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

Halloween barn dance!

 Hey friends!

Quick post today since I've been out of the house all weekend

and plowing through (no pun intended!) a massive migraine :(

I created a fun harvest/barn Halloween scene

 for a card hop with my friend Sara.

The theme was farm/barn animals dressed in costume

so I'm going with Milo The Mouse dressed as a farmer!

I added some big spiders to make the barn look extra festive :)

K ...

probably dating myself here but remember in the 50's

when Tarantula came out!

Those MASSIVE spiders taking over ~ bruh!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

AECP - Let It Shine!

Hi friends!

Wishing you a wonderful start to your weekend!

Today, I'm excited to share my completed card for the next course 

in the AECP Altenew Academy Level 1 journey!

This exciting and glittery course was taught by the talented

Carissa Wiley and it's called Let It Shine!

She is truly Queen of Sparkle!

My card was so incredible fun to create and the good kind of messy.

I started with the set Bountiful Bouquet from Altenew 

and stamped/die cut directly onto a mixed media panel.

The panel was created by using the super fun Lindy's Magicals

including the Halloween set.

I loved the organic look to the panel and it has so much shimmer

and shine when it moves around in the light.

"Don't overlook embossing when adding shine!"

I love this tip from Carissa!

I had just received an order which included the 

Gold glitter cardstock - gilded set and it was perfect for the sentiment!

I die cut the Thank You using the Timeless Sentiments die set

and the gold shimmer helps to pick up the shimmer in the paint.

"Images have a beautiful shimmer with a dark background"

I chose a dark green cardstock from Stampin' Up 

 to compliment the rose/gold tones in the floral image.

 For the final glitz, I added some flecks of metallic paint

to the background of the cardstock to highlight the gold

and a few enamel golden dots sprinkled around.

One finally look, my supervisor has given her PAW-proval!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Haunted Mansion Memories!

 Welcome, Foolish Mortals!

If you have ever entered Disney's Haunted Mansion,

those spooky words will sound familiar! :)

It's my favorite ride at Disney

and so many memories of our recent trip are still near to heart <3

Today I'm sharing a purple Haunted Mansion card

to celebrate my granddaughter's birthday at Disney.

Although she wasn't a fan of the Haunted Mansion, she LOVED 

her birthday trip and we did, too! 

I sent this one to my daughter (who's favorite color is purple)

and used the September My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.

SO MANY goodies included in this kit - 

cards for days upon days can be made!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Entered to:  Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero - Memory

Simon Says Challenge - Spooky/Add Some Purple