IG HOP with *PRIZES!*

 

Hi friends!

Just popping by to share a Sneak Peek 

that there is an Instagram Hop starting today.

 

This collaboration is with Whimsy Stamps and Ranger Ink

with some amazing giveaway prizes :)

 You can find all the information and link here!

Happy hopping and good luck to all!

Thanks for stopping by :)

~Kelly

GNOME for Christmas!

Hi friends!

I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving, if you celebrate!

Our home has been bustling and busy and OH SO FUN

with all the kids/signficant others ~ 

lots of food, laughs and memories made!

This mama's heart is full and we are truly blessed <3

Speaking of blessings, I have some SUPER news to share ~ soon!

*Stay tuned!*

But I can share my newest card feauturing Whimsy Stamps

Gnome for the Holidays!

 

To create this adorable little winter scene,

I stamped/die cut and colored the gnome.

I added a background of a winter snowy scene with the 

Mountain Majesty die set.

  One more holiday card done!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'll see you on my next post :)

~Kelly

Merry THRIFTmas! Thrifted Crafting!

 Hi friends!

Merry THRIFT-mas!

I spent a small fortune on my stamping supplies

but am a true thrifter at heart :)

So when I stumble upon art/craft items that I can use in my cardmaking,

I am SO beyond happy!

If you'd like to see the video of this, you can view it here!

This adorable Frosty the Snowman hardback book from the thrift store

was one of those thrift store finds.

He is one of my favorites from childhood!

This book wasn't in bad condition but definitely had some boo-boos!

I decided to disassemble it and repurpose parts of the book

and create a set of cards.

This is one of them!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Crafty hugs,

~Kelly

GNOME one like YOU!

 

and you and you and YOU!

Hi friends!

I have a fall floral card to share with you today, 

bursting with color and cheer!

This is one of the sets from Stamptember that had me SMITTEN!

This collab stamp and die set is from Clearly Besotted 

and Simon Says Stamp and is an all-year-round stamp set.

For this card, I went with fall colors ...

and then I don't know WHERE I WENT!

Honestly, my coloring stinks... 

and most of my markers are drying out

and I'm WISHING UPON A STAR 

that Santa brings new ones this year!

Good thing *Santa* is my husband 

and instead of the North Pole, he shops with links! :)

The edge die is from Pinkfresh Studio

and I do love how this cars turned out :)

I had my friend Bonnie in mind when creating it ~

oh, she loves her gnomies!

Here's a final look!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

The ProCRAFTinator's Club - November!

Hi friends!

 Today's card share is for 

~ The ProCRAFTinator's Club ~

where a group of us friends share our projects

made from a kit, class, camp or retreat!

This idea came from chatting with friends

and how so many of us are proCRAFTinating on our classes,

camps and kit/subscription boxes!

All those kits, past and present, online classes and camps ~

We're dustin' them off and creating :)

For November, I'm heading back to Scrapbookfest 2024

which was wonderful!

I did watch (<-- keyword!) the classes but waited too late

 to order this class kit ~ it sold out in record time!

By the time it came back in stock, the class was over

so I just watched and created with other existing supplies.

And that's okay, too :)

This card is using the supplies in the class

and I just sort of designed a card that was creatively fun!

I paper pieced together the polar bear in soft neutral colors

of tiffany blue and grey.

I stamped the sentiment from Wonder & Delight, also from SBCom,

and added it as a base for the bear and presents.

We will be back in December with another proCRAFTinated card

and continuing on in 2025!

Thanks for stopping by :)

~Kelly

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