It's a Kell-of-a-mess!

 Hi friends!

I have another edition of Kell-of-a-mess

where I take messy art to the craft room!

A few years ago, I created a Messy art group

but took some time off for my granddaughter and life

but I. am. back!

Messy isn't usually my style UNLSS it's art!

The messier, the better IMHO :)

I love finding creative ways to showcase how ELSE you can create

and the more untraditional, the better!

This month, I had my beautiful granddaughter for 2 weeks!

Oh the fun we had!

One of the art moments was painting with rain ~ 

that's right, RAIN!

As is ... from the sky :)

You can peek at it here on my YouTube channel:

And the result:

I love how they turned out, even for sympathy cards,

which I normally would not have made with OUR art :)

But we had so many panels of beautiful rain-colored art,

I thought they would make beautiful florals.

We have a part 2 - stay tuned!

Those are O.M.GEE amazing!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Whimsical Christmas!

 

Hi friends!

Today I'm sharing a snowy village Chsristmas card

featuring Lawn Fawn stamps & dies.

This card was SO MUCH fun to make :)

This card has a few things I ADORE ..

 1.  Snow!!!

2.  Bright whimsical cheerful colors

3.  A quaint little village where I'd LOVE to live one day

and craft/write 'til my hearts content!

But my husband says 

'You wouldn't make it .... there's no Starbucks."

HAHA!

He got me there ...........

I paired together Lawn Fawn's Winter Village and 

Over the Mountain Borders stamps to make this happy place.

I did a white paint splatter on everything within 2 feet

 for the falling snow and colored the images with

prismacolor markers.  

And I don't say it often, but I'm totally smitten <3

I hope you have a great start to your week!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Sharing with:  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round

Crafter's Cafe - AG

Farmquest Country Christmas

Sparkles Christmas - Include a tree

3M: Thankful Magnolia

 

  Hi friends!

It's the 9th day of the month, the day the 3 Musketeers

post our cards with a mystery image.

The way it works:

 Barb, Jeanette and I take turns sending each other

a stamped image and we all create a card with that same image.

I think this is the 11th or 12th YEAR of this challenge ... wow!

So for this month, we are showcasing Thankful Magnolia

from Gina K Designs .

I did a dual stamping technique where you stamp once (the image)

and then twice (overlay of versamark/heat embossing)

which gives such a unique look!

Barb was the hostess for this month and sent us this to work with.

I had a lot of fun playing with mixed medias to get

a fun technique card!

You can see Barb's card here

and Jeanette's card here!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Simon Says Stamp - NEW RELEASE!

 Hi friends!

It's an EXCITING day!

I am OVER THE (summer) MOON thrilled to have been invited

by Simon Says Stamp to showcase products from the

new release this month called Happy Camper.  

The new release is filled with amazing new stamps,

 dies and so much more. 

 Summer is coming up to a close but there is still a little bit left

 to enjoy the endless days of summer fun and starry nights :)

This card is feauturing Fun Birdie ~ an adorable 2 piece wafer die.

I love how versatile it is and I can already see holiday cards!

In traditional Kelly colors, I went with cheerful and happy

when coming up with this card design.

The outer border die is Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die,

the arches are Pink and Main and 

the cardstocks are a mix of Lawn Fawn and Concord & 9th.

Be sure to head to the blog for the full release

and tune in to the YouTube channel Live Stream 

at noon EDT on Friday, August 1!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Lavender Haze ......

 Hi friends!

It's been 2 weeks since my last confession 

last blog post!

It's been WILD, to say the least!

I thought I'd share my latest hybrid card ~

a textured monochromatic purple floral birthday card.

Whew :)

The textured background embossing folder = Altenew

Stamped image = Altenew

Sentiment strip = Gina K Designs

Watercolors = Kuretake

Dew Drops = Concord and 9th

Distress Oxide Spritz Spray = Ranger

and with all that, one fun birthday card!

That's it for me ~

thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Summer in Nantucket ...

 

Hi friends!

Welcome to summer in Nantucket!

This has been a fun-filled week of cardmaking with sharks

and coming up with fun ways to incorporate them into my creating.

This was an idea I *saw* in my head (ahem - first red flag!)

and when I went to actually make it ....

welp.

 

So, here's my we-just-stopped-by-the-giftshop-on-vacation postcard!

Kinda looks like the ones we'd get back in the day, right?!

Honestly, it's almost funny ... especially with the LIGHTHOUSE

in the MIDDLE of the ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Double ahem.

I used various Lawn Fawn stamp sets to create this fun card

and a theme of Red, White and Blue for my Wednesday 

card group on Instagram.

The ink blend was using Distress Oxide Inks and if you look closely,

I inverted the ocean with the darker 'bottom' on the top.

Totally meant to do that - YEP! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

3rd Annual Shark Week - 2025!

Hey CHUMS!

 It's Shark Week 2025!

This is one of my FAVORITE times of the year,

inspired by my son when he was a wee boy.

He's grown now with a life of his own

but we love to keep the tradition - and fun - going!

For me, that's cards, too!

I put out a 'casting call' for Shark Week themed cards

to join me this week and it was a FIN-tastic party!

This is one of the several cards I made using

Lookin' Shark by Whimsy Stamps.

I also added colorful sea kelp and shells from Build-An-Ocean die set.

I LOVE the colors of this fun card ~

made with some help from my granddaughter.

(She was painting and I didn't want to waste her finished paint

so I just smooshed it around on some cardstock 

 ~ waste not, want not!)

