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

Sending CHEER! ~ Simon Says Stamp release day!

 

Sending holiday CHEER!

As of today, there are officially 77 more days until Christmas!!

And what better way to celebrate than 

to get ahead on your holiday cards :)

I am delighted beyond measure to showcase this set

from Simon Says Stamp sent to me to share for the reveal

for the Sending Cheer release.  

Thank you, Simon Says Stamp!

Here is the set, Penguin Mischief:

Sooooo cute!

And my 2 cards:

I added the cute penguins and frozen pond

to a fun scene using the Mountain Majesty die set from

Whimsy Stamps and SSS White Ink for splatter (snow).

The penguins were colored with my Olomarkers.

I invite you to my Instagram HERE

where you can see this card as well as

inspiration from this new Sending Cheer release

by following the hashtags

 #SSSSendingCheer #SimonSaysStamp

Be sure to check out the fun Instagram hop happening 

this Friday and Saturday!

And tune in for the YouTube Live Stream 

at noon EDT on Friday, October 9!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Welcome to PAW-tumn! IPC #257

Happy PAW-tumn!

That's like fall ... but with cute paws :)

Hi friends!

There's a new challenge for the month of October 

 at the Inky Paws Challenge blog

and a GORGEOUS inspiration picture to inspire you!

 

Here's what I made!

For this card, I used:

Paw-tumn Newton Clear Stamp set

Paw-tumn Newton die set

Frames and Flags die set

Frames and Tags die set

Autumn Woofs 6 x 6 paper pack

The images were colored with my Olomarkers!

       Be sure to head to the IPC blog here to link up your projects!

You have until the end of the month to play along using 

your favorite Newton's Nook Designs products!

We can't wait to see what you create :)

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

WCMD 2026!

 Happy World Cardmaking Day!  

As papercrafters, this is a wonderful day to celebrate 

the passion that we have for paper, markers, glue and more :)

I honestly can't imagine NOT creating - something, anything.  

It's just in my DNA ..... ask momma! 

 She says I was coloring on the walls with crayons as  toddler *wink!*

 Flash forward .... (to 300 take out coffees later ... J/K! iykyk)

to today and I am humbled to be on creative teams to share that

passion and have met so many amazing people along the way

that are more than just friends - 

they are sisters and brothers :)

I created a card today (literally ... at 3 am)

with these adorable mice friends cropping and creating.

Looks like they have everything they needs for a stampathon :)

I used Just Add Glitter from Lawn Fawn and distress ink, markers,

glue and paper!

What are you making today?

I hope it's a crafty fun day, wherever you are <3

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

APPLE-solutely the sweetest!

 It's offically fall, 

 although the temps in Florida are a tad over EXTRA CRISPY outside!

Today I'm sharing a fun card for my friend Mel's IG blog hop!

She is a big fan of Lawn Fawn *hip, hip, hurray!*

and hosts a monthly hop for us to dig out our 

LF stamps, dies and supplies.

And it felt perfect for the autumn vibes upon us.

Since my accident, I am STRUGGLING to be creative

and this just set the tone for getting back into the groove!

I love LOVE that this hop is Anything Goes!

This set is called APPLE-solutely awesome and 

reminds me of my childhood days in Europe. 

 We had apple orchards growing outside our home in Germany 

as far as the eye could see! 

 We would play among the trees and reach up and take the fruit

 as a snack on those long days outside :)

Mom would also turn many of them into candy apples - OMGOSH 

YUM DELISH! <3

Wishing you a fabulous day

and a great start to your week!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

HELLO Stamptember!

 Hello STAMPtember! 

I am delighted beyond words to share with you 

the 2026 collaboration stamp and die set

from Newton's Nook Designs and

 Simon Says Stamp for Stamptember!

Winter, snow AND cute critters?

 YES, PLEASE!

                                  For this fun winter scene,

I stamped and die cut the critters and

 colored them with my Olo Markers.

Next, I set the scene!

I used these products from NND:

*Stamptember Sweater Weather

*Forest Scene Builder die set

*Frames and Tag die set

*Snow Flurries 6 x 6 paper pad

Be sure to scoop this set up - once it's gone, it's gone!

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/collections/stamptember-exclusive-collaborations/products/newtons-nook-stamptember-exclusive-stamps-3507ssc

1. https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/collections/stamptember-exclusive-collaborations/products/newtons-nook-stamptember-exclusive-stamps-and-dies-1

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

1 stamp - 2 ways! IPC #256

Hi friends!

We are half way through September ~ can you believe it! 

It feels like we are time warping through this year! 

 Today I am sharing another card for

 the Newton's Nook Designs IPC Design Team

 with a FUN inspiration photo for the month of September. 

Create however it inspires you - 

from the fall vibes to the darling black cat, the color palette, etc.

You can see a funny spoof here!

For this week, I made a spooky cornfield!

I did a self challenge to take a spring-ish stamp set and turned it 

into an autumn one & am smitten with how this turned out!

Here's what I did: 

 I started with a card base using the Frames & Flags die set

 and added it to the card base - made with a corner rounder, trimmer cut

 cardstock. Using the Cloud Stencil, I did a light ombre cloud

blend and colored, die cut and popped up the Spring Heights cats.

For added drama, I used fall colors and added flowers from Aloha 

Newton and the pumpkins from Pumpkin Tails .

The sentiment is also from that set and die cut with Basic Frames.

Finally, I added the bats from Just Batty to complete the spooky 

cornfield harvest look!

To link up your cards, 

please head over to the Inky Paws Challenge blog here and

You have until Friday, September 25, 2026 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop!  The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday.  Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Kelly