3M: Garden Nancy :)

Hi friends! 

I have a simple and colorful card for today

featuring this cute little gardener, Nancy! 

 

School starts in 2 weeks here ~

 how I WISH I was happily toiling in the garden,

 not a care in the world like Nancy :)

Except I don't garden, ROFL! 

Both mom and dad had an amazing green thumb,

 sadly one I did not inherit ;)

But I do have a gardening card to share!

 My card today is for the 3M (Three Musketeers) which is Barb, Jeanette and I.

You can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's card here

and the basic idea is we all have take the same stamp and create a card.

 This month's image is CC Designs' Nancy Gardens.

 My card is pretty easy with the plaid base and simple design,

and she is colored/cut and popped up on foam with a base of kraft.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

3M: Whooooo is awesome?

Youuuuu are awesome!

Hiya friends!

 Are you a night owl?!

I am :)

 

It's when I do my best creating!

(though sometimes when that alarms clock goes off - ouch!)

Today's the day that the 3M posts our cards 

with an image sent to us by the hostess for the month.
Barb sent us the image for us to use 
and chose these crazy party owls!

For my card, I had a vision of owls snuggled into their woodland tree
during the night.
I used Lawn Fawn's Knock on Wood designer paper as my card base
and created a cut out for the night sky backdrop to peek through. 
The sky was created using Mermaid Lagoon and Salty Ocean distress inks
and blended together.
In hindsight, I should have used darker colors 
but WHOOOO knew! :)

 

I've added the matching sentiment "wanna party?" to the inside

of the card ~ can't show that yet! 

 

You can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's card here

that they've created with this same image.

  

 

                                                           ↑ This is me!

 Fun Facts!

Did you know ....
There are almost 200 different species of owls,
a group of owls is called a parliament,
and they can rotate their heads nearly 270 degrees!

That's pretty OWL-some!

Thank you for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

DDD: Kindness ♥

Good Morning, friends!

*I have two blog posts today - for  my The Project Bin Monday post, go here!

It's the 15th day of the month and that means the Dueling Darlings

are back with a new theme!

The Dueling Darlings are a group of 2 teams of card making friends -

Team Divas and Team Dazzlers!

This month, Jeanette and I were the hostesses to create card kits

and she was generous enough to let me chose the theme this month:

Kindness!

As many of you know, it's my Word of the Year as shared in this post ♥  

But kindness is truly more than just a word of the year,

it should be shared every day, in every way.

  

The kit I put together for Team Divas included an image that I ADORE!

It's from Unity stamps called Thank You Kindly 

I also sent a few kindness sentiments to use - one from Unity 

and the other from a Simon Says Stamps set.

Now for my card!

I sent out all the kits, one went to a sweet friend by accident,

another still out in lost mail land,

so I had to improvise with my card kit since I didn't have two extras.

I only had slivers of paper left.

And you know ... crafters gonna craft .... 

can't keep a good crafter down! 

 LOL!

 

 

 To come up with a plan B,
I used a watercolor stenciled background and stamped the image

directly onto the dried watercolor paper.

I took a stitched die and cut out the middle part of the image

and popped up the outer one on 3D foam for dimension.

In hindsight, I wish I'd cut the outer stenciled frame in the same stitched die :)

I added half the sentiment with white heat embossing on the front,

and finished up the second half on the inside:

And that's it for us this month!

Be sure to come back next month and see what the theme will be ~
I can't wait to find out when my card kit arrives :)

There are a lot of DDD posts today

and you can find them at Splitcoaststamper:  Dueling Darlings!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

3M ~ Friendship!

Hi franz!

(thanks, Barb, for that!)

 I've been blessed to live all over the world,

but I was born in the south ...

so I'm claiming that auto-correct text typo greeting! :)

Today is the day we 3Mer's post our cards with a mystery image.

This month, I was the hostess and sent this cah-ute!!! image

called Group of Friends from Whipper Snapper ♥

This darling stamp is one (of many) I picked up at Creative Pals 
while on the gal pal trip to Wisconsin :) 
Barb lead Carol, Shelly, Terry, herself and I into Creative Pals
and that register didn't stop Cha-chinging!
  LOL!

I also bought a few single loose sentiments

 and I thought this one was a good match ...
 friendship truly warms the heart!

 Since I added the sentiment to the front,
the inside is a little plain
but it did have a hand-written note to the person it was mailed to :)
 

You can see Barb's card here
and Jeanette's cards here ~
and we'll be back next month on the 9th with another mystery image reveal.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

3M: Give Thanks!

*I have 2 blog posts today!  

For the CCEE Stampers,

 please scroll forward one post.  Thanks!

 
Happy Wednesday, friends!

 Today's the 9th day of the month, 

the day the 3M post our cards with the SAME image.

This month, our hostess was Barb and she sent us

 this adorable turkey from Whipper Snapper, Taggart Turkey.

WS is her *signature* stamp line :)

  And she's lucky enough to live close to Creative Pals, 

a store that carries tons of these Whipper Snapper stamps - 

a store I hope to see in real life soon ♥

This is my take on this month's image :)

I colored it pretty general and added it to a bold framed card base.

I cut the image on a 'wonky' angle to give the card

a switch up from being too precise.

The bold sentiment is actually from the same dsp paper pack

and it's a printed piece of dsp with tons of words.

I cut ot the one that matched the best :)

The inside is a little plain on this one, 

but as you can see, the card has a lot of dimension:

Be sure to see what Barb and Jeanette have made with this kit, too!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Gettin' old ..........

Ain't for sissies!

LOL!

Well, at least that's what Bette Davis says :)

Today is the day that the 3 Musketeers post our cards with the same image.

By the time this post hits blogland,

we'll be almost at our road trip destination!

We are off on our last summer Hurrah before school starts ....

except ....

we will be arriving in a car!

I was the hostess this round and just thought this image would be a hoot!

I have had this gorgeous wooden Diamonds stamp for YEARS

and it has never seen ink!

I actually picked it up for .50c at a LSS garage sale

where the lady told me the company was no longer in business,

which is always sad when a stamp company closes down :(

 The stamp was crisp and clear and even has a small diamond 

embedded into the wood - I imagine their "signature"! :)

Based on how fun this was to stamp and color,

I wish I'd inked it up years ago!

                                     So here is my getting couple!

Be sure to see what Barb and Jeanette

 have created with the image I sent them, too!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

3M: Friends are our Umbrellas!

 Hi friends!

Summer is under full swing here and it's hot, hot, HOT!

Like most of the country, it's sweltering here in Miami.

We're so blessed that they haven't closed any of Miami's Beaches

like they have further north with that heartbreaking algae :(

We're doing our best to keep cool outdoors 

while enjoying the lazy days of summer ♥ 

So far, today's card is the only rain I've seen in weeks! 

 Woohoo!     

Today's card is also our famous 3 Musketeers post ~

Barb, Jeanette and I!

(although someone extra snuck in under the umbrella it seems!)

Barb was our hostess this month with these fun umbrella gals ~

I actually own this Art Impressions stamp set 

and I also rec'd/and created with it in a card kit from Terry L,

so it's been pretty popular :)

 True to form, I picked out my designer papers first,

and then colored the image to match.

I had that red circular die cut left on my desk as an extra from this card

so it became a backdrop to the raindrop papers. 

This was the first time I've tried fussy cutting the ladies from this set 

and wow, takes some patience and steady hands - LOL! 

 

I also finished the inside of the card with a matching sentiment ~

and such truer words couldn't be found.

True friends are one of life's greatest treasures!

   

 

Be sure to hop on over and see what Barb and Jeanette have made as well!

As you can see from our fabulous meme,

we are not only talented but cute!  LOL! :)

Be safe out there - stay hydrated and please

 keep an eye on outdoor pets in your area!

Big hugs, bigger blessings! ♥

~Kelly 
 

I'd like to enter my card into:  Art Impressions - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday -  Red, White or Blue!

3 Musketeers - A Snowman's Soul

Good Morning!

We survived winter!

All 2 days of it.

We had some absolutely gorgeous 60* weather for a day or two,

most of Miami bundled up in winter jackets, scarves, hats and

 - yep, even snow boots!

I couldn't help but chuckle as I donned my short sleeves and capris,

soaking up every single bit of that chilliness ♥

It's the 9th of the month, which means the 3 Musketeers are back!

We are a trio of friends that swap an image every month,

and this month I was up as hostess :)

I knew wanted to send out an image that reflects winter and snow, 

and A Snowman's Soul by Lil Inker Designs stole my heart when I saw it.

It reflects not only how much I long for snowy days,

but the memories of my brother and I romping in the snow for hours!

You may remember I posted a matching Fall themed card 

with these cute vintage kids: Pumpkins

Such a darling image ♥

 

 

My card!  

While I was not intending to create a card using terracotta,

my card took an adventurous direction!

My 11 year old son and I play this little game 

where he will select 3 colors of his chosing,

 whether it be sheets of cardstock, buttons, etc.

Sometimes they are spot on, sometimes they are a bit .... 'out there'!

Today is a terracotta/teal/brass combo,

and I'm actually kinda digging it now that it's done ~ LOL!

Be sure to check out Barb and Jeanette's blogs 

to see what they've created with this identical image!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

3 Musketeers - Flakey Friends!

Hi friends! 
 Today's card is for the 3 Musketeers monthly post :)

 If you are one of my newer blog readers, 

the 3 Musketeers are Jeanette, Barb and I ...

a group  created by Jeanette 

and I am so gracious that she invited me

to be a part of this monthly image exchange ♥

In short, the 3M is where we take turns sending a random image

to each other, then make a card based on that stamped image,

using whatever cardstock, papers and embellishments we have on hand,

and then post on the 9th of every month. 

This month, Barb was our hostess and ... hmmmm....
 I do wonder why Barb sent us this image ...

Flakey Friends?

Whatcha tryna say, Barb!!

LOL!

Actually, Barb LOVES her some Whipper Snapper stamps!

Her collection is probably bigger than the WS store :)

And, as you can see, I either can't count days or I'm really late!

Truth be told, I got permission from Barb :)

I did text her and tell her my DT card blocked that day 

but my Flakey Friends card was done and I'd post on Sunday.

Thank you, Barb!

Here is my colorful and cheerful take on the Flakey Friends image,

 inside and out. I just absolutely adore this image!

I think this is my favorite holiday card of the year ♥

I adore the snow and miss it terribly.

Being in Miami, we don't even experience the sensation of winter,

let alone have my beloved snow!

So making snow, snowmen and winter cards are among my very faves.

 

I hope Barb and Jeanette like my take on being Flakey Flakey Friends!

Be sure to stop in and see what they've made with this same image,

though Jeanette is super flakey {tee hee!} currently moving 

and will have her card up shortly! 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

A hop, skip and a jump! :)

 

Happy Weekend!

 

The 3 Musketeers are back again {the 9th of every month!}

with an adorable jump rope girl by Nellie Snellen.

Jeanette was our hostess and sent us this image to work with,

which is a new company for me as I hadn't heard of it before.

I do love how fun and whimsical it is.

 

Tom Stoppard said "If you carry your childhood with you,

you will never become older."

 

Isn't it wonderful when you can spend your day doing something

that brings you back to the 'good ol days' :) 

Growing up mostly in Europe,

 my brother and I spent our childhoods making the world our playground

and that's something I've tried to instill in my children as well.

I'm blessed that we've remained so close and have fun together ~

they know that I'm the first one in whenever there is

 a mud pie to be made, a bike to ride, sidewalk chalk to draw,

underdoggin' the swing to be the absolute highest!

Though somehow the jump ropes always ended up

 being Tarzan ropes in our house :)

 

After looking at the image,

I went in search of my childhood/play

papers and remembered an old mat stack I have had forever ..

it was a perfect match.

The bright colors, the whimsical papers ...

and a simple card design with buttons, of course!

 

I try to create the inside of my cards with the scraps of dsp

I have leftover so this card inside is blank and simple :)

 

You can see what Barb and Jeanette have made with this

same image by stopping by their blogs, too!

 

For all the moms and grandmas and moms at heart,

I sent you blessings and wishes

for a most wonderful, playful, carefree Mother's Day  ♥

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

It's a mysterious ..... Bunny! :)

Hi everyone!  

Today is the day the 3 Musketeers post our mystery image cards :) 

 This fun trio was a group created by Jeanette

 and I was graciously invited to play along with Barb - making up the 3Ms!

This month, I'm the hostess

and sent the other 2 ladies this C.C. Designs "Bunny Lucy" image ~

 fitting for this time of year.  

I've had this stamp for ages and hadn't stamped it yet 

so it felt right for her to get a little inky.

 

              For my card design, I followed an old Retro Sketches #150

that I had in my files,

and used up some old SU! Bella Rose I've had for forever

and found when packing up the Cabana!
 

 

And as is my custom, I matched the inside of my card

but left it blank for writing a message :)
 

 

Unfortunately, my laptop has gone to computer heaven

and I'm unable to post/edit most pictures ...

so this one will have to post as is until I get back online.

Posting from the kids borrowed computer/laptops

is a bit scary, LOL!

Be sure to pop on over and see what Jeanette and Barb

have created using Bunny Lucy!

And I will be back a little later on with another

Sneak Peek from Riley and Company ... stay tuned! :)

Big hugs, Bigger blessings!

~Kelly