Happy Birthday .... to me! ♥

Hi there!

 

Yes, today is the 'big day' and I'm 29 - again! 
 It's so much fun how that happens ........ like every year! 
 I know, right?! :)

 

By the time this posts, I will have already been in the Florida Keys,
one of my very favorite places to be :) 

Sandy beaches, blues skies, lounge chair, a mojito (or 3 or 4!)

We hoped my son would finally recover enough to keep the trip -

and he did!  We have canoeing, lots of seafood eating, snorkeling

and more on the itinerary of fun lined up ♥

Back to my card!

I am in a group on SCS, founded by Jeanette, where for one month,
 we are showered with card kits from all the other members.
The next month, we shower the next person and so on and so forth.

This month, March, I'm up - yay! :)
I'm starting out with Terry's kit first since it's a *beary special* kit
and fitting for the occasion today ~ thanks, Terry! 

 

 

I followed the current Deconstructing Jen sketch,

letting this adorable bear be the focal point,
and then added a few buttons here and there, as is my custom :)
I also decorated the inside of the card as I like to do
but I couldn't find the photo of that -
must be birthday brain!
hee hee!

Have a wonderfully fabulous weekend!
Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

Monday morning 'brews' .......

Hee hee!

 

I've got the Monday morning brews - I mean, blues!

It's Spring Break here and ours started out with the flu!

Our son came home Friday with a fever & flu like symptoms,

just to go downhill from there and struggling with this whopper of a flu -

going on day 3 :(

Poor little boy is positively miserable and

we're praying we don't start dropping like dominos,

especially our daughter who is immune compromised :(

 

Needless to say,

I've been barely sleeping and being nurse to this poor little one,

lots of TLC for him,

lots of coffee for me!
Our oldest daughter has driven to Starbucks twice this weekend

just for me - she absolutely can't stand the smell/taste of coffee

so the fact that she did that, for lil 'ol me, well it just means the world to me ♥

 

 

How 'bout this fun image !

I wish I had a S'bux the size of this cup!
Ohhhh I'd be so happy ♥

It's actually my card submission for the Mystery Image swap by Imke

on SCS ~ Jo was our hostess this month! I found these super fun

papers in my stash pile and just built a card around them.

I also decorated the inside of the card panel with this

sentiment ~ such true words!

 

 

I hope your weekend was wonderful

and Spring/sunshine has started to show it's lovely self,

wherever you may be in the world!

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

We're Glamorous! ♥

 

Oh la la!

Isn't this lady glamorous! 

 

I sure hope this is me when it's my birthday,

dancing around in my party dress and feather boa :)

 

 

                        It's a new mystery reveal from the Mystery Image swap,

and this one is the adorable Magda from the Stampingbella line.

 Carol is our hostess this round and sent us this cute image

and we had to create a card to go around it ~

and this is my take :)

 

 

Carol loves blue so I went with a blue hues

and she also loves her bling and glitter,

so I added some rhinestones to sparkle up the party girl.

I've had this SU! Urban Oasis dsp for forever and a day
so it was time to use it!

And, how fun to finally get inky and play in my Cabana ♥

 

 I decorated the inside of my card as well as I usually strive to do,

adding the sentiment that came with Madga

to the inside of the card.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend ♥

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly



Challenges:   Jo's Scrap Shack - Birthdays!
Polkadoodles - Birthdays
Seize the Birthday:  Use a sentiment
Crafting with an attitude:  AG
 

What's your brew?!!

Hi sweet friends!

I'm a bit late for the tea party :)

 

 It's the time that we Dueling Darlings post our cards using

the fun theme of "What's your Brew - coffee or tea?"

It's no secret I'm a huge Starbucks fan!

In fact, I'm pretty sure I have financed the college of one barista's kid

and should probably have my own "Parking for Kelly" sign outside our local store!

I love, love, LOVE me some Starbucks ♥

But I love a good cup of tea as well,
especially being that my mum is English :)

 

So ... for today's brew, my card is using a MFT "You're my cup of tea" image

rather than the coffee image that was sent by Kadie

inside this absolutely scrumptious card kit! 

From the gorgeous papers to the wonderful embellishments,

there was so much to play with with.  My eyes kept drawing towards
the softer, homespun colors and the gorgeous teacup paper.

 I colored the image to match and framed it.
It felt a little busy so I added some enamel dots,
paper pieced the tea cup and left it at that.
The Dazzlers, with team Paola, have a different coffee/tea image
so our duel is officially on!   You can find them all in my sidebar
to see the fabulous cards of the Divas and the Dazzlers.

No matter what the 'brew',
it's nice to have a cuppa with a friends!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

 

 

Irish you Luck! ♥

Happy March!

 

I can't believe how much time flies by in between posts ~

life is just full throttle here and doesn't slow down long enough

 for me to enjoy the Cabana and stamping time ...

until today!

 

 It's the 9th of the month and we 3 Musketeers are once again

stamping away with ink and paper and cute little images.

 

This month, Barb is our hostess and sent us Whipper Snapper's

"Irish Luck" images to create a card with.

I knew when I saw it what papers/color palette I wanted to use

but then it came to a screeching halt!

 

 

My card is really what needs the luck ~

It's a hot mess!

I started out with an old Deconstructed Jen sketch in mind

and it went way (way!) off course ~ so I just tossed

a few elements in the color palette that were on my desk

onto the card and just let it marinate a bit - LOL!

 

Time crunch = it is what it is! :)

 

Be sure to stop in and see what both girls made with

this same image and how different our cards all are!

Fabulous talent from Barb's blog and Jeanette's blog!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly


Card entered to: Craft it up - Linky Party (Green)
Crafty Secrets - Linky Party (Go Green)
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Green/hoarded item (dsp!)
Great Impressions - Go Green
Simply Create, too - St. Patrick's Day