

and the wee designer paper is from Newton's Nook Designs

and I colored this with my prismacolor and Olomarkers.

I hope you have a FABULOUS weekend!

Thanks for stopping by :)

~Kelly

Entered to:  Word Art Wednesday:  AG, Inspired by Sharing Joy and Sunshine!

Wednesdays Creative Inspiration - AG

A Cut Above - Use a Die Cut

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Autumn/Halloween

We Love Stamping - Shade of Autumn

Make My Monday - Autumn/Fall

The DR is IN!

 Hi friends!

Happy FUN CARD FRIDAY!

I just made that up ....

tell the others! :)

My sweet friend Nancy has a fun IG group 

where we create CAS cards once a month.

Me:  A what WHAT?

I LOVE {repeat} LOOOOOOVE layers and dimension!

I'm a thick girl

 *2 snaps*

My. cards. folks.

My cards :)

But oh yes, layers and foam tape and making those chunky cards

 = definitely my jam!

The CAS theme this month was Black and White.

Gulp ... there IS color on mine :/

Not only do I struggle with CAS,

I struggle with following directions ...

Just kidding!

I thought that was the optional part of the theme,

ya know,

like extra credit!

Since my accident, my husband has been working from 

home every day in the home office

so I thought this would be a cute card for him!

I kept the card mostly white and just a pop of color

from the image using one of my treasured Snoopy wooden stamps

from my collection.

Wishing you a wonderful start to your weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

3M: House Mouse Christmas

 Hi friends!

Today I have a card share for the 3M Mystery image card group

which is Barb, Jeanette and myself.

3M = 3 Musketeers where we take turns sending ONE image

to each other and all 3 of us make a card with that same image.

However, this group is ending in December

so this will is a farewell stamp from Jeanette

(founder of the group)

Thank you, Jeanette!

I confess I struggle with House Mouse images

so I made a simple card and embossed the image!

Gold just feels like the holidays!

I used a spellbinders frame die 

for the outer portion of the card.

Be sure to see what Jeanette created

and Barb created with this lovely stamp!

Thanks for visiting!
~Kelly