2014 ~ *Year in Review!*

Hi friends! 

We're home from our incredible vacation in the mountains ~

filled with a White Christmas and snowy adventures!

It was an absolute gorgeous end to the year,

one I am so grateful to have shared with my beautiful family ♥
 

And ...

 I can't believe 2014 is at it's end!

It's been a wonderful, whirlwind year filled with many blessings,

a few surprises and some challenges as well

but that is exactly the journey that life always holds for us :)

 

This is the time that I always post my favorite cards from last year,

one for each month!

Looking back at the year, I realize my crafting style didn't morph that much -

I will ALWAYS love and use buttons most of all as they are my very, very

favorite embellishment,

followed by lots of layers of designer paper!

 

So here we go :)

 

January

 

 

February

 

 

March

 

April

 

 

May

 

 

June

 

 

July

 

 

August

 

 

September

 

 

October

 

 

November

 

 

December

 

On a personal note, this was definitely my most challenging year
as a crafter  ~ with a lesser amount of cards getting blogged
than the previous years.

I do so love this craft!
I enjoy putting ink to paper and seeing what comes up ♥
I hope 2015 allows me to stay in the game, so to speak -
it's getting harder to do so with so many other priorities
and changes ahead, but I'm hopeful that my Cabana will still leave the light on
for the moments I'm able to stop in and get inky!

Thanks for peeking at my year in review!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Riley and Company *New Stamp* Blog Hop!

 

Good Evening! 

 It's time, it's time!

Riley and Company has been 'sneaking' the new

stamps all week and it's time to hop, hop, hop ~

just in time for Christmas to shop, shop, shop!

If you are hopping along, you should have arrived from Kerin's creative blog.
I have two cards to share with you showcasing two of the new
Funny Bones  ~

Here's a close up ........

Next up, another new stamped called "Life is Art" ~

I went with an eclectic look to this card design,
using up scraps of dsp in my bin in various shapes and sizes :)

Here are a few specials for this release!

Special #1: Buy the entire unmounted set of 39 new Funnybones for only $99! (Save $96!) (Offer not available to wholesale customers.) Limit one per customer. Offer ends December 31st.

Special #2: You can also get a set of 3 FREE Funnybones stamps (our choice) AND a limited edition logo stamp during this release by simply placing an order of $30 or more (before tax) in the first 24 hours of the release! (One per customer please.)

Special #3: But wait - there's more! As an added bonus, we are giving EVERYONE FREE SHIPPING from Thursday night at 9 pm CST until Sunday night at midnight CST! Just enter FREESHIPin the coupon code section!

 Thanks for hopping along with us!

From here, you'll hop on over to Monica's marvelous blog!

 

Enjoy and have a fabulous weekend ♥

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

 

Riley and Company ~ Sneak peeks continue!

 

 

Happy Wednesday! 

 One more day 'til the big Riley and Company *new stamp release!* 
 

 Oh la lah!
 

  There is truly something for everyone in this new release -

from the heartwarming, thought provoking to the downright hilarious!

 

 
 

Today's card is simple, using one of my very favorite card designs,

my 'go to' card design of sorts!

Paired with this sensational new Funny Bone stamp -

it's a wonderful message!

I hope today brings you kindness

and warmth and all things wonderful ♥

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Riley Sneaks - Day 3 and 3 Musketeers!

Hi all! 

 I have two card to share with you today -- if you are looking for the 3rd

 Riley and Company sneak peek, scroll down :)

And we're back! 

The 3 Musketeers - a group created and founded by Jeanette -

post our cards today based on the image that is sent out by the hostess.

This month, it was Barb's turn!

She sent us this adorably FUN image from Northwoods stamps called Snowman Snow Angel -

Ohhhhhhhhh I sure hope this is me in about 3 weeks!!! :)

 

Be sure to stop in and see what Jeanette and  Barb have done

with this identical image - you won't want to miss it! :)

 

 

NEXT UP!!

 

Another sneak peek from the Riley and Company stamp new stamp release

happening this week!

It's also time for a new Riley and Company Challenge and our hostess, Joy,

asked us to create a card using a sentiment.

Mine is from the new release and I just laughed when I saw this stamp!

Many of us on Pinterest can probably agree :)

 

Here's some information on our upcoming hop!

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 11th December 2014

• Sneak Peek week starts on the Sunday 7th December
• Blog Hop and stamps are available for sale at 10PM EST on the 11th December
• Blog Candy Winner will win a $20 Gift Certificate to the Riley & Co online store!
• 33 new Funny bones sentiments and 6 new Funny bone images to be released!

** Please note that the stamps will go on sale as soon as the blog hop starts

 

We have sneaks all week long up until the hop -

be sure to stop in daily to see what we're creating!