Check back tomorrow to see another shark card ~

my favorite one in the ocean!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Entered to:  Crafty Gals 269 - Shark Week  in July!

Elliebelle's Crafty Corner - Anything Goes

3M: Little Things!

                                   

                                                                      Hi friends!

It's the 9th day of the month which means it's another edition of

The 3 Musketeers card sharing post day.  We are 3 friends 

that take turns mailing each other a 'mystery' image 

and in turn, we create cards and post on the 9th. 

This month, it was my turn and

I chose Crafty Meraki's Little Things stamp set.  

I went really outside the box with my card, chosing to ink swipe colors and then splatter it with gold metallic paint from Tim Holtz.

I also stamped/die cut the floral image and added a gold border and sentiment.

Fun, fun!

                           Be sure to see Jeanette's card here

                                        and Barb's card here!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Blimey! Ye arrrrrr old!

Ahoy me hearties!

We're checking the treasure map 

to show you a fun card technique!

I have a fun card to share using Whimsy Stamps products!

This was a fun card created for my Wednesday card group

to share a technique learned or invented :)

I actually created a coffee stained paper and made a map

BUT

I messed it up badly with the background stamping

and quickly had to rethink it.

So distress oxides for the win!

Once it was dry, I die cut the map shape using Treasure Map

and stamped the Treasure Map stamps on the cardstock

and then distressed the edges for a Ye Olde World look.

I also stamped, die cut and colored images from 

the Blimey Pirates stamps and dies collection.

This turned out so fun and PUNNY at the same time :)

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

1 + 12 Thrives in ' 25 ~ July!

 

Hurray for the Red, White and Blue!

For the July edition of the One Plus Twelve card challenge,

I opted for a patriotic look :)

Hi friends!

Just in case you are new here, Hey!

The 1 + 12 is a personal monthly card challenge

and you can read about it here.

My card is sharing a stamp/die from Alex Syberia Designs,

a collab from Simon Says Stamp for Stamptember 2024.

I intentionally left it uncolored 

for the contrast of the blue and red stripes.  

I added a tiny bit of silver to compliment the sentiment strip.

My friends Barb and Jeanette are joining me this year

and you can see their cards on their blogs.

,

Here's to August, where I'll share another edition!

For those in the USA and celebrating,

Happy 4th of July!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Entered to:  SSSMondayChallenge - Red, white, blue

1 + 12 Thrives in '25: June!

 

Hi friends!

Down. to. the. wire!

I am just barely squeezing in my June card

 for my personal card challenge!

Once upon a time, I had an idea to take ONE stamp - 

and ONLY one stamp - 

and use it once a month.

This is my 7th year of this challenge!

The idea?

We spend so much on our crafty supplies 

and often would get a stamp/die/product and use it.

Just once.

So to challenge myself to use my products more than once,

 I came up with

One (stamp) Plus Twelve (months) of cards!

 For 2025, I am using Alex Syberia Designs Close At Heart

from the Stamptember collab with Simon Says Stamp.

Since it's June, I went with a rainbow theme!

#ally

 I invited my dear friends Barb and Jeanette to join me

and you can see on their blogs what they chose as well!

                     I'll be back with the July card in a few days :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Art Journal Journey - Mixed Media

Dream Valley - AG

The Creative Crafters - AG

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Sending Flowers

It's a Kell-of-a-mess: June!

 

Hi friends!

It's time for another edition of Kell-of-a-mess!

This is a spin off of a creative vision I had years ago

to create any card/project with a MESSY theme.

A very busy life kept me away for a bit but I'm back and 

oh. the. ideas. I. have!

This month, I have a collab!

Here's a quick recap of the process shortened into 40 seconds!

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My granddaughter was visiting and wanted 'to do the art things!'

No doubt she is my grandchild!

But in true Kelly form, I couldn't let her leftover paint go to waste.

I recycled it by dipping heavyweight (this part is important!)

cardstock into the paint and let it dry.  

Distress watercolor cardstocks are perfect, too!

For best results, let is dry overnight and then stamp directly onto it.

I used Taylored Epxressions Daisy Dreams stamp and die set.

This has been in my stash awhile and never gets used!

After die cutting and building a card base,

 3 incredibly unique and fun card blossomed!

Again ~ messy but fun!

I absolutely adore the idea of being able to USE something

instead of just TOSS IT in the trash :)

Here they are together:

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:  Neglected Stuff Challenge - Old Paints and forgotten stamp

Pammies Pinky Inkies - AG

Path of Positivity - AG

Hey CHUMS!

 

Hi friends!

We at Whimsy Stamps are sharing our shark/JAWS themed

cards in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the movies JAWS.

That's probaby the one movie that changed my life the most!

I'm using the newly released Shark Snacks die set

to make this not-so-scary shark.

Here is the matcing REEL on Instagram!

We ADORE Shark Week at our house!

It's a whole week of festivies, tv binging and

 fun shark themed meals and snacks and deserts, 

as well as driving around town 

getting all the Shark Week themed goodies!

Here's another look:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

I'll enter this to: Cupcake Inspiration - Fish

A Cut Above - die cuts

  CAS on Sunday - Summer

You're OUT of this world!

 

Hi friends!

Today we are heading to space!

My dad bought my brother and I our first telescope

when we were teeny tiny

and I still love looking up at the stars.

And seeing a shooting star is still delightful!

I used Lawn Fawn stamps to create this card.

Starting with distress inks, a galaxy was born!

I also stamped, die cut and colored the stamps from Out Of This World

and layered them around the card base.

The final touch is the clouds and sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly