ATC's - Monthly Group!

Hi friends!

Today I'm sharing a set of ATC (Artist Trading Cards)

for a monthly swap over hosted by my sweet friend Melissa.

 It's always Anything Goes ..

which is fun because it's always a BRIGHT idea to play with supplies!

See what I did there?

LOL!!

Here are my FIREFLY ATCs!

I think they are just positively adorable!

ATC's are traditionally 2.5 x 3.5 " cards ~

mine are a sqaure 2.5 x 2.5 so I could use the stitched frame die

from My Favorite Things.

I layered the adoreable firefly paper from Doodlebugs

and Lawn Fawn Little Fireflies colored with Olo markers.

Stop by Instagram here to see more! 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Linked to:  Simon Says Stamp / Anything But a Card!

Everybody Art Challenge - ATC

A Cut Above ~ AG

You are simply amazing :)

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Suicide Prevention Card Hop. During Suicide Prevention Week, we aim to spread messages of hope and support. We encourage friends, co-workers, and loved ones to use the resources shared this week to help those in need. If you’re struggling, please contact #988 for 24/7 support via call or text.

Together, we can help #StopSuicide.
We can find support and hope by having honest conversations with one another. #RealConvo
If you think someone is struggling, trust your gut. Ask directly and listen.

A special “Thank you” to our special guests! Today, Gina Krupsky @ginakdesigns and Aditi Mahajan @addi.mahajan are joining us to share their voices and creativity to support our mission.

Please visit the other designers to see more messages of encouragement!

Hi friends! I hope today brings you peace and love :) For today’s card, I wanted to share a positive message. I used @concordand9th flower dies from #summercamp and the sentiment from a stamp set in the kit. I die cut and assembled all the flowers thinking how much we are the same - starting as one but joined together, it’s beautiful! One small flower petal stands alone but building the layers, one by one, and finally a full bloom - that’s a connection and friendship and support that’s magic!

You should have arrived here from: @kanddmurnain
Next up in our hop is: @varadasharma

To start at the beginning, please visit: @ginakdesigns

@ginakdesigns
@addi.mahajan
@madewithlovebyterri
@thatcraftygolden
@joyfullymadebyallison
@thesophisticatedcrafter
@kristinsluhan
@cardsbyerikalynn
@michellecolecreates
@manleymademinute
@sglass1908
@tammy_massey70
@kanddmurnain
@createwithkas 🌼🌺 You’re here!
@varadasharma
@love_from_lola_
@handmadebykanicky
@tracisjoyfulpapercrafting
@zemstones.by.walter
@shaker_cards_by_julie
@cardmakerpapercrafter
@unikbyliz
@touchofmagik
@craftyengineer
@mumuspaperology
@armenscraftroom
@forgetmenotcardco
@shacks_papercrafts
@missmissamakes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Kelly

Fall Friends!

 

Hi friends!

The Wednesday card group has another round of cardmaking fun

~ our Summer Soiree has turned into Fall Fun! :)

Honestly there's just something about Autumn that kicks my

creativity into high gear!

For this season (yes, 12 weeks of cards and projects!),

we have a round of hostesses that have come up with

the most amazing fall themes.

This week, Shawn's theme is 

- and he picked a great one! -

 A Latte Fall Fun!

Coffees, teas, cups and all things PSL :)

So here's my "maybe" card :)

It may be the one I created or it may be the one I scrambled to make

because I misplaced my original card somewhere!

I made a clean and simple card with a Stamptember set collab ~

this was Pinkfresh Studio and Simon Says Stamp.

It's a darling set with 2 besties but I just used the large coffee stamp

and matching sentiment.

And that's it for today's card share!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

3M ~ September!

Hi friends!

Today's card is SUPER corny! :)

I'm sharing my 3M card (the 3 Musketeers)

which is normally posted on the 9th of each month 

but I had a previous blog commitment.

So today it is!

The 3 Musketeers (Barb, Jeanette and I) idea 

is a rotating hostess card group

where we take turns sending each other an image to create a card.

This month Barb selected our image - 

this adorable Newton's Nook Candy Corn image!

         My card went a little rouge from my original idea :)

My grand's favorite color is pink so I added a little in there for her

rather than a traditional candy corn.

Fun fact - I love 'em!  It's a love it or hate it type candy

and they are SO incredibly sweet, but I do love them in moderation!

The silhouette background is from a die cut to create a spooky woods.

Be sure to see what Barb

and Jeanette created, too!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

The ProCRAFTinator's Club: September!

Hi friends!

Today's share is for the TCP 

~ The ProCRAFTinator's Club ~

where a group of us friends share our cards

made from a kit, class, camp or retreat!

This idea came from chatting with friends about all our 

camps and classes and kits that needed dustin' off :)

We post on the 2nd Monday of every month ~ 

and that's today!

For September, I'm bringing out the ghosties!

This adorable die/designer paper kit set was a live special

with Laura Graff on Scrapbook.com 

I loved it so much, I added on extra paper to the special!

I added a little witches hat to both of the ghosts

and the hearts that are also in the die set 

and scattered those among the vellum.

The BOO was fun to create and I made a bunch in H'ween colors.

I'm already working on several other cards using this set

as the ideas just keep coming!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Kell-of-a-mess - September!

Hi friends!

Earlier this year, I decided to reclaim a few of my earlier ideas

for cards/groups and asked for a little help on Instagram.

I held a contest for a gift card win for renaming the MESSY series

and 

Kellofamess won!

Honestly, it's a HILAROUS name :/

For this card, I used the adorable new 

Doggies Halloween from Whimsy Stamps!

It's such a cute stamp and die set with critters dressed up for 

the Spooky Season!

And the messy part??!

I used Lindy's Stamp Gang magicals (Halloween and Autumn magicals)

for bursts of color.  It was so much fun watching the colors

mix and match and glimmer in just the right light!

Once it was dry, I used the Mix and Match Marquee dies

to create a border.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Kelly

Thinking of you!

 Hi friends!

Today I'm sharing a vibrant warm and bright thinking of you card :)

This gorgeous butterfly set from Whimsy Stamps

 has become one of my very favorites!

The Butterflies Clear Set stamps are so versatile for all occasion cards,

like this one:

I used a painted acrylic background from my #useitpile 

and colored the butterfly to match the stripes.

I added thinking of you to keep the card general all occasion.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Kelly

Happy Fri-YAY!

 Happy Friday, friends!

Today's card is very much a "Kelly" card ~

lots of fun, bright and whimsical colors!

AND ....

It's made from ALL DIE CUTS!

(except that wee little sentiment!)

How cute is this!

It's a card made from - of course - Whimsy Stamps!

The drippy frame die was perfect for this spook-tacular set up

and I added black cats from the Build-A-Graveyard set.

I think it's fun and perfect for sending to a sweet little that I know!

I added a heat embossed sentiment from the Cutie Batootie stamp set

and masked off the top of the sentiment :)

Be sure to check out the new Whimsy Stamps website ~

so easy to navigate and shop!

This link here will take you there at no extra cost

and make sure to sign up for their newsletter :)

You can save 10% with YOUR first order here!

Have a great start to your weekend!

~Kelly