 

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Card #1 - City Crafters - Snowflakes!
LovesRubberStamps - Winter
Creative Colors - Color Scheme
Eureka Stamps - Let is Snow
Monday Morning - Anything Christmas

Riley Sneak Peeks - Day 2!

 

Hi friends!

I hope your weekend was splendid! 

 

Back again with a super quick post to show you another fun

 Riley and Company stamps Funny Bones sentiment - Coasters!

 

I've paired this one with Doris, one of our Retro Folk stamps already available in the store :) 

 

 

 

Here's a close up :)

 

Be sure to see what the rest of the DT will be 'sneaking' all week ~

you can find their blogs on the Riley and Co blog

or in my sidebar!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Riley and Company *New Stamp Release* - Day 1 ♥

 

 

Hi friends! 

 

It's time!  It's time!  Riley and Company has a brand new stamp release - 33 new Funny Bones sentiments and 6 new Funny Bones Retro Folks ♥

 

Today I have the first of the upcoming sneak peek cards to

share with you - one of my personal favorites of this release!

This is SO me! :)

I'm a big kid at heart, much to the delight of my kids ~

there isn't much I won't do, or try, or jump into ...

well, at least once ♥

 

I have a CAS card to share with you today

using Bouncy Ball Riley and the new Old Enough To Know Better stamp ~

they went spectacular together, I thought!

Here's some information on our upcoming hop!

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 11th December 2014

• Sneak Peek week starts on the Sunday 7th December
• Blog Hop and stamps are available for sale at 10PM EST on the 11th December
• Blog Candy Winner will win a $20 Gift Certificate to the Riley & Co online store!
• 33 new Funny bones sentiments and 6 new Funny bone images to be released!

** Please note that the stamps will go on sale as soon as the blog hop starts

 

We have sneaks all week long up until the hop -

be sure to stop in daily to see what we're creating!

 

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Card entered into: 613 Avenue:  AG
OSAAT - AG
The Ribbon Girls - Use Ribbon
One Crazy Stamper - AG
AllSorts - Animal Magic
Crafty Calendar - White on White

 

Golden Christmas cards ♥

 Happy Friday!

Oh my, what a week this has been -

and our weekend is jam packed full, too!

 

The Just For Fun Design Team has some exciting news!

We have a cross promotion this month with Altered Pages -

a wonderful company filled with

arts and craft supplies for all your card making needs.

They sent us, the DT, a wonderful package filled with all sorts of goodies

to create with - from tags to gorgeous collage pages, ink,

borders, mat stack pages and more.

Thank you, Altered Pages!

 

I have to cards to share today as it's my turn on the JFF Inspiration blog ♥

First up, I've created a golden holiday card with shimmery cardstock,

an image from the Altered Pages' Cardstock Pages ~ Mid Century Cmas.

Now, I'm going to show it to you - twice!

How on earth do you photograph Gold Shimmery cardstock!!??

 

The gold was very hard to photograph and I wanted to show off the colors

and unique, fun image from Altered Pages so here is the first look:

 

Then again with the gold highlighted :)

 

 

Next up, this is my hybrid card using both the White Christmas stamp from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps and supplies from Altered Pages ~ the burlap, Bazzill half edge strips, white , the gorgeous vintage book pages in which I've made this scalloped flower and the beautiful mat stack background paper.

 

 For this second card, I've embossed the entire stamp in gold embossing powder to highlight the stamp and added accent papers/pieces around.

 

Here is a close up of the beautiful White Christmas image,

which is available in the store and in many options:  Wood, UM, or as a mounted stamp.

 

 

And a flower made with the vintage pages into a scalloped flower ♥

 

Thanks for stopping by to peek at my golden holiday cards!

I wish you a most wonderful weekend ♥

 

 

You can check out Just for Fun Rubber Stamps here -

and if you are lucky enough to be in Florida, there is a free trunk

show going on this weekend!  Woohoo!

And, of course, stop in to Altered Pages and see all the crafting goodies

they have to offer!  It's fabulous!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Cornish Heritage Farms - Holiday cards w/out Red + Green!

 

 

Hi friends!

I am channeling my inner Elvis with this card - LOL!

🎶  I'll have a Blue Christmas without you ... 🎶

 

 

We have a new challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms

brought to us by Amber:

Create a non-traditional holiday card w/out red or green.

I love non-traditional cards ~ 

They are fun, out of the box, and exciting to create :)

 

 

 I went with blues and grey and white

with this snowman inspired shaker card.

I used the sweet digi skiing snowman

and last year's dsp splurge (finally opened - this year!)

 

 

Want to play along????

 

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.) 

 
Once you've created your card/project, link it up here on the challenge blog. 

If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF67.  We can't wait to see what you create!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, Bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly