3M: WOOD you be mine?

 

Hi friends!

This is my card for the 3 Musketeers card group  ~

 Barb, Jeanette and I.

This group was created by Jeanette and

I am delighted she invited me to join her and Barb on exchanging

stamped images with each other once a month to create a card.

We each have the same image ...

we each make a DIFFERENT card!

This month, Barb was the hostess and sent us this cute image

from Avery Elle called WOOD YOU.

Super cute play on words and oh. so. cheeky!

Here's the inside:

We'll be back next month on the 9th with 

another mystery image from our hostess Jeanette.

Be sure to check out Barb's card here

and Jeanette's card here!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

CCEE2018 ~ World Penguin Day!

Hi Crafty Friends,

  There's a new challenge at the CCEE Stampers 
and Frances has asked us to create a card with penguins!

 
April 25th was World Penguin Day ... 
so feature penguins on your cards this week.
If you don't have penguins, then create a black and white card!

My card is using Avery Elle Bring on the Joy - one of my favorite holiday stamps!
I've used the stamp and matching die set to create a little joyful scene.
I've added an Avery Elle-ments stitched die frame
and popped it up on 3D foam for dimension.

 

 You can see what the Design Team has created by
heading over to the CCEE Blog here!

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

Just a HOPPY note!

 Hi friends!

Riding by with a hoppy note!

 

I am so in love with this cute little bunny from Avery Elle Stamps ♥ 

This stamp and die set is called Wheelie Great

I decided to make a quick card with this bunny

that I colored from the 30 day marker challenge. 

 

All the parts of this card are little bits from my scrap pile ~

I combined them all onto one card 

so I could get this cutie in the mail ♥

 

I have something fun to share on my blog this weekend ~

I hope you can stop by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

DDD: I ♥ coffee!

Hi friends!

It's the 15th of the month and that can only mean one thing ...

it's the 15th of the month!

Just kidding! :)

With the Coronavirus, the world has gone crazy pants 

 and this whole toilet paper shortage has me completely baffled.

We all need to be safe, take precautions and wash. those. hands!

and just try think as positively as we can.

 I'm sending hugs from me to you ♥

 Today is the day that the Dueling Darlings card group

posts our cards created with a kit sent to us.

This month, Tami and Terry L picked a theme:

 National Day of Happiness ~
Something you love ♥

This adorable coffee themed kit was sent to me by Tami!

It's an adorable mix of red and white polka dot and striped papers

with coffee cups and fun sentiments from Avery Elle's Cool Beans.

For my card, my Scan n Cut is in a wonky mood lately 

so I had to fussy cut these images from the stamped cardstock.

I'm thinking if I can't cut a simple coffee cup shape,

 I probably shouldn't be cardmaking - LOL! 

The paper is so bold and dramatic, I decided at the last minute

not to add little coffee filters with kraft paper

and I used the twine and rhinestones Tami sent instead.

It's all popped up on 3D foam and done!

 

 The extra credit this month to share something we love 
and that makes us happy.6

For me, it's so many things ~

 but in the spirit of this post, it's coffee!

And not just any coffee.

It's Starbucks!

It's no secret that I'm a huge fan and it's always fun 

when my friends - online and IRL - tag me with #starbucks

because they know me so well ♥

So even if you aren't a coffee fan, it's okay - we can still be friends!

My mum raised me on English tea, too :)

Cheers!

 You can see all of the Diva and Dazzler cards

over on Splitcoaststampers in the card group:  Dueling Darlings 2020.

Coming up in the fall, we will be celebrating 10 years together!

That's a latte to love!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

3M: The birthday bus!

 Hi friends!

In the words of the late Joan Rivers, "can we talk?"

Today's card is for the 3M (3 Musketeers) card group,

 I'm so lucky to also have this stamp set

 because I had to stop and start ...

and stop and start!

This card, unlike this sweet bear driving, was just all over the place :/

It about drove me crazy ...

 no pun intended!

 

This is Avery Elle's Birthday Bus!

They look like they are heading to a fun party ~ I sure wish I was going along!

 (Barb, Jeanette and myself) are the 3M

 where we have a mystery image and then create a card.

This stamp was Barb's choice for February.

 Most of our families greatest adventures,

and the most fun we've ever had,

were always when we did things things 'on the fly!'

I'm a planner.

I'm an itinerary girl.

But we love love LOVE spontaneity, too!

And ... 

that's just how my card was created, too :)

I had ideas.

 I made backgrounds with green grass and blue skies.

And some fancy clouds.

I had a sunset with rays and used about 4 different stencils.

Nothing. looked. right.

 

Finally, almost at my wits end,

 I spied a few tiny pieces of stamped images

 from another card I'd worked and something just clicked!

 Not part of my original design

but I added on some tiny pieces from the stash.

The sky and grass are designer paper from Echo Park

and I've added a fun die cut road for them to drive on.

I added it in reverse to the inside of the card

because hopefully the party will keep going!

 And here's the inside:  

I'm super happy with how this one came out ~

after it all clicked into place!

I think this party bus filled with cute critters will have many adventures.

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

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

3M: Hip Hip Horray!

Hi friends! 

What do you call an elephant at the North Pole?

Lost!

:)

 

It's Wednesday and we're half way to the weekend ~ woohoo!

Today's card is a celebration card for the 3M card group 

and I'm the hostess for January.

I posted this to the gallery at Splitcoaststampers

and I'm adding it my blog, too!

  

I am absolutely smitten with anything 'adorable critter' 

and cutsie animals!

I. just. cant. resist!

There's something so enlightening about making cute critter (anything!)

cards and they just make my heart smile ♥

 This is Ellie from Avery Elle Stamps.

I've also added the matching sentiment to the inside, too ↓

 

I was recently listening to a class video with Jennifer McGuire 

where she mentioned finding your card style.

Maybe you are a CAS card artist or maybe you are mixed media style artist

or maybe you don't have one style in particular and that IS your style,

just being comfortable making whatever you like when you feel like making it!

I LOVE THAT! 

I love to experiment with my cardmaking and there are some nights

where I'll just pull together a card and love it (like this one!) 

I'm learning, in the online class, to embrace who I am as a cardmaker

and not boxing myself in with a set 'style.'

Kinda like being fearless :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Mele Kalikimaka !

Hi friends!

By the time this posts,

I'll already be on a wonderful getaway with my hubby ♥

25 years ago (in April)  we said "I do!"

and honeymooned in Hawaii for 3 GLORIOUS weeks ~

and those memories are etched forever in my mind and heart!

Except the last time we were in Hawaii,

I packed a bikini!

LOL!
Guess what WILL NOT be in the suit case this weekend?!

hee hee!

 

Today I'm sharing a card for the Splitcoaststampers inspiration site.

You can see the fun challenge site from today

here on Splitcoaststampers and I''ll share a little bit about my card!

I used these gorgeous coasters as a springboard

(and I'm pretty sure I'll be ordering these before I get home!) 

 For my card,

I've used Flamingo Bells from Avery Elle Stamps and dies

I've had this set for a good while and didn't get to use it until this week.

Sometimes stamping is fun like that!

I stamped/die cut the images and the popped them up

onto the card which is stenciled lightly for a bit of 'drama' :)

Wishing you a WONDERFUL weekend!
Big hugs, bigger blessings! ♥

~Kelly

Bring on the Joy feature! ♥

Hi friends!

I'm absolutely delighted that ScrapbookPal.com is feauturing 

my whimsical holiday card, Bring on the Joy!
It's hard to have favorites, 
but this was truly one of mine!

It's fun, it's festive, it's whimsical, AND it has critters! :)

To see how I created this card, you can find it on my original post
and also more detailed directions at ScrapbookPal's blog today!

PSA:  If you head over to ScrapbookPal shop,
 there is also a HUGE overstock sale going on!

So.  many.  goodies! 

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


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